Improved Means for Attaching Rails to Sleepers.
Year: 1890

page_text: Improved Means for Attaching Rails to Sleepers.
I, GUIDO RUTGERS, of 14 Schottenring, Vienna I, in the Austrian Empire,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and, ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This invention relates to the means for attaching rails to wooden sleepers, and it has
for its object to provide a sure and durable connexion, which shall be free from the
drawbacks inherent in the usual book-nail fastening, and shall admit of injured parts
being easily replaced.
According to the invention, the base of the rail is inserted into a conveniently
shaped supporting plate, which rests on the sleeper, and by means of plates, which are
secured to the lateral faces of the sleeper and are provided with jaws projecting over
the base of the rail the rail and its supporting plate are kept in an unalterable
position.
In the annexed sheet of drawings,
Figs. 1 and 2 are a top view and an end view respectively of the said improved
attaching means, and Fig. 3 shews a cross section of the supporting plate.
The supporting plate a, laid into the top surface recess of the cross sleeper b, is of
the same breadth as this latter and provided with a longitudinal groove intended to
receive the base of the rail. Both end edges of the said supporting plate a are provided
with lateral projections c, extending beyond the top surface of the sleeper.
The rail d having been placed into the groove of the supporting plate, the clamping
plates ff are secured to the lateral faces of the sleeper by means of bolts g, passed
through bores of the sleeper and corresponding nuts h.
The top edge of either clamping plate f is provided with a shoulder i and with a
hook or jaw k, which projects over the base of the rail, while the shoulder i prevents
lateral displacement of the said base.
The clamping plates f are secured to the sleeper in such positions that the jaws k
project over the base of the rail alternately from the right hand and left hand side,
whereby the rail is firmly clamped to its supporting plate and this latter to the sleeper.
The projections or shoulders c of the supporting plate a, between which the clamping
plates fare engaged, prevent lateral displacement of the clamping plates whereby the
bolts g passing through the sleeper would be loosened.
The clamping plates may be secured to the sleeper by one or more bolts, and each
plate may be replaced by two separate plates, either of which is provided with the
jaw or hook k, while the other has formed on its top edge either a similar jaw or a
shoulder like i.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. In a rail fastening for wooden cross sleepers, a supporting plate resting on the
sleeper and provided with shoulders on either end of its front and rear edge, and two
clamping plates engaged between the said shoulders and secured to the lateral faces of
the sleeper, either clamping plate having a jaw or hook, formed on its top edge,
projecting over one edge of the base of the rail, the other edge of which abuts against
shoulder of the said clamping plate, substantially as set forth.

page_text: 2. In a rail fastening for wooden cross sleepers, clamping plates, which are secured
to the lateral faces of the sleeper by means of bolts passing through the sleepers, and
which have their top edges formed into hooks or jaws projecting over the base of the
rail, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 7th day of February 1890