Improved Method of Jointing the Rails of Railways.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1891.
Complete Specification Left, 10th Aug., 1892-Accepted, 17th Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Method of Jointing the Rails of Railways.
I, JOHN STANLEY HOLME, of 28 The Park, Eccles, in the County of
Lancaster, Carrier, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
These improvements have for their object to so join the rails of railways that the
unpleasant jolting hitherto experienced by the passengers of a passing train in
passing over such joint is entirely avoided and a more perfect joint obtained which
improvements consist in "splicing" the respective ends of the rails or forming the
same of a taper shape from one side of the rail to the other which extremities
when put together are equal to the full width of the rail.
In order to secure such extremities together I provide the same with a series of
elongated holes or recesses with bolts passing through such holes secured by nuts,
the heads of such bolts being on the permanent way side of the rails.
The ends of the rails are by preference arranged tapering inwards in the
direction in which the train may be passing so that there shall be no possible
tendency to cause the train to leave the metals.
In this way I perfectly join the rails together and dispense with the ordinary
fish plate and also prevent the jolting aforesaid as it will be observed that the
wheels of the train in passing over the joint are on the second rail before leaving the
first one.
In securing the rails to the sleeper the joint is supported by the chair and held
tightly in position by the ordinary wooden wedge.
Dated this 9th day of October 1891.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Method of Jointing the Rails of Railways.
I, JOHN STANLEY HOLME, of 28 The Park, Eccles, in the County of
Lancaster, Carrier, 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 :-
These improvements have for their object to so join the rails of railways that the
unpleasant jolting hitherto experienced in passing over the joints of such rails is
avoided and a more perfect joint is obtained.
In accordance with my invention the ends of the rails are cut diagonally or
tapered off either by shearing or rolling and on two ends of such rails being put
together they equal the full width of the rail. The joint is by preference made in
or across an ordinary chair the fish plate being dispensed with and the ends of the
rails are secured by bolts passing through elongated slots and secured by nuts.
The rail so joined is held in the chair by the ordinary wooden wedge.
On the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved joint and Figs. 2 and 3 are plan and
transverse sectional views respectively.
Fig. 4 shews the rails separately in plan.
A. A designate the rails which are of the ordinary cross section and B. B the
diagonally cut ends of the rails.
C. C are the bolts for securing the ends of the rails together.

page_text: The two diagonally cut ends of the rails are arranged a short distance apart and
the slots or holes through which the bolts pass are elongated to allow for the
contraction and expansion of the rails.
To strengthen the feather edges of the rails the same are thickened at Fas
illustrated which fills up the hollow of the rail.
The joint is either made across the chair D as illustrated and secured by the
wooden wedge E or it may be effected between the sleepers as heretofore.
The taper of the ends of the rails is arranged to converge in the direction in
which the train is passing so that there can be no tendency for the train to leave
the rails
In this way an effectual joint is made and the jolting aforesaid is practically
avoided as the wheels of the train in passing over the joint are on the second rail
before leaving the first. My improvements are equally applicable to the rails of
tramways.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
For joining the rails of railways the spliced or diagonal joint with the feather
edges of the rails thickened substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
on the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 9th day of August. 1892.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.