Improvements in Railway Chairs.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 18th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 19th May, 1894
I, JAMES ASHTON of Seirkieran Rectory, Parsonstown King's County Ireland,
Clerk in Holy Orders, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improved form of railroad chair acting also as a fish-
plate, for holding together and supporting the ends of rails or metals used on
railroads.
My improved chair consists of a suitably shaped base adapted to be fixed to the
sleeper by bolts and spikes in the usual manner, and of an upper part having a
removable side plate adapted to be bolted to the main part of the chair. The main
part of the chair and the side plate form by and between them a groove adapted to
receive the web and the lower bulb of the rail. The removable side plate is fixed
to the main part of the chair by two rows of bolts, the upper row of which passes
through the web of the rail, so that the rail is firmly held between the two parts of
the chair and is also supported by it.
Dated this 18th day of July 1893.
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Railway Chairs.
I, JAMES ASHTON, of Seirkieran Rectory, Parsonstown King's County, Ireland,
Clerk in Holy Orders, 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 relates to an improved form of railroad chair acting also as a fish
plate for holding together and supporting the ends of the rails or metals of rail-
roads and the like.
In the accompanying drawing which illustrates my invention,
Figure 1 is a view in side elevation showing my invention,
Figure 2 is a view in transverse section thereof, and
Figure 3 is a view in transverse section showing another form my invention may
assume.
Similar parts are denoted by like letters of reference.
My improved chair consists of a suitably shaped base A carrying a suitably
shaped upper part B and a removable side plate C. The base A is adapted to rest
on and be fixed to two sleepers X, X, by bolts and spikes in the usual manner.
The upper or main part B of the chair and the removable side plate C form by and
between them a groove adapted to receive the web y and the lower bulb y¹ of the
rail Y. The removable side plate C is fixed to the main or upper part B of the
chair to clamp the rail thereto by two rows of bolts D, those in the upper row
passing through the web y of the rails, so that their ends are firmly held and
supported. The holes for the bolts D in the parts B and C are preferably made of
oval shape to provide for the expansion and contraction of the rails.

page_text: I wish it to be particularly understood that I do not limit myself to the precise
details of construction hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing, but that I hold myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as
fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved railroad chair substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
2. The combined chair aud fish plate for supporting and fixing together the ends
of the rails or metals of railroads and the like, as set forth.
3. A railroad chair consisting of a base such as A, of an upper or main part such
as B, and of a removable plate such as C adapted to be fixed to the part B to clamp
the ends of the rails or metals between them by means of bolts such as D, all
combined arranged and adapted to operate as set forth.
Dated this 18th day of April 1894.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.