US1011064A - Railroad-tie. - Google Patents

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P. KLINGBR & W. RETALLIOK.

RAILROAD TIE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1911.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

l H QR 1 A m 1 .0 l a l lfllm ar s Parser orriea rnANcIs xnmcnnam WILLIAM RE'I'ALLICK, or wrntrmsrown; :ennns'rnvama.

' naILnoAn-rm flo all whom it may concern: -1 l Be it known that we, FRANCIS KLINGERV and WILLIAM Rn'rALnIoK, citizens of the United. States, and residents of Williamstown, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to composite railj fioadties and the means for securing the 5 "sual rails thereto in an easy and substan tial manner, and the invention consists in the novel features of construction herelnafter fully described and claimed, and illuswhich a I Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tie with the rails secured thereto; Fig. 2 is a longitutrated in the accompanying drawings, in

.. dinal vertical sectionof one end'of the tie,

showing parts of the clamping devices in elevation; Fig. 3 is a plan view, partly in reticulated matter 12 and 13. Near each end ofthe upper portion of the tie is embedded,

as in the process of formation of the tie, a

, strong metallic casing- 14, comprising coun-v terpart side plates 14', each having an into ral end piece 14". Each of the side plates lies a pair of tubular extensions 15 project ing therefrom laterallyto the adjacent side .of the tie, the extensions of the respective side plates being in alinement with each other on opposite sides for the reception of a tapered-clamping pin 16.

Associatedwith :each casing 14 are a pair of clamping dogs 17. Each dog comprisesa shank 18 which extends downward between the casing plates 14 and I has a transverse hole 18" adjacent the alined bores of opposite extensions 15, though slightly eccentric thereto. Each dog also includes a jaw 19 ada ted to engageover the base flange of the rail Rwhich may Specification Of'LE'ttGI-S Patent. c a lication filed J'une21,1911. Serial no. seam.

slipped into place with their shanks ectmg lnto the casing, bringing the hole 18".,

rest upon the upper surface of the tie, or if stam na, 5, rear.

desired upon a plate thereafter the outer end 19' of the jawoverlappin'g or spanning the upper edge of the casing end Pi". The outer end of the shank 18 extends beneath the adjacent casing end 14". rail is put in place-upon the tie the dogs are adjacent the bores of the extensions 15. The. pins. are driven snugly into place as indi cated in 'Fig. 5 especially, the taper of which will draw the clamping dogs tightly down upon the casing and the base flange of the rail, thereby securing itin place. In some instances it may bedesirable to em loy onlv one clamping dog of the charactermdicated pro- ' When the 1 at each end of the tie and provide any other L suitable fixed member to ooiiperate with it" In other words, assuming that client the dogs is a, fixture, the rail might he slipped into place thereunder and then secure the opposite side by the dog 1'2 in the man her above indicated. The pins 16 may he prevented -from longitudinal displacement 111 any desired manner, but as shown one-of the extensions 15 is internally threaded at 15- for the reception of a threaded plug 26' adapted to abut against the larger end of i the pin wherever it may he after being driven snugly in place, but which plug may easily be withdrawn by a Wrench or other tool in order to drive out the ins whenever it is desirable to disconnect t the ties.

. The several parts of the fastening devices- -may be made of any suitable materials, and. the relative sizes and proportions thereof may be modified to a large extent without departing from the spirit of the invention hereinafter claimed.

e rails from Having thus described a preferred-embodiment of the invention, what we claim as new and desire to of the United States is:

.1. The hereindescribed railroad tie'coinprising a composite body, a metallic casing.

embedded therein, tubular extensions extending laterally from the vcasings; to the sides of the tie in alinement with each other, means associated with one end ofthe cas ing tocl'amp one edge of the'hase flange of the rail, a dog havin a jaw embracing the opposite edge of the ass, flange and having a shank extending into the casing and havring a hole slightly eccentric to the bore of the said tubular extensions, said jaw having protect by Letters Patent a portion overlapping the upper edge of the I extensions and shank, and a plug fitted into casing and a tapered pin adapted to be i one of the extensions to prevent displacedriven through said extensions and shank ment of the pin, substantially as set forth. hole to bind the dog in place, substantially In testimony whereof We have hereunto as set forth.

2. The combination with a railroad tie and a rail thereon, of clamping means for the rail including a casing having lateral tubular extensions, :1 dog adapted to emtwo subscribing Witnesses.

FRANCIS KLINGER. WILLIAM RETALLICK.

brace the base flange of the rail and having Witnesses: a shank extending into the casing, between WM. G. SToKEs, said extensions, a pin driven through said S. S. STRAUB.

afiixed our signatures in the presence of

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