US800104A - Rail-joint. - Google Patents

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No. 800,104. PATBNTED SEPT. 19, 1905.

0. S. HENDRICKS J. DJTERHUN E.

' .RAIL JOINT.

APPLIOATI OR FILED D30. 20. 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. sept. 19, 1905.

Application filed December 20, 1904- Serial No. 287,615.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OMER S. HENDRICKS and JOHN D. TERHUNE, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Franklin, in the county of Johnson and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Ball-Joints, of which the following isa specification.

. This invention relates to rail-joints, andmore particularly to that class known as "webblock.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character that is of novel construction and will effectually hold the opposing ends of rail-sections secured.

It is also an object of the invention to provide novel means in a device of this kind wherein the knocking or pounding of the rail ends is reduced to a minimum. Y

A further object of the invention is to provide means in combination with the device whereby the invention may be applied and held in position without the use of bolts.

Still further, it is an object of the invention to provide a device of this kind that will be simple in construction, efficient in practice, and economical to manufacture.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construction and in-the. arrangement and. combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, wherein like characters of reference will denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective and partly in section, showing the invention applied. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view in top plan of two rail-sections, showingthe invention in position. Fig- 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of the web-block detached. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of a rail-section, taken on the line 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a modified form of the invention. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 6; and Fig. 7 is a Interposed between the ends of the rails is the I web-block f, which conforms to the contour of the rails. Formed at the upper end of the block andcentrally of the width thereof are the opposing lugs or extensions 9, which have the under surfaces of their ends rounded, as at it, to fit within the recesses 0 cl of the rails. The lugs do not fit snugly within the recesses,

.but leave the spaces 6, when assembled, to allow for the expansion and contraction as it occurs.

It is preferable, though not shown, that the block be placed on a cross-tie. It will thus be understood that a train passing over the rail (4 will bear somewhat on the block f before entirely leaving the said rail a and that .the train will bear on the 'rail Z) before entirely leaving the block f. In this way the knocking or pounding of the rails is greatly reduced and the loss for repairs is minimized and the comfort of travel enhanced.

Formed integral with the web of the block f are the fish-plates j, which extend a suitable distance to either side of the block and have their ends k beveled. These plates bear against the web of the rails and rigidly or securely hold the rail ends in position, and-thereby obviate the necessity of bolts. The application of the invention is thought to be perfectly apparent to those familiar with th art.

In F igs. 6, 6, and 7 is illustrateda device that is similar to the preceding invention, with the exception that the plates 1 are separate from the block 2, and the plates 1 are secured to the rails'3 and 4 by means of the bolts 5, which can be readily understood.

The block 2 is also provided with the'lugs' 6 7, that are adapted to rest or fit within recesses 8 of the rail-sections.

The efficiency and many advantages of the invention will, it'is thought, be fully understood from the foregoing description, it being noted that all changes may be resorted to that fairly fall within the scope of the claims attached hereto without sacrificing the value I recesses formedin their heads, the inner ends of the bottoms of said recesses being beveled, 'a block adapted to be interposed between the opposing ends of the rails, said block conforming to thecontour of the rail, oppositely- IIO extending lugs formed at the top of the block adapted to rest Within the recesses of the railseetions, said lugs having their under surfaces at the ends beveled, said lugs being of less length than the recesses, and plates formed With the Web of the block and extending to either side thereof, said plates being adapted to engage the Webs of the rail-sections.

2. In combination with rail-sections having recesses formed in their heads, the inner ends of the bases of said recesses being beveled, a block adapted to be interposed between the opposing ends of the rails, said block eonforming to the contour of the rail, and oppositely-extending lugs formed at the top of the block adapted to rest within the recesses of the rail-sections, said lugs having the under OMER b. HENDRICKS. JOHN D. 'IIGRIIUN 1G.

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