US1163646A - Steel tie and fastener. - Google Patents

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G. P. DIBEL 61 McCLELLAN BLACK.

STEEL TIE AND FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED APRL14, 1915v Patented 14, 1915.

GAIL P. DIBEL AND MGCLELLAN BLACK, OF CARLTON, OREGON.

STEEL TIE AND FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

Application filed April 14, 1915. Serial No. 21,266.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GAIL P. DIBEL and MCCLELLAN BLACK, citizens of the United States, residing at Carlton, in the county of Yamhill and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Steel Ties and Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The invention purposes to give an improved rail way cross tie and fastening calculated to simplify and cheapen manufacturing and also construction and maintenance costs.

It is an iinportant aim to provide a simple fastening and a formation of tie cooperative therewith in such a manner as to permit the rapid emplacement of and securement of the fastening upon a rail base, to hold the rail securely upon the tie.

It is also an aim to provide means especially fitted to use with our fastening which will assure the permanence of the fastening until it is desired to release it, and which at the same time reinforces the fastening so as to increase the firmness of its engagement with the rail base.

Additional objects, advantages and features of invention will appear from the construction, arrangement and combination of parts in one of the possible embodiments of our invention as hereinafter set forth and shown in the drawings, where- Figure 1 is an end view of a tie embodying our invention and having a rail secured thereon. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one end of the tie and rail thereon, Fig. 3 is a side view of the complete tie, Fig. 4 is a detail of the fastening yoke, Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the combined buttress and lock for one end of the yoke. in use, Fig. 6 is a plan of the buttress-lock, Fig. 7 is a top view of one endof the tie with the rail in place, Fig. 8 is an enlarged side view of one of the members 24.

Thereis illustrated a tie 10, which may be adapted to use on various forms of road bed, but as illustrated is similar to the familiar rolled I-beam in structural steel, exceptthat for ordinary road bed the base 11 is preferably considerably broadened, or may be otherwise formed in accordance with current methods or to fit various requirements.

The tie is of any desi ed length greater than the distance between the outside edges of the rail bases when in place, and extends at least a distance sufficient to enable the formation without the rail of the outer most of two diagonally spaced openings 12 formed in the top plate 13 of the tie. These openings are spaced longitudinally of the tie, a dlstance corresponding to the width of the rail base, andare formed in pairs adjacent each end of the tie. They are spaced on opposite sides of the web I l-of the tie in each pair, and the pairs are so spaced as to bring the rails to proper gage when set between respective pairs on a tie and fastened as will be described. In the web 14 of the tie diagonal slots 15 are formed, their upper ends stopping short of the plate 13 a distance and centered between the .openings 12 of respective pairs. The slots slope downwardly and outwardly from this point, and stop short of the base of the web 14 a suitable distance. They may be curved downwardly, also, as illustratedv Fastening yokes 17 are provided, formed of a suitable grade of metal stock out in proper lengths, the end portions being bent inwardly into parallel relat on forming a narrow bight 18, and then being each bent transversely to this bight a short distance therefrom, and at a distance laterally of the bight corresponding to the spacing of the openings 12 being bent into parallel relation to form the bolt arms 19, the outer parts of which are threaded for the engagement of suitable rail-fastening nuts. The distance between the bight of the yoke and the first bend of the ends is less than thedistance between the upper ends of the'slots. The length of the arms 19 is sufficient to permit them to project above the rail base with the bight 18 engaged at the upper end of the slot 15 of a tie.

The yokes are disposed in position with the upper edge portions of the slots 15 engaged in the bights of the yokes, and the arms extended upwardly through respective openings 12, the formation of the slots 15 being such as to permit the ready positioning of the yokes with one hand. Therail 20 is secured by means of nuts 21, hav ng enlarged circular base portions 22, sloplng'upwardly and outwardly at their lower sides to conform to the slope of the upper side of the rail base flanges, the nuts being screwed upon the .bolt arms until the rail base is firmly clamped to the tie. As the tendency of even very heavy bolts is to bend outwardlv under this use, involving liability that the rail will not be clamped with suiiicient firmness, we provide a buttress member 21, of semi-circular formhaving a concentric opening therethrough to loosely receive the bolt arm, the straight edge 25 of the buttress engaging snugly against the side of the rail. The upper side of the buttress member is concaved to conform to the shape of the under side of the nuts 21, and is also formed with angularities 26 in its surface to engage the base of the nut and hold it against casual unscrewing. These angularities comprise grooves, as shown, having sloped sides in the direction of tightening movement of the nut, and vertical sides opposite, so that the surface of the nut will be engaged suitablyto pre-vent unscrewing unless by application of considerable force.

The effect of the buttress member is to support the nut at the .outer side, preventing the bending of the bolt arm outwardly when the rail base is forcibly engaged by the nut. This permits the use of yokes made of a moderate thickness of stock, as the tensile strength of the bolts is much greater than their resistance to flexure, under limitations of manufacture.

In use ties being arranged along the track in the customary relation and at proper intervals, the rails are set thereon and adjust ed with their bases between the shoulders 16 at each end, and the ends of the rails properly alined with each other, .and secured to each other in any customary manner. Before or after fastening of the joints, the yokes 17 are'each introduced by presentation of one side through a respective slot 15. and

while the bight is in the lower part of the slot or to one side thereof, depending on the length of the arms and slot, the ends of the arms presented in the openings 12 and the bight adjusted centrally in the slot and then forced longitudinally inward with respect to the tie, while a slight upward pressure is exerted on the yoke. Little effort is required to push the arms 19 through the openings 12, as the inclination of the slot enables the yoke to be moved upwardly with great case when pressed laterally against the lower inclined side of the slot 15. This movement is easy for the operator, and the positioning of the yoke may be accomplished with one hand, while the members 24 are adjusted on the arms 19 and the nuts 21 put in place by the other hand. It will thus be seen that with one operation two fastening devices are positioned on respective sides of the rail in one operation. where two operations are ordinarily involved in adjusting securing devices on opposite sides of the rail.

It is apparent that simple and inexpensive, though efiicient and durable, means are i the arms when the nuts are tightened thereon,'independently of the buttress members 24, and a further effect tending to straighten up the bolts, or at least to move them inward toward the rail, is produced. by the engagement of the bight 18 of the yokes against the upper end of the slot 15 when the [nuts are tightened. A loose fit of the yokes in the openings 12 is thus permissible without liability of the bolt elements falling outwardly from the rail base. The construction described insures a snug relation between the fastenings and the rail base, without waste of time in adjustment.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a cross tie having a rail supporting top and central web thereunder, diagonally spaced openings being formed in the plate to receive a rail base therebetween, a diagonal slot being formed in the web inclined upwardly toward its inner end, said end being spaced centrally between the openings, a yokehaving parallel bolt arms spaced to engage through said openings, and rail clamping means engageable with the yoke.

2. In'a rail fastening of the class described, a tie having atop plate having diagonally spaced openings therethrough, and a slotted body portion therebeneath, the slot being located beneath the openings, a yoke having spaced threaded clamping arms for engagement through the openings of the top plate and adapted to be set in the slot, said openings being spaced to receive a transversely disposed rail therebetween, members constructed to surround the arms and abut against the side of a rail base and having concave upper sides conforming to the slope and proportions of the edge portions of a rail base, and nut members engageable on the arms having enlarged circular base portions sloping upwardly and outwardly at their under sides for engagement with a rail and said members next last named for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

GAIL P. DIBEL. MCCLELLAN BLACK.

lVitnesses:

W. E. Kroner, D. BROOKS.

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