Improvements in or appertaining _ to the Jointing of Rails for Railways or Tramways.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 4th Dec., 1890-Accepted, 10th Jan., 1891
PROVIDIONALNI
LION
Improvements in or appertaining _ to the Jointing of Rails for
Railways or Tramways.
I JOHN GLEAVE ADAMS of 278 Old Chester Road, Rock Ferry, in the County of
Chester, Inspector of Permanent Way, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
:-
This invention has for its object a rail that will avoid the disagreeable jolting
caused by the wheel coming upon the loose end of the rail at junctions and also will
entirely prevent a foul joint.
Instead of forming a butt joint as has hitherto been done with rails, I cut the ends
of the rail to a definite angle, said angle being preferably as large an angle as
possible so as to avoid cutting into the fish-plate holes of the rails and yet use fish-
plates of the present dimensions. The length that I can go upon is usually about
24 inches. The rails being all cut to the same angle, when one side of the rail is
worn it can be turned round & replaced. A foul joint is entirely prevented as the
bevel being in the direction of travel on the in-side, the near end of one rail cannot
stand out beyond the in-side of the end of the preceding rail but if there is any
defect in alignment of the two rails the projection met by the wheel will be on the
outside of the rail where the flange will not come in contact with it.
Datad this 25th low of Outati 1900
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to the Jointing of Rails for
Railways or Tramways.
1, JOHN GLEAVE ADAMS of 278 Old Chester Road, Rock Ferry in the County of
Chester Inspector of Permanent Way, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion 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 rail jointings for railways or tramways, and it has for its
object a rail jointing that will prevent, as far as practicable, the disagreeable jolting
which occurs as the wheel passes over the junction between two rails and the heavy
wear and tear on the rail ends caused thereby, and that will also prevent to a very
great extent shocks from what is known as a "foul joint."
The invention may be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in
which
Figures 1 and 2 are plan views showing the invention as applied to a railway and
to tramway rails respectively.
A A are the rails, B B the fish-plates, and CC the fish-bolts. D D, Figure 2, are
the bolt holes for receiving the holding down bolts of the tram-rails.
Instead of jointing the rails, as has hitherto been the practice, with a butt joint
having its faces perpendicular to the sides of the rail, I form the rails with a joint E
having its opposing faces set at an angle to the sides of the rail. The inclination of
the joint faces to the sides of the rail is preferably as great as it is possible to obtain
without cutting into the fish-bolt holes in the rails, or rendering it necessary to
employ fish plates other than those of the present standard dimensions. The available
length of rail within which the joint may be formed is generally about 2 inches for
an ordinary double or single headed rail.

page_text: The joint is so placed that the point e of the bevelled end of the rail, on the inside
thereof, faces in the direction of the travel of the rolling stock. The opposing
angle e¹ of the adjacent rail cannot therefore project so readily into the line of travel
as in the case of a rectangular joint, or if it does so project it will only present a very
obtuse angle to the wheels of the rolling stock, and such angle will soon be rounded
off by the repeated impact of the wheels, so that in a short time no perceptible jolt
will occur at the joint. It will generally be found, that where there is any defect in
the alignment of the two rails, the projecting part of the joint which faces towards
the wheels will be on the off-side of the rails where the Hanges of the wheels will
not come in contact with it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
A rail jointing in which the two opposing ends of the rails are cut on a bevel,
substantially as and for the purposes described.
Dated this 3rd day of December 1890.
WM. P THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and London, Patent Agents.