US1082042A - Combined rail brace and splice. - Google Patents

Description

W. M. PALMER.

COMBINED RAIL BRAOE AND SPLICE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 21,1913.

1 ,O82,042, Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

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COMBINED RAIL BRACE AND SPLICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 23,1913.

Application filed May 21, 1913. Serial No. 769,062.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, VVlLLIAM M. PAL- MER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Taft, in the county of Kern and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Rail Braces and Splices, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a combined rail brace and splice for securing the ends of broken rails, and resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation, parts being broken away and parts being shown in section of my improvement showing the same positioned upon a tie and connected with rails, Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Fi 1, Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the members employed for securing the meeting ends of two rails or for connecting a broken rail, and Fig. 4 is a similar View of the rail brace end of the device.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the tie is designated by the numeral 1 and the rails are designated by the numerals 2. The tie has its upper face, at a suitable distance from its ends formed with rectangular depressions 3, the lower horizontal walls of the same adjacent the inner vertical walls being formed with transverse passages 4, or if desired, a plurality of bolt head receiving sockets may be employed in lieu of the said passages. Two rails are illustrated upon the left hand side of the drawing in Figs. 1 and 2. The showing may illustrate a broken rail, or two rails which are adapted to be connected together. It may here be stated, however that the device on this side of the structure is primarily intended for mending broken rails. The rails upon each end of the tie are adapted to be re ceived over the portions of the tie provided with the depressions 3, and the said deprcssions are fully closed by substantially rectangular base members 5 and 6 respectively of chair members 7 and 8, and the rails 2 rest upon the base portions of the said members. The depressions 3 as well as the base portions 5 and 6 of the members 7 andS are of a greater length than is the width of the base flanges of the rails, and the chair members each have their outer portions provided with angular flanges 9 which overhang the base and snugly engage with the outer and upper portions of the base flanges of the rails, while integrally formed with the portions 9 are vertically extending plates 10 which contact with the outer side of the web of the rail. The chair 8 is of a lesser width than the chair 7, the said chair 7 being of a width corresponding with that of or exceeding the width of the tie 1, and the base members f and (3 of each of the chairs are provided with a plurality of openings 11 which are disposed directly above the passages or bolt head receiving openings 1:. Passing through the openings 11 are bolts 12, the heads of the said bolts being prevented from turning by the opposite walls of the passages t, and the threaded shanks of the bolts project a suitable distance above the base of the base flanges 5 and (3.

The clamp for the brace member or chair 8 is designated by the numeral 13, and comprises a flat body portion 1 1 which is adapted to overlie the portion of the base G be yond the inner edge of the rail base. The body 14 has integrally formed therewith an angular flange 15 which is adapted to conform to the shape of and engage with the base flange upon the inner face of the rail, and also integrally formed with the flange 15 is a vertically disposed plate 16 which abuts with the inner face of the web of the rail 2. The body 1 1- is provided with a plurality of elongated openings through which the shanks of the bolts 12 project, and the said projecting ends of the bolts receive securing nuts 17. The body 14; is centrally provided with a threaded opening 18, the threads of which being adapted to co-act with the threads upon a connecting rod 19. The rod 19 has its free end threaded, but the said threads are arranged at a reverse pitch to the threads engaged within the opening of the member 13.

The numeral 20 designates a turnbuckle which has its bore provided with right and left hand threads, and which engage with the threaded ends of the rods 19 and 31..

The clamping member for the chair 7 is designated by the numeral 21, the same comprising a body 22 haying an angular rail engaging flange 23 and a vertical extension 24. The flange 23 overlies the inner base flanges of the rails upon this end of the tics, and the vertical extension 24 is dis posed adjacent the webs of said rails. The

vertical member is provided with a plurality of threaded openings 25 which are adapted to receive adjusting screws 26, the said screws being forced against the inner faces of the webs of the broken rail sustaining the said ends in proper registratiomand force the opposite sides of the rails against a vertical web engaging plate 27 and a web engaging flange 28 provided upon the outer portion of the base 5 of the chair 7. The base 5 is provided with a plurality of openings which are disposed over the passage 4: of the tie, and passing through said openings are the shanks of bolts 29, the heads of the bolts being retained within the passages 4 and contacting with the opposite walls there of. The body of the member 22 is provided wit-h elongated openings through which the shanks of the bolts 29 pass, and the projecting ends of said bolts have securing nuts 30. The body 22 is centrally provided with a threaded orifice for the reception of one of the connecting ends of a connecting rod 31, the second end of the rod having its threads pitched at an opposite angle to those received within the threaded opening of the body 22 for engaging within the threaded bore of the turnbuckle 20.

From the above description, it will be noted that when the nuts 17 and 30 are loosened and the turnbuckle 20 revolved, the members 13 and 22 may be forced either toward or away from the rails 2, and by screwing the nuts home upon the bolts, the said members may be retained in an adjusted position. Further, the member 22 being provided with the regulating bolts 26 effectively secure the broken ends of the rails 2 without the necessity of employing fish plates or providing the webs of the broken rails with the usual bolt receiving openings.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination, a tie, chair members having rail engaging ends seated upon the tie, and the said chairs adapted to receive the rails, brace members having rail engaging por tions adjustably connected with the chairs, and means arranged between the said brace members for forcing the same toward or out of contact with the rails, and means for locking the brace members upon the chairs in adjusted position.

2. In a device for the purpose set forth, the combination, a tie having elongated depressions, chair members having rectanguing portions thereof, brace members arranged upon the base portions of the chairs at the inner side of the rail, one of said brace members having adjustable. elements adapted to be brought into contact with the webs of the rails, means for longitudinally adjusting the brace members upon the chair members, and means for securing the brace members upon the chair members.

3. In a device for the purpose set forth, the combination, a tie having its upper face adjacent its end formed with an elongated depression, the upper face of which adjacent its inner wall having a transverse passage, chair members adapted to be seated within the depressions, each of said members having its base formed upon its outer edge with an overhanging. rail base engaging member and an extending plate adapted to engage with the outer side of the web of the rail, the base of each of the chairs having openings which are disposed above the transverse passage of the tie, brace members, each of said brace members comprising a fiat body having an angular flange extension which is adapted to overlie the base of the rails upon the inner faces of the rails, and being further provided with vertical plates disposed at the inner sides of the webs of the rails, said plates having threaded openings, threaded members for the openings, the bodies of each of the braces adapted to overlie the ends of the base members of the clamps not engaged by the rails, the said bodies having elongated slots, bolt members having their heads received within the passages of the ties and contacted by the side walls thereof, said bolts having their shanks projecting through the openings in the base members of the chairs and the bodies of the brace members, nuts for the bolts, the bodies having threaded depressions, a threaded rod for each of the said depressions, rods having their free ends oppositely threaded, and a turnbuckle for the said ends.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. PALMER. lVitnesses S. URLOFF, F. C. MACOMBER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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