ади Connecting them for Colliery and other Purposes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 29th June, 1887
Complete Left, 2nd Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 13th Jan., 1888
Tramway walls, MICROD ади
Connecting them for Colliery and other Purposes.
1
JOSEPH ROTHERY, Skelmanthorpe near Huddersfield, Colliery Manager, JOHN
WARBURTON, Conisburgh near Rotherham, Colliery Manager, both in the County of
York, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
:-
This invention relates to and consists in a novel form and shape of Rail, made of
Steel Iron or other suitable material. The section of the same being the form of an
inverted letter (U) yu-and of a Sleeper having a pedestal, or hearer, in form and
shape so as to fit into the inner side of the rail. This pedestal or bearer may also be
made so as to be attached to other sleepers, as well as forming part of a sleeper in its
make. At the joints or ends of lengths of rails, the ends of two rails rest on one and
the same pedestal or bearer, the connection being made complete by a bolt or bolts
being put horizontally through the sides of each rail and through one and the same
pedestal for both ends, thus forming a stiff joint and serving all the purposes of fish
plates, as well as of pedestal or bearer.
JOSEPH ROTHERY.
JOHN WARBURTON.

page_text: Connecting them for Colliery and other Purposes.
We JOSEPH ROTHERY of Skelmanthorpe near Huddersfield Colliery Manager,
and JOHN WARBURTON of Conisburgh near Rotherham Colliery Manager, both in
the County of York 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 and consists of a novel form and Shape of Rail made of
Steel, Iron or other suitable material. The section of the same being the form of an
inverted and of a Sleeper having a pedestal or bearer in form and shape so as to
fit into the inner side of the rail.
This bearer or pedestal may also be made so as to be attached to other sleepers as
well as forming part of a sleeper in its make.
At the joints or ends of lengths of rails, the ends of two rails rest on one and the
same pedestal or bearer. The connection of the two ends of rails being made
complete by a holt, pin, cotter, peg or other suitable thing being put horizontally
through the rails, and through one and the same pedestal or bearer, forming a stiff
joint and serving all the purposes of fish plates as well as pedestal.
The pedestals or bearers for support of rails between the ends or joints are the
same section, as at the ends of rails, and may or may not require a bolt, pin
cotter, peg, or other means to fasten the rail and sleeper together.
We annex a sheet of drawings illustrating the same and hereinafter refer to them
by number and letter, as numbered and lettered on the sheet of drawings.
Fig. 1. shows plan of sleeper and two ends of rails resting on one and the same
pedestal or bearer, with bolts, or pins fastening each rail end to the one pedestal
or bearer. A being iron-sleeper and pedestal in one. B. B being the ends of two
rails resting on the one pedestal.
Fig. 2. shows end view of Figure 1. A. C. being iron sleeper and pedestal in one,
and B the rail, resting upon the pedestal ().
Fig. 3. shows view of iron-sleeper and pedestal in one. A portion being sleeper,
and C. portion pedestal.
Fig. 4. shows side view of pedestal or bearer, as attached to wood sleepers. O being
pedestal and D wood sleeper.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is-
1. An improved section of Rails for Tramways Railways and other ways where
rails are used.

page_text: 2. A new and improved form and shape of pedestal or bearer, as hereinbefore
described, and as shown in the drawings annexed.
3. The means of securing a firm conection at the ends of rails without the use of
fishplates.
4. The mode of fixing and fastening rails as hereinbefore described.