US1158423A - Rail tie and fastener. - Google Patents

Description

W. F.- BAKER.

RAIL TIE AND FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15, 1915.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Inventor Attorneys COLUMBIA PLANOOP-AIH Co WASMIN wILLIAivI F.' IBAKER,, or OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA, AssIenon TO BAKER s'rnnn TIE CORPORATION, or OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA.

RAIL TIE AND FASTENER.

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To all whomit may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. BAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oklahoma city, in the county of Oklahoma and State of Oklahoma, have invented a newand usefulRail Tie and Fastener, of Which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to rail ties and fasteners, one of the objects, of the invention being to provide a novel form of metallic railway tie which is so constructed as to be held against creeping upon the road bed, said tie furthermore being adaptedto trans-' mit the thrusts from the forwardly moving train downwardly against the road bed so that danger of displacement of the tie is reduced to the minimum.

A further object is to provide a novel form of rail fastenerwhich serves "to bridge and tie together the sides of the tie, said fastener constituting a rail supporting means especially desirable at railjoints for holding the rails against sagging at their ends.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings: Figure l is a plan view of a portion of a track having ties and fas teners such as constitute the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of two ties and rails mounted thereon and fastened thereto. Fig. 3 is a section on line A-B Fig. 1, said section being on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the rail fasteners used in connection with the tie. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of said fastener inverted. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one end portion of one of the ties.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a trough-like metal tie the upstanding walls of which are preferably disposed substantially at 45 degrees,

each of these walls being provided along its upper edge with an outstanding flange 2.

The flanges, walls and bottom of the tie are Specification of Letters Patent. Panbgntgfl NOV, 2; 19151 A lication mammar 15, 1915. Serial No. 8,305.

corrugated transversely as shown so that,

when the tie is once seated in the road bed, these corrugations will tend to hold it against creeping in the direction of the length of the tie. Furthermore by providing walls inclined as described, the thrust exerted by a train moving along the track Adjacent each end of the tie is provided a smooth portion 3 free of corrugations and which is adapted to support a rail and the fastening means used in connection with the rail. This fastening means includes a fish plate 4 provided, along the bottomthereof, with a channeled base 5 adapted to receive one of the base flanges of the rail R. Tongues 6 are cut from this base or otherwise formed integral therewith and extend outwardly from the base at a distance apart equal to the distance between the flanges 2. Thus an intermediate tongue 7 is formed between the tongues 6 and which extends inwardly under the rail engaged by the fish plate. The end portions of the base 5 likewise form supporting tongues 8 which extend under the rail engaged thereby.

Two fish plates such as herein described are adapted to be fastened to opposite sides of the meeting portions of rails R, they being held to the rails by bolts 9 as ordinarily. The tongues 6 are bolted or otherwise fastened to the smooth portions 3 of the flanges 2, the tongues 7 extending into the tie 1 between the walls thereof and extending under the meeting ends of the rails while the tongues 8 extend under the rails at points beyond but close to the tie. Thus it will be seen that the rail fastening means not only serves to hold the rails together and also to attach themtothe tie, but also conmitutes a bridging means for preventing the tie from spreading under the weight of the rails and the load thereon. The intermediate tongue 7 which extends under the meeting ends of the rails constitutes a support for said ends and, consequently, danger of said ends sagging is reduced to the minimum.

Where only one rail is to be engaged by a fastening means it is not necessary to provideltongues"adapted to extend under] Instead the fastening means 1nthe rail. cludes merely a rall engaging flange 10 Which fits snugly against the web and upon the base flange of the'rail' and merges into a base 11 Which is bolted or Otherwise secured upon the flanges of the tie and serves to not only fasten the rail to the tie but also to prevent the tie from spreading under 1 10 the load to Which it is subjected.

For the purpose of draining the tie, apertimes 12' may beforine'd in the'bottom there- I of and, wher'e'the' tie is placed upon abridge structure or the like, certain of these apertures can be usedlfor the reception of bolts or'other fastening means wherebv the tie can be secured in place. i The fastening devices 10l1 need not be bolted to the rails a but can be merely fitted snugly against them, this being sufficient to properly hold e rails tothe ties.

Vfhat is claimed is:

1.- Thej combination with a trough-like metallic railway tie, of a rail engaging plate, outwardly extending tongues thereon secured upon theside portions of thetie, said Copies of this'patent maybe obtained for plate andtongues constituting means for V holding the 'tie against spreading under the weight to which itis subjected, a tongue extending inwardly from the plate to engage and support a rail above the space within the tie, and additional tongues extending inwardly from the plate close to and beyond the sides of the tie for supporting rails.

2. The combination with a trough-like metallic railway tie having upwardly diverging walls, and a longitudinal flange extending outwardly from each wall, of a rail engaging plate, outwardly extending tongues thereon secured upon. the flanges on the tie,

' said plates and tongues constituting means ture in the presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM F. BAKER. Witnesses:

JAS. W. BOLDING, O. E. JoNns.

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