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No. 773,611. Patented November 1, 1904.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
JAMES M. WALKER, OF BIGVALLEY, TEXAS.
RAIL-JOINT.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,611, dated November 1, 1904.
Amnlication filed April 19, 1904. Serial No. 203.923. (No model.)
To ai whom it ma ,y concern: some distance, and the web portion 2, adja- 50
Be it known thatI,JAiEs M.WALKER, a citi- cent the cut-away portion of the head 3, is
zen of the United States, residing at Bigval- provided with a longitudinal recess 4. The
ley, in the county of Mills and State of Texas, length of the cut-away portion of the head of
5 have invented certain new and useful Improve- the rail may be varied as found most suit-
ments in Rail-Joints, of which the following able in-the practical embodiment of the in- 55
is a specifeation. vention, and the recessed portion 4 of the web
This invention relates to means for joining 3 has disposed in the length thereof a plu-
the meeting ends of rails; and the invention rality of partitions 5, located transversely, as
o particularly embodies a special construction will be readily noted by reference to Fig. 1
of rail, whereby the same may be interlocked of the drawings. The opposite end of the rail 6o
with an adjacent rail to afford a substantial A has the base 1 thereof cut away and the
and rigid connection therewith. web portion 2, adjacent the cut-away portion
In carrying out the invention the ends of of the base 1, is somewhat reduced, so as to
15 the rails are formed so as to afford the inter- be received in the longitudinal recess 4 of an
locking feature above mentioned, and the ne- adjacent rail. 65
cessity for the use of fish-plates or like parts The reduced web portion above mentioned
is obviated. is provided in its length with a plurality of
For a full description of the invention and transverse recesses 6, which latter receive the
20 the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowl- partitions 5, located in the longitudinal recess
edge of the details of construction of the means 4 of the adjacent rail, and the coOperation of 70
for effecting the result reference is to be had the partitions and the recessed portions 6 es-
to the following description and accompany- tablishes the interlocking connection between
ing drawings. the rails, preventing longitudinal separation
25 While the essential and characteristic fea- thereof, as well as transverse play or move-
tures of the invention are susceptible of modi- ment. The provision of a plurality of parti- 75
fication, still the preferred embodiment of tions 5 in the longitudinal recess 4 at one end
the invention is illustrated in the accompany- of each rail affords a greater rigidity of con-
ing drawings, in which- nection, in that all likelihood of looseness of
30 Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the connection is obviated and a greater rigidity
formation of the respective ends of a rail em- of the rail connections obtained. Also since 8o
bodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitu- the web portion of one of the rails is received
dinal vertical sectional view showing rails in- in the longitudinal recessed portion of the
terlocked together as in actual use. Fig. 3 is other the rail ends are not liable to become
35 a transverse vertical sectional view taken on rounded so as to cause rattling and vibration
the line re x of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 embodies a modi- as the rolling-stock is passing thereover. 85
fication of the invention. Though not absolutely necessary, transverse
Corresponding and like parts are referred fastenings in the form of bolts 7 or the like
to in the following description and indicated may be passed through the interlocking end
40 in all the views of the drawings by the same portions of the rail A, so as to effectively in-
reference characters. sure against likelihood of displacement of the 90
Referring to the drawings, A designates the adjacent part. However, the use of spikes to
rails, and the same are, generally speaking, of secure the rails upon the cross-ties is prob-
the ordinary construction, save as regards ably all that is necessary to maintain the rails
45 the formation of the ends thereof. Each rail firmly in interlocking engagement, as de-
comprises a base 1, the web 2, and the ball or scribed hereinbefore. 95head 3. In the preferred contemplation of In Fig. 4 the recess 4 and the cut-away por-
the invention the head or ball 3 of one end of tion of the base of the adjacent rail are differ-
the rail is cut away longitudinally thereof for ent from the structure shown in the preferred
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Walker, James M. Rail Joint, patent, November 1, 1904; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508915/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.