US1050457A - Rail-fastening. - Google Patents

Description

P. H. HELLNE'R.

RAIL FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED sEP T.19,- 1912.

Patented Jan. 14,1913.

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' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER HQHELLNER,

- a citizen of the United States, residing Marshall, in thecounty' of Harrison and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Rail-Fastening, of which the following is a 'specificatio v The present. invention aims be secured to a-tiewithout'the use ofspikes,

the construction being such that a metallic tie may be employed.

It is one ofthe objects of the invention to provide primary and secondary 'rail'engaging clamps of novel form, and to provide novel means .for interlo ckin The invention aims further to improve, generally, and toenhance the utility of-devices of the type to which tion appertains.

- With the foregoing and other objects in view whichwill appear as the description proceeds, thelnvention-resides n the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter -de scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention..herein' 'disclosed can be made i within the scope of what is claimed; without departing from the 'spirit of the invention.- 4 In the drawings-Figure 1 shows in vertical section, a tie. to which has been applied. the rail-fastening means constituting the subjectmatter ofthis application.

is a-sectionc-n the -line'2.2 of Fig. 1; Fig.-

3 is a perspective of"'-the. primary clamp;

Fig. iis a perspective of the Wedge which; is assembled with theprimary clamp; Fig. 5 is a perspective of the secondary clamp; and Fig. 6 is a fragmental t'o-p plan of the" tie.

metal. The tie 1 is a trough likestruoture the ends of which are preferablyjc'losed ,the

"1 bottom of thetie 1 being open. Duplicate mechanisms are provided for s.ecuring." the" railsto the tie,. and but one of these mecliaf nisms will be described.fl-In'thetie 1 there are fashioned spaced openings 2 and'B, the openings 2 preferably being'elongated 1011- gitudinally ofthe tie, and the openings-3 being circular openings. The top of the tie -1 maybe corrugated as shown at e adj acent the inner edge of the. opening 2, for a pub posewhich will be set. forth hereinafter.

Specification of Letters Patent. Applicationfiled September 1 ,1912; swa 721,299. i

.to *provide novel'meanswhereby a railroad rail maythe'present inven- Fig. 2'

"Incarrying out the invention, there provided at-ie l Preferably fashioned'fro'm:

which is denoted generally Patent-weenie, 1913'.

The invention includes I "clamp by the numeral 1 5, the clamp 5 including abod'y 6'-w.hi'oliexf:

tends longitudinally-of the tie within thetie, the body' 6" terminating-in n"upright-v arm 7 which extends'outwardlyfthioughi the opening 2, the 'armlterminatlng' in a later ally projectingfinger 8 whichisad'a-pted to; engage the upper edge of the flangeof the rail.. That face of the arm -7"W'hich lies ward the 'center of theftrack is{provided' with a plurality ofteeth 91' "The body. (i is equipped intermediate its ndswithana standing lug 10 adapted to bear'qagain'stt e underface. of'the tie..1 beneath th'e rail,."toj

serve as a support. ,A-tlits free end; the

6 is equipped with a vertical sl'ot ll defining arms '12. The loweredget'l lofjthebody fi below the slot 12 slants upwardly and out? wardly toward thefree endsj of thexbody. The wedge 15 is inserted betweenrthef arm-' 7 and an edge of'the opening -2'; the i' vedge;- l5 beingprovided-withteeth 16,, 's'la-nting' 'm' 1 an opposite direction tot-he teeth: 9 lot "the hold'the wedge 15 in place. I .The invention includes a secondary en-mpof angular forin shown'mostclearly in '5. "The secondary clamp 17 comprisesg'a 18 5" shank 18 which is circular in-crosssection',

'there being'an arm .19 extended llaterallyzfrom the upper end of the 3 shank 18.- F The shank. 18 is journaled the iopening 37in thetie- 1 and the arm 19. overlies one flange of the rail. .Co'nnected with :the -shank 1"18 and extending downwardly therefrom isia stem 20 which -1S of circular cross section.

Formed upon the lower end oftheflste'm 20.

is a transverse head 21 locatediat right'an glesto'the arm 19. The stem -20yli es' in'theslot 11- of the body portion'fi of the. primary flange 5" and the head .21 extends. tran'sversely of the. inclined edgel4. The head 21 is offfgrea-terlength than the: width of v the. slot-.11, but the, .width.-fof '-the. head; 21' is slightly 'less-.'thanthellw idthf-ofl: the s'lot "11.

1 Prac a p a ive; the igr'iih' Fig. 1', I and as j hereinbefore describe; The. wedge 15 isthen tapped-lightly in -plae'e as to preventthe free end'oithe'body Gof wardlyj The rail'is then thrown-inwardly.

toward the center. of ..the .t-ra'ck until'ione' ger '8 and abuts: against the arm. 7;

5 Q1116; 'edge of; the rail is engaged; beneath thefin' secondary clampl'? is then positioned with the arm 19 parallel to the rail, the secondary opening 3, the head 21 passing through the slot 11 of the body 6 of the primary clamp.

clamp being thrust downwardly into the The secondary clamp 17 is then rotated until the arm 19 extends transversely of thetrack H and engages one flange of the rail,

, whereupon the head 21 will extend transversely of the lower edge of the body- 6' of the primary flange. The wedge 15 is then a driven to a firm seat, the interengaging teeth 9 and 16 serving to prevent a Wlth drawal of the wedge, and the corrugations 4 serving as an abutment for-the wedge during the driving operation. When the wedge is'thus seated, the primary clamp 5 will be moved longitudinally to a slight extent, the slant edge 14; ofthe portion 6 of thepri mary clamp engaging the'transversehead '21'of the secondary clamp 17 and-drawing the secondary clamp downwardly so that its arm 1% will. engage with one flange of the rail,- it being recalled that the secondary aelampJli' cannot move transversely,- because the shank 18 of the secondaryclamp is engaged in the opening 3.

, -Hhving thus described the invention whatis claimed is 1 In a device of the class described, a tie; a primary clamp comprising angularly disposed parts, one 0t which parts extends through the tie, the other of which extends I longitudinally of the tie within the tie; and

through the tie and engaged with the pri-' -mary clamp.

an I angular, secondary clamp extended 2. In, a device of the class described, a tie;.-a primary clamp comprising angularly disposed parts, one of which parts extends through'the tie, the other of which extends longitudinally of the tie within the tie; and an angular, secondary clamp extended through the tie and engaged with the primary clamp, that part of the primary clamp which extends longitudinally of the he beng provided intermediate its ends with an,

upstanding supporting looss adapted to bear against the under face of the tie.

3. In a device of the class. described, a tie having spaced openings; a primary clamp comprising angularly disposed parts,. one

of which extends through one opening, the

other ot-which parts extends longitudinally of the tie withi'n'the same; and an angular,

secondary clamp extended through the other ,O'Jlllll and en a ed with the rimar clamp; there being a wedge'inserted between the primary clamp and an edge of the first specified opening.

4. A rail clamp comprising a pair of angle members, one of which is slotted, the other of which extends through theslot and is provided with a transverse head, engaging the lower edge of the first specified member. 4

5. A rail clamp comprising a pair of angle members one of which is provided with a slot, the other of-which-extends through the slot, said other member having a transverse head engaging the lower edge of the first specified member, said first specified 'member being provided intermediate of its ends with an upstanding boss 6. A rail fastening comprising an an gular primary member provided with a slot; an angular secondary member which extends through the, slot and is provided with a transverse head adapted toengage the lower edge of the primary member, the lower ed go of the primary member being beveled to en- PETER HERM HELLNER.

lVitnesses FRANK E. Manet-r,

PAUL It. Ennis.

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