Improvements in or connected with Temporary Clips for Broken Rails
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Apr, 1895-Accepted, 22nd June, 1395
COMPLITE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in or connected with Temporary Clips for Broken
Rails
J, HEINRICH HOIT/ of Nadoiter trisse 61 Oldenburg Railway-master, do
hereby declue the nature of this invention ind in what manner the sume is to
be peiformed to be particularly de cribed and iscertained in ind by the following
statement
The object of this invention is temporary cl p for broken lwy rails or any
other kind of ruls carrying vehicles The chip can be adapted to any kind of
rail but it is specially suited to foot-ruls it is intended to serve is a temporary
expedient to join a bioken ail and to unite htmly the two broken ends until the
rail can be replaced by a sound one
I he annexed diawing shows the new clip from three different aspects,
g 1, being a cross ection of the foot-rail with clip attached,
Fig 2, a side clevation of rail with front view of clip
Fig 3 perspective side view of the hinged Jaw of clip
One side of the rail a is supported by a suitably shaped fixed Jaw c which fits
the inner profile of the rail the continuition of this jaw forms the bed-plate b, of
the clip
The bed-plite terminates in a missive uptight angle h, the latter carries
a bolt headed screw q¹ with countci-nut 1here is a slot in the bed-plate b
through which the hinge e of the Jiw d passes, in such a manner that the jaw moves
freely to and fro The hinged Jiw is ever cly symmetrical in inner profile to the
fixed jaw c to fit the shape of the other side of the ul Underneath the bed-
plite b, there are two sections of a hinge socket to match the hinge e of the jaw d
The method of forcing the ends of a broken rail into position is the following
1 he bed-plate with the fixed Jaw e, is passed under and against the rail in such a
manner that the latter is well enclosed by the Jaw
d
If the movable jaw d, is now quite opened, then the whole clip can be placed in
a suitable position against the broken rail so that by tightening up the screw q, the
end or end of the broken rul which are bent out of position, can be forced into
po ition by the movable jaw
hinge may now be inseited
secured by a nut oi split pin
together at the fractured part
loosening the sciew bolt
This having been done, the bolt (or pin) of the
through the three sections of the hinge-socket and
The broken tail is thus firmly and securely braced
The clip is easily removed from the rail, by mercly
and opening the hinge e
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I clum
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A temporary chip for securely joining the ends of broken rail ray-rail- or of other
rails which serve as a road for vehicles the chip consisting of a bed-plate, one end
of which is formed to fixed jaw, fitting snugly ag unst one side of a rail, the
other end is formed to an upright olid angle with a hole through it the hole
forming a female screw, the bed plate has a lot to allow a hinged rocking Jaw to
pass through it and move freely to and fro, the hinged jaw is reversely symmetrical
inner profile to the fixed jaw to fit the shape of the other side of the rail and is
pressed against the fincture in the rail, by means of a screw bolt with counter nut

page_text: passes through foresaid hole in upright angle, thus firmly clipping the fracture as
herein duly set forth and substantially described
Dated this 25th day of April 1895
For HEINRICH HOLTZ,
Robert Krayn,
Attorney