US1147076A - Railroad-tie. - Google Patents

Description

H. COCKELL.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. I9. 1912.

Patented July 20, 1915.

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RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1915.

Application filed November 19, 1912. Serial No. 732,314.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known thatI, HARVEY CooKELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and Sta-te of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Railroad-Ties, of which the following is a specication.

The object of this invention is to provide a metallic railroad tie of simple and durable construction that can be cheaply manufactured, mainly out of standard material and shall require but little labor to put it in place.

Other objects can be gathered from the following description.

. The invention is embodied in the example herein shown and described, the feature of novelty being pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure l is a plan view of the tie transversely broken out and showing two short pieces of rail in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with parts in section as indicated by the line zr-m Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line e-z Fig. 2 looking to the left. Fig. 4 is an end view of the clamp. Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the same.

The body of the tie is made of two parallelly arranged pieces of angle bar 6, 6 spaced apart but secured together by plates 7, 7,

which serve as fish plates, riveted to the horizontal webs at 8, 8, and an intermediate connecting piece 9 riveted to the vertical webs of the angle bars as at 10, l0. The fish plates are spaced to suit the desired gage of the road and each of the plates engages one side of the rail.

11 designates the clamp which is a specially formed piece of casting or pressed steel. It has a toe 11a to reach over and engage the top of one side of the foot or base of the rail, and an oblong button 11b connected to the body of the clamp by a shank 11 that engages the under side of the two horizontal webs and also reaches under the foot of the rail. The button 1lb is made of such size that it must be inserted lengthwise between the horizontal webs of the angle bars 6, 6 and then turned to eii'ect engage-` ment of the ends of the button with the under sides of said webs. When it has been so placed and slid to engage the toe with the upper side of the base or foot of the rail the clamp cannot be moved up or down; and to lock it from horizontal movement in this position a slightly tapered wedge 12 is driven between it in a rabbet lld of the clamp and two upwardly projecting lugs 13, one on each of the angle bars. After the wedge has been driven home so as to force the clamp tightly against the rail the end of this wedge can be bent down, as at 13a, Fig. 2, thereby securing it and the clamp from dislodgment.

14 are lugs cut and bent out of the vertical webs of the angle bar that project into the road ballast to coperate with the intermediate piece 9 to prevent lateral movement of the rails when secured on the tie.` V With this construction the gage is perfectly maintained and spreading of the rails is impossible. To remove a defective rail to replace it with a new one it is only necessary to straighten the wedge l2 when it and the clamp may be easily removed thereby releasing the rail.

The clamps or fasteners 11 are placed one on the inside and one on the outside so that the tie can be taken out or put in without displacing the rails. These clamps can be reversed at will as for curves or otherwise arranged.

The ties can be coated by dipping them in asphaltum or other waterprooiing material and their life greatly prolonged.

lt will be noted that no bolts are employed in this construction of tie.

lvVhat I claim is:

In a metallic railroad tie, the combination with a body portion comprising two bars having lugs on their upper sides7 of a device for engaging one side of the rail comprising a toe member to engage the upper side of the foot of the rail and a bntton inserted between the bars to engage the under sides of the bars, and also the lower side of the foot of the rail, and a wedge driven between said clamp and said lug to secure the clamp eInIgaged with the rail.

ARVEY COCKELL.

Witnesses:

JAMES DAUDRAN, W. T. DAVIS.

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

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