US1078980A - Tie and tie-plate support. - Google Patents

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C. W. & 1'. B. KERMANN.

TIB AND TIB E SUPPORT.

APPLIU AAAAAAAAAAA PR. 19, 1913.

1,078,980. Patented N0v.18,1913.

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TIB AND TIE PLATE SUPPORT.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 19, 1913.

1,078,980, Patented Nov,18,1913.

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3i TE STATES P rar FFME CLEMENS W. ACKERMANN AND FRANK B. ACKERMANN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TIE AND TIE-PLATE SUPPORT.

To all 't0/tom t may concern Beit known that we, CLnMnNs lV. ACK- ERMANN and F RANK B. ACKERMANN, citizens of the United States, residing .at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Tie and Tie-Plate Supports, of which the following is a speci tication.

This invention relates to means for seein'- ing a rail to a tie by means of a tie plate.

The object of the invention is to secure the rail to the tie in such a way that the rail cannot get loose and move, thereby possibly injuring passengers on trains passing over the rail, and also so that the tie plate which supports the rail cannot move, thereby cutting or chewing into the tie as has been the common fault of prior constructions.

The invention consists in a novel form of tie plate itself, a novel mounting for the tie plate upon the tie, a novel means for securing said tie plate in said mounting upon the tie, thereby doing away 4with' mechanical abrasion of the tie and positively preventing spreading of the rails.

The invention also relates to specific details of construction which will be hereafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, in which similar numerals indicate the same parts throughout the several views; Figure lis a sectional end View of a rail and a side view of a tie showing the device of this invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a foundation screw member inserted in the tie to carry the tie plate. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a tie plate with the rail thereon. Fig. l is a perspective view of the tie plate removed from the tie and rail.

Referring to Fig. l, the section of rail 10 is shown resting upon the tie plate l2 of this invention which in turn rests upon an ordinary tie lll. Under each tie plate 19. is, what may be described as a foundation member which is in the particular case here illustrated in the form of a hollow screw member having an upper flange 16, and a side wall 18 on which are cut two threads 20. In this screw foundation member is a central circular recess 22 having no obstruction near its top, but having near its bottom two projecting lugs 24 adapted to be engaged by a wrench.

In the installation of the device, a hole is first bored in the tie of proper diameter Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 19, 1913.

Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

serial No. 762,419.

and depth, whereupon this foundation member is screwed into it through the agency of a wrench applied to the lugs 2l until the flange 1G is [lush with the top 26 of the tie 14.-.

It is well known that the holding power of a screw spike is four to six hundred per cent. greater than that of the ordinary nail spike, and it is obvious therefore, that the holding power of this tie plate foundation member is so great as to be practically immovable. lVith the tie plate in position and inserted in the tie plate support, no cutting can take place between the tie plate and tie. The tie plate is applied to the support or foundation by providing on the bottom of each tie plate l2 a downwardly projecting lug 30 of just the right size to enter the upper end of the recess 9.2 in the foundation member and thus, when the tie plate is in the position shown in the drawings, prevent lateral movement of the tie plate in any direction.

On the top of each tie plate l2 are arranged lugs 82 and 83 about holes 34 for bolts or screws or spikes 36 adapted to be inserted into the tie 14. The heights of these lugs 32 are substantially equal to the thickness of the outer edge portion of the flange 53S of the rail 10, so that head portions 40 on the screws 3G will lie substantially level as shown. 'lhe lugs 5:3 are so spaced apart that they engage the edges of the rail flanges 3S and prevent lateral movement.

lVhen the parts are assembled in the position shown in the drawings, each tie plate is supported upon a metallic foundation in the tie itself which has suliieient bearing in the screw threads 2O so that it cannot be pressed into the tie and thus loosen. The tie plate is also prevented from moving sidewise by the metallic walls of this foundation, thereby insuring complete safety of the rail against spreading, the whole is secured together by the screws 3G and the rail is held against lateral movement on the tie plate by both the lugs 33 and the screw bolts 3G.

I'Iaving thus described our invention,what we claim as new and desire t0 secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. `In a device of the class described, the combination of a tie and a rail to be attached thereto, a tie plate under the rail, a metallic foundation member inserted in the tie beneath the tie plate and supporting the same, and means for securing the rail and tie plate to the tie.

2. In adevice of the class described, in combination with a rail and tie, a metallic foundation member inserted in the tie be neath the rail, a tie plate between the foundation and the rail interlocking with the foundation member to prevent lateral movement of the tie plate with reference to the foundation, and means for securing the rail and tie plate to the tie.

3. In a device of the class described, in combination with a tie, a hollow metallic foundation member screw threadedy into the tie, a tie plate resting upon the tie and foundation member having a lug interlocking with the foundation member, a rail upon the tie plate, and means securing the rail and tie plate to the tie.

4. In a device of the class described, in combination with a tie, a hollow metallic foundation member screw threaded into the tie, a plate resting upon the tie and foundation member having a lug inserted into the foundation member, a rail upon the tie plate, and means securing the rail and tie plate tothe tie.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination of a tie, a hollow metallic foundation member screw threaded into the tie, a tie plate having a lug on its bottom inserted into said opening in the foundation member and lugs on the sides of its top for engagement by the rail flanges, a rail resting upon the tie plate between said lugs on the sides thereof adapted to prevent lateral movement of the tie with reference to the` ing on its upper side edges lugs adapted to engage the sides of the flanges of the rails, and openings through the tie plate adjacent to said last mentioned lugs for the insertion for securing spikes.

In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two Witnesses.

C'LEMENS W. ACKERMANN. FRANK B. ACKERMANN.

lWitnesses:

DWIGHT B. CHEEVER, MARGARET D. RoBB.

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

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