US1037403A - Steel tie and rail-fastener. - Google Patents

Description

P. ZELLER.

STEL TIE AND RAIL FASTENEE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1912.

Patented Sept. 3,1912.

EICT- i Y 3 4. M to i FJZeZ Z n UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRITZ ZELLER, OF BENTON, WASHINGTON.

STEEL TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, FRITZ ZELLnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Renton, in the county of King and State of IVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steel Ties and Rail- Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in rail fasteners and has for its primary obj ect to provide means for easily, quickly and securely fastening rails upon metal ties so as to prevent spreading thereof.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a fastening device for rails which may be easily and quickly arranged upon or removed from the tie to permit of the substitution of new rail sections, said fastening members being capable of re-use upon the substitute rails.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device for the above purpose which is strong and durable in construction, highly efficient in practical use and may be manufactured at comparatively small cost.

With the above and other objects in View as will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, combinations and arrangements of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention 5 reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in whichv Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of one end of a metallic tie showing a rail secured thereon by means of my improved fasteners. Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the tie; and Fig. 4. is a detail perspective view of one of the fastening members.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the accompanying drawing by like reference characters.

Referring in detail to the drawing 5 designates a metal tie which may be constructed of steel or cast iron and is provided in its upper surface and at each end with spaced parallel transverse channels 6. The side walls of these channels are undercut or oppositely beveledas shown at 7 and in the base of the channel, centrally thereof Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 22, 1912.

Serial No. 699,035.

a longitudinally formed. this recess and is rigidly fixed at one of its ends while upon the other end of this plate a stud 10 is secured and projects upwardly above the base ofthe channel 6.

In the channels of the tie the fastening members 11 are adapted to be fitted, each of said members being in the form of a steel block having alongitudinally extending dove-tail portion 12 to be received in the chamiels of the tie and engage the underout side walls thereof. These fastening blocks are also provided with the rail engaging fianges 13 which are adapted to en gage With the base of the rail R as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The blocks 11 have vertical openings 14: formed therein, the upper portions of Which are threaded to receive the threaded bolts or screws 15. In the lower ends of these openings the studs 10 upon the spring plates 9 which are arranged in the base of the channels 6 are adapted to be received.

From the above description, the manner of application of my improved rail fastening members will be clearly understood. After the rail has been arranged upon the tie between the channels 6 thereof, the fastening members are moved longitudinally in said channels in which movement the studs 10 will be forced downwardly into the recesses 8 in the base of the channels until the fastening members have been entirely disposed in said channels, will force the studs 10 upwardly into the lower ends of the openings 14: in said members. These studs securely hold the fastenin g members against longitudinal movement so that the rail is retained in its proper position upon the tie and held against lat-- eral spreading movement. After the fastening members have thus been arranged upon the tie and rail, the screws 15 are threaded into the upper ends of the openings 14 to close the same. Thus when it is necessary to remove a rail section which has become unduly worn in order to substitute a new sec-- tion therefor, the screws 15 may be readily removed from the fastening members and the studs 10 forced downwardly by means of a suit-able implement so as to permitof the longitudinal movement of the fastening members in the channels 6 of the tie and their disengagement from the base of the rail.

extending recess 8 is Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

A spring plate 9 is arranged in.

when the springs 9 preferred construction and arrangement of the various elements, it will be obvious that the invention is susceptible of considerable modification without departing from the essential features or sacrificing any ,of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1, The combination with a tie having transverse channels in its upper surface, of fastening members adapted to be received in said channels, and provided with flanges to engage with a rail base, said members being also provided with vertical openings, the bases of said channels having recesses therein, and spring pressed studs arranged in said recesses to be received in the lower ends of said openlngs.

2. The combination with a tie having spaced transverse channels in 1ts upper surface, of fastening members adapted to be arranged in said channels and provided with flanges for engagement with a rail base, said fastenmg members belng also provided with central vertical openin the bases of thechannels in said tie having longitudinal recesses therein, spring plates arranged in said recesses and fixed to the tie at one of their ends, studs on the other ends of said springcplates to be received in the lower ends of the openings in sa'id fastening members, and screws adapted'to-be threaded 1n the upper ends of said openingsto close the signature inthe presence oftwo witnesses.

, "FRITZ ZELLER.

Witnesses: JOHN E. MARLOW,- AnoLrH Bnoivsom Copies of this, patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ogfraf'ejnts,

Washington, D. G."

In testimony whereof l hereunto my

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