US1055537A - Railway-tie. - Google Patents

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J. F.'HUG HES. I I 1 RAILWAY TIE.-

-APPEIOATION FILED JULY 20;1912.

, *P atented Mar. 11,1913.

JAMES ,1. means, oimnwnune, mssouar.

. nAILwAiz-auni Specification o! Letters r atent. Application filed July 20, 1912. Seriilflo. 710,642

Patented To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES F. HUGHES, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of Newburg, in' the county of Phelps and State of Missouri,=have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railway- Ties, of which the following is a specification. i e a This invention relates to railway-ties and more particularly metallic ties.

It has for its principal objects to produce a railway-tie which is simple in construction and easily handled, to obviate the necessity for using separable fastening devices for the rails, and to attain certain advantages which will hereinafter more fully appear.

The invention consists in the parts-and in the arrangements and combinationsof parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing which forms part of this specification and wherein like symbols refer to like parts Wherever they occur,Figure 1 is a side elevation of a railway-tie embodying the invention, showing the rails in cross section; Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the base members; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the sec uring gnember; and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the middle portionof the securing member; inverted to show the recesses which gene-v6 the lugs on the base members.

, As shown an the drawing, ,the tie comprises two separable base members 1 having seat portions 2 for the rails, said seat portions having overhanging lugs or lips 3 in cooperative relation thereto, so as toengage the base flanges of the rails. The meeting inner end portions of the base-members 1 are provided with spaced upstanding lugs 4; and between these lu s 4 and the scat portions 2, the-base members are preferably inclined, as at 5.

1 securing member 6 is provided at its middle with recesses or gains 7 on opposite I sides adapted to receive the upstanding lugs 4 of-the base mem'bers,-the portion 7 between the rccesses 7 fitting in the spaces between the lugs 4 andserving as a cross key to prevent iudependent lateral movement of the base members 1 and securing member 6. The bottom face of said member 6 is inc ined, as at 8, to correspond to the inclined portions 5 of the base members. The end portions of the memberfi are rabbeted to i-tions provide ledges or lugs 9 adapted to over hang and engage the base flanges of the rai s.

The base members 1 6 are provided with vertical holes 10 through which securing bolts 11 are inserted, said Mar.1i,1913.

and securing member bolts being inserted upward through the' base members 1, which atter have counterilliltis 10 adapted to receive the heads of the The relative depth of the recesses 7 in the member 6 with respect to the lugs 4 of the base members 1 and also the relative tlon of the lugs or ledges 9 of the mom with respect to the seat'portions 2'of the base members are such that there is a sli ht space between the inclined surfaces 5 an 8 so-that, when the nuts 12 are tightened on the bolts 11, the lugs of the base members are drawn tight into the recesses or gains 7 and the lugs or ledges Qs er 6 c 4 at the meeting ends i 9 are clamped tight upon the base flanges of the rails. v

- A tie conntructed asl' herein set forth is easy 0 app y, especlal in re a-irin the track, in which case it might be only ecessary to remove and replace a tie at inter yals. That is, after the securing member 6 1s removed the base members may be easily moved 'e'ndwise outward in opposite direc; and replaced with new ones; whereas, 1f the tic base were made'in one piece, the rails would have to be sprung from under the lugs? or else the lugs would have to be made detachable, and even then the removal of theitie'would beditticult, owing to the limited space on either side of the track, especially in cutsh While the tie may be constructed advantageously of metal, T'do not Wish to be limited to any particular material cific construction and arrangement shown, as the structure admits of" considerable modification without departing from the invention.

What I claim is: 1; A railway-tie comprising two separable base members whose inner ends abut, said' gether.

portion of the securing member being arranged and adapt-v nor to the speion 2. A ranway-tie comprising two separable base members whose meetin ends abut and are provided with upstanding projections,

said base members having rail seats, and a 5 securing member havmg a recess atits middle adapted to receive the upstanding projections on said base members and hav mg its end portions arranged to clamp the rails upon said rail seats, and means for 1 fastening said base members and securing member together.

3. A railway-tie comprising two separable base members Whose meeting ends abut and are provided with upstanding lugs, said base members having rail seats, a securing 3 ed to engage the base flanges o f the rails, and bolts for securing said base members and "Se curing member together and for (damping the rails. e

4. A railway-tiecomprisingtii o separable base members 'having rail" seats provided "with overhanging lugs adapted to engage the outer baseflfiange's of the rails the inner ends of said base members abutting (and having upstanding lugs terminating in a plane below the rail seats, and a securing member having a recess at its middle adapted to receive said upstanding lugs on the base members and having overhanging ledges at its ends adapted to engage the inner base flanges of. the rails, and means for securing said base members and said securing member together and for clamping the rails to the seats.

A railway-tie comprising two separable base members having rail seats provided with overhanging lugs adapted to engage the outer base flanges of the rails, the inner ends of said base members abutting and having rmstanding lugs terminating in a plane below the rail seats, the portions of the base members between said lugs and rail seats being inclined, a securing member having a recess at its middle adapted to receive said lugs and having its end portions arranged to engage tl e innerflbase flanges of the rails, the

liuttomi oii said securing member being in 'elined to correspoiidto the inclined portions ofLthe base flanges, and means for securing said base members and said securing member together and for clamping the rails to the seats.

Signed at Newburg, Missouri, this 13th day of July, 1912. r l

r JAMES F. HUGHES. Witnesses:

FRED BAI EY,

' J. H. Fiirntiimn.

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