US1074472A

US1074472A - Tie-plate and rail-fastener.

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Publication number: US1074472A
Application number: US78055613A
Authority: US
Inventors: Martin Schroyer
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1913-07-22
Filing date: 1913-07-22
Publication date: 1913-09-30
Anticipated expiration: 1930-09-30

Description

M. SGHBOYER'.

TIE PLATE AND RAIL FASTENER.

' APPLICATION FILED JULY22,1913.

1,074,472. PatentedS ept3Q1913.

U [IQ/2 0 WITNESSES INVENTOR MA mwv Sci R0 YE-E wherein MARTIN SCHROYER, or BROWNSVILLE, PENNSYL'\ ZANIA.

TIE-PLATE am) RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

Application filed July 22, 1913s Serial No. 780,556.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN Sorrnovnn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Brownsville, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented. certain new'and usefullmprovements in Tie-Plates and Rail-Fasteners, of

which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates. toa tie plate and rail fastener, and the primary object of my.

invention is to provide a novel plate that can'be quickly secured to a tie to supportthe base flanges of rails, whereby the tie is not worn or injured by wear and the great weight of rolling stock upon the same.

Another object of this invention is to provide a rail chair that has provision whereby a rail mounted thereon cannot become longitudinally or vertically displaced.

A further object .of this invention is to provide a tie plate and rail fastener that is simple in construction, durable, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to install and highly efficient for the purposes for which it is intended. V i

I attain the above'objects by a mechanical construction that will be hereinafterspecifically described and then claimed,'and reference will now be had to the drawing,

Figure l is a plan of the tie plate and rail fastener, showing a rail in position, Fig. 2 is a plan of the detached tie plate, Fig. 3

is a side elevation of the same with a rail in o-sition Fi 4 is a ers )ective view of a portion of the tie plate showing the fastener,

and'Fig.'5 is a side elevation of the same.

In the drawing the reference numeral 1 denotes a rectangular tie plate that is provided with transverse depending ribs 2 adapted to engage'in the upper surface of a tie 3 and prevent the platefrom sliding or becoming accidentally displaced relatively to the tie. The plate 1' provides a seat or chair 4 for the base'

flanges

5 and 6 of a rail 7. The base flange 5 engages the transverse brace 8 formed integral with the plate 1 and the base flange 6 is scalloped or serrated, as at 9 to engage the scalloped or serrated edge 10 of a transverse brace 11 formed integral with the plate 1. The scalloped confronting edges of the flange 6 and the brace 11 prevent longitudinal movement of the rail upon the tie plate and to prevent vertical dis placement of said rail the braces 8 and 11 and the plate 1 have vertical openings 12 to accommodate spikes 13 that are driven into the tie. The spikes extend over the base flagges 5 and .6- as best shown in Figs. 1 an 3.

Additional spikes 14 are driven through openings 15 provided therefor in the plate- 1 in holding said plate in engagement with the tie. i v 4 In Figs. 4- and 5 the transverse brace 11 is illustrated as having malleable lugs 16 and these lugs can be bent over onto the-base flange 6 to cooperate with the spikes 13 in preventing vertical displacement of the rail.

One embodiment of the invention has been illustrated but it is to be understoodthat the structural elements are susceptible to such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What 1' 01mm is 1-. In a tie plate and rail fastener, the combination with a tie, and a rail having a scalloped flange, of a tie plate arranged upon said tie and having depending ribs to engage in the upper surface thereof, a transverse .brace carried by said plate and engaging one of the base flanges of said rail, a transverse brace carried by said tie plate and having a scalloped edge engaging the scalloped base flange of said rail, spikes extending through said braces into said tie and having the heads thereof engaging the base flanges of said rail, and spikes extending through said plate into said tie.

2. In a tie plate and railfastener, the combination with a tie,and a rail having a scalloped flange, of a tie plate arranged scalloped base flange of said rail, spikes V extending through said braces 1nto said tie in the presence of witnesses.

and having the heads thereof engaging the base flanges of said rail, spikes extending through said plate into said tie, and malleable lugs carried by the scalloped brace of said plate and adapted to be bent onto the scalloped base flange of said rail.

In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature MARTIN SCHR'OYEB Witnesses:

C. C. GARLn'rTs, GERTRUDE V. GARLETTS, JOHN S GRIFFITHS.