IMPROVEMENTS IN FISH PLATES AND IN JOINTS FOR RAILWAY RAILS
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Herbert John Haddan, of the Firm of Herbert and
Company, Patent Agents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil
Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FISH PLATES AND IN
JOINTS FOR RAILWAY RAILS." A communication from abroad by Joseph Eno,
of Council Bluffs, State of Iowa, United States of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Herbert John Haddan at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th March 1877.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Patent Agents,
of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
FISH PLATES AND IN JOINTS FOR RAILWAY RAILS."
by Joseph Eno, of Council Bluffs, State of Iowa, United States of America.
A communication from abroad
The improvements consist in making the fish plates with an outer turned-up edge,
said edge being for the purposes next to be described.
The improvements also embrace making a clip or joint piece that shall pass under
the rail, and embrace and hold the turned-up edge of the fish plates. The fish
plates being bolted to the rail the clip piece can be slided on or otherwise fixed,
and thus by the combination of the improved fishes and clip a more efficient joint
for rails is secured. The various parts are to be made of metal.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Herbert John Haddan in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 12th
September 1877.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Patent Agents,
of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer.
"" IMPROVEMENTS IN
FISH PLATES AND IN JOINTS FOR RAILWAY RAILS." A communication from abroad
by Joseph Eno, of Council Bluffs, State of Iowa, United States of America.
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page_text: The nature of my Invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a
railroad joint fastening, as will be herein-after more fully set forth.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my Invention, and Figure 2 is an end view of
the same.
A, A, represent the ends of two adjoining railroad rails, which are fastened
together by the following means:-B is a plate forming the base of the fastening.
This plate is placed under the foot of the rail, and has its side edges curved
upward and inward, as shown at c, c. On each side of the rail is a fish plate D
made in angular form, as shown, to fit under and against the top or head of the
rails A, and also on the top of the foot thereof. The outer edge of the fish plate is
turned upward, forming a bead a, which fits under the up-turned edges of the
base plate B. Bolts E are then passed through the fish plates and rails, and fas-
tened by nuts G. This fastening is very simple, cheaply and easily manufactured,
and is strong and durable.
It will be seen that the up-turned edges C of the plate B form hooks, which
extend beyond the base of the rail on each side. By this construction of the fish
plates D and plate B the former can be readily detached or attached sidewise from
the rail, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.
It will further be seen that with my Invention the base of the rail is rested
upon the chair or plate B, and the compression of the fish plates is produced wholly
by the bolts and nuts against the elastic action of the chair.
Having thus fully described my Invention, what I claim as new and desire to
secure by Letters Patent is,-
1. The fish plate D with an outer edge turned upward for any purpose.
2. The combination of the plate B having enlarged curved up-turned side edges
C, C, forming hooks, and the fish plates D, D, having rounded beads a along their
outer edges, with the bolt E and nuts O, substantially as and for the purposes herein
set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Herbert John Haddan, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.