US106256A - Improvement in railway-hail fastening - Google Patents
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- the device herein described is an improvement upon the cleat a-udscrew-bolt fastening patented by me May 21, -186,7, and in which the cleat was so formed as to have a bearing against the edge of' the rail-flange,
- the 'present improvement consists inplacing the holding-down lbolt iusuch a position in the cleat that it shall haven bearing againsathe edge of the 4raillange, andvalso againstv the cleat, so as to transfer a portion ofthe disturbing force impinged by the lateral thrust oiaction of the wheels of passing trains upon th'e rails from the holding-down bolt to the cleat.
- B is the cross-tie, fromwhich a portion ot the timber is removed, to expose the holding-down bolt O;
- the pointed heel-spurs H shown indig. 3, are o f chisel-forni, which isthe shape I usually make them, ⁇ but when so forniedit is advisable tohave them in two parts, as shown in Iig. the cross-tie they the. wood in the line ofthe holding-down bolt, as such l Inpair the holding and re- ⁇ - sisting power of 'the timber.
- a metallic cleat having a bearing by one of its ends' upon the iiauge ot' the rail, and also a bearing by its opposite end upon or in the cross-tie, in combination with a holding-down bolt that has a bearing against' the rail-Harige, substantially as described.
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as well as upon the top of it.
Y rail, and also upon the cross-tie.
p JOHN QOCHRANE, OF FAR MINGDALE, NEW JERSEY.
Leners Patent No. 106,256, am@ Aug-ua 9,1870.
IMPROVEMENT IN RAILWAY-RAIL PASTE!NINC-u'.V
The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent making part of the same To all whom it may concern.-
' Be it known that I, JOHN GOCHRA'NE, of Farmingdale, in the county of Monmouth and State of' New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in what is known as the Cleat and Bolt-Fasteu ingv for Securing Railroad Rails to the Gross-Ties; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and. exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the figures and letters marked thereonl Figure 1 heilig an end elevation of a railroad rail upon a cross-tie, and a side view of the cleat in position, showing also the holdin -down bolt, by which the rail and cleat' are secured to the cross-tie; and
A Figure2`is atop viewof' the cleat. The same letters of reference are used to designate the same parts-in all the fignles.V
The device herein described is an improvement upon the cleat a-udscrew-bolt fastening patented by me May 21, -186,7, and in which the cleat was so formed as to have a bearing against the edge of' the rail-flange,
The 'present improvement consists inplacing the holding-down lbolt iusuch a position in the cleat that it shall haven bearing againsathe edge of the 4raillange, andvalso againstv the cleat, so as to transfer a portion ofthe disturbing force impinged by the lateral thrust oiaction of the wheels of passing trains upon th'e rails from the holding-down bolt to the cleat.
To enable others skilled in the art to` make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and the manner in which it acts.
I make the improved cleat of flat bar iron, about two inches in width, and about three-eighths of au inch in thickness, and forge or press it into suoli form or shape as shall give a bearing upon the flange of the l also make an opening through it at vor near. the end which bears upon the rail-flange, for the holdingdown bolt to pass through.
1n tlg. l, A is a cross-section of the rail;
B is the cross-tie, fromwhich a portion ot the timber is removed, to expose the holding-down bolt O; and
holding-'down bolt to pass through.
lchecking or cutting wouldi vthe sizes, shapes, and
D ,is 'the cleat, having an opening E, lig. 2, for .the The lip F of the cleat bears upon the flange'of the rail A, and the heel G bears upon the cross-tie; or pointed spurs may be used upon the heels of the cleats, so as to enter into the cross-tie, as shown in fig. 3.
The pointed heel-spurs H, shown indig. 3, are o f chisel-forni, which isthe shape I usually make them,` but when so forniedit is advisable tohave them in two parts, as shown in Iig. the cross-tie they the. wood in the line ofthe holding-down bolt, as such l Inpair the holding and re-`- sisting power of 'the timber. Y 1
he form and arrangement of the heels of the cleats, however, are not material, provided they bear upon or in the cross-tie, soas to resist,or Apartially resist the lateral thrust ofthe wheels against'the i:1,ils;th'ey` may therefore be made single an the cleat, and with a beveled or square bearing upon the cross-tie, as shown in fig.
1, or they may haveV pointed heel-spurs, 4if preferred, as shown in figs. 3
and 4. i l I do not claim the pointed heel-spurs under thispat-l ent, as theyare claimed in my before-referred to pat` ent, of May 2l, 186i', nor do I liinitniyself to any particular form of the cleat, but Vclaim theright t0 vary as the principle of the device is retained and adhered to i Having thus vdescribed my improvements in cleat' and bolt-tastenings for securing railroad rails to the cross-ties,
What I claim therein as new, andvdesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-
A metallic cleat, having a bearing by one of its ends' upon the iiauge ot' the rail, and also a bearing by its opposite end upon or in the cross-tie, in combination with a holding-down bolt that has a bearing against' the rail-Harige, substantially as described.
JOHN Y GOOHRANE.
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A. B.v MALcoMsoN, Jn., J. H. HUNTER.l
4, so that when driven into y shall not check or out the-'grainof d ofthe full widthjof proportions of its parts, so long I
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