US1048959A - Track-fastener. - Google Patents

Description

J. J. HANCOCK.

TRACK FASTENER. APYLIOATION FILED MAR.14, 19

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

JOSEPH J. HANCOCK. OF PITTS, GEORGIA.

TRAGK-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

Application filed March 14, 1912. Sierial No. 683654.

To all whom it m0 1,1 emzrer'lt:

lie it known that l. :1 citizen oil the l'uited States. residing at Pitts, in the rounty ot' \Yilrox. State ol' Georgia. have invented eertaiu new and itseful IlllPl'OVtllltlllH in Trarlt-Fawn-net's: and I do hereby deelare the following to he a full, clear, and exart deseriptiou til the in veution, such a;- will enable others skilled in the art to which it. appertains to male.- and use the. saute.

The present invention is diret-tetl to ill)- pIO OIHtHlH in track tastetiiugs. and has for its ObjPCl to provide a siuuple and elliei nt' means whereby the ll'zltlis may he quit-kl) and ell'eetuallv serured to a metal lie.

. ith these and olherohieets in View, the

invention consists in eertain uorel ieat'nren ot' ronstrut-tiou, r-innhiuation and arrangement of parts as will he hereinafter fully described and claimed.

[n the drawingr' igure l a longitudinal sectional View through a tie. Fig. is a persl'ieetive View of one of the spikes.

Referring to the drawing. the numeral 1 designates a metallic tie the mine lining pro't'ided near *at'h end with a pair of spike openings; '3, the Httttlt extending through the tie. as clearly shown in Fig. l. The upper ends of the spike openings :2 are arranged vertieally and in spared parallel relation and have their intermediate portionfi (onvergingly arranged. as. iudiraled at. 3. The vertital upper port ions and eonrergingg pen [ions are of the 'ttttit flltlllltltl'. while the lower portions l are slightly greater in diameter. The portions 1 are at; arranged in spin-ed parallel relation.

The spikes :3 are provided with heads t for engaging the llflltjttl ha e of the traelt rails 7. an i usual. Non-hes S are formed near the lower ends of the spiltei't to produee points J having shouldem ll). said sho-uldera being adapted wlnu the spikes are driven in the openings: to engage the under side of the tie l.

The operation is as follows: The spilt-es 5 Josicrn J. ilAXtUtlL 5 are plat-ed in the upper ends of the openings 2 and during their advance under hammer :n-tion are tletlerted upon reaching the conrerggingly arranged portions of the spike. openings, the points ll of the same then into the lower portions of the openings, whereupon the impetus; imparted thereto by the hammer artion will cause the points to travel upon the outer wills of the openings t until the same pass from the openings and tne shoulders 10 of the points spring into engagement with the under surface of the tie.

It in prefemlile. that the opening" he formed .reetangnlnr. the spikes ontorming to sueh nl'iape,..l ut it will lie underatood that raid openings and wpi may he circular in eross seetion if desired.

\Vhat is claimed is:

l. A rail fanteuer comprising a metal tie. having spike openings formed. therethrough, said openings having their upper and lower portions arranged in spared parallel rein tion. and their intermediate portions eotr verging'ly arranged. spikes having shoulders formed on their pointed ends adapted to engage the under surface of the tie upon passing through the lower portion or the spike openings.

:2. A rail fastener eomprising a. metal tie ha ring spike openings formed theretln-oi i said openings hating their upper and lover portions arranged in spared paallel rela' lion. and their iiiterzn tliate jit'iflitmr eon tergingly arran; the lower portions the. spike openin; w ring 1t eater in :lianu: than the other portiont. sgiilte having shoulders formed on their p ed ends adapted to ([lf 1't1, 't" tho under rtaee ol' the tie upon panning through the lower portion of the spike openin;

In testimony whet-ant, l atii'x' my sir rture. in tire-whee of two witne- Wi t X1089??? ti. ll. ll siter, F. P. ll-nt.

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