Year: 1888

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Date of Application, 5th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Jan, 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 23rd Feb, 1889
I, ROBERT CARDWELL of 173 Boaler Street Liverpool, Moulder, and SAMUEL
WATSON of Lime Bank Street, Ashton Old Rod Ardwick, Railway Clerk, both in
the county of Lancashire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows
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Our invention has for its object to simplify and render the means for coupling the
ruls of permanent ways, and the chairs holding the rails more secure by dispensing
with the usual wooden wedges, fish plates, and bolts, respectively
Our invention consists principally in forming one of the jaws of the rail chair,
movable on the base of the chair, and locking the same in position by suitable
means
To this end we form one Jaw of the rail chair, movable, preferably by hinging it
to the base of the chu
When the rail is placed on the chair, the said movable Jaw is laid against it, and
afterwards locked in position, preferably by two metil wedges driven between the
hinge part on the base of the chair and the movable jaw
The described improvements serve not only for fastening the rails onto the chairs
in their continuities but also for coupling the rail ends, in which case the latter are
placed on the chair, the operation of fastening the rul or rail ends being in each case
the same
Dated this 2nd day of June 1888
F BOSSHARDT & Co,
Agents to Applicants

page_text: Improvements in Rail Chairs and Couplings for Permanent Ways
We ROBERT CARDWELL of 173 Boaler Street, Liverpool, Moulder, and SAMUEL
WATSON, of Lime Bank Street, Ashton Old Road, Ardwick, Railway Clerk, both in
the County of Lancashire, 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
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Our invention has for its object to simplify and render the means for coupling the
rails of permanent ways, and the chairs holding the rails more secure, by dispensing
with the usual wooden wedges, fish plates, and bolts, respectively
Our invention consists principally in forming one of the jaws of the rail chair,
movable on the base of the chair, and locking the same in position by suitable
means
To this end we form one jaw of the rail chair, movable preferably by hinging it
to the base of the chair
And in order that our invention may be more fully understood we have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference, similar
letters indicating hike parts throughout the various figures
Fig 1 is a side view, and Fig 2 a plan of our improved single chair, applied to a
wooden sleeper, and Fig 1ª a side view showing the hinged jaw detached
Fig 3 is a plan of the same used as a joint chair in place of the usual fish plate
coupling
Fig 4 is a side view showing our improved chair cast with a steel sleeper
Fig 5 is a plan thereof, and Fig 6 a cross section of the steel sleeper Fig 7 is
a side view showing the same applied to a cast iron or steel sleeper by means of bolts,
and Fig 8 a plan thereof
In carrying out our invention and referring to Figs 1 & 2, we form one jaw of
the chair, such as generally secured to sleepers a, preferably the outer one a movable
on the base 6 thereof, by hinging it thereto
The lower end of this movable Jaw a we form with a boss c, which is made to fit
between two eyes d, formed on the base 6 of the chair, and through which a bolt e,
1s passed and secured thereto, preferably by riveting its ends up
The back of the hinged Jaw a and the aforesaid eyes d are cast respectively with
strong projections or noses f to project above the hinge part of the chair
The faces of the said projections fare slightly tapered, so as to permit of a metal
wedge g being driven between them
When placing the rail onto the chair the hinged Jaw a is swung back into the
position shown in dotted lines, Fig 1, the rail r is then placed on the chair and the
hinged Jaw a placed against it, and by driving the metal wedge g between the
movable jaw a and bise b, ie its projections f securely fastened in the chur

page_text: The hinge of the jaw a forming a lever for the wedge g to act on, the rail r can be
much more firmly and securely fixed to the chair, and the wedge g will not be affected
and liable to get loose by reason of the continuous vibration of the rail as is the case
with wooden wedges
Another important feature of the hinged jaw a, 15, that the same will permit of
the base 6 of the chair being chilled, and thus prevent the same from wearing and the
rail from sinking
The described improvements serve not only for fastening the rails onto the chairs
in their continuities but also for coupling the rail ends, in which case the latter are
placed on the chair, the operation of fastening the rail or rail ends being in each case
the same, in the latter case however, the width of the chair and its jaws would be
proportionally wider, see Fig 3
If deemed necessary the same may be furnished with a wooden seating for the rails
to rest on when reversible
Instead of applying our improvements as described to a chair secured generally to
a wooden sleeper, the same may be equally well applied to or formed with a cast
steel or iron sleeper, see Figs 4 & 5 The Jaws a¹ and the hinge eyes d, being cast
therewith, and the hinged jaw a formed and fitted thereto and acted upon by a metal
wedge g, as hereinbefore described, or if desirable, the jaw a¹ and the hinged jaw a
may be bolted to a cast iron or stamped out steel sleeper s, as shown in Fig 8
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
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In rulway chairs, formed separately, or with, or attached to, sleeper
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1st The combination with the base b of the chair or sleeper s, of a jaw a hinged
thereto and secured in position by suitable means, substantially as and for the purpose
specified
2nd The hinged Jaw a specified in the preceding chim, in combination with
metal wedge g, driven between the same and the base of the chair, oz projections ƒ,
formed thereon, substantially as and for the purpose specified
3rd The application of the hinged Jaw a and wedge g, as specified in the preceding
clums, to a joint chair, substantially as and for the purpose specified
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COOT nuo to Can Duzz SU DOLL.CT
F BOSSHARDT & Co,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester,
Agents to Applicants
F BOSSHARDT & Co,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester,
Agents to Applicants