Year: 1886

page_text: Heleny utte mature of this invention to be as 10шows:-
This invention has for its object improvements in tramway and other rails
whereby the worn parts of the rails may be removed and replaced by new ones.
without disturbing the roadway with greater ease and in a shorter time than
heretofore.
The construction and arrangement of my invention is as follows:-
Upon the bed or foundation prepared for the purpose I lay an inverted T shaped
rail composed of any suitable metal preferably iron the upper part of this rail is
slightly enlarged and upon the top surface thereof I form a projection or tongue-
Upon this rail the steel rail whereon the wheel runs is placed, the top part thereof
having the usual formation, the side suitable recesses forming a flange or flanges on
the lower part. In the bottom part of this rail at or near its centre a rebate
or groove is formed along the entire length of the rail to correspond with the
projection on the top of the bottom rail before mentioned.
These rails are now placed together the upper rail being placed on the bottom
rail so that the rebate or groove in the top rail falls over the projection on the
bottom rail-as it were dovetailing them together. I now take a suitably formed
double hook preferably composed of wrought iron, the lower portion is hooked into
a suitable hole formed in the bottom rail in any desired position and the top part
or head of the book is inserted in the recess formed in the side of the top rail and
is there secured firmly by suitable wedges. These hooks thus firmly hold the top
and bottom rails together-and may be placed any distance apart and may either
be alternately one on each side of the rail or otherwise.

page_text: Improvements in Tramway and other Rails.
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CHARLES DOUGLAS NORTON 17 Arthur Road, Stoke Newington Middlesex,
Builder, I do hereby declare the nature of my said invention 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 improvements in tramway and other rails
whereby the worn parts of the rails may be removed and re-placed by new ones
without disturbing the roadway so much as heretofore.
The construction and arrangement of my invention is as follows:-Upon a bed
or foundation prepared for the purpose, I lay an inverted T shaped rail composed
of any suitable metal preferably iron, the upper part of this rail is slightly
enlarged, and upon the top surface thereof I form a projection or tongue upon
this longitudinally from end to end. I also make another rail with usual tread
formations as at present in use, the sides are re-cessed forming flanges at the
bottom part. I also make a groove on the underside to correspond with the, pro-
jection or tongue on the bottom rail before mentioned. These rails are now placed
together, the upper rail being placed on the bottom rail, so that the groove in the
top rail falls over the projection on the bottom rail, as it were, dovetailing them
together. I now take suitably formed double books preferably composed of
wrought iron the lower portion is hooked under the flange formed on the upper
part of the bottom rail as will be shewn hereafter, and the top part or head of the
book is inserted in the recess formed in the side of the top rail and is there secured
by suitable wedges. These hooks thus firmly hold the top and bottom rails
together, and may be placed any distance apart, and may be alternately one on
each side of the rail or otherwise.
DISCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. is a cross section. A. Top rail. B. Bottom rail. C. C. Double hooks.
D. D. The space at the upper end of the hooks are for the wedges. E. E. The
enlargement of the upper part of the inverted T rail, together with projection or
tongue dovetailing into the groove in the upper rail.
Fig. 2. A. Top rail. B. Bottom or inverted T rail. C. C. Double hooks.
H. H. Wedges.
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
A tramway or other rail in duplicate as set forth in the Specifications and
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th day of September 1886.
ATTADT S DOUC
NORTON