US1048097A - Railway-track brace. - Google Patents

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J. M. REID. I RAILWAY TRACK BRAOB. I APPLIUATIOK LSD 1 110.22, 1910. RENE V131) APR. 23, 1912' 1,048,097. Patented D e0.24,1912.

4 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

10min. sum, or arm nocx, Texas.

RAILWAY-TRACK amen.

' Specification of Letter: j Dec. 24;, 1912.

a ucation'alea modem 2:, #1910, Serial no. 500,701. a e ea 1912. Serial r ssues.

To all whom t 7 Be it known th M.

x Run, a citizen of the United totes,

a full, clear, arid exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to, which it ap iertains to make and use the same.

'thereof, and adjustabl clamping jaws'lo'; prevent lateral displace-.-- ment or the spreadm of the rails upon the 'travel of roPling. stoc over the rails.

The invention relates brace. v V

The primary object of theinvention is to, a railway track the provision of a device of this character in* which the faces ,of the railway rails are held between jaws which latte r servethe railsbothv at the bages and web portions AnotherKohject of the invention is the .provisiono flir'device of this character which will maintain the'li'lr'ils of atrack the proper distance apart' -thus keeping the track in true'gage and by the use of this novel brace the track is rendered more steady and its rails are reinforced or braced both at their 'web and base portlons.

A still further object of the invention is the revision of arailway clamp or bracein w ich the movable clamping jaws thereof slidably'interfit the fixed jawsof the brace or clamp so as to relieve considerable strain upon the jaws or in other words to equalize the jstress o'r strain between the fixed and movable jaw when clamping a railway rail,;

and these'jaws are adapted to accommodate varying sizesof railway rule when the same is applied for use in preventing the spreading of the rails.

In: the drawings accompanying and .,form- 'ing part! this specification is illustrated way rails. Fig. 2 is a top plan view theregf.

Fi 53 is a plan view ofone of thefixe'd'ja re" and fromtherail. Fig. '4 is a detail,

residing at Red Rock, in the county of Bastrop, State-"oi .Texas,'have inven'tedcertain new and use I ful Improvements in Railway-Track Braces; and I do hcreby'declare the following to be to strengthenmeans joining the;

, rspective' jjaws. a

"Similar reference characters indicate cor responding parts throughout the several views in the drawings. V a

- In the drawings the numeral designates the rails of a railway track which are of the view "of one of the removable ordinary or well known construction and to which is adjustably connected a track brace or clamp comprising threaded tie rods 6, which terminate at their outer ends in broad flat bearin seats 7, for the bases of the said rails and t eseseats are provided with upwardly extending and lnwardly directed fixed jaws 8, which arev adapted to engage the outer edges of the bases of the rails and ;to lie against the outer feces of the webs "thereof.

.Slidably mounted upon the tie rods 6, are movable aws 9, which latter are adaptedlto engage the inner edges of the bases of the ,rails'and also to lieflush against the inner faces of the webs thereof. Projecting from the movable jaws 9, at opposite sides of the tie/rods 6, are spaced parallel lugs 10, which latter are adapted to engage in correspond ingly shaped recesses 11. formed in the flat seats 7, of the tie rods below the bases of the rails, so as to prevent the turning ofthe movable jaws upon the tie rods whenfbe'ing moved toward the fixed jaws and 'alsoto permit the interlocking engagement. '0f the ,said jaws when clamping the railway rails.

The inner ends of the tie rods 6, are adjustably united by means oif a turn buckle 12, which is in threaded engagementwitb. the tie rods so that by turning the buckle the rails 5 can be drawn together the de sir'ed distance to attain a true gage; The

movable jaws 9 are held in a positionto co operate with the fixed jaws8, for clamping the railway rails by jam nuts 13 adjustably engaging the threads 14, on the tie rods and in this manner the said jaws are capable or clamping various sizes of railway rails.

It is obvious that the jaws serve to reinforce both the base and web fiangesof the 7' railway rails when clamping the same. Fur-@ 65 ,1

thermore the tie rods through the vmedium of the turn buckle will prevent any lateral dislacement or spreading of the rails caused by heavily loaded rolling stock traveling. over the same. v, 1

What is claimed is:--

A device of the class described-comprising hreaded tie rods, means acljustably uniting the inner ends of the tie rods, fixed jawsfor locking the movable jaws against dis- 10 formed on the outer ends of said tie rods placement. and having flat bearing surfaces for railway In testimony whereof, I afiix my signar ls, the said fiat bearingbsurfaces cYnitagnture, in presence of two Witnesses.

ing spaced recesses, mova 1e jaws si 21- y engaging the tie rods, and having ro'jec- JOHN REID tions for interlocking engfigement with the Witnesses:

recesses in the bearing surfaces, and means J. P. PARKER,

in threaded engagement with the tie rods! N. B. HARRIS.

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