Improvements in the Fastening of the Ends of Rails together for Railway and other Purposes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 7th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 13th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in the Fastening of the Ends of Rails together for
Railway and other Purposes.
We, HENRY STEPHEN PITTEWAY of 12 Second Avenue, Plaistow, in the
County of Essex, Railway Employee, and WILLIAM OTTIWELL WOOD, of
163 Anerley Road, Anerley in the County of Surrey, Gentleman do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
Our improvement has for its object, the prevention of the dropping of the ends
of the rails, and the consequent wear, and also the jumping, which takes place,
when the rolling stock passes over the joints, when fastened by the methods now in
use. For our purpose, at each end, and in the web, of the rails, we make a slot, of
any desired length or width, and in these slots we place a key; such key may be
made the width of the web, and be kept in its position by a plate on either side,
bolted together at each end; or it can form part of, or be attached, to one of the
side plates; or it can form part of, or be attached to, both of the side plates; or it
may be made with a projection at each end, such projections fitting into corre-
spondingly shaped openings made in the web of the rail; in either case, it serves to
keep the ends of the rails together and level with one another. The chairs on
which the rails rest, may, by our method of joining, be placed at the joints if
desired.
Dated this 16th day of December 1892.
H. S. PITTEWAY.
W. OTTIWELL WOOD.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Fastening of the Ends of Rails together for
Railway and other Purposes.
We, HENRY STEPHEN PITTEWAY of 12 Second Avenue, Plaistow, in the
County of Essex, Railway Employee, and WILLIAM OTTIWELL WOOD, of
163 Anerley Road, Anerley, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, 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:-
Our improvement has for its object, the prevention of the dropping of the ends
of the rails, and the consequent wear, and also the jumping which takes place when
the rolling stock passes over the joints when fastened by the methods now in use.
For our purpose, at each end, and in the web of the rails, we make a slot of any
desired length or width, or an elongated hole or holes, and in such slots or holes
we place a key or keys; such key or keys may be made the width of the web, and
the length of the slots or holes, and be kept in position by a plate on either side
bolted together at each end; or they can form part of, or be attached to, one of
the side plates; or they can form part of, or be attached to both of the side plates;
or they may be made with a projection at each end, such projections fitting into
correspondingly shaped openings made in the web of the rail; in either case, it
serves to keep the ends of the rails together and level with one another. The
chairs on which the rails rest, may by our method of joining, be placed at the joints
if desired.
In the drawings herewith-
Fig. 1 is a plan, the rail being shown A., the chair B. and our improved
fastening C

page_text: Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the rail A. the fishplate C. and the key D. in the
web of the rail.
Fig. 3 shows a section of the rail A. with the fishplate C. having the projection
or key D. that passes through the web of the rail. E. is the fishplate on the
reverse side of the rail made with holes corresponding to the holes in the web of
the rail into which the key or keys D. enter. B. is the chair which is placed at the
joint of the rail, as shown in Fig. 2 at F., if desired.
Fig. 4. shows a section of the rail A. with the fishplate on either side of the web
of the rail, with the key or keys D. being held in position by the fishplates E.
and C.
Fig. 5. shows an elevation of the rail A. but with openings G. G. G. G. in the
web, into which the projections or keys D. Fig. 3 fit.
Our fishplates with their projections or keys which are made to correspond with
the slotted opening or openings or the elongated hole or holes can be rolled, forged,
pressed, or made of malleable cast metal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The improved method of fastening or holding the ends of rails together for
railway and other purposes, substantially as described and shown in drawings.
2. Fishplates made with projections or keys, such projections or keys fitting into
corresponding slots or openings made in the web of the rail or rails, the fishplates
being made either of rolled, or forged, or pressed metal or material, or of malleable
cast metal, substantially as shown in drawings and for the purpose described.
3. The use of slotted openings in the webs and at the ends of the rails
substantially as and for the purpose described.
4. The use of a slotted opening or openings, or an elongated hole or holes, in the
web of the rails, substantially as and for the purpose described.
5. The method of placing the chair where two rails butt together, in connection
with our improved fastening, substantially as described and shown in drawings.
Dated this 7th day of April 1893.
E. E. WIGZELL,
Agent for Applicants.