US1069532A - Railroad-tie. - Google Patents

Description

W. G. GOULTER.

' RAILROAD TIE. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 11, 1912.

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UNITE WILLIAM G. COULTER, 0F BLACKBURN, OKLAHOMA.

RAILROAD-TIE.

Application filed December 11, 1912.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM G. COULTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Blackburn, in the county of Pawnee and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements-in Railroad-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway ties; and it has for its primary object the provision of a tie which will include artificial stone supporting blocks, on which the rails may be mounted and retained against lateral creeping and means for yieldingly connecting the blocks to permit of their vertical movements under the weight of the rolling stock.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for cushioning the shocks and pounding jars imparted to the supporting blocks on the passage of the rolling stock over the rails and for permitting the rails to yield vertically with relation to said blocks.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a tie which will include rail fastening devices, which are adapted to securely engage with the base flanges of the rails and positively prevent the derangement of the rails on the tie.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide an elastic member which will be adapted to connect the different groups of ties longitudinally and immediately beneath the base of the rails.

Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed. a

In the accompanying drawings :F igure 1 is a perspective view of two ties constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, taken on line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing a still further modified form of the invention; Fig. 4 is another view similar to Fig. 2, showing a further modified form of the invention; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the cement blocks.

The tie preferably comprises supporting blocks 1 of stone, cement or some suitable well known artificial stone composition. These blocks are disposed above elastic blocks 2 of wood or a material which may be found the equivalent thereof and which will be adapted to yield under the weight of the rolling stock. The blocks 1 are of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 5,1913. Serial No. 736,160.

substantially Maltese-cross configuration, and as shown each is provided with a portion 3 having a groove 4 therein extending longitudinally of the tie and provided with right angularly disposed defining walls. From the sides of the portion 2 extend lat eral relatively fiat sustaining and anchoring portions 5, which are adapted to take effective purchase with the ground and to permit the ground to be taniped thereunder and there around so as to effectually hold the tie in its applied position.

Vith a view to permitting the blocks to yield vertically under the weight of the rolling stock and to prevent the cement blocks 1 from breaking under the jars and vibrations imparted thereto incident to the pounding of the wheels against the rails and over the points, I provide a lower metallic bar 6 of thin steel preferably, and another similar bar 7, the latter having its ends extended into the grooves 4 of the cement blocks. Intermedia-te of their ends, the bars 6 and 7 are connected'together by a substantially T- brace 8, the flanges 9 thereof being connected through the medium of the bolts 10 with the bar 6 while the flanges 11 are connected by bolts 12 with a cushioning member 18 and another brace bar 14:, the latter being bowed intermediate of its ends so as to maximize its elasticity. The opposite ends of the bar 1 1 are terminally formed to provide clamps 15, which are adapted to contact with and overlie the inner flanges 0f the rails A, as shown in Fig. 2. Clamps 16 are adjustable on the extremities of the bar 7 and adapted to engage with the outer flanges of the rails A. Bolts 17 which are secured in the cement blocks 1 are terminally disposed above the clamp 16 and fitted in slots 18 whereby said clamps may be adjusted with relation to the clamps 16. Clamping nuts 19 on the bolts 17 may be brought to bear against the clamps 15, so as to hold the same in their adjusted positions.

The clamping bolts 20 are extended through the blocks 1 and 2 and through the plates 6 and 7. Certain of the bolts are also extended through the clamp forming terminals of the plate 14. The plates 7 at points immediately beneath the base flanges of the rails 8 are recessed transversely, as at 21, and fitted therein are cushions 22 of some suitable yieldable material which are adapted to extend longitudinally of the rails and to cushion the shocks and jars incident to the pounding of the rails at points between.

the ties.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 3, the tie is substantially identical in construction with the preferred embodiment, the difference being in the provision of a cement block 23 secured between superimposed clamping plates 6' and 7 the latter being the equivalent of the plates 6 and 7 previously described.

In the other form of the invention shown in Fig. 4 adjustable clamping plates 24 and 25 are located at the opposite sides of the rail. These plates are provided with elongated slots 26, through which clamping bolts 7 of the cement blocks 28 extend.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A tie comprising spaced blocks, yieldable superimposed connecting plates terminally overlying the blocks, means con necting the plates together intermediate of their ends, a longitudinally curved bar overlying the upper plate, and elastic blocks between the curved bar and the upper plate, fastenings connecting the means with the central portion of the curved bar, the said curved bar having terminal rail clamps, and adjustable rail clamps carried by the blocks and disposed outwardly of the clamps of said curved bar.

2. A tie comprising spaced blocks, yieldable superimposed connecting plates terminally overlying the blocks, means connecting the plates together intermediate of their ends, a longitudinally curved bar overlying the upper plate, elastic blocks between the curved bar and the upper plate, fastenings connecting the means with the central portion of the curved bar, the said curved bar having terminal rail clamps, adjustable rail clamps carried by the blocks and disposed outwardly of the clamps of said curved bar, the blocks having grooves therein receiving the upper plate, and fastening devices extending through both plates and through the blocks and operable to hold the clamped portions of the curved bar in operative clamping positions against the rails.

3. A tie comprising yieldable blocks of substantially Maltese-cross configuration, cement blocks disposed above the first blocks and conforming in configuration therewith, upper plates connecting the upper blocks, and lower plates connecting the lower blocks.

4. In a track structure supporting ties, each including a pair of rail supporting members, and means for yieldingly connecting said members together, cushioning devices connecting the members of one tie with the members of an adjacent tie, the said cushioning devices underlying the rails, and rail clamps carried by each tie and operable to confine the rails against the cushioning devices.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM G. COULTER. Witnesses:

Rosoon BRODY, CLYDE VOGLES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

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