Improvements in Joints for Railway Rails.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 16th Sept., 1899
UL Delaware, as principal place o business at
mington, in the said State of Delaware, United States of America, Manu-
facturers.
Improvements in Joints for Railway Rails.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention relates to the construction of rail joints, and has for its object
to provide a firm and strong joint for securing together the ends of railway
rails.
The nature of my invention will be best understood as described in connec-
tion with the drawings in which it is illustrated and in which
Figure 1 is a cross-section through the centre of the joint taken as on the
section line 1-1 of Fig. 2, and
Figure 2 is a side elevation of my joint.
A. A are the abutted rail ends to be joined, A¹ indicating the rail webs
pierced with holes a¹ for the fish plate bolts. A2 indicates the rail base, a² a²
indicating the upper faces of the base. B B are ties. CC are fish plates
formed, as shown, with an upper flange C¹, pierced with bolt holes c¹ correspond-
ing to the bolt holes a¹ in the rail web, an intermediate flange or centre C
adapted to fit on the upper faces a² of the rail base and a lower flange (3
extending below the rail base provided with bolt holes 3 and with an inwardly
extending lug Cat their lower edges. Preferably the flanges C3 are only
formed in the centre of the fish plates C and of a length which will permit
them to extend between two adjacent ties B, over which will extend the
flanges C and centre C as shown. D) is a U-shaped section of a length corre-
sponding to that of the flanges C³ and formed so that when the face d of its
central part abuts against the bottom of the rail base, its lateral arms D³ will
extend down over the lugs C of the flanges C3 against which the ends of
said arms should rest when the joint is fully erected. Preferably I form the
face d of section D with a slight convex curvature and form the section as a
whole so that its arms D2 will not actually contact with lugs C until the
flanges C3 of the fish plate and arms D2 of the section D are drawn together
by the bolts E' which are passed through oppositely lying holes da and ³ in
arms D and flanges C³ and made to draw the parts into contact by means of
the nuts e¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated
to me by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is:
1. A rail-joint having in combination two fish plates CC formed with

page_text: flanges C³ extending below the rail base and formed with inwardly extending
lugs Cat their lower edge, a U-shaped section D adapted to fit below the rail
base and having its arms D2 extending over the lugs C of the fish plates, bolts
as E securing the upper flanges of the fish plates together and to the rail and
two series of bolts E securing the flange C³ of the fish plates to the adjacent
arms D2 of the section D.
2. A rail-joint having in combination two fish plates C C formed with
flanges C3 extending below the rail base and formed with inwardly extending
lugs Cat their lower edge, a U-shaped section D having a convexly curved
face d adapted to fit below the rail base and having its arms D2 extending
over the lugs C of the fish plates, bolts as E securing the upper flanges of the
fish plates together and to the rail and two series of bolts E' securing the
flanges C3 of the fish plates to the adjacent arms D2 of the section D).
Dated this 10th day of Suomest
1900
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.