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ends thereof; of a pair of reversely-arranged
fish-plates overlapping said ends and dis-
posed upon opposite sides of said rails
against the faces of said webs, each fish-plate
5 having a member thereof extending through
the opening in one of said rails and inter-
locked with the adjacent portion of the other
fish-plate.
2. In a rail-joint, the combination, with a
10 pair of rails having openings formed
through their webs adjacent the abutting
ends thereof; of a pair of reversely-arranged
fish-plates overlapping said ends and dis-
posed upon opposite sides of said rails
15 against the faces of said webs, each fish-plate
being provided at opposite ends with a pair
of integral tongues, one of which projects
through the opening in the adjacent rail
and interlocks with the adjacent tongue of
20 the other fish-plate.
3. In a rail-joint, the combination, with
a pair of rails having openings formed
through their webs adjacent the abutting
ends thereof; of a pair of reversely-arranged
25 fish-plates overlapping said ends and dis-
posed upon opposite sides of said rails
against the faces of said webs, each fish-plate
being provided at one end with a lateral
tongue having a seat formed in its upper
30 face, and at the other end with a longitudi-
nal tongue, the first-named tongue of eachfish-plate projecting through the opening in
the adjacent rail and having the second-
named tongue of the other fish-plate inter-
locked in the seat therein.35
4. In a rail-joint, the combination, with
a pair of rails having openings formed
through their webs adjacent the abutting
ends thereof ; of a pair of reversely-arranged
fish-plates overlapping said ends and dis- 40
posed upon opposite sides of said rails
against the faces of said webs, each fish-plate
being provided at one end with a lateral
tongue having a seat formed in its upper
face and at the other end with a longitudi- 45
nal tongue comprising a head and a reduced
neck, the first-named tongue of each fish-
plate projecting through the opening in the
adjacent rail and having the neck of the
second-named tongue of the other fish-plate 5o
engaged in the seat therein, the head por-
tions of said second-named tongues project-
ing below the bottom walls of said seats to
interlock said first- and second - named
tongues together. 55
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand in presence of two subscribing wit-
nesses.
JAMES T. BOGARD.
Witnesses:
W. F. ANDIEWS,
T. E. WALDEN.Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the " Commissioner of Patents,
Washington, D. C."52
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Bogard, James T. Rail Joint, patent, February 20, 1912; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509169/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.