US1022957A - Railway-track appliance. - Google Patents

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T. MANEY. v RAILWAY TRACK APPLIANCE. APPLICATION FILED DBO. 21, 1 910.

Wmidak Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

THOMAS MANEY, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

RAILWAY-TRACK APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

Application filed December 21, 1910. Serial No. 598,525.

ticularly to tie plates for connecting the main rail and guard rail together and holding them at the required distance from the fro Iii order that the flanges of the wheels of the rolling stock may avoid striking the point of the frog and pass safely to the proper side, it is necessary to guard the point. This is done by means of a short sectional rail from 10 to 15 feet long, slightly curved and spiked to the ties at a fixed distance from the frog and adjacent to the main rail opposite the frog. As each wheel passes through the throat of the frog, the guard rail engages the flanges of the wheel 011 the opposite end of the axle and guides the pair through the narrow throat or flange-way of the frog. The proper position of the guard rail depends upon its relation to the frog and not upon its relation to the main rail opposite the frog, although it is the most approved practice at the present time to secure the guard rail by clamping it to the main rail in order to get what resistance the main rail may offer to lateral movement. For obvious reasons, considerable lateral thrust is delivered to the guard rail by the passing flanges of the wheels, which results in its being drawn inward toward the frog and deforming the line of the main rail at the point where it is clamped, all due to insufficient fastening to the ties. As this movement takes place, the guard rail must be restored to normal position by clamping it closely to the main rail, but it will readily be seen that when the main rail is too much distorted, both rails must be ripped up and regaged. In addition to the loss in distance due to the yielding of the fastening to the ties, there is a certain lesser loss due to the wear of the side of the guard rail from the contact with the wheel flanges. By my invention, I am enabled to hold the guard rail in its proper relation to the frog, and provision is also made to take up the wear of the head of the guard rail.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter fully described in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a view in end elevation of the invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the plate; Fig. 3 is an'end View showing the guard rail raised by means of a wedge for compensating for wear and the like; and Fig. 4 is a modification of the means for fastening the guard rail.

A represents a tie plate which is provided with transverse ribs 1, 1, and claws 2, 2, which are adapted to be sunk into the tie. Transverse shoulders 3 and 4 are formed on the upper surface of the tie plate, and a hook-shaped clip 5 extends transversely through the center of the tie plate. The main rail 6 is received between the clip 5 and the shoulder 3, and is held in position by screw spikes 7, which pass through the tie plate into the ties, the upper ends of the spikes engaging the base flange of the rail. The guard rail 8 is received between the clip 5 and the shoulder 4, the clip engaging one of the base flanges of the rail. The shoulder 4 is provided with a diagonally extending inner face, which is provided with a groove 9, in which is received a tapering wedge 10 which engages the other base flange of the guard rail for holding it in position. Screw spikes 11 pass through the shoulder i and engage the upper surface of the wedge 10 for holding it against movement, whereby the guard rail 8 will be held in position. A groove '12 is formed in the upper surface of the tie plate A, which extends transversely thereof and along one side of the clip 5, which allows the guard rail 8 to be tilted so as to move it laterally toward the main rail to compensate for the wearing of the guard rail. A wedge 14: is inserted beneath the rail when tilted for holding it in its tilted position.

In rolling ordinary railway rails from which the guard rails are made, there is generally some slight variation in the section of the rail, due to wear or imperfection in the mill rolls. Such variations are especially'found in the width of the base, and the wedges are intended to compensate and to afford at all times a close fitting seat for the guard rail at that point. The base flange of the guard rail is sheared, as at 18, on the side next to the main rail. This is to bring the guard rail sufficiently close to the main rail, and at the same time to be the proper distance from the frog, whereby the flanges of the wheels will engage the guard rail and guide the flanges of the other wheels through the narrow throat of the frog.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. The combination with a tie plate having shoulders and an intermediate clip formed thereon, of a railbetween the clip and one shoulder and means for securing it in place, and a guard rail having a sheared edge which fits snugly between the clip and the upper surface of the plate, a wedge inserted between the edge of the guard-rail base and the adjacent shoulder, and fastening means extending through the shoulder and overlapping said wedge.

2. The combination with a tie plate having shoulders, a clip thereon and provided with a groove adjacent to the clip in position to receive one edge of the base flange of a rail, means adapted to be inserted between the opposite edge of the base flange and the tie plate to tilt said rail, and means for securing the rail to the tie plate.

8. A railway tie plate having means thereon for holding a plurality of rails in position, and means whereby one of the rails can be tilted toward the adjacent rail.

4:. A railway tie plate comprising a body adapted to receive a plurality of rails thereon, means for holding the rails in position on the body, means for allowing one of the rails to be tilted toward an adjacent rail, and means for holding the rail in its tilted position. i

5. A railway tie plate comprising a body having means thereon for holding a plurality of rails, ribs and claws formed on the lower side of the body adapted to enter a tie, a wedge for locking one of the rails in position, and screw spikes passing through the plate for locking the plate to a tie, the upper ends of the spikes engaging the rail flange of one of the rails and the wedge for holding the rails in position.

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

THOMAS HANEY.

lVitnesses:

HUGH B. Fnnnon, DAVID E. WELLER.

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

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