Improvements in Railway Chairs and Joints.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Railway Chairs and Joints.
DANIEL MARSLAND, 155, Windsor Road, Commission Agent, Oldham, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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The fixing of an improved railway rails chair.
coupling in such a way that both ends of the rails shall be sustained at the same
At the ends of each rail and
level. And thereby prevent depressions at the ends of the rails as at present
takes place when engines carriages & trucks are passing over the jointings, and
to minimise expense and labour in relaying and releveling of the perminant way.
The chair will be constructed on the plan of the present railway chair. But will
have a foot to be placed on a sleeper 10" x 10" x 1" more or less and at one end an
ear or bracket will be cast or fixed to the the chair and made to fit the side of the rail
and be bolted with two or more bolts and thus join or couple as well as sustain
the rails, the chair to be used in connection with or without "fish plate."
30th October 1897.
DANIEL MARSLAND,
155, Windsor Road, Oldham.
Joints.
I, DANIEL MARSLAND, of 155, Windsor Road, Oldham, Commission Agent, 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:-
My invention has for its object the coupling or joining of railway rails in such
a manner that the same level is maintained in both lengths of rail and to prevent
the depression at the ends of such lengths of rails when the rolling stock passes
over the jointings thus minimising the expense of releveling & relaying the per-
manent way of any railway.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I have appended here-
unto a sheet of drawings upon which :-
Figure 1 is a side elevation shewing my invention applied to rails.
Figure 2 is a cross section of same on line 1-2.
In carrying out my invention I construct a chair A either by casting or forging
in the shape shewn by Figure 1 & 2 with a foot a3 which is bolted to an ordinary
sleeper F bracket or ear D and a gripping part a³.
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page_text: This chair A is placed underneath the two ends of rails C & C¹ as shewn in
Figure 1 and bolted with two or more bolts B & B¹ through the bracket or ear D
of the chair A and rails C & C¹.
My invention can be used in addition to the ordinary fish plates in which case
one fish plate E only would be necessary to each joint or it could be used without
any fish plate.
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It will be seen that by the use of my invention each length of rail is held
perfectly rigid & level and not only saves the relaying & releveling of the per-
manent way so often but adds to the comfort of travellers by greatly minimising
the jolting of carriages as well as saving the wear & tear of the rolling stock.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
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A new or improved mode of & means for the jointing of rails for railway and
such permanent ways as & for the purpose herein set forth and described.
1000
LEWIS WM. GOOLD,
Agent for Applicant, 5, Corporation Street, Birmingham.