. Electric railway gazette . ch areusual in the Price joints. The Little Giant joint als) has at its center threestout ribs which descend from the top of the jointplate and encircle the jaw, to preclude its openingunder any strain, and are attached at the bottomto the base of the truss. In the K joint, it will be seen that remark-able strength and elasticity are assured by its com-bination of diagonal braces and upright piers, witha strong rib near Ihe middle of the joint, whichpasses down alongside of the tie, thereto be spiked,after driving up with a sledge to tighten the jawupon the flanges
. Electric railway gazette . ch areusual in the Price joints. The Little Giant joint als) has at its center threestout ribs which descend from the top of the jointplate and encircle the jaw, to preclude its openingunder any strain, and are attached at the bottomto the base of the truss. In the K joint, it will be seen that remark-able strength and elasticity are assured by its com-bination of diagonal braces and upright piers, witha strong rib near Ihe middle of the joint, whichpasses down alongside of the tie, thereto be spiked,after driving up with a sledge to tighten the jawupon the flanges of the meeting rails, while thefoot is spiked at the same time to the top of the this manner each spike protects its fellow, beingdriven in a plane at right angles to it. In lieu oftie-rods, so sure heretofore to go with the rails inany lateral movement which heavy hauling mayproduce in them with its enormous strain upon therails in turning out from the wagon tread, Iemploy powerful brace chairs, seated upon the ties. Brace Chair. There is not a splice-bar joint in existence whichwould be safe, with T-rails, for the passage of alocomotive, without its bolts. The Price joints, however, for either use (trunk11 ne or girder rail) are ho made as to embrace theplant in a positive jaw, behind which tne foot ofthe joint-plale projects outwardly or in front ofthe joint as teen in track, upon the cross-lie, thusnearly doubling the bearings of the rails, as usedwith Bplice-bais, and avoiding the need of any tie-plates, while the head or top of the joint-platepre8Be« steadily upon the slanting baf-e ol thehead of Ihe rail, at the lop of the web. At thisfioinl every joint-plate has a liori/.onlal ledge, pro-jecting inwardly. In slriki the web when drivenuj>, and niaintuin aligiimeijt. Little Giant Joint. and spiked like the joints at once to the side of thetie, near the foot of the brace, and to Ihe top of thelie, when driven up, like Ihe joinis themselveswith a sledgp. The foo
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