US1009555A - Railroad-tie. - Google Patents

Description

J. P. ONEILL.

RAILROAD TIE. I APYLIOATION FILED MAY 8, 1911.

Patentedi Nov m, 1-911. I

mum Liz/was E a/270 05/162266 AITURNEY'S UNITED STATES .mmns rRAivK O'NEILL, or TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

Reunion-TIE.

To all whom it my concern: a

Be it known that I, JAMES FRANK- ONE LL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Trenton, in the county of Mer cer and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Railroad-Tie, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. l

My invention relates to a new and improved form of railroad tie.

An object of my invention is to provide a tie preferably made of concrete, which tie is composed of a series ot parts flexibly fastened together, two of said parts carrying the pair of rails, and so disposed that these parts will give slightly as the wheels of the train pass over the rails.

Vith the above and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinat'tv appear, the present invention consists in certain no'vel details of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed outin the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a preferred embodiment of my invention showing the rails in section; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view takenlongitmlinally through the tie, and on the line 2-2 of Fig, 3; and Fig. 3 is a plan .vicw looking downupon the tie as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The tie 6 is preferably constructed of a series oi separate sections, as shown herewith being six equal sections, comprising two outer sections 7, two middle sections 8 and two rail-carrying sections 9. In the further description, but one-half ofthe rail will be described in detail, that is, either the right-hand or the left-hand half, it being understood that this detailed description pertains equally to both halves.

, Each of the sections has a pair of longitudinaliy-extending apertures thcretl'irough,

the apertures in each pair being in alinem'cnt with the corresponding apertures in the next adjacent: section, thereby forming a pair of alined openings extending throughout the tie. Disposed within each of said alincd openings is a reinforced binding rod 10, which binding rod has disposed on oppo- Speci ficatton of Letters latent.

Application'filed May 6, 1911. Serial No. 625,458.

Patented Nov. 21, 1911.

site ends thereof, face plates 11,-hel'd firmly against the end section? .by means ofjam nuts 12. Disposed within each of the sections andsurrounding the rod 10, is a sleeve 13. The several sections are spa ed apart by flexible fabric washers 14. It will be seen by this constructionthat the several sections forrna unitaryflexible tie, sothat there will lJGQSOmQ vertical play betweenthe rail-bearing section '9 .and the sections 7 and *8 disposed in each side thereof. The under side of each of the end sections is recessed to form a pocket 1,5, and the intermediate seetio'ns are i'ecessed longitudinally as shown at- 16, to afford a gripping action between the tie and the ballast in the road-bed. The sections 7, 8 and 9 on each side of the rail aren'csiliently bound together by plates and nods'disposed on opposite longitudinal sides. 3 z--lransversely disposed across the sections land 8, above the sleeve 13, is a bolt 17, and disposed transversely of the rail-carrying section 9, is a bolt 18 disposed centrally therein and beneath the sleeve 13. Abutting each side of the sections-7, 8 and 0., is'a resilient rod 19, the center portion of which is bent downward into a V 20, to fit under the bolt 18 as it extends out from the side of the section 9. Each end of the rod 19 is bent upon itself to form an eye embracing the rod 17 in each of the sections 7 and 8. Disposed in parallel alinement with the rod 19 and spaced apart from said rod by washers 21, are facing plates 22 carried by the bolts 17 and firmly pressed into position by means of nuts 23. It will be seen that bythis construction the downward movement of the rail-supporting section relative to the sections 7 and 8, will cause aspring will tend to restore the section 9 into horizontal alinement with the sections 7 and 8 as soon as the weight has been removed from the section 9. l

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new "and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A railroad tie, comprising six sections,

of binding rods passing longitmlinally through said tie, WtlSllC1S,.C2llIletl by each of said rods disposed between adjacent sections, sleeves within each of said sections surrounding said rods, bolts disposed in each a rail disposed on the section adjacent the end section from each end of the tie, a pair section transversely of the same and projectaction to take place in therod 19, which v ing beyond each side of said section, and resilient means on each side of the tie carried by the bolts in the sections on each side of the rail-carrying section, said resilient means supporting the railcarrying section by bearing on the under side of the bolt in said rail-carrying section.

2. A railroad tie, comprising a plurality of sections, bolts passing transversely through three adjacent sections of said tie, and a rod disposed on each longitudinal side of said three sections, attached to the outer two of said bolts and passing beneath the middle bolt, whereby the middle section is resiliently supported by its two adjacent sections.

3. A railroad tie, comprising a plurality of sections, bolts passing transversely through three ad aQent sections of said tie, a rod disposed on each longitudinal side of said three sections, attached to the outer two of said bolts and passing beneath the middle bolt, whereby the middle section is resiliently supported by its two adjacent sections, and facing plates carried by said bolts, holding said rods in position. 4

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of tWo subscribing witnesses.

JAMES FRANK ONEILL.

Witnesses:

AUGUSTUS KELLUM FORMAN, THOMAS MeEvoY.

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