US1156581A

US1156581A - Combined rail tie and fastener.

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Publication number: US1156581A
Application number: US?5792614A
Authority: US
Inventors: James H Benner
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Publication date: 1915-10-12
Anticipated expiration: 1932-10-12

Description

J. H. BENNER.

COMBINED RAIL TIE AND FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-21. 1914.

1,156,581 Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

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F i I I I WITNESSES INVENTOR 6i, amesJfBcn 11611 ATTORNEY J. H. BENNER.

COMBINED RAIL TIE AND FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.21.1914.

1 l 5 6,58 l Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

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ii -bIELZZ- LC/L QOIJL it; I I j I that 1, James 11 1. Bunsen, a

citizen of the United .Stateso f America, re

siding illlfx kllQl'lf illl i/llge. county of Summit 1 and State of Ohio, have inwented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Rail Ties and Fasteners, of which the fol j lowing isa specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This lnvention relates to comhlned rail "i316 and fastener and has fQQ'LiitSlObjeQt to-proride, in a manner as hereinafterset forth, a tie for supportlng' a track rail and further a supporting 11118 havangr associated therewith for fastening the track rail in po: sition with respect to the tie without the employment of nuts and bolts.

Further objects, of the invention are to provide a comblned rail tie and fastener which is simple in its construction and ar can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claimshereunto appended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote 7 throughout the several views :Figure 1 is an end elevation of a rail fastener. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of one end of a tie. Fig. 4 is a V transverse sectional View of a tie. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of-a tie, broken away. .Figs. 6 and 7 are enlarged detailed perspective views of one of the clamping members. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detailed perspective View of a section of the rail tie. I

The tie which is formed from a metallic body includes a bottom 1, a pair of side walls :2, which at the end are of greater height, as at 3, than their intermediate portions.

Each of the side walls 2 is provided throughout with an inwardly extending flange and the said flanges of the said side walls 2 are indicated at 4, 5. Each of the

flanges

4, 5, near each of its ends, (only one end shown) is cut away to provide a notch anaemia nae .41 1 s a twp-2 826- corresponding parts as N w 0 on: l

ommas BATH TIE Ann nastrnivnn;

a sistanc t ammate Patented @ct. 12, rats.

Shaving oppositely extending

inclined end walls

7, 8 Thetlange 1 is connected to the flange 5 by. a transverse coupling member 9 which is disposed centrally with respect to the opposed notches 6 and divides each' notchfi into apairlof recesses each provided with an inclined'end wall and a straight end'wall, the latter being indicated at 1.0, and the former provided by .one'vof the inclinedy walls ,7, nThfi coupling member 9 centrally thereof ,is formed with pair of centrally disposed

lateralprojectors

11, 12 each inclined downwardly and which has leachaend :under cut .as indicated at '13. The" coupling member 9 is adapted to support a track rail and the latter includes a base 1 1, web 15, and head 16. The coupling member 9 is of the same width as the width of the v base 14 and the

lateral projectors

11, 12,

project outwardlywith respect to the lon gitudinal edges of the base I l.

The track is clamped to the tie through the medium of two pairs of rail fasteners and the rail fasteners of each pair are indicated by the reference characters 17, 18. The rail fasteners .17, as well as the rail fasteners 18, include a head 19, l1aving one,

end thereof beveled as at 20, and the other plane as at 21. One side of the head 19 is formed with a clainpingjaw 22, having a plane inner wall 23, and plane bottom wall 2d and an upward inclined top wall 25.

The other side of the head 19 is forme'dwith a clamping jaw 26, having a plane lower 99 which forms the continuation of the beveled end 2'0 and greatly decreases in width downward. The shank 29 terminates in an inwardly projecting right angular extension 30 which is peripherally threaded. The

threads'upen the extension 30 of the fastener '17 are oppositely disposed with respect to the threads upon the extension 30 of the fastener 18 thereby setting up right andleft threads which are adapted to be engaged by a turn buckle 81 whereby when the latter is shifted, the fasteners 17, 18 will be moved apart or drawn toward each other, depending in what direction the buckle 31 is shifted.

When the rail fasteners are set up with respect to the tie and base 14:, one wall of the jaw 26 bears against. an inclined wall of a recess, while the plane end wall 23 of the jaw 22 is positioned against the plane end wall10 of the recess. The upper wall 28 and lower wall 27 of the jaw 26 strad-v dles a flange 4:, 5, depending with which flange the fastener associates, and the upper 51 wall 25' of the jaw .22 over-laps the base,

flange 14;, While the lower wall 24: of the v said jaw 22 over-laps the'ooupling member 9. When the railfasteners are in; position the shank 17 engages the under out ends-of the?

projections

11, 12. Theturn blickle 31 provides mean s it'or shifting the rail fasten erstosnugly'engage With're'spect to the flanges l, 5, coupling member 9, and base 14:. gThe ends of the tie body (only one is I Copies or this patent may befobtained for 5 shown) have arranged therein curved bridge and the one end wall'thereofbeing loeveled,-

one of said jaws having flat right angularl bottom, inner side and top Walls, and the a other of said jaws havingfiat right angular V bottom'and inner sidewalls and an upwardly and outwardly beveled top wall, a downwardly and outwardly inclined eXten% sion formed on the referred to end wallof J the head and providing a continuation for thebeveled end wall and having a threaded lateral projection at the free end thereof, and a, turnbuokleffor engagement with said threaded projection to connect thesamewith 1 another member. 1

y, :111 testimony whereof I aifix my signatnre in thepresence' of two witnesses. I i s r JAMES H. BENNER, VVithess'es: f V

G. W. AU EN, j s W W. BIGLER. 1

T Vents each, y addressing the. Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 3 V o