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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
LUTHER DIXON AND GREENLEAF DIXON, OF COMANCHE, TEXAS.
RAIL-JOINT.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Oct. 25, 1910.
Application filed April'26, 1910. Serial No. 557,734.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that we, LUTHER DIXON and
GREENLEAF DIXoN, citizens of the United
States, residing at Comanche, in the county
5 of Comanche and State of Texas, have in-
vented certain new and useful Improve-
ments in Rail-Joints, of which the follow-
ing is a specification.
This invention relates to rail joints, and
10 primarily to the class in which the adja-
cent ends of the rails are mortised together.
It has in view a provision of means where-
by the coacting ends of the rails may be
closely drawn together for securing the same
15 with bolts.
With the above and other objects in view,
reference is to be had to the following de-
scription, claim, and drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rail
20 joint; Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section there-
of; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal cross section
thereof; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of an end
of one of the rails; Fig. 5 is a similar view
of the adjoining end of the other rail.
25 Referring more particularly to the draw-
ings, A and B indicate ends of the rails
joined together by the ordinary means of
bolts, the web portions adjacent to the ends
being broadened to the width of the head.
30 The broadened portion of the rail A is
bifurcated forming a recess 1, the extremity
2 of said rail being inwardly tapered. The
rail B is provided with a reduced projection
or tongue 3 to fit snugly into the recess 1.
35 Adjacent to the tongue 3 and on each side
thereof the rail B is provided with vertical
inwardly inclined recesses 4, in which the
ends 2 of the rail A are adapted to fit for
preventing lateral spreading of the arms.
40 On one side of the tongue 3 is provided a
plurality of recesses 5, each recess having
an inclined face and a vertical bearing face.
A plurality of openings 6 are provided in
the corresponding side of the recess 1, adapt-
45 ed to register with the recesses 5, and
through which a crowbar or other tool may
be inserted into the recesses 5 for drawing
the two rail ends closely together before se-curing the same. The end of the rail A
is provided with round bolt holes while the so
tongue or end of the rail B is provided
with elongated openings 7 for permitting
the longitudinal movement in drawing the
ends together. The recesses 5 are so posi-
tioned with relation to the opening 6 that 55
should the recesses not register with one of
the openings to permit the working of the
tool, the latter may be inserted in the other
opening and engage one of the recesses for
drawing the rails tight. 60
It will be seen from the foregoing that the
two ends may be tightly drawn together,
thus wedging the ends 2 of the rail A into
the recesses. 4 of the rail B, said recesses
preventing ends 2 from spreading. The 65
extremities of the rails gradually decrease
in height thus allowing the wheels of the cars
to pass over them without the jar experi-
enced in the type now in use. It will of
course be observed that the elongated open- 70
ings in the tongue permit expansion and
contraction due to the varying conditions
of the weather.
What is claimed as new is:
A rail joint comprising a rail end pro- 75
vided with a recess, the extremities of said
rail having vertical inwardly tapered ex-
tremities, a rail provided with a projection
fitting into said recess and having vertical
inwardly inclined recesses adapted to en- 80
gage said tapered extremities of the first
named rail, the projection or tongue of the
second named rail being provided on one
side with a plurality of recesses, and- one
side of the first named recess provided with 85
a plurality of openings adapted to register
with said recesses for the purposes herein
set forth.
In testimony whereof we affix our signa-
tures in presence of two witnesses.
LUTHER -DIXON.
GREENLEAF DIXON.
Witnesses:
L. S. CUNNINGHAM,
K. F. CUNNINGHAM.974,038.
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Dixon, Luther & Dixon, Greenleaf. Rail Joint, patent, October 25, 1910; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513109/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.