US1053583A - Rail-fastener. - Google Patents

Description

F. DOBMBIER. RAIL FASTENBR.

APPLIUATION FILED NOV. 15, 1912.

INVENTUR WITNLeIEnE 1 W .other suitable material.

UNITED sTaTns PATENT OFFICE.

FRED Doinvinm'ln, or BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

nAILFASTENER. l

Specification of Letters Patent.

lthereof and the object of this invention is t0 provide a rail fastener of this character which is comparatively simple andzinexpensive in construction, which can be readily applied to or removed from a rail and which when installed willseeurely hold the) rail upon the ties and prevent the same from creeping. j 1

. In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a top plan view showing my improved ,fastenerapplied to a rail and two adjacentY ties.k FigfQ is a longitudinal sectional elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a -top plan vi'ew of a blank from which one of my improved rail fasteners is constructed. Fig. 4; is a perspective View of'a rail fastener embodying my inventionl Fig. 5 is a vertical cross section taken in line 5*-5, Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

l, 1 represent two transverse ties of a rail'v way and Q a rail resting with its base 3" upon these ties. The rails are 4of standard construction and the ties are preferably constructed of wood in the usual manner al though they may be made of metal o r any The rail fastener which is constructed in accordance withmyinvention comprises a horizontal flat longitudinal body 4 which is adapted to engage with the underside of the base of the rail and two retaining or locking hooks 5 arranged on diametrically opposite parts of the longitudinal edges of the'body and each projecting upwardly and linwardl over the adjacent edge of the rail base. ifi, cach end of the body the same is provided on one side with a horizontal longitudinal fastening or anchoring lug G which is 4adapted to rest upon the upper horizontal side of the adjacent tie and on the opposite side of this same end the body is provided with a depending thrust lug 7 which is adapted to engage with the adjacent vertical side of the res ective tie.` The fastening lugs of the bo y are arranged at two of' the diagonally opposite corners thereof and the thrust lugs are arranged at the'other two diagonally opposite corners thereof.

Patented Feb. 18,1913.

In order to permit the fastening lugs4 tol engage with the upper Vside of the com anion ties and still enable the underside o the rail to engage fully with the body of the fastener `and the upper side of the companion ties, the body of the fastener is depressed below its fastening lugs to such an extent that the upper side of the bodyis arranged flush with the upper sides of the adjacent ties in the assembled position of the parts.

By this meansa full bearing surface for the rail on the fastener and the ties-is and the same is reliably. supported.

When my improved fastener is used in connection with'wooden ties'the fastening lugs maybe secured thereto by meansof spikes 8 or similar fastenings passing through openings 9 in the fastener lu s and into the upper parts of the ties. f this fastener is used in connection with met-al ties the means for connecting the fastening ylues thereto is altered accordingly. By proprovided.

viding the body of a fastener with the thrust y lugs which engage with the inner sides of two adjacentlties one of these thrust lugs operates to assist the spikes 8 to hold the fastener and the rail mounted thereon against creeping lengthwise in one direction while the other. thrust lug resists the movement of the fastener andthe rail mounted thereon lengthwise `in the opposite direction, thereby relieving'the fastening spikes and distributing the longitudinal strains on the tie between these Spikes and the thrust lugs. If desired the body of the fastener maybe further .provided at its longitudinal edges, opposite the hooks 5 .with upturned locking lugs '51 engaging with the adjacent edges of the rail base.

In applying this fastener to a rail thefastener with the lugs 51 projecting; hori-l zontally is placed underneath the baseof the rail and turned horizontally at an angle thereto so that the locking hooks 5 may be passed upwardly along opposite sides of the base of the rail, the distance diagonally' base this body is turned horizontally into alinement with the rail, whereby the hooks thereof are swung in opposite directions over the top of the rail base and the rail becomes interlocked with the fastener. After the. fastener hasl been thus alined with the rail its thrust lugs are engaged with the i opposing' vertical faces of two adjacent ties,V

the fastening lugs are secured to the upper side of two adjacent ties by means of the spikes 8 and the locking lugs 51 are bent up against the edges of the rail base. lThe fastener is secured to the ties in such manner that the locking hooks firmly grip opposite sides ofthe rail base and ltherefore vnot only operate to prevent the rail from rising but also hold the saine securely against creeping lengthwise under the load which is imposed upon the same by the train running lengthwise thereof. In addition to holding the rail on the ties by my improved fastener spikes 10 of the usual kin-d may be einployed the same being driven into the ties` 'and engaged .with the rail base adjacent to the fastener, as shown in Figs. 1 and Q.'

Although my improved rail fastener may be constructed 1n any suitable mannerit is preferably stamped from sheet metal i'n a bulldozer commonly used in steel plants for work of this character,

In the manufacture of this rail fastener a blank of the form shownin Fig. 3 is first cuter punched outvfrom a sheet of metal and then by asubsequent operation the locking lugs are bent upwardly and inwardly from opposite edges f the body, the thrust lugs are bent downwardly at two of the corners of the body and the fastening lugs are bent upwardly so that they are sli htly offset vertically relatively to the b y, as shown in Fig. 4, thereby completing the rail fastener ready foruse.

Owing to ythe simplicity in construction of this rail fastener the same can be produced at comparatively lowcost and the same can also be very easily applied to the rails and A ties without requiring tools pr skilled workmen for 'this purpose.

I claim as niy'invention:

1. A rail fastener comprising a body adapted to engage wit-h the underside of a rail and provided on one side of each of its ends with a horizontal longitudinal fastenling lug adapted to be secured to the horizontal upper side of the adjacent tie and'on its opposite side with a depending thrust lug adapted to vengage with the adjacent vertical side of the respective tie, said body being depressed below said faste-ning lugs so that itsupper side may be arranged flush with the top of the companion ties.

2. A rail fastener comprising4 a body adapted to engage with the underside of a lrail and provided on diagonally opposite parts of its longitudinal edges with upwardly and inwardly turned hooks adapted to engage with opposite edges of the base of the rail and provided on one side of each of its ends withl a horizontal longitudinal fastening. lug adapted to be secured to the horizontal upper side of the adjacent tie and on its'opposite side with a depending thrust lug adapted to engage withfthe adjacent vertical side of the respective tie.

8. Al rail fastener comprising a body adapted to engage with the underside of a rail. and provided on diagonally opposite parts of its longitudinal edges with upwardly and inwardly turned hooks adapted to engage with opposite edges of the base of the rail and provided on one side of each of its ends with a horizontal longitudinal fastening lugl adapted to be secured to the horizontal upper lsido of the adjacent tie and on its oppositev side with a depending thrust lug adapted to engage with the adjacent vertical side ofthe respective tie, said body being depressed below said fastening lugs so that its upper side may be arranged flush with the top of the companion ties.

Witness my hand this 4th day of November, 1912.

' FRED DOBMEIER. Witnesses E. E. VIELEVER, J. E. FANE.

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

Washington D. C.

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