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(No Model.) A. C. DE BARBARAN.

PERMANENT WAY 0F RAILROADS.

Patented Oct. 26, 1886( N, PETER; Pmwmnngmphar. wnmingwn. mc,

UNITED 'STATES PATENT EEICE ALBERT CONTI DE BARBARAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PERMANENT WAY OF RAILROADS.

SPECIFICATION farming parc of Letters Patent No. 351,693, dated October 26, 1886.

Application filed February 2T, 1896. Serial No. 193,407. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT CONTI DE BAR- BARAN, a subject of the King of Italy, at present residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Permanent fays of Railroads, ot' which the vfollowing is a speciy.

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Myinvention relates to improvements in the permanent way of railroads, and it has for its object the obtaining and maintaining acontinnous even-running surface for tliewheels of the rolling-`stock at the sectional joints of the rails forming the permanent way.

According to the ordinary mode of constructing and applying railroadrails for the foundation of a track, a space is left between each length or section of rail and the next, to allow of the expansion of the 'said rails and their consequent elongation, as well as also to acl' commodate their inclination to creep or shift in contravention to the thrust of the locomotivewheels. The spaces thus left between the ends of adjoining rails, though small in extent when the road is first laid with new rails, soon become enlarged by the hammering of the tires of the wheels ot' the locomotives and rolling stock passing over the same, and as a consequence a considerable jolt is imparted to the passing train at each j unctnre of the rails, which is not only detrimental to the permanent way and rolling-stock, but is also unpleasant to passengers and injurious to many kinds of freight.

eut away or formed to allow of the interposition of a bearing-piece, either formed of a separate portion ot' rail, bolted or otherwise connected to the two ends of the adjacent rails; or, if preferred, the said surface may be formed on the ends of and be portions of the adjoining rails, the said pieces forming a continuous bearing, bridging over the space between the ends The object of my invention is to remedy theseVV ofthe heads ofthe rails. rl`he ends of the subsidiary bridgingfpieces, or their equivalents, are also slightly .depressed or cutaway at their ends, and they are provided with bridging pieces formed bythe rails themselves, or oth` erwise, to t'orm a continuous bearingsurface. By the application of my invention to the construction of the permanent way of railroads the necessity for the use of fishplates K,is avoided. l

The accompanying drawings form part of this specification and illustrate what I con-V sider the best means of carrying my invention into effect.

Figure lis a side view, and Fig. 2 a plan of portions of two sections of rail constructed and applied according to my invention. Fig. 3 is across section on the line zz, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan View, and Fig. 5 a side view of a slight modification.

In each ot' the views similar letters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts wherever they occur. D

A A represent portions of two adjoining rails, the bearing-surfaces ofthe heads A2 of which, `at each end, are cut away or inclined from the points l to the points 2, so as to` form depressions O in the rails at the. joints and prevent the tires ofthe wheels passing over such ends, coming in contact therewith or falling "into the vspace between the same, the tire at this point being supported by a bearing-surface, b, forming (according to the arrangement shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3) part of a separate piece, B, which is recessed into the side of the ends of the rails A A', as shown clearly by Figs. l and 2. The piece B forms not onlya bridge over the space G,between they ends ot' the rails A A', but also takes the place of a fish-plate. The piece B is connected to the rails A A by bolts E and nuts' E', or v,by other suitable means. At each of its ends the piece B is cnt away or inclined at b from the point 3 to the point 4 in a similar manner to that in which the ends of the rails A A are eut away or inclined at C from the points 1 to the points 2.

The cut-away portions 3 4E of the piece B and Vthe space C are bridged, as shown by Figs. 1

and 2, by a portion of the bearing-surfaces of the rails A A. Part of the bearing-surfaces of the rails A A', in a line with the piece B,

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is cut away or inclined at 0* from the points 1o the points 6, the object of this cutting away or inclination at all junctures being to prevent the tires ofthe wheels striking on any end pieces or sinking into any recess, and consequently producing a hammering action, owing to the irregularity of the road.

At Figs. I and 5 I have shown a slight modification in the construction ot' my improved permanent way. In these views the part B is dispensed with, and the bridging ot' the joints ot' the rails A A is effected by cutting away the ends of the rails in the forni of a splice, as shown by Fig. 4, and bolting or otherwise securing the same securely together, as shown. The ends of the rails A A at x .t are cut away or inclined, as shown, from the points l to thc points 2, and the juncture is bridged at the points .fr by the portions of the rail itself, in place of the separate piece B. In each of the constructions shown by Figs. 1, 2, and Il and by Figs. 4 and 5 a continuous bearingsurface is formedV to theI permanent way from end to end, the breaks between the ends of the rails being bridged in the one case by the piece B and in the other by the ends ot' the rails themselves. By this construction, owing to the ends of the rails being cut away or recessed, so as to be out of the way of the passing wheels, the inconvenience, discomfort, and Wear incidental to the old construction of permanent ways ot' railroads are avoided, and great economy and comfort of travel are ob- Itained.

In the drawings I have shown my invention applied to single-headed rails adapted to be held in position by spiking directly to the ties; but itis equally applicable to double-headed rails which are secured in position by chairs or other holding means.

In Figs. l., 2, and 3 I have shown the head A2 of the rails A A, and also their bases A, cut away flush to the faces ot' their webs A2 and the bridge-piece B, with a head, B2, and base Bi, also cut away tlush wit-h the web B", the consequence ot' which is that the combined rail at that point is wider than the remainder ofthe track; but this may be varied. The webs A4 of each of the sections A A muy be also cut away, as well as the heads Al and bases A, to the center of the web, thereby bridging the parts B and the rails A A, iiush on their outer surfaces, in a manner similar to that in which the ends of the rails are cut away in the modification shown by Figs. 4

`and 5.

In employing rails made according to my invention, as shown by Figs. l, 2, and 3, with the parts each formed with full webs, the parts B are always on the outside of the track, away from the path of the lang'es of the wheels. In manufacturing new rails the inclination of the endsv of the surface of the heads of the rails, as well as the depressions in the sides of the heads and bases of the rails, may be formed in the process of manufacture, or by subsequent cutting by saws or planiugmachines.

Rails now in use or manufactured may be converted readily to comply with the requirements of my invention. rlhe inclinations'or depressions in the ends ot' the surface of the heads AZ of the rails, and on the surfaces of the heads of the subsidiary pieces, may be of angular, curved, or other suitable form. The depressions in the heads of the rails and the subsidiary pieces are formed of slight depth, sufficient to avoid all contact with the tires of the wheels while the same are passing the junction of the rails. The depressions in the rails -are much narrower than the depth of the anges of the wheels, by preference not exceeding one-fourth.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. A permanent way for railroads, composed of a series ot' rails having the bearing-surfaces of their heads cut away or inclined, as described, at each end of each section and connected together by intermediate bridgingpieces, also having inclined or cut-away ends bridged by the rails they connect, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with a pair of rails formed with bearing surfaces having cutaway or inclined portions at each end, ot' a bridging and connecting piece, B, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination, with recesses or depressions formed, as described, in the subsidiary bridging-pieces employed in conjunction with a railroad-track, ot' a bearing-surface arranged by the side of said recesses or depressions, the said bearing-surface being on a level with the bearingsuri'ace of the track, substantiall y as shuown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of February, 1886.

AhIiElt'l CONTI DE BARBARAN.

Witnesses:

.TAMns M. TULLY, IV. ConnonNn Baookns.

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