US406033A - Rail-joint - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

B. F. DAVIS.

RAIL JOINT.

No. 406,033. Patented July 2,1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DAVIS, OF TRUEHEART, TEXAS.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,033, dated July 2, 1889.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DAV-Is, a citizen of Trueheart, in the county of Ward and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail- Joints; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in fish-plates or rail-joints for connecting the abutting ends of sections of railway-rails, its object being to provide strong and simple means for connecting the adjacent ends of railway-rails and making the connection as nearly as possible as strong as any part of the rail.

A further object is to provide a rail-joint made in a single piece of metal and which may be secured to the rail as well. as to the ties upon which the rail rests.

A further object is to construct the railjoint or fish-plate in such a manner that it may be driven past a rail-joint to enable one section of the rail to be removed when desired.

lVith these objects in View my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and peculiar combinations and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device with one section of a railroad-rail in position. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the device. Fig. 3 is a section on the line at 00 of Fig. 2.

A represents the base of the fishplate upon which the rail-sections B B rest. Projectin g upwardly and inwardly from the baseplate A and in conformity with the flanges a of the rails are two integral plates 0 C. The plates 0 G terminate at their tops in vertical flanges I) I), which are a distance apart sufficient to accommodate the web 0 of the rails B.

At one side of the fish-plate perforations d are made for the reception of spikes, said perforations passing through the plate 0 and base A and being in alignment with notches (1 made in the flange of the rail B. The

notches (Z in the rail-flange will be made of greater width than the perforations d, in order to allow for expansion and contraction of the rails, said notches (1 being preferably made in both flanges of the rail to adapt either for the spikes.

At the meeting point of the diagonal plate C and base-plate A notches e are made for the accommodation of spikes. These notches are not made sufliciently deep to permit the spikes passing through them coming incon= diet with the rail-flange.

At each end of the plate O a thickened portion or rib f is formed extending upwardly to the top of flange a and projecting at the lower ends beyond the longitudinal edge of the plate A to produce lugs g. These lugs are perforated for the reception of spikes, by means of which the fish-plate is held down at its ends. It will be seen that the integral lugs or projections g broaden the bearing of the fislrplate on the ties, and that the spikes being passed through such broadened portions effectually prevent the ends of the plate from rising from any cause. The fish-plate is further strengthened by a rib 71 located midway between the ribs f and extending from the top of flange b to the base of plate 0. The ends of ribs fare made parallel with the ends of the fish-plate and produce broad surfaces. \Vhen it is desired to remove a section of the track, it is simply necessary to remove the spikes and strike against one of the broadened surfaces 2' of ribs f with ahammer or similar tool until the end of the fishplate shall have passed the joint on the two rail-sections The fish-plate or rail-joint above described said ribs for the reception of spikes, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a railroad -"rail having notches in its flanges, of a fish-plate composed of a single piece of metal adapted to embrace the flange and web of the rail, said fish-plate being plain on one side and provided on the other side with ribs, perforated lugs projecting from the ribs at the ends of the fish-plate, said fish-plate being provided with perforations on one side to align with notches in the rail-flange, and notches in the other side out of alignment with the rail-flange, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this I5 specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DAVIS.

WVitnesses:

J. O. DERMODY, W. B. J ONES.

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