Improvements in the Permanent Way of Railways.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 15th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 15th Apr., 1887.
Improvements in the Permanent Way of Railways.
We, DAN RYLANDS of Hope Glass Works, Stairfoot, near Barnsley, in the county
of York glass bottle mauufacturer and HAMILTON LINDSAY-BUCKNALL of 127 Leaden-
hall Street, London, in the county of Middlesex, civil engineer do hereby declare
the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PERMANENT WAY OF RAILWAYS
to be as follows:-
According to our invention one or more holes are formed through the glass
sleeper during the process of the casting or making, and such holes may be formed
by means of a core or in any suitable way. The sleepers are fastened together
by means of a tie-bar which is passed underneath the sleeper and secured by means
of the bolt or bolts passing through the hole or holes in the tie-bar and through
the hole or holes, formed in the sleeper and fastened on the top by means of the
nut or nuts securing the clip which holds in position the rail; or the tie-bar
may be extended right to the end of the sleeper and further secured by an additional
bolt passing through an aperture or recess in the sleeper. The tie-bar is of
a sufficient length to connect the two sleepers on either side which sleepers are both
fastened in the manner described.
Between the flange of the rail and the surface of the sleeper suitable packing
is employed such as Willesden paper or Asbestos cloth or other suitable substance
in order to obviate any variation which may have taken place in the casting of
the sleeper or the rail.
These sleepers can also be cast suitable for the reception of chairs for double
headed rails in which case the holding down clip would be dispensed with and the bolt
holes would be utilised for holding the chair in position as well as securing the tie-bar.
These sleepers are cast in solid blocks and a sufficient bearing surface provided
for to meet the requirements of the guage of the railway and the weight of the
Jocomotiva

page_text: In the case of a narrow guage or light railway glass sleepers may be used having
only one hole for the tie-bar, and the holding down bolt for such sleepers would
be arranged so that it would secure the clip holding down the rail on alternate sides.
Where necessary we form in the sleeper two holes which by means of the bolts
and clips before mentioned secure the flange of the rail to the sleeper on both sides.
Where chairs are used it may be necessary to use three or more holes.
We would here remark that the important and novel points of our present invention
are the forming of holes right through the sleeper and the passing of the tie-bar
underneath the sleeper through which the bolts pass to secure the rail or the chair
to the sleeper thus forming in one combination security of guage and the fastening
of the rails.

page_text: Improvements in the Permanent Way of Railways.
We DAN RYLANDS, of Hope Glass Works, Stairfoot, near Barnsley, in the County
of York, Glass Bottle Manufacturer; and HAMILTON LINDSAY-BUCKNALL, of
127, Leadenhall Street, London, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention for and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
According to our invention one or more holes are formed through the glass
sleeper during the process of the casting or making, and such holes may be formed
by means of a core or in any suitable way.
The sleepers are fastened together by means of a tie-bar which is passed underneath
the sleeper and secured by means of a bolt or bolts passing through the hole or
holes in the tie-bar and through the hole or holes formed in the sleeper, and fastened
on the top by means of a nut or nuts securing a clip which holds in position the
rail. Or the tie-bar may be extended right to the end of the sleeper and further
secured by an additional bolt passing through an aperture or recess in the sleeper.
The tie-bar is of a sufficient length to connect the two sleepers on either side, which
sleepers are both fastened in the manner described.
Between the flange of the rail and the surface of the sleeper suitable packing
is employed, such as Willesden Paper or Asbestos Cloth, or other suitable substance,
in order to obviate any variation which may have taken place in the casting of
of the sleeper or the manufacture of the rail.
These sleepers can also be cast suitable for the reception of chairs for double-headed
rails, in which case the holding-down clip would be dispensed with, and the bolt-
holes would be utilised for bolts to pass through to hold the said chair in position
as well as securing the tie-bar.
These sleepers are cast in solid blocks and a sufficient bearing surface provided
for to meet the requirements of the gauge of the Railway and the weight of the
locomotive. In the case of a narrow gauge or light railway glass sleepers may
be used having only one hole for the tie-bar, and the holding-down bolt for such
sleepers would be arranged so that it would secure the clip which holds down the
rail on alternate sides.
Where necessary we form in the sleeper two holes, which by means of the bolts
and clips before mentioned secure the flange of the rail to the sleeper on both
sides. Where chairs are used it may be necessary to use three or more holes.
We would here remark that the important and novel points of our present invention
are the forming of holes right through the sleepers, and the passing of the tie-bar
underneath the sleeper, through which the bolts pass which secure the rail or
the chair to the sleeper, thus forming in one combination security of guage and
the fastening of the rails.
By referring to the accompanying drawings our invention will be more fully
understood.
Fig. 1. is a sectional elevation of our improved permanent way.
Fig. 2. is a plan of the same.
Fig. 3. is a sectional elevation of a modified form of our improvements, and Fig. 4
is a plan of the sleeper for the same.

page_text: Fig. 5. is a sectional elevation of our improvements in connection with a double-
headed rail and chair.
Fig. 6. is a plan of our improvements, showing the rail secured to the glass sleepers
on alternate sides thereof.
The same letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
Referring to Figs. 1. and 2. the sleepers S S are stayed together by means of the
tic-bar T, which is secured to the sleepers S S by means of bolts bb passing through
suitable holes h formed in the sleepers S S. The bolts balso pass through the
clips cc which are held down to the sleepers by means of the nuts nn, so that
the said clips c. c hold the rails R R securely in position required.
Referring to Figs. 3. and 4, the tie-bar T is extended right to the end of the
sleeper S, and is secured thereto by additional bolts which pass through the
apertures or recesses w w formed in the sleeper S. In this arrangement the tie-bar T
is of a sufficient length to connect a similar sleeper not shown but fastened in
the manner described and carrying the opposite rail.
Between the flanges of the rails R (Figs. 1. 2. 3. and 6) and the top or bearing
faces of the sleepers S, and also between the bottom of the chair H. (Fig. 5,) and face
of sleeper S, suitable packing p is placed, which may either be Willesden Paper
or Asbestos Cloth or other suitable substance. By this means the rails R or
chairs H. obtain a level and firm bedding on the sleepers S, so that any variation
which may have taken place either in the casting of the sleeper or manufacture
of the rail or chair will not interfere with the true bedding or levelling of the
rails R or chairs H.
Referring to Fig. 5, the sleeper S is suitably cast for the reception of the chair H
which carries a double-headed rail R. In this arrangement the bolts b and
nuts n secure the chair H and tie-bar T to the sleeper S.
The sleepers S are cast in solid blocks of glass, and a sufficient bearing surface
is provided to meet the requirements of the gauge of the railway and the weight
of the locomotive or rolling stock.
Referring to Fig 6. which is a plan of a narrow gauge or light railway, the glass
sleepers S have only one hole for the tie-bar T, and the holding-down bolts b
and clips care arranged on alternate sides as shown. By this means economy
in construction is attained.
Where necessary we form in the sleepers S two holes which by means of the bolts
and clips e secure the flanges of the rails R to the sleepers S on both sides as shown
at Figs. 1. 2. and 3. Where chairs H are used three or more holes h, may be formed
through the sleeper S so that a suitable number of holts may be employed to firmly
and securely hold the chair I and tie-bar T to the sleeper S.
We would have it well understood that the important and novel points of our
present invention are the forming of holes h right through the sleeper S, and the
passing of the tie-bar T underneath the sleeper S through which the bolts & pass
which secure the rail R or the chair H to the sleeper S, thus forming in one
combination security of gauge and the fastening of the rails.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is :-
1. An improved permanent way for railways constructed_combined and arranged
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated at Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 14th day of January 1887.