A NEW OR IMPROVED KEY FOR SECURING RAILS ON THEIR CHAIRS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Burrell Moreton of Cardiff in the County. of
Glamorgan South Wales for an Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED KEY
FOR SECURING RAILS ON THEIR CHAIRS "
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Burrell Moreton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th January 1883.
HENRY BURRELL MORETON of Cardiff in the County of Glamorgan South
Wales "A NEW OR IMPROVED KEY FOR SECURING RAILS ON THEIR CHAIRS
"
According to my Invention I make the key preferably of sheet steel which is
bent to form a tubular piece divided on one side from end to end. By slotting or
shearing a tongue is formed at each end of the tubular key and extending to such
length or depth as may be necessary; these tongues are intended to be knocked
up against the sides of the chair after the key is driven. Keys of this description
are suitable for almost any kind of rail or chair and when secured in the chair by
the knocked up piece or pieces aforesaid the key is prevented from slipping out of
its place and securely holds the rail in position`

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Henry Burrell Moreton in the 'Great Seal Patent Office on the
13th July 1883.
HENRY BURRELL MORETON of Cardiff in the County of Glamorgan South
Wales "A NEW OR IMPROVED KEY FOR SECURING RAILS ON THEIR CHAIRS"
According to my Invention I make the key preferably of sheet steel which is
bent to form a tubular piece divided on one side from end to end. By slotting or
shearing a tongue is formed at each end of the tubular key and extending to such
length or depth as may be necessary, these tongues are intended to be knocked
up against the sides of the chair after the key is driven.
The accompanying drawings fully illustrate the manner in which I carry my
Invention into effect Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of the key cut and
slotted in the manner before described and as it appears before being inserted
between the rail and chair the slot is shown in each case but on opposite sides.
Figure 3 shows the key illustrated at Figuro 1 after the pieces are knocked up.
Figure 4 shows one of the keys with piece or lip knocked up during the manu-
facture of same and Figure 5 shows the key inserted between the rail and chair and
the pieces knocked up against the sides of the chair, a is the split tubular key;
b, bare the slots in same; c, c, are the tongue pieces to be knocked up or partly
bent up before or after the key is driven. d is the chair, e is the rail. Figure 5
shows clearly the pieces c, c, knocked up against the sides of the chair d and the
rail e thus firmly secured in the chair d.
Keys of this discription are suitable for almost any kind of rail or chair and
when secured in the chair by the knocked up piece or pieces aforesaid the key is
prevented from slipping out of its place and securely holds the rail in position.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed I declare that I claim
The split tubular key piece a having lips or tongued pieces c, c formed. therein
as and for the purposes set forth
In witness whereof I the said Henry Burrell Moreton have hereunto set my
hand and scal this Ninth day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty three.
HENDY RIDDELL
HENDY
NORTON