US1056201A

US1056201A - Metallic railroad-tie.

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Publication number: US1056201A
Application number: US70565912A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles Franklin Mobley
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-06-24
Filing date: 1912-06-24
Publication date: 1913-03-18
Anticipated expiration: 1930-03-18

Description

C. P. MOBLEY.

METALLIC RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1912.

1,056,201. Patented 112111181913.

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t1-shape in cross section and is shaped to have two depressed rail seats 9 which are oyerhung at each end by integral raised

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10 and 11. 1n forming the seat and shoulders, 1 prefer to press the metal so as to bulge out the side corners et the seatr on an overhanging curve forming the bead 1:2 along each side edge of the seat. These beads extend only the length ot the seats 9 and provide a wider, stronger and more, resilient support for the rail than would any other part ot the tie.

Sts a part ot the rail tastening means, 1 provide a fillet 1?) Fig. which has its ends 1st bent orer so as to overhang and engage the side walls otl a seat t). The tillet has an inclined over-hanging shoulder 15, the upper surlacc ot which is shaped to lit under and be closely engaged by the overhanging scat shoulder 10. 1 also provide for each rail fastening, a locking key 1G which has a lip 1toverhanging an extension base 18 which rests on 'the seat l) and supports the rail. The outer side edge ot the key is tapered and its narrow end is provided with a tongue 1f) adapted to be bent outwardly against the end ot a shoulder 11 to lock the key in adjusted position. 1t will be noted that the cross sectional contour ot the key is such as to cause it to lity snugly under the overhanging shoulder 11. The base ot the rail Q0, when in position, will be supported partly by the Yfillet 13 and the base '18 et the key and it will be gripped by the lips 15 and 1T so thatwhen the key is driven home the rail will be held iirmly in position.

1n practice, the lillets 13 are inserted in position under the shoulders 10 which are spaced so that when the rails Q0 are locked in engagement therewith by the keys 1G, they will be spaced the desired track gage. rlfhe keys 1G which have their base portions 18 slipped under the rails and are then driven in their wedge taces engaging the wedge faces of shoulders 11 and gradually forcing the keys to the right until the rails are gripped between the keys and tillets and locked in position under the shoulders 15 and 17. The tongue 19 on the key is bent out and the rail tastening parts are locked in position. 1t it is desired to vary the gage ot the track, this may be done by varying the thickness, lengthwise of the rail', ot'the key 1G or oli the lillet. 18. For

instance, the right hand fillet in lEig. 1 could be made thinner and the lett hand fillet 13 made thicker, which would result in spreading the rails and widening the track gage. 1t it desired to narrow the gage the reverse arrangement ot the tillets would be used.. The wedging action ot the key or rail chair against the shoulder 11 enables the key to be driven in until it forms a tight, non-rattling, joint which cannot work loose without the breaking ot the tongue 15). rthe overhanging lips 1-1 pre vent the lillet working loose atteithc rail is locked in position. '1`o remove the rails it is only necessary to bend the tongue 1S) back `into initial position and drive the wedge rail chairs or keys 1G out.

1 prefer to have the wedge faces ot the shoulders 11 of each tie similarly disposed so that the keys will have to be driven in 'trom the same side ot' the tie and 1 also pre'ler to dispose one shoulder 11 on the outside of one rail and the other shoulder 11 on the inside oit the other rail. My object in this is to reverse the position oit successive ties so that the keys 1G on one tie will drive from the front and be on the lett hand side of both rails, while the keys on the next succeeding tie will drive 'l'rom the rear and will be on the right hand side ot both rails and so on thrmiglmutthe track. riVhis arrangement brings the keys ot alternate ties only into alinement on the same side ot a rail which they tasten, hence, no dragging part ot the rolling stock can strike and injure or tend to loosen keys oit successive ties but it could only strike keys ot alternate ties, it being practically impossible tor the same dragging part to strike the keys on both sides of the. same rail and only by doing that could the rail fastenings oi? successive ties be alliected.

1 have shown the tie as a hollow metal body but if desired it may be filled with any suitable material et a yielding nature, such as wood fiber and like material.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenti, is I-q 1. A metallic railroad tie toi-ined of a shaped metal plate provided. on its top surface with two depressed rail seats and inte gral shoulders overhanging the ends of each seat and standing above the rail base when seated thereon, a rail chair adapted to be inserted in each seat and having a lateral wedge tace adapted to engage under one ot said shoulders, and having a lip overhanging the adjacent side ot a rails base, means adapted to engage under the other of said shoulders and over the rail base to hold it in said seat., said means being adapted to bring the rail base closer to its retaining shoulder than to the other shoulder, and means to lock the rail chair in position.

2. A metallic railroad tie provided with two rail seats and shoulders over-hanging the ends o1 each seat, a two-part rail chair adapted to be inserted in each seat and to engage under the shoulders thereof and below the rail when seated, one part comprising a narrow lillet which sets close in under one shoulder and has a lip overhanging the adjacent side of the rail base, the other part being an adjustable wedge-shaped filler block which also has a. lip overhanging the opposite side of the rail base, and means to hold said wedge and lillet in the seat, substantially as described.

3. A metallic railroad tie having its rail supporting body formed of a metal plate shaped to form two rail seats interposed between pairs of integral raised overhanging shoulders, the correspondingly disposed shoulders at one side of each seat having a face opposed to the rail and disposed at an acute angle to the longitudinal center line of the rail, the other shoulders having faces similarly disposed relatively to said center line of' the rail, filler blocks which engage the latter faces, and adjustable wedge keys which engage the former faces.

4f. metallic railroad tie having its rail supporting' body formed of shaped sheet metal which is depressed to form two rail seats, and raised to form two overhanging end shoulders for each seat, the side edges of each seat being formed with an overhang`- ing curved reinforcing bead, substantially as described.

A metallic railroad tie having depressed rail seats each overhung by a pair of shoulders, a two-part chair adapted to engage under the shoulders and having portions adapted to overhang the rail base and portions adapted to support the rail base, one part of the chair being made wider than the other part to adjust the rail closer to one shoulder than the other, and the part of each chair which engages the shoulder fan thest from the rail having its portion underlying the rail extending more than half way under the same, substantially as described.

G. A metallic railroad tie having a rail supporting integral body portion formed of sheet metal shaped to form two pairs of spaced overhanging shoulders, a rail adapted to be received between each pair of shoulders, the corresponding shoulders of each pair being similarly disposed to make the tie reversible, and one pair having parallel faces inclined relatively to the side line of the rails, and fastening means for said rail comprising a fillet which is overhung by the corresponding shoulder of each pair and grips one side of the rail base and a wedge key which engages the correspondingly inclined faces of' said shoulder and grips the other side of' the rail base, and means to fasten said key in operating position.

7. A metallic railroad tie having two pairs of overhanging shoulders, the underface of the overhanging port-ions slanting upwardly toward their ends, a fillet having` overhanging ends which straddle the tie and which is tapered to lit under one of said shoulders, a wedge key tapered to lit under the other shoulder and having a tongue at its small end adapted to be bent to lock the key in position, said key and lilleteach being recessed to receive between them and support the base of a rail, substantially as described.

8. In a metallic railroad tie, a rail supporting body portion which is formed of shaped sheet metal, said body portion comprising two spaced rail seats and integral overhanging shoulders at each end of said seats, the vertical inner wall of correspond ing shoulders being disposed obliquely across the narrow face of the tie, a rail chair having a wedge face adapted to engage said inclined inner wall of the shoulders, fillets adapted to engage Linder the other shoulders, said fillets and chairs having portions to support and overlap the base of' the rail, a portion of the tie under said chairs having its corners struck on a curve which overhangs the seats of the tie, and means to fasten the chairs in operating position, substantially as described. i

9. A metallic tie, comprising a base which is longitudinally flanged and has end flanges, of a bent metal body, the ends of which abut against said end flanges, and which has outturned bott-om flanges, said longitudinal base flanges being adapted to be bent to overlap said body flanges and interlock the parts free of rigid connections.

l0. In a metallic tie, a base having upturned ends, a bent metal body portion adapted to be received between said ends and held thereby against longitudinal 1nove ment on the base, out-turned bottom flanges on the side walls of said body, and pairs of spaced longitudinal flanges on the base which receive between each pair a bottom flanged portion of the body and one 0r' more of which are bent over to engage said bot-tom flanges and interlock the body and base free of' rigid connections. l

l1. In a metallic tie, a base having upturned ends and longitudinal raised flanges disposed along the bottom and ends, and a top formed of bent metal and having flanges which are adapted to interlock with said flanges on the base and serve as the means for connecting` the tie sections together.

l2. A metallic tie, comprising a base plate provided with upturned ends, raised flanges disposed longitudinally along each side of the base and its ends, a body portion comprising a top and sides bent downwardly and provided with an out-turned bottom flange, similar flanges on the ends of said side walls, said base flanges being` adapted to be bent over and engage the flanges of the top and interlock the parts, substantially as described.

13. A metallic tie comprising a wide metal base having a pair of longitudinal vertical .4; Lemmi Heiliges disposed adjacent to each side and adapted to be bent over and lock the body 1G liai'inlg' its ends turned up, simile? dispesed flange to "Che base substantially as described.

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