AN IMPROVED RAILWAY SLEEPER AND CHAIR COMBINED
Year: 1884

page_text: I, OLIVER IMRAY of No. 28 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for AN IMPROVED RAILWAY SLEEPER AND CHAIR COMBINED" to be
as follows:-
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This Invention relates to a combined sleeper and chair for the permanent way of
railways, as I will describe referring to the accompanying Drawings. Figs. 1 and 2..
are transverse sections (looking opposite ways) through the rail, shewing respectively.
a section and an elevation of the sleeper and chair. Fig. 3 is a plan of the sleeper
and chair and Fig. 4 is a plan of the underside of the sleeper. Fig. 5. is an
elevation of the outside face, and Fig. 6 is an elevation of the inside face of one of
the jaws.
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The sleeper S is cast, preferably ribbed underneath, as indicated in Fig. 4, with
recesses to receive two jaws J and J¹, and a slot for the tie bar T. The two jaws
are alike, so as to be interchangeable, and have in their outer faces recesses. C C¹ to
receive cushions of caoutchouc or other elastic material, which it is of advantage to
insert, particularly where there are sharp curves of the line. There may also be
an elastic cushion for the jaws to rest on in the recesses U¹ U₁ of the sleeper. The
shape of the jaws is varied to suit the particular section of rail-R to which they
are applied; preferably they are so shaped as to suspend the rail by its head, as
shewn in Fig. 1. The outer jaw J¹ is inserted into the recess of the sleeper and
secured by a wedge or; filling piece W. The inner jaw J is held by the tie bar T
passed through it, and the whole is secured by the keys K and K' driven into the
slots of the tie-bar.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant,
28, Southampton Buildings,
London, W.C.

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I, OLIVER IMRAY of N° 28 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane in the
County of Middlesex Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVED RAILWAY SLEEPER AND CHAIR COMBINED and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
are
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This Invention relates to a combined sleeper and chair for the permanent way of
railways, as I will describe referring to the accompanying Drawings. Figs. 1 and 2
transverse sections, (looking opposite ways) through the rail, shewing
respectively a section and an elevation of the sleeper and chair, Fig. 3 is a plan of
the sleeper and chair, and Fig. 4 is a plan of the underside of the sleeper. Fig. 5 1
is an elevation of the outside face and Fig. 6 is an elevation of the inside face of
one of the jaws. The sleeper S is cast, preferably ribbed underneath, as indicated
in Fig. 4, but instead of being flat and of rectangular forin it may be of pot or
bowl form, circular, elliptical or star-shaped. It has recesses to receive two
jaws J and J¹ and a slot for the tie bar T. The two jaws are alike so as to be 1
interchangeable, and have in their outer faces recesses C¹ C¹ to receive cushions of
caoutchouc or other elastic material which it is of advantage to insert, particularly
where there are sharp curves of the line. There may also be an elastic cushion for
the jaws to rest on in the recesses U₁ U₁ of the sleeper. The shape of the jaws is
varied to suit the particular section of rail R to which they are applied; preferably 2
they are so shaped as to suspend the rail by its head, as shewn in Fig. 1. The
outer jaw J¹ is inserted into the recess of the sleeper and secured by a wedge or
filling piece W. The inner jaw J is held by the tie-bar T passed through it and
the whole is secured by the keys K and K driven into the slots of the tie-bar.
Fig. 7 shews a modification according to which the jaws J J¹ have shoulders 2
extending laterally over the ribs of the sleeper.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
The combination of a railway sleeper having recesses with a pair of jaws holding
the rail and fixed in these recesses by a tie-bar passed through them and secured
by keys, substantially as described.