US1013712A - Tie and rail-fastener. - Google Patents

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All). WILLIAMS.

TIE AND RAIL PASTENER. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 3, 1911.

1,013,712. Patented Jan.2, 1912.

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1 ATTORNEYS,

1 ALFRED D. WTLLIAMS, OF GLASSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2,1912.

Application filed June 3, 1911. Serial No. 630,988.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ALFRED D. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Glassport, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to ties and rail fasteners, and the objects of my invent-ion are to provide a metallic tie possessing sufficient strength and firmness to support the weight of rolling stock, and to provide a tie having a bearing surface which will afford a sure and ready means for the attaching of rail chairs.

Other objects of my invention are to furnish a tie with fasteners that will preserve the alinement of the rails of the track, and to arrange the fasteners whereby lateral and vertical displacement is practically impossible.

Further objects of my invention are to provide a light endurable tie at a minimum cost and to furnish the same with a fastener that may be repeatedly adjusted to compensate for wear.

Still further objects of my invention are to obviate the necessity of using spikes, and to provide an insulated tie that can be advantageously used in connection with electrically equipped railways.

These, and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, are attained by a mechanical construction that will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawings, wherein there is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such variations as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing-Figure l is a plan of a metallic tie and fastener. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the tie and fastener. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a modified form of tie, equipped with the fastener. Fig. 5 is a plan of an inner fastener, and Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

A tie in accordance with this invention comprises end plates 1 having vertical side walls 2. Riveted, or otherwise connected,

as at 3, to the inner ends of the plates 1 is a tie plate 4 having alongitudinally depressed portion 5 adapted to add rigidity to the tie and provide means for anchoring the tie in the ballast of road-bed. The depressed portion 5 also provides clearance for part of the rail fasteners, as will hereinafter appear, whereby the part of the rail fasteners will be housed and retained at a point below the surface of the road-bed in order that the brake rigging or hanging parts of rolling stock can not engage or injure the same.

Interposed between the edges of the tie plate 4 and the end plates 1 are pieces of insulation 6 retained in position by the rivets or other fastening means 3 of said plates.

Arranged upon the end plates 1 are chairs 7 preferably made of wood and adapted to support the base flanges 8 and 9 of rails 10. The chairs 7 are of a less width than the plates 1, thereby providing a small space between the side walls 2 and the sides of the chairs. 7

The side walls 2 of the end plate 1, at one end of the tie are provided with trans verse pins 11 and slidably mounted upon the inner ends of these pins are the arms 12 with inner faces 13 adapted to engage the inner base flange 8 of the rail 10. The arms 12 have longitudinal slots 14 and the outer ends of said arms are connected by a strap 15. This strap, intermediate the ends thereof, has a set screw 16 adapted to engage the outer end of the chair 7, said set screw being fixed in adjusted position by a lock nut 17 Inner fasteners 18 are riveted, or otherwise connected, as at 19 to the walls 2 of the plate 1, at the opposite end of the tie, this form of inner fastener being preferably at one end of the tie, as the rail at the opposite end of the tie can be adjusted to provide the proper gage of the track. Slidably mounted upon the outer ends of the pins 11 are the arms 20 of outer fasteners 21 adapted to engage the outer base flange 9 of a rail 10. The arms 20 are slotted, as at 22, to provide clearance for the pins 11 and the inner ends of said arms are connected by a strap 23. The outer fastener at the opposite end of the tie is identical, said fastener being slidably mounted upon oppositely projecting pins 24 carried by the side walls 2 of the end plate 1. The straps 23 of the outer fasteners are provided with longitudinal inwardly projecting tie rods 25, said rods adjacent to the straps 23 having depending portions 26, whereby the rods can extend into and longitudinally of the depressed portion 5 of the tie plate 4. The inner ends of the tie rods 25 are screwthreaded, as at 27, and adjustably mounted in insulators 28 mounted in the ends of a turn-buckle 29. The insulators 28 are preferably made of porcelain or other durable material.

In Fig. 4 of the drawing there is illustrated a modification of the invention, wherein the body of the tie, designated 30, is made of concrete, the ends of the tie having seats 31 for the chairs 7 and a central portion of the tie having a longitudinal recess 32 for the turn buckle 29 and the tie rods 2-5.

After the rail 10 have been positioned upon the chairs 7 with the fastenings in an open position, said fastenings can be easily adjusted to firmly clamp the rails to the chairs, said fastenings assisting in retaining the chairs upon the end plates, which, together with the tie plate, constitute the metallic tie. In the instance of the tie being made of concrete, the fasteners are carried by the vertical side walls 33 of the concrete tie. These walls can be made of concrete or of metallic plates having the lower edges thereof embedded in the concrete body of the tie.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new is 1. In a tie and rail fastener, end plates having vertical side walls, a tie plate connecting said end plates and having a central depressed portion, chairs mounted upon said end plates and adapted to support rails, outer fastenings, slidably connected to the side walls of said end plates, tie rods carried by said fasteners and extending into the depressed portion of said tie plate, a turn buckle connecting said tie rods, inner fasteners engaging said rails, and means adapted to adjustably hold one of said inner fasteners.

2. In a tie and rail fastener, a tie, chairs arranged upon the ends of said tie and adapted to support rails, outer fasteners engaging the outer base fianges of said rail, tie rods carried by said fasteners, a turnbuckle connecting said tie rods, inner fasteners engaging the inner base flanges of said rails, and means adapted to adjust one of said inner fasteners.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED D. WILLIAMS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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