IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PERMANENT WAY OF RAILWAYS
Year: 1884

page_text: We, PROCTOR BIRTWISTLE WILSON, and JAMES WILSON, of Hilock Vale, near
Accrington in the County of Lancaster; Mechanics, do hereby declare the nature
of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PERMANENT WAY OF RAILWAYS" to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to a railway rail joint bearing designed mainly to lessen
the oscillation of trains when passing over the rails where their ends are joined
together, and further to prevent railway accidents resulting from breakage of fish
plates.
For this purpose where the ends of two rails abut or are juxtaposed we provide
a bearing comprising a sole plate or support which is grooved or recessed to form a
bed or bearing for the under heads of the rails; and is constructed with an upright
part or bracketted cheek, through which are passed bolts that traverse the web of
the rail and suitable fish plates.
The adjacent ends of the rails are put in place in the grooves or recesses of the
sole plate and are then secured together by fish plates arranged at each side in
the ordinary manner by means of bolts passing through holes in the fish plates and
webs of the rails. One or more of the said bolts passing through the web of each
rail also passes through a hole or holes in the before mentioned upright part or
cheek,--the adjacent ends of rails are thus effectually secured to each other and are
supported by the sole plate and sleeper. The holes in the webs of the rails through
which the bolts pass are made oblong, their largest dimensions being in the direction
of the length of the rail, to allow for expansion and contraction of the rails.
is 1001.
W. LLOYD WISE, ·
Per F. J. B.,
Applicants' Agent.

page_text: We, PROCTOR BIRTWISTLE WILSON and JAMES WILSON of Hilock. Vale near
Accrington in the County of Lancaster, Mechanics, do hereby declare the nature
of our said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PERMANENT WAY OF RAILWAYS,"
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 a railway rail-joint bearing, designed mainly to lessen
the oscillation of trains when passing over the rails where their ends are joined
together, and further to prevent railway accidents resulting from breakage of fish
plates.
For this purpose where the ends of two rails abut or are juxtaposed we provide
a bearing comprising a sole plate or support which is grooved or recessed to form
a bed or bearing for the under heads of the rails; and is constructed with an
upright part or bracketted cheek through which are passed bolts that traverse the
webs of the rails and suitable fish plates.
The adjacent ends of the rails are put in place in the grooves or recesses of the
sole plate and are then secured together by fish plates arranged at each side in the
ordinary manner by means of bolts passing through holes in the fish plates and
webs of the rails.
One or more of the said bolts passing through the web of each rail also passes.or
pass through a hole or holes in the before mentioned upright part or cheek, the
adjacent ends of rails are thus effectually secured to each other and are supported
by the sole plate and sleeper. The holes in the webs of the rails through which
the bolts pass are made oblong, their largest dimensions being in the direction of
the length of the rail, to allow for expansion and contraction of the rails.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings Fig 1. shews a side elevation
of a railway rail-joint and bearing according to our invention. Fig 2 is a plan or
top view of the same. Fig 3 is a transverse section in line A. B. fig 1. a a¹ are
the end portions of two adjacent rails and b 6' are two fish plates arranged at the
respective sides of the juxtaposed rails. The rail joint bearing comprising the sole
plate or support c¹ grooved or recessed at c² to form a bed or bearing for the under
heads a* of the rails a. a¹ and the upright part or cheek, c³ strengthened by the
rib c d d¹are bolts passing through holes in the fish plates 6 6' and webs of the
rails a a¹ and e e¹ are nuts for securing the whole together in the usual manner. The
two intermediate bolts d' d' also pass through holes at c³ c³ in the upright part or
cheek c³ of the bearing thus rigidly securing the rail joint thereto. The holes in
the webs of the rails through which the bolts d d¹ pass are made oblong their
largest dimensions being in the direction of the length of the rail as shown in
dotted lines at a³ to allow for expansion and contraction of the rails ff are bent
locking plates provided with holes f1f1 of a shape corresponding with that of the
exterior sides of the nuts e e¹ over which the said plates are placed. The plates ff.
are carried by and secured to the outer fish plates 61 by the screwed studs g fixed
therein, and the nuts g' which arrangement will prevent accidental loosening of the
nuts e e¹ as will be evident. If the bolts d d¹ be inserted in their respective holes
so that their heads abut against the outer fish plate b¹ and the exterior of the
upright part or cheek c³ respectively whilst the nuts e e¹ abut against the inner fish
plate b, then a straight locking plate carried by the said fish plate b in the manner
herein before described may be employed to lock the nuts e e¹ in position, in lieu of
the bent locking plates ff shown in the drawings. hh are holes in the sole plate c¹
for bolts or screws h¹ for securing the bearing c to a sleeper or the like.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :
The use for joining the ends of two rails of a bearing comprising a sole plate or
support e grooved or recessed at c³ to form a bearing for the under heads of the
rails and constructed with an upright part or bracketted cheek c³ through which
are passed bolts that traverse the webs of the rails and suitable fish plates in the
manner described above and illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 24th day of October 1884
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per F. J. Brougham,
Applicants' Agent.