Improved Means for Preventing the " Creeping" of Rails on Railway Tracks.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1892-Accepted, 3rd Dec., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by AUGUSTUS GROSS, of 137, Elizabeth Street,
Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, Engineer.]
Improved Means for Preventing the " Creeping" of Rails on Railway
Tracks.
I HENRY EDWARD NEWTON of the Office for Patents, 6 Breams Buildings,
Chancery Lane in the County of London, Patent Agent 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 consists in providing an adjustable block or stop, and securing the
same to the under side of the rail, preferably at the joint, in such a manner that
the block or stop shall abut against the sleeper, and prevent the longitudinal
movement or "creeping" of the rail.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the abutting ends of two adjacent Trails, and shews
one mode of securing the block or stop to the rail.
Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, looking towards the left, the rail being in
cross section.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the block or stop.
In
A is the block or stop itself, which is preferably provided with two slots a a.
This stop A is secured to the under side of the rail in any suitable manner.
these figures of the drawings, it is shewn bolted to two cheeks B B. that are, in
their turn, secured to the rail, outside the fish plates (; C, by means of two fish
bolts c c.
The block or stop A has one end A¹ turned to form a flange, which
flange shall abut against the sleeper D, in the direction in which the rail "creeps,”
and will thus prevent any longitudinal movements of the rail in that direction.
The broadened end A' is specially intended to present a large bearing surface, and
thereby the stop A will be prevented from burying itself in the sleeper D. By
means of the slots a a and securing bolts a¹ a¹, the block or stop A is rendered
adjustable in position between the rail and the sleeper, so as to permit of its being
attached to a rail that has already "crept."
Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively sectional end view and side elevation of the
apparatus as applied to a double headed rail. In these views, the cheeks B B, to
which the stop A is secured, form part of, and are downward continuations of the
fish plates CC, and project considerably below the underside of the rail.
Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively sectional end view and side elevation of another
modification of the apparatus. In this case, the cheeks B B are bolted on outside
the fish plates C C, and project below the rail. The shape of the stop is somewhat
altered, but is identical in principle and operation to the forms previously shewn
and described, and consists of a U shaped bar, the arms of which are slotted, to
permit of its adjustment to the rail, relative to the sleeper.
Figs. 8 and 9 are side elevation and plan, respectively, of the abutting ends of
two Trails. In this case, the cheeks B B are dispensed with, and the stop A
bolted directly onto the flanges of the rail.
Instead of having the block or stop rigidly secured to the fish plates, the latter
may be provided with a downward extension, in which is a socket into which one
end of the block or stop may be introduced, while the other end of the stop would
abut against the sleeper. In this way the stop would be prevented from falling, by
its end that rested in the socket, and would at the same time be jammed betwe en
the projection of the fish plate and the sleeper, the projection on the fish plate
receiving the thrust of the "creep." The socket end of the stop may be readily
made adjustable in its socket by any suitable device, so that the stop may be made

page_text: to fit exactly the space between the projection below the rail and the side of the
sleeper.
This modification is not shewn in the drawings.
By adopting the modifications shewn in Figs. 1 and 7, the apparatus may be
attached to an existing line of rails, without any alteration being made to the fish
plates, to the rails, or to the permanent way.
1
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A longitudinally adjustable block or stop consisting of a metal plate that is.
provided with a broadened end, and with adjustable means for securing it to and
below a railway rail, so that while one end of the stop is rigidly secured to the rail
above it, the other or broadened end shall abut against one of the transverse sleepers
upon which the rails are laid, as herein set forth.
2. A block or stop that is placed longitudinally below, and rigidly secured to a
railway rail, in such a way that while one end of the stop is secured directly or
indirectly to the rail, the other end shall abut against the nearest transverse sleeper,
so as to prevent the "creeping" of the rail in that direction, the apparatus being
provided with slots or other suitable devices, whereby the stop may be rendered
adjustable longitudinally, as herein specified.
3. A longitudinally adjustable stop or block that is so placed below the rail that
it shall abut, at one end, against the sleeper, and at the other end. against a pro-
jection on the fish plate or other suitable attachment to the rail, the said stop being
either rigidly secured to such fish plates or other attachment, or merely supported
in position by the same, as herein specified.
4. The combination with downwardly projecting cheeks or other similar plates
in connection with the joints of railway rails, of a longitudinally adjustable block
or stop, one end of which shall be held by the downwardly projecting cheeks, while..
the other end shall abut against the nearest transverse sleeper in the direction of
the "
creep "it is desired to prevent, as herein set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of November 1892.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.