US1055290A - Rail-tie. - Google Patents

Description

L. OWEN.

1 RAILTIE.

' APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 30. 1912.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

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VARABLE co LAFE GWEN, OF LAW'TON, OKLAHOMA.

RAIL-TIE.

Original application filed September 5, 1912. Serial No. 718.731.

November 30, 1912.

To all 1/ /1011! it may concern I50 it known that l, LAW! ()wt-xx. a (-itizen ot. H10 l nited States. residing at Lawton. in the rounty ot' (omanrhe and State ot' ()ldahoma. have invented eert'aiu 110w and useful lmprovements in hail-'l'ies. ot" whieh the t'ollowing is a speeitiration. reterenre being: had to the :ttt't1IttptH1 \'i|t SI drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in rail ties. the same eonstitutingg' a division of 1111' prior appli 'ation lor patent ts'erial Numher T151731. tiled H0pten1h0r 5, IEHQ, and has for its primar ohjeet to protlure a dural iile and inexpensive rail tie eonstrueted ing or strengthening" means Hieret'or.

.\notl10rol1 et't ot' the invention resides 111 Specification of Letters Patent.

the provision ol :1 rontrete tie provided with longitudinal reint'oreing' rods emhedded therein. one of said rods proierting -j l10 \'ond the ends of the tie. and a tie plate 1 seated upon the upper snrlaeo ot' the tie and j rooperathur with the projeeting ends ot the 1 rein't'o-rring rod wherehy the plate is heldI in position upon the tie.

htill another ohjeet ot the invention is to provide a supporting, tie For rails whit-h is simple in eonstruetion, extrelnetv strong and durahle in praetit-al use and n1a v he easily and quiekly plaeed in position heneath the rails.

With the ahovand other ohjet'ts in view as will heroine apparent as the deseription prmeeds, the invention eonsists in (tt'ttlilt eonstruetitms, eomhinations and arrangg'e- I inents ot' the parts that I shall hereinafter t'ully d0seril10 and elaim.

For a tull tu1derstanding ot the invention. ret'erenee is to he had to the following d0- seript'ion and aeeompanying drawing, in wh ie.l1

l igure, l is :1 perspet-tive view of one end 0t a. rail supporting tie emhodving the present invention; Fig. 9 is a transverse seetion ot' the tie; and Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the tie reint'oreetnent.

Re't'erring in detail to the drawing. 5 designates the hotly ot the. tie whieh is eonstruetied o'l' concrete or other plastic material, said tie being hollow and ot st1l1stantially inverted U-shaped t'orm in eross Set tion as elearly shown in Fig. 2. liy producing the tie in the eross set-tional t'orni shown,

parallel vertieal supportin; legs i are formed \vhteh are eonnet-ted hy an interatentetl Mar. 4, 1913. Divided and this application filed Serial No. 734.425. 1

mediate areh. The rail indieated at it isv seated upon H10 top of this areh and in order to equally distribute the load pressure throughout the cross seetional area ot' the tie and to prevent said tie from rrumhling or breathing: I provide reinforcing means to hrare or Strengthen the plastic tie structure hoth transversely and longitudinallythereof.

The reint'ort'ing means lIlt'ltKltS parallel longitudinal rods T \vhieh are embedded in the plastie material when the tie is molded or t'ormed. 'lransverse eon11er'tin' tie rods H eonneet the longitudinal rods 7 and hold the same in spared relation. These tie rods are ea 'h provided with a series ot'spat'ed 0 ves 5 the rods 7 extending through the orresp nding eyes of the several tie rods. The eentral longitudinal rod T is somewhat. longer than thoremaining rods so that the same projeets at its ends heyond the end of H10 tie as t'learl shown in Fig. t. The e.\' tremities ol' this longer rod. are hoveled ot' inelined do\\'11\vardl v and outwardl as indieated at it) for a purpose whieh will he t-learl v pointed out in the following deseription.

The tie plate It extends longitudinally upon H10 upper surtat'e ot the tie atul is lorated 0011trall v thereon. The ends ot this tie plate are angularl) hent to 0xt0nd downwardly over the ends ot' the H as indirated at 1:3 and are provided with reetangular openings 13 to reteive the projeeting ends of the t-entral reint'oreing rod 7. iiu, the tie plate in position on the tie. the extremities of said tie plate engage and hear against H10 heveled or inrlined surt'aees ll) on the ends otthe rod T and ride over H10 same. When the tie plate has heen "fort-ed downwardly into engagement with the upper sin-tare ot' the tie, the ends of the rods 7 spring outwardly through the openings 13, thereby serurely looking; the tie plate in position.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings. I have illustrated a t'astening means for the rail .R indieated generally by the numeral I l \\'lll(.'ll is mounted upon the tie plate 11. This fa tenin'gmeansissperitieall vdeserih0dandelaimed in my prior applieation hereinhetore reterred to, to \vhieh referent-t1 may he had. it is ohvions. however, that any desired fastening means t'or H10 rail may he emplo yed in eomhination with my improved tie jtrueture.

In plae-' It will be apparent that by providing a plastic tie with the semicircular arrangement of the longitudinal bars 7 and series of transverse connecting bars having eyes to support said longitudinal rods, a maximum of strength is secured, the vertical pressure upon the longitudinal rods being 'irected inwardly toward the center of the tie at its base while the transverse. rods equally distribute the strain upon the homogeneous plastic tie body throughout its cross sectional area. It will at the same time be appreciatcd that the'tie may be readily formed in a suitable mold and that its cost of manu-. facture will therefore be comparatively small. It. will also be seen that the tie plate upon which the rail directly rests may be easily and quickly arranged in position upon the tie and securely connected thereto \vithout necessitating the manipulation of the numerous bolts or analogous fastening de vices.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and several advantages of my improved -ail supporting tie will be clearly understood. The tie may be very quickly arranged in position beneath the rails as the same are comparatively light without, however, sacrificing the strength, durability or SCIVlCOtll'JlClltSH of the tie structure.

While l have herein disclosed the preferred form and construction of the several elements employed, it will be obvious that the invention is susceptible of considerable modification without departing from tlte essentialteatures or sacrificing any of the advai'itages thereof.

Having thus described the invention,

what. is claimed is:

1. A tie constructed from plastic material 7 having parallel vertical legs connected by an intermediate arch, and reinforcing means embedded in the tic body ctm'lprising a series of parallel longitudinal rods, and transversely disposed tie rods each provided with.

a plurality of eyes in which the longitudinal rods are loosely disposed.

2. A tie constructed from plastic material having parallel vertical legs eoi'mected by an intermediate arch, and reinforcing means embedded in the tie body comprising a series of parallel longitudinal rods, and substantially semicircular tie rods conforming to the cross sectional shape of the tie and extending through the vertical legs and intermediate arch thereof, each of said tie rods being providedwith a plu 'ality of eyes in which the longitudinal rods are loosely mounted.

3. The coz'ubinat-ion with a. tie, of spring members projecting from opposite ends of the tie, and a tie plate mounted upon said tie and having its ends angularly bent to extend downwardly over the ends of the tie and engage said spring members, the ends of said tie plate being provided with openings to receivethe spring members whereby said tic plate is held in position.

4. The combination with a tie, a rod eX- tending longitudinally through the tie, the ends of said rod projecting beyond the ends of the tie and being resiliently movable, and a tie plate arranged upon said tie and having angularly bent ends to extend downwardly over the ends of the tie and engage the ends of said rod and force the same from their normal positions, said tie plate being provided in its ends with openingsto receive the ends of the rod whereby said plate is secured in position upon the tie.

A tie constructed from plasti material, reinlforciug means embedded in said tie, including longitudinally extending rods, one of said rods projecting beyond the ends of the tie and having downwardly and outwardly inclined faces, and a tie plate'haw ing its ends angularly bent and provided with openings, said augularly bent ends of the tie plate engaging the inclined faces of the reinforcing rods when said plate is seated in position upon the tie, the ends of said rod projecting through the openings of the tie plate to secure the rod on the tie.

, ti. A rail supporting tie, a rod secured in said tie and projecting beyond the ends thereof, said rod having outwardly and downwardly inclined faces, and a tie plate having angularly bent ends to engage over the endsot the tie and provided with openings to'receive the ends ol said rod whereby the tie plate is secured in position on the tie. in testimony whereof I hereunto altix my signature in the 'n'esence of two witnesses.

LAl E OWEN.

WVitnesses:

H. N. Porn, S. 'R. llAnrnn.

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