US1032528A - Metallic railway-tie. - Google Patents

Description

W. F. BAUMGARDNER.

METALLIC RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 21, 1911.

Patented July 16, 1912.

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METALLIC RAILWAY-TIE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 21, 1911.

Patented July 16, 1912.

Serial No. 655,894.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, VVILLIs F. BAUMGARD- NER, a citizen of the United States, residing at 18303 South Parsons avenue, Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Railway-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in metallic railway ties, and is designed for the purpose of providing a durable tie that will be strong, and provide a firm bearing for the rails supported thereon.

A further characteristic and merit of the tie is its simplicity of construction and capability of freedom in placing and replacing in the roadbed of the railway.

The tie consists essentially of two complementary sections, adapted for sliding engagement with each other, and preferably stamped from angle irons of usual construction. And the invention further consists in certain details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts for strengthening and bracing, and locking the sections together as will be more clearly disclosed hereinafter and set forth in the accompanying claims.

In the drawings I have illustrated one example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles.

Figure l is a side elevation of one section of the tie embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 1 looking toward the left. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the complete tie, the sections locked together, and the rails shown in dotted lines. Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is a vertical sec tion on the center line of Fig. 5, the locking wedges being omitted.

In the preferred form of embodying the invention, I utilize complementary sections, designated at 1 and 2. These sections are preferably stamped from angle irons and their vertical webs are cut away to form upstanding plates 3, 4, and 5, 6. To provide means for retaining the rails, the webs 3 and 5, at their inner ends, are bent into alinement with the respective webs 6 and 4, and undercut, as designated at 3 and 5 to project over the base of the rail; and the webs 4 and 6 are similarly undercut at points 4 and 6 for engagement with the opposite edges of the rail bases. Each section of the rail is provided at its under side with an angle plate 7 and 8 respectively and these plates are formed with attaching flanges 7 and 8 which are secured to their respective tie sections by rivets 9. These plates, in addition to adding strength to the tie at a point directly below the supported rail, also provide a firm anchor for the tie, prevent end thrust or movement, and are, in actual practice, filled in with ballast to firmly lock the tie in place. It will be observed that the plates 7 and 8 extend the full width of the completed tie,

and each plate forms a seat for the end portion of the section to which its complementary plate is attached. Projecting over these seats are a pair of tongues 10, 10, and 11, 11, the former integral with the flanges 7' and the latter integral with flanges 8.

In assembling the sections of the tie, the free end of section 1 is entered under the tongues 10 and the free end of section 2 is entered under the tongues 11. The sections are now slid toward each other until the cut away portions 8 and 6 and 4 and 5 are in proper engagement with the rail bases and webs. In this position the rails are held in place by the flanges 3, 4, 5, and

' 6, and the two tie sections are bound by the tongues 10, and 11. To preventlongitudinal spreading of the tie sections they are locked together by means of wedge members 12 and wedge blocks 13, the latter being first passed through openings 14 in the flanges or webs 4 and 6, and the former then driven in between these two blocks, and a cotter 15 is employed to prevent displacement of the wedge.

From the above description taken in connection with the drawings it is evident that I have produced a metallic railway tie which possesses the desirable characteristic of elasticity combined with strength and durability, which may be removed or replaced similar to an' ordinary wooden tie, and which, is of exceedingly long life.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to se cure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination in a railway tie comprising two sections each formed with vertical webs and each web of each section cut away to form complementary rail retaining means, a U-shaped plate attached at one end of each section and formed with overhanging flanges adapted to engage the free end of opposing sections, and locking means for said sections. I

2. A metallic railway tie composed of sections each formed with a-vertical web, the

inner end of each web being perforated and overlapping the other and locking keys passed through said perforations and each Web provided with a cut away portion to form complementary rail retaining means, a Ushaped plate attached at one end of each section and formed with overhanging flanges adapted'to engage the free end of 15 opposing sections.

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

WILLIS F. BAUMGARDNER. WVitnesses:

C. M. SHIGLEY, W. B. Po'r'rs.

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

Washington, D. G. a

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