IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILS FOR STREET TRAM-WAYS AND OTHER RAILWAYS AND IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STREET TRAM-WAYS"
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Levick of Gateshead upon Tyne in the County of
"
Durham, and Frederick Charles Winby of South Grove Cardiff in the County
of Glamorgan for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILS FOR STREET
TRAM-WAYS AND OTHER RAILWAYS AND IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STREET
TRAM-WAYS"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Levick and Frederick
Charles Winby at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st
December 1877.
GEORGE LEVICK of Gateshead upon Tyne in the County of Durham, and
FREDERICK CHARLES WINBY of South Grove Cardiff in the County of Glamorgan
IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILS FOR STREET TRAM-WAYS AND OTHER RAILWAYS AND IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF STREET TRAM-WAYS."
"
This invention has for its object Improvements in rails for street tramways and
other railways and in the construction of street tramways
For street tramways and other railways I roll a rail such as is shown at Figure 1
of the drawings annexed. It is a flat footed rail with a central web supporting a
head. The head is grooved along its upper surface which forms the table of the
rail. The groove (which is intended to receive the flanges of the wheels) is
produced by first rolling a flange or lip projecting at right angles from the web as
is indicated by the dotted lines in the figure and afterwards bending round this
flange or lip to the form shown by the full lines. The rail may be made of such
proportions as to give a large bearing surface sufficient to admit of being laid
directly upon the consolidated macadam thus dispensing with the necessity for
chairs and sleepers and consequently the cost of cutting out space for the same.
The depth of the rail may be increased so as to admit of the granite setts resting
partly or altogether upon the flange thereby preventing that part of the granite
wood or other roadway material from sinking below the level of the head of the
rail.
There are cross tie bars holding the rails in gauge

page_text: We also produce a double headed rail such as is shown at Figure 2. This rail is
intended to be held in chairs
In connection with each of the heads a flange or lip is rolled projecting from the
web at right angles and these flanges or lips are afterwards bent round as the
Figure indicates.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said George Levick and Frederick Charles Winby in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 31st May 1878.
GEORGE LEVICK of Gateshead upon Tyne in the County of Durham and
FREDERICK CHARLES WINBY of South Grove Cardiff in the County of Glamorgan
'IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILS FOR STREET TRAMWAYS AND OTHER RAILWAYS AND IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF STREET TRAMWAYS "
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This invention has for its object improvements in rails for Street Tramways and
other railways and in the construction of Street Tramways.
For Street Tramways and other railways we roll a rail such as is shown at Figure 1
of the Drawings annexed. It is a flat fotted rail with a central web supporting a
head. The head is grooved along its upper surface which forms the table of the
rail. The groove (which is intended to receive the flanges of the wheels) is
produced by first rolling a flange or lip projecting at right angles from the web as
is indicated by the dotted lines in the figure and afterwards bending round this
flange or lip to the form shewn by the full lines. The rail is made of such
proportions as to give a large bearing surface sufficient to admit of being laid
directly upon the consolidated macadam or road material thus dispensing with the
necessity for chairs and sleepers and consequently the cost of cutting out space for
the same.
The depth of the rail is such as to admit of the granite setts resting partly or
altogether upon the flange thereby preventing that part of the granite wood or
other roadway material from sinking below the level of the head of the rail.-There
are cross tie bars holding the rails in gauge.
In place of rolling the rail with the head, the web and the foot all in one a
footless rail may be rolled with head and web as shewn and this rail may
afterwards be rivetted or otherwise secured to a rolled foot of a T form or the foot
may consist of a pair of angle irons or the rail may be rolled with a narrow foot
and have a wider sole plate rivetted or secured to it as shewn at Figure 3. Such a
sole plate forms a very efficient support for the setts or paving blocks.
We also produce a double headed rail such as is shown at Figure 2, this rail is
intended to be held in chairs.
In connection with each of the heads a flange or lip is rolled projecting from
the web at right angles and these flanges or lips are afterwards bent round as the
Figure indicates.

page_text: Figures 4. 5. 6. 7. 8 and 9 shew different forms in which our invention may be
applied.
In Figure 4 the edges of the base plate are turned down to prevent lateral
movement
In Figure 5 the rail is rolled shallower and it is used with a wrought or cast iron
longitudinal sleeper formed with an elevated ridge to support the rail.
In Figure 6 the rail is raised upon an H iron, this form may be used with or
without a base plate.
Figures 7 and 8 are respectively a transverse section and an elevation partly in
section shewing the rail mounted on corrugated or plain wrought or cast Bowl
sleepers
And Figure 9 shews the rail on a wrought or cast longitudinal trough sleeper.
Having thus described the nature of our said Invention and the manner of
performing the same we would have it understood that we claim
First. The construction of rails for street tramways and other railways sub-
stantially as described.
Second. The construction of Street Tramways with groove headed and footed rails
laid upon the consolidated macadam or road material and with granite or other
paving setts resting on or over the foot or sole plate of the rail substantially as
described.
In witness whereof I the said George Levick have hereunto set my hand and
seal this twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and seventy eight.
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