Improvements in the Permanent Way of Tramways.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 13th May, 1890-Accepted, 14th June, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Permanent Way of Tramways.
I, WILLIAM HAUNEMANN SWEDENBORG DAWSON, of Eldwick Grange, Bingley, in
the County of York, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:---
This invention relates to certain improvements in the permanent way of Tramways
and has for its object the effectual draining of the same in such a manner that the
water flowing in the grooves of the rails is easily removed therefrom and thereby
prevented from running over on to the surface of the road.
I accomplish my object in the following manner-From the top flange of the
opposite side to that of the "tread "I cut a portion away for a certain distance and
make a corresponding slot or opening in the bottom flange of the rail. To the side
of the rail I bolt a plate which by aid of the web of the rail forms a channel of
about the same width as the before mentioned groove, whereby the water flowing
down the said groove is compelled to run into the channel formed in connection
with the rail from whence it is conducted by pipes into the main sewer.
Dated this 12th day of August 1SS9
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Permanent Way of Tramways.
T, WILLIAM HAHNEMANN SWEDENBORG DAWSON, of Eldwick Grange, Bingley, in
the County of York, Civil 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:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in the permanent way of Tramways
and has for its object the effectual draining of the same in such a manner that the
water flowing in the groove of the rails is easily removed therefrom, and thereby
prevented from running over on to the surface of the road.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I will describe the same by
aid of the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1. is a side view of such portion
of a Tramway rail as is necessary to illustrate my invention.
Fig. 2. is a section through line A. B.
Fig. 3. is a plan, a portion being in section.
Fig. 4. is a section drawn through line C. D. and
Fig. 5. is a cross section shewing a modification whereby an increased area.
be obtained in connection with the drain.
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From the top flange E. of the rail F. and on the opposite side of the groove G.
to that of the tread H. I cut a portion away for a certain distance, and in the
bottom flange J. of the rail I form a slot or opening K. of a similar size. To the
web
"L. of the rail F. I secure by means of bolts M. a plate N. which by the aid
of the said "web" L. forms a channel P. of about the same width as the aforesaid
groove G. whereby the water flowing in the groove runs into the channel P. formed
at suitable distances along the line of Tramways, from whence it is conducted by
any well known means of drainage into the main sewer.
It will be easily understood that it is not compulsory to make the channel P.
parallel, but it can be constructed so that the exit to the drain is of a much larger

page_text: area than the opening at the groove G, this I accomplish by substituting a steel
casting in the place of the ordinary, rolled rail, as illustrated by Fig. 5. the plate N.
being bolted to the rail in the manner before described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
The method or process of the draining of Tramway rails by the cutting away of
a portion of the rail and forming a channel therewith in connection with a drain as
hereinbefore described.
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.