AN IMPROVED JOINT FOR RAILWAY RAILS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co, Patent
Agents, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for "AN IMPROVED JOINT FOR RAILWAY RAILS". to
be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide an improved fastening to be used for
joining or connecting the ends of railway rails and is chiefly designed for portable
railways.
The improved fastening is characterized by its great simplicity and offers material
advantages in connection with portable railways the use of which is becoming
more general.
The said fastening is composed of a metal shoe or clip which partially surrounds
and is connected to the extremity of a rail by means of rivets. Each rail has a shoe
only at one end which shoe is adapted to receive the plain end of an adjacent rail.
For the purpose of providing greater convenience and less uncertainty in
uniting the rails, the lower portion of the shoe extends beyond the side portions
and serves to guide the rail into the shoe. By this means the laying of the rails is
greatly accelerated, a point which it is essential to notice.
In cases where the rails are laid upon a steep gradient or upon an inclined plane,
the projecting portions or sides of the shoe are perforated at their extremities with
two or more holes, thereby enabling the rails to be fastened by bolts in a very
firm manner and the ordinary fishing to be replaced with advantage.
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page_text: I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for "AN IMPROVED JOINT FOR RAILWAY RAILS," and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
:
This invention has for its object to provide an improved joint or fastening to be
used for joining or connecting the ends of railway rails, and is chiefly designed for
portable railways. The improved fastening is characterized by its great simplicity
and offers material advantages in connection with portable railways the use of
which is becoming more general.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the improved fastening attached to the
end of a rail.
Figure 2 is an end. view, and
Figure 3 is a side view of the same.
Figure 4 is a perspective view illustrating a slight modification, and
Figure 5 is a side view of the same.
The said fastening or joint consists of a shoe B which partially surrounds, the
extremity of the rail A and is connected to the latter by means of rivets R. Each
rail has a shoe only at one end which is adapted to receive the plain end of an
adjacent rail.
In order to provide for readily and conveniently uniting the rails, the lower
portion of the shoe extends beyond the side portion as shown at b, and serves to
guide the rail into the shoe. By this means the laying of the rails is greatly
accelerated, a point which is of essential importance.
In cases where the rails are laid upon a steep gradient or upon an inclined
la ne, the shoe represented in Figures 4 and 5 employed. The sides or checks of
this shoe are prolonged and are perforated at their extremities with two or more
holes T, thereby enabling the rails to be fastened by bolts in a very firm manner
and the ordinary fishing to be replaced with advantage.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated
to me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is
The improved fastening or joint for railway rails, constructed substantially as
described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
1000
AT