Improvements in and Connected with Railway Rails.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 10th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 4th Oct., 1889-Accepted, 9th Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Connected with Railway Rails.
JOHN WOODWARD Ardgillan Balbriggan Co. Dublin by calling, a land steward, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of a peculiar alteration, in the flange, on each side, and base,
of a rail, called a flanged rail. At prescribed distances, slots are cut out, on and
through each flange, parallel to each other, and connected under the body of the rail,
or are independent of each other, as the necessities for curves might determine, as the
distances between each slot, are regulated, by the distances employed, from centre to
centre, of each sleeper, or sleepers, according to the requirements of system, or traffic.
Where the ends of two rails meet, and necessity so require, one half the slot is tongued
out, from the ends of each flange, to form a complete slot, when placed together, the
solid width of iron, employed in the sleeper's as described, in amended Provisional
Specification 6752. 4th May /89, will regulate the dimensions of the slot, should 1" iron
be employed, in said sleepers, the slot would be 11" to receive it, more or less, to carry
the rail, down to the upper surface of the sleeper, or sleepers, and to be secured
through the flange, to the said sleeper, or sleepers, by means of substantial bolts, and nuts,
with a thick washer of lead, between the nut and surface of the sleeper, also it is
intended, that strips of lead, be employed between any of the surfaces, subject to
friction, between rail, and chair, or chair, and sleeper, or rail and sleeper, or flange
and nut, or chair and nut, in the form as washers, for nuts and bolts, in strips of
any required form, to suit the particular purpose of lessening the serious effects of
friction.
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Dated this 9th day of May 1009.
JOHN WOODWARD.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Connected with Railway Rails.
I, JOHN WOODWARD, Ardgillan, Balbriggan, Dublin, Ireland, Land Steward do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to bo
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My invention consists of a peculiar alteration in the flange on each side and base of
a rail, called a flanged rail at prescribed distances, slots are cut out on and through
each flange, parallel to each other, and connected under the body of the rail, or are
independent of each other, as the necessities for curves might determine, as the
distances between each slot are regulated by the distances employed from centre
to centre of each sleeper or sleepers, according to the requirements of system, and
traffic. Where the ends of two rails inect, and necessity so require, one half the slot
is tongued out from the ends of each flange, to form a complete slot when placed
together.
The solid width of iron employed in the sleepers as described in my specification
No. 6752, bearing date 20th April 1889, will regulate the dimensions of the slot,
should one inch be employed in the said sleepers, the slot would be one inch and a
quarter of an inch, to receive it more or less, to carry the rail down to the upper
surface of the sleeper or sleepers, and to be secured through the flange to the said
sleeper or sleepers, by means of substantial bolts, and nuts, with a thick washer of
lead between the nut and the surface of the sleeper. Also it is intended that strips of
lead be employed between any of the surfaces subject to friction, between rail and
chair, or chair and sleeper, or rail and sleeper, or flange and nut, or chair aud nut, in

page_text: the form as washers for nuts and bolts, or in strips of any required form to suit the
particular purpose of lessening the serious effects of friction.
And in order that my Invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Figure 1 represents the slot G cut in, the rail flange ready to receive the vertical
arm of the sleeper D; with the flange of the rail. B. pierced with. holes F, to be bolted
to the flange D of the sleeper through the holes F.
Figure 2 is the rail A, bolted to the sleeper by the bolts E¹.
Having now particularly described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
The combination of a flanged rail A and B, with slots G and bolted to the T sleeper C
and D, by bolts E' for the purpose of securing the rail to the sleeper, substantially as
herein described and according to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 4th day of October 1889.
JOHN WOODWARD,
Applicant.