Joint bar securment device
OwnerHerb Westoninventor
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Abstract
A joint bar securement device is disclosed having a baseplate affixed to a plurality of elongated cylindrical metal upwardly-rising shafts. Joint bars are threaded onto the metal shafts, stacked one upon another, and secured during transport by the joint bar securement device. Some embodiments of the present invention further comprise cables, ropes, and/or chains detachably affixed to the metal shafts and the baseplate to prevent the joint bars from bouncing out of the securement device during transport. Other embodiments include lateral braces in place of the metal shafts for cradling the joint bars.
Claims15
A joint bar securement device comprising:
- a rigid metal baseplate having a planar top surface;
- and
- a plurality of elongated cylindrical metal shafts rising orthogonally from the surface of the baseplate, the cylindrical shafts for threading through apertures defined by one or more joint bar(s), wherein a diameter of the cylindrical shafts is less than a diameter of the apertures defined by the joint bar(s), the joint bar(s) used in construction of railroad track, each of the metal shafts having have a proximal end affixed to the baseplate and an opposing distal end for penetrating joint bars threaded over the metal shafts.
A joint bar securement device comprising:
- a rigid metal baseplate having a planar top surface;
- and
- an elongated cylindrical metal shaft rising orthogonally from the surface of the baseplate, the cylindrical shaft for threading through apertures defined by one or more joint bar(s), wherein a diameter of the cylindrical shaft is less than a diameter of the apertures defined by the joint bar(s), the joint bar(s) used in construction of railroad track, the metal shafts having have a proximal end affixed to the baseplate and an opposing distal end for penetrating joint bars threaded over the metal shafts;
- a left lateral side affixed to the baseplate comprising an elongated plate of metal having an inner planar surface rising orthogonally from the surface of the baseplate, the left lateral side affixed to the baseplate;
- a right lateral side affixed to the baseplate comprising an elongated plate of metal having an inner planar surface rising orthogonally from the surface of the baseplate, the right lateral side affixed to the baseplate;
- wherein the left lateral side and right lateral side define a recess between them for receiving and securing a joint bar in the recess from moving laterally across the top surface of the baseplate.
A joint bar securement device comprising:
- a rigid metal baseplate having a planar top surface;
- a plurality of elongated cylindrical metal shafts rising orthogonally from the top surface of the baseplate, the cylindrical shafts for threading through apertures defined by one or more joint bar(s), wherein a diameter of the cylindrical shafts is less than a diameter of the apertures defined by the joint bar(s), the joint bar(s) used in construction of railroad track, each of the metal shafts having have a proximal end affixed to the baseplate and an opposing distal end for penetrating joint bars threaded over the metal shafts;
- a lateral side affixed to the baseplate, the lateral side comprising a rectangular plate of metal disposed off-center of the baseplate having a proximal end affixed to the baseplate and an opposing distal end, the lateral side rising orthogonally away from the top surface of the baseplate;
- one or more hinge(s) affixed to the distal end of the lateral side;
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- a top plate affixed to the hinge(s), the top plate defining two or more recesses for receiving the distal ends of the metal shafts such that the top plate can be laid over joint bars threaded onto the metal shafts.
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