Improvements in or Applicable to the Permanent and Temporary Ways of Railways.
Year: 1887

page_text: Improvements in or Applicable to the Permanent and Temporary
Ways of Railways.
I THOMAS KEELING of Barrfield Houston in the County of Renfrew, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
Efficiency, durability, cheapness and certainty of maintenance of true guage of
rails are the objects I have had in view in perfecting my present invention.
The sub portions, the sleepers, are made of steel or other metal of any desired
outline, and the chairs, which rest upon them, are also of metal. These are made to
fit closely together, so that there cannot when fitted be any lateral or other movement
of the chair, by projections on either the sleeper or the chair and corresponding
recesses in either the chair or sleeper. The said sleepers or chairs are fastened
together by rivits bolts and nuts or their equivalents.
When flat bottomed rails are used without chairs the projections are either formed
on the sleeper or on the rail flanges.
One modification under my invention with chairs has each sleeper made with
apertures and raised lips. Said raised lips enter recesses in the chairs and as there
are openings coinciding, rivets or bolts passed through firmly secure the parts.
Another modification with flat bottomed rails has apertures with raised lips in each
sleeper. The edges of the flanges fit against the raised lips, and there are holding
down washers through which the rivets or bolts are passed. Or the raised lips on
the sleeper enter apertures in the flanges and bolts or rivets are passed through.
Dated this Twenty fifth day of February 1887.
J. T. KING,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in or Applicable to the Permanent and Temporary
Ways of Railways.
1 THOMAS KEELING of Barrfield Houston in the County of Renfrew Engineer, 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 —
Efficiency, durability cheapness and certainty of maintenance of true guage of rails
are the objects I have had in view in perfecting my present invention.
The subportions, the sleepers are made of steel or other metal of any desired outline
and the chairs which rest upon them are also of metal. These are made to fit closely
together, so that there cannot when fitted be any lateral or other movement of the
chair, by projections, on either the sleeper or the chair and corresponding recesses in
either the chair or sleeper. The said sleepers or chairs are fastened together by rivets
bolts and nuts or their equivalents. When flat bottomed rails are used without
chairs the projections are either formed on the sleeper or on the rail flanges.
One modification under my invention with chairs has each sleeper made with
apertures and raised lips-said raised lips enter recesses in the chairs and as there
are openings coinciding rivets or bolts passed through firmly secure the parts.
Another modification with flat bottomed rails has apertures with raised lips in each
sleeper The edges of the flanges fit against the raised lips and there are holding
down washers through which the rivets or bolts are passed-Or the raised lips on the
sleeper enter apertures in the flanges and bolts or rivets are passed through.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a transverse section of part of permanent or temporary way of railways
under my invention, a transverse sleeper made of steel or other suitable metal b bolt
holes e raised lips, & chairs, e recesses in the chairs within which the raised lips fit f
bolts. The sleepers and chairs may be of any usual or suitable contour and any con-
venient holding down bolts rivets or fastenings may be used.
C
Fig. 2 is a transverse section of a modification of permanent or temporary way in
which the sleeper a is inade with raised lips c which enter recesses e in the body of
the chair d the bolt holes being of the usual kind-Fig. 3 is a transverse section of
a modification in which there are projections c on the chair d which enter recesses e
around the bolt holes in the sleeper a.
.
Fig: is a transverse section of a modification in which there are projections both
on the chair and the sleeper.
Fig. 5 is a transverse section of permanent or temporary way in which raised lips c
on the sleepers a enter apertures in the flanges of the rails through which bolts or
rivets f pass.

page_text: It will be obvious that the number and position of the projections and recesses may
be varied without departing from my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
First. Permanent or temporary way of railways in which sleepers have projections
fitting into recesses in chairs for the purpose set forth.
Second. Permanent or temporary way of railways in which sleepers have projec-
tions fitting into recesses in chairs around apertures through which bolts or fastenings
pass for the purpose set forth.
Third. Permanent or temporary way of railways in which chairs have projections
fitting within apertures in sleepers through which bolts or fastenings pass for the
purpose set forth.
Fourth. Permanent or temporary way of railways in which sleepers and chairs
have projections which fit into recesses in sleepers and chairs for the purpose set
forth.
Fifth. Permanent or temporary way in which sleepers or rails or both have
projections which fit in recesses in rails sleepers or both for the purpose set forth.
Dated thin 5th November 1997
Per pro. J. T. KING,
James Johnson.