US1120000A - Rail-fastener. - Google Patents

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D. B. STULTS. RAIL FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 10. 1914.

1,1 20,000. Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

2 SHEETS-$111131 1.

D. B. STULTS.

RAIL FASTENER. APPLIOATIQN IILEI) JULY 10, 1914.

1,120,000. Pate Dec. 8,1914. I HTS-SHEET 2. I

DELOS B. STULTS, OF WAVE'RLY. ILLINOIS.

RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

Application fi ed July 10, 1914. Serial No. 850,244.

To all whore it may concern Be it known that 1, Dates 13. S'rUL'rs, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVaverly,. in the count of Morgan and State of Illinois, have invented certaiii new and useful Improvements in Rail-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates 'to new and useful improvements in devices for fastening rails upon ties and resides in the provision of an extremely simple. ellicient and reliable device that will securely hold rails in position so that creeping or spreading thereof is obviated and which is readily applicable to the ordinary wooden tie.

.n object of ii'nportance is to provide a novel fastener of the character described that employs means to prevent the spikes 'enployed to secure the fastener to the tie,

from being pulled out at 'curves and other places along the track where a good deal of strain is placed thereon.

Another object is to provide a fastener of the character described that is of simple construction, and may be readily and easily attached to the ordinary type of wooden tie, and which will prevent cutting of the rail into the tie as is often the case and is also inexpensive to manufacture.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means are illustrated in the accon'ipanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out as claimed.

\Vith reference to the drawings. wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughout the several views of which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a fragmentary side cle 'ation of one end of a tie equipped with my improved fastener and showing a rail in section, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken through a tie with my improved fastener thereon, Fig. a top plan view of the fastener in position, Fig. -51 is a bottom plan view of one of the rail clamping members of the fastener, Fig. 5 is a similar view of a cooperating member, Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the outer member, Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the locking plate for the spikes, Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional View taken on line 8-8 of Fig. 3 showing the locking plate in position, and Fig. i) is a detail perspective view of one of the spikes'employed in connection with my fastener.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, A designates as an entirety a wooden rail tie of the ordinary type and B rails thereon. My improved fastener consists of similar rail clamping members 1 and 2, the ones 1 being outermost and the ones 2 innermost relative to the rails. Each of these rail clamping members consists of a rectangular plate 3 that has formed upon the upper face thereof and intermediate its ends an upwardly and outwardly curved rail clamping jaw 4 arranged to engage the upper face of the rail base.

The base plates 3 are arranged with the end edges thereof abuttin and disposed approximately centrally of the longitudinal sides of the rail, bases upon said bases and in engagement therewith. A spike opening ais formed adjacent to the outer end of the body plate 3 of the member 1 and a pair of similar openings 6 spaced from one another are formed in the body plate 3 of the member 2 adjacent tothe inner end of said plate. Formed centrally of the longitudinal edges of the base plate 3 of the member 2 and extending the length of said base plate is a dove-tail groove or slot 7 which communicates with the openings 6 and with a dovetail slot 8 formed in the under face of the plate 3 of the member 1. The slot 8 extends through the inner edge of the base plate 3 of said member 1 and communicates with the adjacent end of the slot 7 while the outer edge of said slot 8 is spaced from the outer edge of the plate 3 but in communication with the opening 5.

lIeaded spikes 9 are inserted through the openings 5 and 6 and into the tie A. These spikes are driven through the dove- tail slots 7 and 8.

As a means for locking the spikes 9 against derangement, I provide a rectangular locking plate 10 that is provided with beveled side faces to cooperate with the dove-tail slots 7 and S. An elongated opening is formed adjacent to the inner cut of the plate 10 so as to receive the spikes 9. Each of the spikes is provided upon one face and adjacent to its head with a transverse recess 12 which recess is designed to receive the plate 10. The spike 9 in the member 1 is arranged to engage the outer end of the plate 10 While the spikes in the member 2 5 engage in the openings 11 and 13 of the plate 10, I

The innermost spikes 9 are perfectly plain and are inserted through the member 2 and an opening 13 in the plate and into 10 the tie A These spikes serve as keys to securely hold the locking plate 10 in position.

It will be readily seen that with my improved fastening which is preferably con- 15 structed of metal, rails may be securely held upon ties in such manner that creeping or spreading thereof is prevented. llhe plate 10 serves to securely hold the spikes in position.

in practice, I have found that the form of my invention, illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description, as the preferred embodiment, is the most efficient and practical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my device will necessarily vary, it desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, When required, Without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention, as set forth.

What is claimed is l. A rail fastener consisting ;of coasting rail clamping members to be secured upon a rail tie, angular rail clamping jaws carried by said rail clamping members, bolts having transverse recesses intermediate their ends inserted through the fastening members and to to be driven into'the tie, said clamping members being provided with alined longitudinal recesses, a locking plate inserted through the clamping members and Within the recesses therein, said plate having an opening therethrough to receive one of said spikes, said plate fitting into the recess in the spike at the outer end of said plate.

2. A rail fastener consisting of similar rail clamping members to be secured upon a tie, each of said rail fastening members tiopies this he obtained for having a longitudinal recess in its under face, said recesses alinmg vvlth one another,

spikes having recesses (fransversely therein intermediate their en s inserted through the clamping members in the recesses therein'and into a tie, a locking plate inserted in the recesses in the clamping members, the outer end of said locking plate fitting Within a recess in the outermost spike, said plate having slots therein intermediate its ends to receive the innermost spike whereby the plate is inserted in the recess in said innermost spike atone end of said slot in the plate, and a key spike inserted through the innermost clamping member and an. opening in the plate and into the tie.

3. A rail fastener consisting of similar rail clamping members, each having a longitudinal dove-tail recess in its 'under face, said recesses alining with one another, spikes inserted through said rail clamping members and having transverse recesses in certain faces thereof intermediate their ends, a locking plate having its beveled side faces fitted Within the recesses in the clamping members, the outerend of said locking plate engaging Within the recess in one of the spikes, said locking plate having a longitudinal slot therein to receive the other of the spikes, said plate being arranged to engage Within the recess in the last named spike at one end of the slot therein, and means to hold said plates in said recesses in the spikes.

d. A rail fastener consisting of coacting rail securing members, fastening elements inserted through the coacting rail securing members, said securing members being provided With alined longitudinal recesses, a locking plate mounted Within the recesses, certain of the fastening elements extending through the locking plate and certain of said fastening elements having recesses therein to receive portions of the plate.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature Witnesses.

in presence of two 4 DELOS B. STULTS.

Witnesses:

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