US1032280A - Rail-fastening. - Google Patents

Description

A. PRANIM' & 'P. FRKNQUET.

- RAIL FASTENING.

7 APPLICATION FILED APR. 13, 1911. 1,032,280. Patented July 9, 1912.

Patented July 9, 1912.

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RAIL FASTENING.

A. FRANTZ & P. PRANQUET;

I APPLIQATIOH FILED APR-13, 1911. 15032,280.

ALFRED FRANTZ AND PAUL FRANQUE'I, or MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filer. April is, 1911. Serial No. 620,844.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatwe, ALFRED FRANTZ and PAUL FRANQUET, citizens of the United Statesiesiding at Milton, in the county of.

in} rail 'fastening's, and .the object is to provide means'whereby the rail will be firmly held uponthe 'tie{ by means of clamping blocks which are forced against the base flange of the rail, and held in such position by meansof wedges. As the block is forced upon the base flange, of a rail, the block will tend to rise, and the rear end to come in closer engagementwith the'-wedge.

A further object is in the provision of a link plate which engages the tie and is connected to the wedge for locking the wedge against movement.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a top plan view of the invention, Fig.

2 is .a longitudinal vertical sectional View,

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the clamping block and wedge, and Fig. i is a cross sectional view through the tie and the clamping block.

A,'repres'ents a metallic tie, which is closed preferably at its ends, and is made hollow.

A; rail B is mounted upon the upper surface of the tie, and on each side of the .rail,

openings 1, 1, are formed, in which the clamping block is received. The clamping 40 block isprovided with a base 2, and mounted upon the base is a dog 3 which engages the base flange of the rail. The base of the clainpin block extends outwardly on each side of t eclamping dog,-and enters grooves or runways 3, formed in the tie, while the dog'B passes through thelongitudinal slot 4, formed in the upper surface of the tie leading from the opening 1. A wedge 5 passes through the tie, and is provided with a tapering or beveled edge 6, which engages the tapering or beveled edge 7 of the base 2 of the clamping block. The dog 3 PIOJBC'ES rearwardly over and upon the. wedge 5, so

that as theblamping block is forced through the slot 4 on to the base flange of the rail,

by'driving the wedge through the tie, the

essen 1 12- forward end of the the inclined surface of thesbase flange of (the rail B, causing the rearaendyofthe;dog to bite or engage the wedgegi, ,pIOdlfqiflgglfl. locking engagement for -securel-y;ho1di-ng.;the

rail upon the tie and thereby avoiding any;

possibility of the rail rising fromthe tie 'due to the vibrations of the rail incident "to the passing of a train-.or engine over-the rail. To insure the holdlngifof; the wedge in position, I have provided a linker slotted plate 8which is mounted-uponthe wedge, and is fastened thereto by means ofa screwbolt- 9, which is preferably madewith fijVfi sides, whereby the initilnnstbe turned; by a special wrench. One. end; lof -the {plategis brought against one edge, of the tie, and" preferably against the; edge offtlietie,- ito-.

ward the enlarged end of the wedge 5. In this way, it is impossible for the wedge to move or become disengaged from the tie, thereby insuring the clamping block being held in position at all times. It is to'be noticed that the wedge, plate, and bolt are located below the upper surface of the tie, so that in case of the derailment of an en-. gine or train, these parts will not be affected.

It is our intention that the clampingblock should be located upon each side of the rail, which is capable \of movement longitudinally of the tie, wh rebythe rail can be adjusted for obtainin the proper alinement. In many instances, the rails get out of alinement, and it is necessary to re-aline. With this device, the wedges 5 can easily be loosened and the railsishifted either in an inward or outward direction to obtain the proper alinement, when the wedges can then be fastened or moved against the clamping blocks for fastening the .rail in position.

With this invention, either or both rails can be adjusted longitudinally of the tie for keeping the track in its proper aliriement by simply releasing the wedges and link plate and moving the clamping blocks away from the flanges of the rail throughv in holding the rail to the tie.. The clamping blocks, when once put in place, cannot become removed, and therefore the rail must be rigidly held to the tie. 7

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as-new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a railfastening, the combination with a tie having openings therein, of

7 tie, wedgesfor fastening the blocks against thefrail for fastening the ra11 to the tie, a

clamping blocks slidably mounted in the 4 slotted plate" mounted on eachwedge, having one end. thereof engaging an edge of the .7 through the grooves for causing the dogs to engage the rail for fastening a railupon the tie, and slotted plates mounted upon. the

wedges, one end of the plates engaging the inner edge of the tie, and means for fastening the plates to the wedges for locking the wedges against movement.

3. In a rail fastening, the combinationwith a tie having openings therein, and

grooves formed in the inner side of, the tie, of clamping blocks comprising bases and dogs, the base of each dog being received in the openings of the tie and received the grooves, wedges forforcin g the blocks through the grooves for causing the dogs to engage the railforffastening arai'l upon the tie, and slottedplates mounted upon the .wedges beneath the upper surface of the tie, one end of'the plates engaging the inner edge of the tie, and means for fastening the plates to the wedges "for locking the wedges against movement.

a In testimony whereof we afiix'oin' signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

' ALFRED FRANTZ.,- I vPAUL FRANQUET;

Witnesses: j

'J. D. YOAKLEY, IVATrs T. Esrannoon.

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