US1048598A - Railway-tie. - Google Patents

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B. F. SIBER. RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT, 18 m2.

Patented Dec. 31. 1912.

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BARNHART F. SIBER, OF MASSILL'ON, OHIO.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.31,1912

Application filed September 18, 1912. Serial No. 721,036.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARNHART F. SIB'ER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Massillon, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RailwayTies, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to improvements in railway ties formed of metal in which railway bases are employed, which bases are connected together and it further consists in providing means for securing the railway rails upon the bases or supporting heads.

The objects of the present invention, are first, to form a railway tie of metal and of separate parts, second, to provide means for rigidly connecting the parts together, and third, to provide means for securely holding the-railway rails. These objects, I attain by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, although my invention may be embodied in other mechanical forms without departing from the nature of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view showing railway rails properly connected to the tie. Fig. 2 is a Fig. 3 is a top view. Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing parts broken away and.illustrating a railway rail holding device applied at a railway rail joint.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing, 1 represents the railway rail bases or supports which are formed hollow but of sufficient size to properly support the railway rails and provide suitable foundations for the proper supporting of the railway rails upon the road bed. The outer and upper vertical portions of the railway supporting heads are provided with notches 2, which notches are for the purpose of receiving the outer base flanges of the railway rails at. For the purpose of providing suitable drainage the bases 1 are provided with suitable openings 5, which may be arranged as shown or they may be differentlyarranged.

For the purpose of providing sufiicieut supports for the railway rails 4 the bases are provided with thecross bars or supports 6, which are arranged so as to come directly under the railway rails 4, as best illustrated in Figs 2 and 4. These supports 6 are preferably formed integral with the verticalwalls of the bases 1, but they may be made separate and attached in any convenient and well known manner. The bases 1 are provided with the parallel flanges 7, which flanges are spaced from each other for the purpose of permitting the tie-bar 8 to be located between said parallel flanges 7, which tie-bar is also located in the vertical slots or openings 9 formed in the inner end Walls of the bases 1.

The tie-bar 8 is provided at its ends with the heads 10, which heads are so formed that their inner faces will lie in close proximity with the inner faces of the inner end walls of the bases 1 below the o'peningsD. V

For the purpose of assisting in'holding the tie bar 8 in rigid condition with reference to the bases 1, the inner walls of said bases are provided with the flanges 10*, which flanges are spaced from each other and are for the purpose of providing a greater surface of metal on which thetiebar 8 may come in contact. The tie-bar 8 is securely connected to the bases 1 by means of'the cross-pins or bolts 11, which pins or crossbolts are held by means of the keys 12 or their equivalents. The purpose of pro viding the flanges 10 and seating the faces of the tie-bar against the faces of the flanges is to assist in removing the lateral strain of the heads 1 with reference to the tie bar 8 or in other words removing from the parallel flanges 7 a portion of the lateral strain or thrust.

For the purpose of securing the railway rails 4 upon the bases 1, the dogs 13 are provided, which dogs are so formed that their top or upper hooked ends will come over and upon the inner flanges of the railway rails 4; and for the purpose of holding the dogs in fixed positions the clamping bolts 14. are provided, which clamping bolts pass through the railway supports 6.

It is well understood that in railway constructions, rail fastening means must be employed to properly connect the rails to the ties where the railway rails are joined together and when it is desired to employ the railway fastening means at the joints the dogs 13 are formed as shown in cross section, Fig. 4. For the purpose of providing means for preventing the bolts 14 from to tating during the time the nuts 15 are bethat there is a single pivotal point as be ing tightened so as to bind the dogs 13 upon the base flanges of the railway rails 4, said dogs are provided with the i,bs 16, said ribs being so located as to prevent" the rotation of the heads 17 formed upon the bolts 14:.

For the purpos'eiof preventing the slip- I I ping of the bases 1 upon the road bed, said bases are provided with the cross ribs 18 and the longitudinal ribs 19 in some instances,

especially'at the curved portions of a railway track where it is desired to brace the rails, an outer brace clamp 20 should be employed, and is located substantiallywas illus .15 trated at the left, hand end of Fig. 1, the

2 bolts, thereby allowing the clamping dogs to shift as to their angularity with reference to the clamping bolts. 7

' It will be understood owing to the fact "tween each base or support land the tie [bans there can be a slight vertical moveament :of-each base independentof each other and. independent of the'tie bar, thereby producingia certain yielding connection as between" the 'p arallel railway rails 4.

' I Ilavingfullydescribed my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a metallic railway tie comprising in combination rail supporting bases, said bases provided with notches adapted to receive the outer base flanges of the railway rails, rail supporting bars located below the railway rails, rail holding dogs adapted to clamp the'railwa-y rail flanges, clamping bolts located through the railsupporting bars and the clamping dogs, said clamping dogs provided with apertures formed of diameters greater than the'diameters of the clamping bolts and a tie bar adapted to connect the bases together, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

,2; In a railway tie, the combination of railway supporting bases provided with notches adapted to receive the outer flanges of the railway rails, railway supporting bars connected to said bases, flanges extended from the inner ends of the rail supporting bases, a tie bar provided with heads at its inner ends and spaced flanges located upon the inner end walls of the railwav base, railway rail clamping dogs, and means for clamping the dogs upon the flanges of the railway rails, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

v BARNHABT F. SIBER. Witnesses:

JOHN H. BISHOP, F; W.'BOND.

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