US1410364A - Rail joint - Google Patents

Description

E. R. BRITCHER.

RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9 1922- Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD R. BRITCHER, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.-

RAIL JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Man 21 1922 Application filed January 9, 1922. Serial No. 528,063.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD B1. BRITGHER, a citizen oi the United States, residing at York, in the county of York and State of ljennsylvania, have invented certain new and useiul improvements in Rail Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawino s.

It is the purpose of the present invention to provide a joint tor rails, whereby the adjaccnt ends of the rails are locked against disconnection in three different directions, for instance against movement upwardly, even though. the retaining spikes become loose, laterally in either direction, and also i'rom ex essive movement away from each other in alignment with the rail sections.

fuiother purpose is the provision of a joint, wherein the h'sh plates and securing bolts are eliminated, which will save not only considerable expense, but also considerable labor and material.

It. still further purpose is the provision of a joint, which is not only locked against separable movement in the three different directions as above noted, but also the joints, which are so constructed to permit oi? expansion and contraction of the rail sections when united.

'lurther purpose is the provision of a joint, wherein the adj accnt ends of the rail sections are spliced together along an inclined direction, the inclined connected ends being provided with toothed surfaces, the shoulders 'lorlied thereby being so disposed and arranged as to prevent disconnection of the rail sections in the three difierent directions.

fittill a 'h'irther purpose is the provision of a bifurcated connection between the balls or the rails, to insure prevention of disconnection latemlly in either direction.

ii hile the design and construction at present illustrated and set forth are deemed preteraliile, it obvious that as a result of a reduction of the invention to a more practical term "for commercial purposes, the invention may he susceptible of changes, and

the right to these changes is claimed, provided they are comprehended within the scope or what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter set "forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure l is a view in side elevation showthe adjacent ends of two rails connected by means of the improved joint;

Figure 2 is a detail view in side elevation of one end of one rail section;

Figure 3 is a detail view in side elevation of the end of the other rail section;

Figure 4: is a detail perspective of the upper part of the rail section 1, showing the tongue 4; and

Figure 5 is a detail perspective of the upper part of the rail section 2, showing the bifurcation 22.

Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 designate the adjacent end portions of two rail sections, it being noted that the end of the rail section 1 has the end of its ball 3 provided with a tongue 4-. In fact the opposite sides of the ball are cut away, causing to be formed angular recesses 5, which in turn cause the formation of the tongue 4. The tongue 4 and the recesses 5 extend in a vertical direction.

It will be noted that the rail section 1 has the lower part of its web 6 and base 7 extended, thereby providing an elongated tongue 8, which, as before stated consists oi the web 6 and the base 7.

The web of the rail section 1 from the lower edge or corner of the tongue 4 is inclined downwardly and under the tongue 4: as shown at 9, it being obvious that the up per edge of the tongue 8 is provided with a plurality of V-shaped teeth 10 and 11, there being intervening Vehaped notches or recesses 12., for the reception of the V-shaped teeth of the end of the adjacent rail section. The recess or notch 12, adjacent the tongue 4 has one of its inclined edges merging into and at right angles to the inclined edge or surface 9. The tooth 11 has its apex on a plane below the apex of the tooth 10 which has its apex on a plane below the crotch adjacent where one inclined edge of one of the recesses 12 and the inclined edge 9 come together. The tooth 11 has an inclined edge 13, which is substantially at right angles to the edge 14, which extends downwardly and under the edge 13.

The end of the rail section 2 is correspondingly constructed namely it has a recess 15 formed in its web and base, it being obvious that the lower portion of the web and the base are cut away, to provide for the reception of the tongue 8. The shoulders 9 and

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