Improvements in Railway and like Rail Joints.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Dec., 1399
Complete Specification Left, 24th Mar., 1900-Accepted, 5th May, 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Railway and like Rail Joints.
I, RICHARD SCOTT, No. 12, Victoria Street, off Cowel Street, Perth, Western
Australia, Engine Driver and Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:
-
=
i
My invention relates to improvements in railway and like rail joints, and the
object is to provide means whereby is obtained a continuous rail to obviate jolts
and jars to the passing train. It provides for the wheels always being on solid
metal, thus increasing the life of the axles and the whole of the rolling stock and
adding to the comfort of the passengers. In carrying my invention into effect I
proceed in or in about the following manner. I make the ends of the rails of less
than usual width by removing for a portion of the length inwards from the end
the head and foot on one side. To make up the part removed I provide a plate
extending from foot to top of rail and having at top and bottom a beaded or
other formation to replace the removed parts of the rail. This plate has also an
extended part at each end of proper width to rest on the web between the head
and foot. The ends of the rail are placed in line with sufficient space between
them to allow for expansion and then bolted together with the plate above men-
tioned and another on the other side of the rail of sufficient width to lie on the
web. The bolt holes in the making up plate and the rail are preferably slotted.
Dated this 9th day of December 1899.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents.
Improvements in Railway and like Rail Joints.
I, RICHARD SCOTT, of No. 12, Victoria Street, off Cowel Street, Perth, Western
Australia, Engine Driver and Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:―
My invention relates to improvements in railway, tramway and like rails and
fish plates therefor and the object is to provide means whereby is obtained a con-
tinuous rail to obviate jolts and jars to the passing vehicle. It provides for the
wheels always being on solid metal thus increasing the life of the axles and the
whole of the rolling stock and adding to the comfort of the passengers. In
carrying my invention into effect I proceed in or in about the following manner
making reference to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a plan,
Fig. 2 a side view and Fig. 3 a section through A A, Fig. 2. I make the ends of
CD
ו”6...

page_text: the rails a of less than usual width by removing for a portion of the length
inwards from the end the head and foot on the inner side as at b. To make
up the part removed I provide a plate c extending from foot to top of rail and
having at top and bottom a beaded or other formation to replace the removed
part of the rail. This plate has also an extended part d at each end of proper
width to rest on the web e between the head and foot. The ends of the rail
are placed in line with sufficient space f between them to allow for expansion
and then bolted together between the plate e above mentioned and another plate g
on the outer side of the rail of proper width to lie on the web. The bolt holes
passing through the making up plate e and the web e of the rail are slotted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
· 1. The improved method-substantially as described in the above specification
and exemplified by the accompanying drawings-of connecting together the ends
of railway, tramway and like rails and consisting essentially in making the ends
of the said rails of less than usual width by removing (for a portion of the length
inwards from the end of the rail) the head and foot on the inner side of the
rail and connecting the two rail ends by a making up plate extending longitu-
dinally across the space between the ends of the rails and vertically from the
bottom of the foot to the top of the head of the rail, the said making up plate
being held in position by bolts passed through itself, the webs of the rails and a
plate on the outside of the rail, the bolt holes in the said webs and making up
plate being slotted in the direction of the length of the rails.
2. For use in carrying out the improved method of connecting together the
ends of railway, tramway and other rails as claimed in the above Claim 1, rails
having their ends reduced in width substantially as described in the above speci-
fication and exemplified by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 25th day of January 1900.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents.