US1028248A - Means for securing rails to metal ties. - Google Patents

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@EST AvArLABLE copy W. OGAN.

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l lli-.Nav MoiiuAN. Alliance, Ohio. Filed l Sept. l2. ltlll. Serial No. (348,997.

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Ile it known that I, IVILLIAM in citizen of the United States, residing at IAIhanee, in the count of Stark and State tot Ohio` have inventedyocrtain new and uselful Improvements in ltleans for Secnringl lltails to Metal Ties; and I do hereby de.- lclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact. description of the invention, such as hvill enablel others skilled in the art to which tit. a pertains to make and use the same.

i lt y invention relates to an improvement lin means for securing rails to metal ties, the principal object. bein to dispense withl lthc uso of bolts or otier parts passingl lthi-ough holes or recesses in the ties or rails., I further object. is to produce simplei iiienns whereby the rail innv be released andi pendjusted to compensate or wear.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in a chair sented on the tit` and adiiptcd to receive the rail, inter-l changeable rail clamping plates sented onI the elinii and held against lateral nml end-l twise movement thereon, and spring` clamps` foi' locking the parts together. My invention further consists in the parts .and combiiintioiis of parts as will be more' fully .described and pointed out in the. claims.

In the aeeoiiipnnyiug drawings, Figure 1l ',is a view in perspective showing a sectionI iot' a rail in elevation and the tie in seetiony. Fig. .2 is n view in perspective of a section*y of :i t-ic and showing the chair, insulation,` .clniiiping plate und armor plates. Fig. 3 isf H. Mono/m,"

ju view in section longitudinally of the tiet the riiil showin" tho one adjustment. lig. 4

showing tho clamping4 lplates changed and the rail shifted to conipensate for wear, and Fig. 5 is a view in section through the tic, chair, and clamps tshowing inenns for prevent-ingr movement of ethe chair. or the tie. llie tie 1 is preferably lI-shapo in cross section, its base flange 2 being wider tlinii its top flange 3. 1

4 are the chairs of renter length than the width of a rail, andl wider than the tie on which it. is sented. Each cliair is rovided at its side edges with the depen( ing iside flanges 5, adapted to overhang the opl postte sides of the tie as clearly shown in ig 2, and also at its opposite ends with the upwardly projecting flanges t. the space intermediate the inner ends of the top flanges (l, being greater than the width of the base llange of the rail so as to receive the latter between them and permit it. te rest solidly l tand transversely of iclaniping plates in ;is n similar view Ieiently to 'require .regaging of the tracks,y itlie clamping plates may be reversed as secured together by the spring BEST AVAILABLE 'copy bearing against the insulation at the underings for the spring clamps t), si'ibstlantinlly; as shown in my pendine application No.3 643,418, filed August 10th, 1911. 1

10 are the clamping plates adapted to rest on the chair intermediate the top flanges tl.; Both plates are provided with lips 11 adapti ed to overlap the base flange of the rail at the opposite sides thereof, and one is pro-g vided with the. laterally projecting slioul-f ders 10' and the other with similar shonl- 'i ders 10". These Shoulders are adapted toi bear against the inner or adjacent endsof the llanges (i, and are alike except that shoulders 10 are narrower than shoulders l0h f oi' a pur ose that will be hereinafter described.

T ie parts are so constructed and proportioned, that, when the clampingplntcs are in i place on the chair, there will )ust be room sutlicientI between the inner or adjacent ends of the plates for the base llange of the rail, so that the latter will be overlapped by the lips. lVlien the parts are thus applied, it. will be seen that there can be no lateral movement of the chair 4 on the tie, or any longitudinal or liiteral movement of the clamping plies, hence when the parts nre clamps 9 tho l rail will be solidly locked to tho tie.

upper jaw terminating` in an upwardly curved free cud, and a lower jaw terminating in an upwardly curved free end, and are -ot ii size siillieient to rest clear of the chair and tie. 'l`he flanges ti nro shallower tliuu the thickness of tht` clamping pliites l0, so that the clamps pass over the saine without `contacting therewith` and bear directly on 'the top faces of the clamping ilates 10. v'lhese clamps l2 are prefernblv inatle of linid 'ltough and tinelv grained steel, of a sizo sulliicient to hohl tie rails to t-lieir seats and to lwithstand the strain and shocks to which they are subjected, and are under tension when applied. They may be inserted and driven on endwise the chair, or they may be sprung onz and when in place, the jaws lap tie cliinipiiiplates and top flange of the tie and holilall the parts solidly together.

In assembling the parts, the clamping plates with the thicker shoulders l0h are placed to the inner side of the rail as shown in Fig. 3. After the `rail has worn sullishown in Fig. 4, thus shifting the rail to thef i left, or toward its companion rail. a distance zequal to the difference in width of the shoulressed side of. the top flange 3 and forming bear g The spring clamps 9 each consist of anv ders l0 and ttl". After the rail hasl worn ljiu one side it may he turned end for end, thus presenting the. unused side to the wheel flanges. ,lf desired the top of the tie may in recessed as at lt and the chair provided lwith an upset. projection l5 adapted to enter jeaid recess to irevent. any eudwise move- `nient of the chair on the tie, the recess being siiflieiently large to-perinit the insulating material to fully cover and protect the prol'eetion. With my improvement the chairs l;rei-t on the top of theI tie, and the parts are :all secured together by spring clamps, hence the improvement can lie produced at inueh less cost. than those 'wherein seats are proivided for the chairs ilnd holes or other openings fornied for bolts or other securing deviees.

lt is evident that many slight changes might he resorted to in thel relative arrangement of parts shown and described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I would have it, understood that. I do not wish to confine myself lto the exact construction and arrangement of parts shown and described, lint llaving fully described my invention what I elaiin as new and desire to secure by v4Letters-Patent., is

l. The coinliinatinn with a metal tie having a top flange, of a eliair sented on said lap tie hase flange of tio rai and means for locking thc plates, chair and tie. together.

2. 'llie combination with a iiietiil tie hav- `ing a top flange. of a chair having a pair y of upwardly projecting flanges at. eaeli end, `with a spare adapted to rest between said each having laterally lrail` and means for locking the plates, chair and tie together.

3. The combination with a metal tie liiivging a top flange, of a chair having depend- |iiig flangei-i to overhang the sides of tho top jflange of the tie, and a pair of n wardly jprojecting flanges near eaeh` end, c ainping lplates. each having liiteriilly rejecting yfihoiildera to engage the. inner eni a of said 'upwardly projecting shoulders, and a lipl to engage the base flange of the rail and means for securing the plates, chair and tie to ether.

. The combination with n tie, of a chair having shoulders arranged in pairs onits L ietween the two pairs for the 1 hase flange of the rail, two claiiifping plates A.i

an es and .l projecting aioulders to engage the inner ends of said flanges, L Iand ,a lip to orelap the hase flange of the i A`iip perdit-ii" f a 5e,

having n lip to engage the base flange, of the 1 BEST AVAILABLE COPY and two eh'iiiipiiig platesl each rail and laterally projecting shoulders to engage the shoulders on the chair, the shoull ders on one plate being wider than the shoulders on its companion plate.

5. The combination with a tie, of a chair i having a pair of upwardly projecting ly flanges near each end, and two interchange.

L ahle clamping plates, each having a lip to overlap the base flange of the rail` and cach having laterally projecting shoulders to engage the inner ends ofthe upwardly projecting flanges on the chair, the lshoulders on one clamping plate being wider than the shoulders on its companion plate.

(i. The combination with a inetal tie having a top flange, of a plate having a dependi ing flange at each si( flange of the tie, and a pair of upwardly e to overhang the top projecting parallel flanges at the sides and near each end, and two interchangeable clamping plates each h'aving a lip to overlap the base flange of the rail and each having laterally projecting shoulders to engage the inner ends of the upwardly projecting flanges on the chair, the shoulders on one clamping plate being wider than the shoulders on its eoiiipiinioii late.

-ln testimony whereo I have signed this specification in the presence of'two auhscriliing witnesses.

lVILLTAM HENRY MORGAN. lVitnesses:

N. C. Fn'rrnns, C. R. Riou/tana.

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