US1035753A - Metallic railway-tie and rail-fastening therefor. - Google Patents

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M. J. SHANNON.

METALLIC RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTENING THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12, 1912.

1,035,753. Patented Aug. 13,1912.

WITNESSES INVENTOR 72, ATTORNEYS @NITEB MICHAEL J. SHANNON, O]? W'ALLACE, IDAHO.

METALLIC RAILVJAY-TIE AND RAIL-FASTENING THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters latent.

' atcntctt Aug. 3, 1912.

Application filed March 12. 1912. Serial No, 683.196.

T0 aZZ 'wium'i it may comm/vi.

Baitlrnown that l. Muiuia. .l. S1i.\.\- NoN, a citizen oil thc Unitctl fitatca. and a resident. of lVallai-c, in thov county ot' Shoshone and Stain oi ltlaho. hayo iu\' ttltftl an Improvement in Mctallic ilailway-Tica :ltltl Rail-Fastoninga 'llicrotor, oi which thc t'ollowing is: a. specification.

My invention is an iiupiovcnn-nt in tttt'lttltic tics amt ('ltTlt'th' ailaptcit to support rails thcrcou and sccuro thc =Iipporl:- tilitl rails thcuisolvcs thcrcto.

Figaro l is a pcrsrwntivc vicw ol tho antl rail clampia iogothcr with rails shown in Section. Fig.2 is a lousziluiliual act-lion ot' one cm] of thc t c. togg'cthcr with tho rail amt rail clamps ap ticil llH't'tl't). Fig. 3 is a WP tical crow; scctiou on tho liuc ll il of Fig. 2. Fig. -'l; is a Ycrtical t'i'o&-1 soctiou on thc linc l-l, of Fig. :2. Fig. 5 is a p ai-1pwt ivc \'ic\v of one of thc (nits oi thc tic. Fig. 6 is a porspcctivc vicw ot' om ot' the rail Phillips.

The stccl or iron tic t is ti'ough-slnipcil, or of (louhlc anglc form. it hciuc' cntircly optn on the uppcr Hitlt, hut n'oviilml with a cont'ral transvcrsc partition :5. llaih; I; (Xltlltl across the tic '1 anti rc t on nu tal lilocks which are $(liilttl in tho tic. being intcrposml in 'll'tltt' to lt'lltlt. jar or concussion. Clamps ti tttltl 7 arc applictl on (will h'ltl-t nl' cach rail 3 aiul ccurml :lotac'halr-ly to thc tic by moans ol' iapcrial lz'cys or pins 8. Each rail clamp is to iu-(l with a lateral ('XtcnSion tltlttplttl to H against. tho wcl) of the rail anrl upon tho :utiaconl' poi tion ol tihc t'lanp c, as shown in Figs. .t :ztul 2, IltHl thc body or! pcntlont portion o't thc clamp is rectangular Z lltl attaptt l to pass (lowu hctwccu tho si lcs of tho tic. Tho top portion is (:Xt-cutlwt sutiicicntly to itj'orin Fhrrultlcrs it which l.)\(l'l1tlll.L' tho HitlLS ol the tic anil arc a lap'lml to cntci' notchoa ttl loi'u'u-tl in thc lattcr- +-1oc .wpccially l ip'. 5. 'lhc pcnttcut port ions ol ouch clamp arc pro- 'vitlctt with ltlllgfllllllll ltll opauinns it which arc clongatcd t'crt'icaliyms ,intlioatctl plainly in Fig.

ll'licn tho how or pins: arc inacrtml. as SllOWl], particula 'ly in l igs. .2 atul l, thcy hear against tho towt-r .wltli ot thc t-lougatctl omninpgs lft in tho clamps amt against the u1.)pci 'si l '-ottlnw-loin atwlopcniuga t'oi-uircl in the tic, anti, hciugj n-ti a al'orcwaitl.

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thcvthuatcniltotlrawthcctamps(town. The t'tilmlt'lttllull and rotation ol. thc parts are such that tho shouldcrs 9 of tho clamps are thus lit-ought down into tho notchos It) in tho tic aiul till llltl'Ll) tiruily scat'ctl in contact with tho rails. It is apparcnt. that whcn than acatctl. latcrat inovcincnt' of tho clamps is inipo.- .--ihlc. tttltl they thcl'ot'orc aholutcly prt-Wut sprouting of the rails. The wctlgmy notion of tho tapcrctl law's, whcn tlrivcn into tilitt'l. cauws thcin to lltiltl as a rule. but. ittil t't pins may hc ttltpltiyttl tlnsaute licing iuacrtotl through holca in tho how. The lat tc' arc ihiwn out whcu it is rct uirml to rciuontluclamp-- amt tlllilt'lt the rails from tho tic. 'thc hloi-lo: t which support the rail ai'thchl in plan ltittijlllltllttilll) of tho tic liy incan of thc pcnilcnt portions of the rail clamp through which the pins 8 pass.

i\; shown in Figs. ,1 aiul 3, the tic is. pro- \ltlttl ilirci-tly untlcr cacti rail with an clouratml opcning 12 through which access may l c luul to tho hast o'l' tho lilocks l whosc a(.l iaccnt corncrs arc how-loll or cut. away. This construction pttl'ttlitH tho introduction ot a shim or wcilgc to raiac thc l)l()(l 4: in can it f-illtlllltl lit-conic lUWtl't'tl liy wcar; also to compcnsato for compression and wear of tho i-uahion platc 5. Tho latter may ho nnulc ol papt-i' ainl will cl'\'0 to ilcatlcn rl ltlltl :uul also to prolong tho lit'c of the Hill-4. 'ththloclr -t may he nnulc of wood,

Hlt't'l. or iron.

What 1 claim is:-

t. Tilt. (-oiuhination with a trough-shaped inhtallic tic ha ing iu'iwardly projecting paralhKl Hltlt portjion provided with notches in tho uppcr cilgc, rail clamps having in- \\'ttl'lll proicctiug: top portions atlaptctl to (tlgltgt a rail haae and having}; end shoulders whi h cntcr tho notchcs in the tics and also j)t}lttl .lll portions which lie bctwccp tho sitlcs ol tho tic ttll(l have openings which are clongratcil vcrtically alul tapcrtal pins passing through opcuings in thc v\itlcs of tho tie and through the times ot the clamps, the lower s-ittcs of thc l-oi'cs hciuc at such hcight relative to tho sitlc openings in tho tic that tho pins hca 1' tl Hl'll upon lhc lOWU! 'Sltlch of the lltll't's amt tllitW Illt' rail clamps into tirni 0ngjau'cincnt. with a rail anil tic. and a block arrangwl liolwvon the clamps and licuc'it'h the as a support, for tho latter, the pendent portions of the clamps side angles cut away to adapt it for introahutting the adjacent-sides of the block and duction of a wedge, as and for the'purpose 10- thus serving; to hold it in place, as described. specified.

2. The combination with a metallic tie which is trough-shaped and provided with 2, MICHAEL S lateral opening at a point beneath the rail, Witnesses: of a rail supporting block adapted to rest in A. L. HONEKER, the trough of the tie and having its lower A, J. Mhmnpm.

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

' Washington, 1). G.

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