US1004277A - Means of securing and supporting railway-rails. - Google Patents

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nW. H. KQRKBRIDE. MEANSl DI SECURING AND SUPPORTING RAILWAY RAILS. v

APPLICATION FILED Nov.3o, 1910.

ljoog'y'ja Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

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UNITED sTATEs 'PATENT Felon.'

WILLIAM KIRKBRIDE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

* MEANS F SECURING AND SUPPORTING RAILWAY-RAILS..

VAppu'cauon fusa November sojeio. serieu No. 594,838'.

way-Rails, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.-

This invention is intendedto take the placeof the ordinary wood ties, metal tie plates, vand spikeswhich are commonly employed to support and hold railway rails in proper relation, and to accomplish, in a more satisfactorydegree and at less eX- pense, the results for which these parts 'are used.v i 1 if? The invention in its entirety includes a metal tie having near its end upturned sides, woodcushioning blocks fitted between said upturned sides, rail supporting metal plates which rest upon saidblocks and are each provided at its inner end with a down -turned flange which engages with the end of the associated wood block,- each plate having also a rail retaininfr member which overhangs the outer rail fbot, and a clamping plate which interlocks with the supportingl plat-e and overhangs the other rail-foot,-all of said parts being held in working relation by a screw which passes through this clamping block and through the metal `oate', and through the wood block, and which screws The various combinations of these parts andthe specific forms thereof, as set forth in the claims, constitute the invention covered by this patent. In the drawing, Figure l is a vert-ical sec- 40 tion taken transversely of the two rails, and on one side going centrally through the tie and the parts thereby. supported. Fig. 2 is a plan View of two ties, and rails supported thereby, the rail on one side having its ball broken away adjacent to one tie, and the rail being entirely broken away at the other end of the tie, so as to show the rail supporting devices from which the clamping plate has been omitted. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the rail supporting plate and the clamping plate when extended lengthwise of the' rail so as to serve the additional ppi-posefor'whichish plates are commonly used, namely, to connect the meeting ends ofirails and prevent their dis- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2k6, 1911.

'linement. This same'constru'ction at the right side of Fig. 1.

Referring tothe parts by letters, A represents a metallic tie which is provided adjacent to each end with lvertical side flanges a.

B, B, represent cushioning wood blocks which rest upon the bot-tom member' of the is shown tie and fit more or less tightly betweentlie l two side flanges a.

C represents a rail supporting plate; and

one of these rests upon each wood block-.

Each plate C has a down-turned flange c along its inside edge, so that when the plate rests upon the block B this down-turned edge engages with the end of the block and acts to prevent. any outward movement of said plate independentlyof the block. Near its outer edge each plate is formed with an 4 overhangngflange c', so formed that when the rail rests upon the plate C the outer rail foot d will pass under this overhanging flange and fit the space beneath the same;

and the end of said flange will preferably' engage with the rail web d. Near` its i11- ner edge the plate C has an undercut groove' c2. E represents a clamping plate 'having along vits outer edge a rib e adapted to enter said undercut. groove, and therebyto in-' terlock with said rail supporting'platel' This plate is so shaped that it will'overhan'gj" the inner foot (l of the rail, and; 'when clamped down, bear upon this foot" d and also preferably bear against the rail web d2: F represents a holding screw which passes" down through a hole iii the'clamping plate E and through a hole in the saidsupporting plate C, and through another hole in the` block B, andit screws into the lowerl member of the tie, thereby securely fastening all the parts together, and securely holding the rail 1n the. position shown. It is evident that there can be no outward movement ofthe plate C and the railthereon independent of the block B, and that there.A can be no movement of the block B upon the tie,-the bolt F being quite sufficient in practice to pre-'- vent this outward movement. The hole in the rail supporting plate Cis so placed *hat the shank of the screw F in passing down through said' hole will be very ciose to the edge of the rail foot, and the head f of Said screw while bearing on plate E will nev'ex';` theless overhang the rail foot. This con--

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