US1009539A - Railroad-tie. - Google Patents

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A. E? MARSHALL & F. J. GHAMROD.

RAILROAD TIE.

LIOATIOH FILED JUNE-2, 1911.

Patented Nov. 21,1911.

4. Toallwhom it may concern:

. SHALL and FRANK vented new andv ARTHUR EnM-ARSHALLyAjND FleANK J., G mma. .011? onto.

- RAILROADTIE the United: States, resi ing'at Lima, in the county of Allen and Stat'eg'of Ohio, .havein- RailroadTies, specification. An object of the. invention istoprovide a device for rigidly supporting. rails.

To accomplish the, desired resulmnse isv made of a channel, .con'stitutin' a rbase; and having the lower side thereo? corrugated.

to act as a reinforcement,endqplatscod nected to the channel and depndingthere from, the said-end platesbeing adapted fdrinsertion inthe ground to retain. in position,

said rail platesbeingfadapte'd to receive thereon the railsto be supported and means for engagement with the said rail plates and the rails to rigidlyiposition the-railsv on the rail plates.

Reference is to ing drawings constituting a partof this specification, in Whichs'ifm'ilar characters; of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, andiniwhich- 7 I Figure l is a side elevation parts, being, broken away to disclosegtheunderlying structure. Fig. 2 is a plan; view, onecfthe rails being removed-to; disclosethe'construe:

1 a perspective view'of'on e 'of.the securing of the channel tion ofthe-railplates. Fig'. 3 is a vertical section taken on tlieline 3'-3 inFig. 2. look- 8- fl s ing in the direction of the-arrow. B,

Referring more particularly to' the views We provide a channel 10 havi nga corrugated bottoi'n plate 11 and integral side plates; 12. Secured to both ends of the channel IQare end plates 13, consisting of angulaiyportions 14 secured to thechann'el'ylOby bolts 15 an'd depend ing poi-thins l6fladapted for. insertion in the ground to' rigidlyposition the-channel 10. Extendingtra'nsversely overthe topi are a". plurality of, pairs; of

rail platesI'l', each:- of thefsaidpairsof rail plates consisting of tops 1 8'a1id' sides IS), the

. said sides being riveted tothe' outer sides of.

vided with an integral the channel 10 as .will be seen by referring to Figs. land 3. Each'of .theplatcs is prof depending. flange 1 20 and the flanges 20 on each} pair of rail plates, are provided with registering apertures'and I specification ofI-etters l a ten t. Application m d lune 2,. 1911..

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- t d it grqa d o; rigid y th c ia njel lo pos t r po l nsthe P1501? .sl d ilof th a l. Pla e 17 and: the ewing Pl a lhish w itli the upper. edges o jithfe said cham nel and provided with indentations and sevails, I p v w 2'. A,v railroad; tief on prijsing a;. channel mrevidc w t p egat dba e saw pairs of rail, platesee ing rsely .tothecharihkglflahd Y the said rail L plates ,haying ppergsidesnl o cu. ing plates mounted to lie in the indentations in the said rail plates, the upper ends of the securing plates being adapted to engage the rails and the securing plates being bolted to the said rail plates. I

3. A railroad tie comprising a channel, pairs of rail plates extending transversely to the channel and having their ends secured thereto, flanges integrally formed on each of the said rail plates and depending from and between the sides of the channel and securing plates disposed inindentations in the said rail plates, said securing plates having their upper ends adapted for engagenrnt with the rails and their lower ends bolted to the said flanges.

- at. in a railroad tie the combination of 'a channel having the sides integral with the bottom,

the bottom being corrugated, end plate: secured to the said bottom and de lower ends of the l sides of the l l l l 1 l pending therefrom, pairs of rail plates extending transversely to the said channel and having their ends secured thereto, the upper said rail plates being flush with the upper edges of the said channel, flanges integrally formed on each or" the said rail plates and depending between the sides of the said channel and securing plates provided with hooked portions for engagement with the rails, the said securing plates bethere- 1 ing securedin indentations in the rail plates and having their lower ends bolted to the depending flanges of the rail plates.

In testimony whereof we allix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

ARTHUR E. MARHTALL. FRANK J. CHAMROD.

\Vitnesses \V. L. ROGERS, \Vnssm V. Gumin'r'rn.

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