Year: 1888

page_text: THOMAS JOHN BLACKMORE, & THOMAS BLACKMORE, Pelton Villa, Annandale Road
East Greenwich Kent, Clerks, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
The object of the Invention is for the Prevention of Jolting & Noisy oscillation of
Trams while passing over rail Joints.
The Combination Railway Metal of rail & Fish Plate in one thus enabling a chair
to be placed under the Joint both ensuring a greater amount of Strength and Truth
to Line.
By the Introduction of Rail & Fish Plate in one the Tying of the Metals together
is distributed over a greater amount of rail therefore ensuring a far greater amount
of strength.
The Invention for Joining the Rails consists of making a long bevel Joint & Fish
Plate in one Made by making end of rails solid for about eighteen inches, they are
then cut length-ways for nine inches and the remaining nine inches is cut on the
bevel from end of first cut to the outer end. The extreme end is then cut to form
Fish Plate of the adjoining rail. Thus forming rail & Fish Plate in one.
By this method the Fish Plates are distributed further apart with the same amount
of metal & making the Tying power of greater strength.
A Chair is then able to be placed direct under the Joint; And by the Joint being
made on the bevel and the Fishplates distributed on each side of it; it thus saves all
springing of rails at the Joints & oscillation of carriages when any weight is passing.
over the Joint, as the Wheels of carriages enter the proceeding rail before they leave
the departing one.
Dated this 11th Contambar 1888
THOMAS JOHN BLACKMORE.
THOMAS BLACK MORE.

page_text: Improvements in Joints of Railway Rails.
We THOMAS JOHN BLACKMORE and THOMAS BLACKMORE both of Pelton Villa
Annandale Road East Greenwich in the County of Kent Clerks 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 improvements in the means and method of making the
joints of railway and the like rails and has for its object the prevention or reduction
of the jolting oscillation and noise caused by the trains passing over such joints as
hitherto constructed.
For this purpose we construct the rail and fish plate in one piece with each end of
the rail cut on the bevel that is diagonal to the length of the rail thus enabling a
chair to be placed under the joint for instance we make the ends of the rails solid for
about eighteen inches they are then cut lengthways with the rail for nine inches and
the remaining nine inches is cut on the bevel from end of first cut to the outer
end. The extreme end is then cut to form fish plate of the adjoining rail this forming
the rail and fish plate all in one.
By this method the fish plates which are bolted or secured through the web of each
of the adjoining rails are distributed farther apart with about the same amount of
metal and making the tying power of greater strength.
A chair is then able to be placed direct under the joint and by the joint being made
on the bevel and the fish plates being distributed on each side of it it thus saves
springing of rails and oscillation of carriages when passing over the joint as the wheels
enter the one rail before they leave the other.
And in order that our invention may be the more easily understood and readily
carried into practice we will proceed to describe the same with reference to the
accompanying sheet of drawings.
Figure 1 of which shows a perspective view of a rail joint complete (with chairs
and sleeper) in accordance with our present invention.
Figure 2 is a similar view of a separate rail end and fish plate thereon.
Figure 3 is a view of the next rail end to that shown in Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a plan of rail joint in accordance with our present improvements.
a Figures 1 and 3 is the rail having the end bevelled off, (that is, formed' at an
angle of 45 degrees) as shown and having the fish plate a' formed thereon which
latter overlaps the end of next rail end (as shown in Figure 1) to which it is secured
by bolts a² through holes as in the web thereof and in the fish plate a'.
In like manner the fish plate & forming part of the rail end b is secured to the rail
end a by means of bolts through the holes 63 in the fish plate 6 and web of the
other rail a the chair c being placed just beneath the diagonal joint so that the wheels
of the vehicles passing over the rails run smoothly and gradually from one rail to
the next.
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If desired the rail ends of our improved construction may be joined by separate fish
plates instead of the latter forming part of the rail end.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1. In joints for railway rails the improved arrangement and construction of rail
ends and overlapping fish plate attached substantially as set forth.
2. In joints for railway rails the improved arrangement and construction of rail ends
by forming them with a diagonal or bevel so that any two ends make a solid joint
substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.
3. The improved arrangement and construction of rail end and fish plate combined for
forming the joints of railway rails substantially in the manner and for the
purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this Oth day of December 1000.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Patentees.