Year: 1888

page_text: 1, CAMILLE LICARDIE, of Clermont, Department of De San Marcos, Guatemala,
Central America, Agriculturist 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:-
The object of my invention is to provide new and improved fish plates for railway
rails, which are simple in construction.
The Invention consists of various parts and details and combinations of the same as
will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specifi-
cation in which figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement. Figure 2 is a plan
view of the same. Figure 3 is a similar view of a modified form of the same.
Figure 4 is a vertical cross-section of my improvement on the line xx of figure 1.
Figure 5 is a similar view of the same on the line y y of figure 1; and figure 6 is a
plan view of a tie or sleeper plate.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
The rails A are fastened longitudinally together by the fish-plates B bolted to the
said rails by means of the bolts (. Each of the plates B is provided on each end
with a downwardly-projecting tooth D which fits loosely into a corresponding aperture
formed in the base of the rail. The plates B are also provided with downwardly-
projecting teeth E which are somewhat longer and pass through apertures formed in
the base of the rail and into apertures G formed in the plate H which rests on the tie
or sleeper.

page_text: In the middle of the fish plate B is formed an upwardly-projecting tongue F which
fits into a recess formed between the adjoining ends of the rails A which are held a
suitable distance apart, corresponding to the length of the tongue F. The latter is
rounded off at its upper edge, so as to conform to the shape of the rail, as shewn in
figure 4. The tongues F of the two fish-plates B join each other longitudinally
between the ends of the rails A and are either provided with straight inner faces, as
shewn in figure 3, or with angular inner faces, as illustrated in figure 2.
It will be seen that the tongue F and the teeth D and E hold the abutting rails A
together longitudinally, and thus prevent the rails from injuring the bolts C when
contracting or expanding. The teeth E of the fish plates B also hold the plate H in
its relative position on the bases of the rails A.
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 1
claim is :-
1. The combination, with the rail A, of the fish-plate B having the teeth D and E,
the teeth E passing into apertures in the plate H and the teeth D passing into
apertures in the base of the rail, substantially as herein shewn and described.
2. The combination, with the rail A, and the plate H, of the fish plate B having the
upwardly-projecting tongue F the top of which is flush with the rail and the
teeth D, E, on its bottom edge, the teeth E passing into apertures in the plate H, and
the teeth D into apertures in the base of the rail, substantially as herein shewn and
described.
3. The combination, with the rails having their ends placed a suitable distance
apart, of the fish-plates B having the upwardly-extending and overlapping tongues F
projecting into the space between the ends of the rails and provided with teeth on their
lower edges substantially as herein shewn and described.
Dated this 10th day of August 1888.
C. LICARDIE.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.