US1153989A - Rail. - Google Patents

Description

I. C. WOODS.

RAIL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13. 1915.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

d rrazzvzy WITNESSES. I M r 1/ x JAMES C. WOODS, OF LOCKPOBT, YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO WILLIl-LM H. WRIGHT, .33., OF NORTH TONAW-ANDA, NEW YORK, AND ONE-THIRD TO SAMUEL H.

. PETTIT, 'OF LOGKPORT, .NEW YORK.

RAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Application filed March '13, 1915. Serial No. 14,138.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES C. Woons, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in Lockport, :county of Niagara, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rails, of which the following is a full, :clear, and exact description.

One of the objects of my invention has been to provide a rail for railways which shall be continuous, thus dispensing with the use of fish plates.

Another object has.been to provide a rail having joints so arranged that expansion and contraction will be taken :care of. I have also sought :to provide :a continuous rail in which any one section may be removed and replaced by another section with out having to disturb other parts of the track. Moreover, due to the two part construction of my rail, the joints between any two sections are staggered so that spreading of the rails or jarring, due to improper alinement of rail sections, is entirely overcome. Furthermore, my rail is especially advantageous for the reason that, when used, bonding by means of electric wires is obviated.

My rail has the same rigidity and support at each end of a section as it does in the middle thereof. In case of a broken rail in either of the sections, the other section will hold the same in position and thus avoid accidents.

The above objects and advantages have been accomplished by the device shown in the accompanying drawings.

In these drawings, which form part of this application, like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, of which:

Figure 1 is an end, sectional elevation of my rail. Fig. 2 is a perspective View showing the rail partly assembled. Fig. 3 is a sectional, end, elevation of a modified form of rail.

My rail comprises a locking member 5 and a base member 6. The base member 6 is formed with the usual flange 7 and web 8, rising vertically therefrom. The web 8 is of even thickness at its upper edge 9 and is provided at one side, midway between the upper edge and the flange 7, with a longitudinal rib 10. The upper face of this rib is preferably at right angles with the side of the web, and the lower face is preferably at an obtuse angle thereto.

The locking member 5 is formed with the head 11 of the rail and with a downwardly extending, supplementary web 12. The supplementary web 12 is arranged preferably at the side of the center of the head 11 and is providedat its lower edge with an outwardly extending lock flange 13. This lock flange is disposed at right angles to the supplementary web 12 and arranged to engage a recess let in the flange 7 of the base member 6. This recess It extends from the face of the web '8 to a point near one of the outer edges of the flange portion. The supplementary web 12 is provided with a longitudinal groove 15 provided with faces-which register and co-act with the faces of the longitudinal ridge 10, formed onthe web 8. A reinforcementlfl is provided on the supplementary web 12 and disposed over where the groove 15 is formed. The head 11 is formed on its under side with a longitudinal groove 17. This groove is situated adjacent to the inner face of the supplementary web 12 and is arranged to receive the upper edge 9 of the web 8. The angle of the lower face of the longitudinal ridge 10 and the thick ness of the flange 13 are so designed and proportioned that, when assembling, the parts may be forced together laterally. The metal in the flange 13 is sufficiently light so as to permit this portion to yield until the webs 8 and 12 are brought into con tact, whereupon it will spring into the recess 14:.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the head 18 of the rail is made integral with the web 8 of the base member 6. The head 18 is formed with a longitudinal groove 19, which is located adjacent to the inner face of the web 8 and arrangedto receive the upper edge 20, of the supplementary web 21 of the locking member of the rail.

In assembling my rail, the base member 6 is placed in position upon the cross ties and the locking member 5 is forced in position over the joint between two base member sections. After the two parts are assembled, the usual spikes 22 are driven into the cross ties and the heads thereof will overlap the flange 13, and thus prevent any possibilty of its becoming disengaged from the groove 14.

When it is desired to remove a section of the rail, because of wear or breakage, nny one section of the locking portion maybe removed from the track independent of the other sections by prying the flange 13 out of its recess and moving the locking member 5 around the upper edge 9 of the base member tending lock flange, the web of said base member being provided with a longitudinal rib and the supplementary webof said looking member being provided with a groove for receiving said rib, and meansfor lockingly engaging the parts of said rail.

2. A two part continuous rail comprising a base member and a locking member, said base member comprising two lateral vflanges and a web, said locking member comprising a head, asupplementary web and an outwardlyextending lock flange, one of said lateral flanges being providedwith a recess, said head havlng a groove adJacent to sand supplementary web for engaging the upper 1 I edge of the'web of said base member, said lock flangeengaging the recess in the flange ofsaid base member, whereby the members and a web, one of said lateral flanges being provided with a recess, said'locking member comprising a supplementary web and an outwardly extending lock flange engaging with the recess of said lateral-flange, the webof said base member being provided with a longitudinal rib and the supplementary web of said locking member being provided with a groove for receiving said rib, and meansfor lockingly engagingthe parts of. said rail. 7 In testimony whereof, I. have hereunto signed my namein the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES'G woonsj Witnesses i 7 Y J .VVM. ELLIS,

WALTER H. KELLEY.

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' Washington, D. 03-

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