US1164428A - Tie and rail-fastener. - Google Patents

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H. TERAVA. TIE AND RAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION HLED NOV. 30. I914.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

HENRY TEBAVA, OF BRAINERD, MINNESOTA.

TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Application filed November 30. 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY TERAVA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brainerd, in the county of Crow Wing and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ties and Rail-Fasteners; and I do 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 improvements in rail fasteners and has for its object to provide a comparatively simple structure by which the rails may be rigidly yet removably held in position upon the ties.

In carrying out this object, I employ certain novel features of construction and combination herein described and claimed and shown in the drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tie, and illustrating a pair of rails thereon in section, the improved rail fasteners being employed for securing the rails to the ties; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of one of the ties, the rails thereon, and the fasteners uniting the two; Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinal section as seen on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the rail fasteners.

In these drawings, forming a part of this application, a tie T, a pair of rails R, and a plurality of fasteners F are illustrated.

The tie T is formed of a single sheet of metal of proper width and thickness, the central portion of the metal constituting a plate 1 which forms the top of the tie, the edge portions of this sheet being bent downwardly as seen at 2, to form the side walls of the tie, thence inwardly at 3 to form the bottom thereof, and upwardly at l to form bracing flanges for reinforcing the center of the plate 1. I

The top plate 1 of the tie contacts with the base flanges of the rails R and is provided, on opposite sides of said bases and on opposite sides of the flanges l, with elongated openings 5 through which U-shaped loops 6 of the rail fasteners F depend, one end of each of these loops being integrally united to a body 7 which overlies the adjacent base flange of the rail R and which contacts with the upright web of said rail, one end of this body being thickened vertically and widened horizontally as shown in the various figures Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented lDec. Mt, 1915.

Serial No. 874,845.

of the drawings to form a rail bracing head. The other end of each of the loops 6 is integrally united with a stop 8 which overlies .rod of a suitable metal, such as wrought iron. The rail bracing head is formed on one end of the bar in the usual manner from the material composing the body there of. After the head has been formed on the bar, the same is bent in the proper manner to form the U-shaped loop 6, the portion of the bar between the head and the loop being bent slightly upward to conform to the slope of the base flange of the rail.

A fastener of this construction is much stronger than a cast fastener or even a wrought iron one of heavier but different construction.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that if the loops 6 are held against upward movement, the rails R will likewise be held against such movement. For this purpose, a plurality of wedges 9 are driven through alined openings in the portions 2 and a of the tie and through the intervening loops 6, thereby drawing the bodies 7 downwardly into tight contact with the rails to secure the latter in position, after which the free ends of said wedges are clenched as shown.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be. seen that a very simple rail fastener has been provided, and that the loops 6, bodies 7, and stops 8 may be cheaply and easily manufactured.

Although the wedges 9 are described and shown as extending entirely through the tie, it will be seen that the latter might well be constructed in other ways, in which these wedges need not be of such length. In fact, independent wedges could be provided for the several independent clamps.

I claim:

1. A rail fastener formed from a single cylindrical metal bar, a head formed on said bar from the metal composing the body thereof, said head being both wider and thicker than the body of said bar and provided with a flat outer face adapted to contact with the web of a rail, the intermediate portion of said bar being bent downwardly to form a U-shaped loop, the portion of the body between the loop and the head,-together with said head, being bent slightly upward to conform to the slope of the base of the rail, the outer end of the body forming a sto 2 The combination with a tie plate hav ing an upright opening formed therethrough, and a rail resting on said plate and spaced toward the end of the same from the opening therein, of a rail fastener formed from a single cylindrical metal bar, a head formedon said bar from the metal composing the body thereof and having a flat face adapted to contact with the web of the rail, a U'-shaped loop formed in the intermediate port-ion of the body of the bar and adapted to depend through the open- 7 ing in the tie plate with one of the upright arms in contact with the adjacent edge of the base flange of the rail, and its other upright arm in contact with the wall of the opening remote from said base flange whereby lateral thrust of said rail will be imparted to the loop and thereby to the aforesaid wall of the opening, the portion of the body of the bar between the loop and the head, together with said head, overlying the base fiange of the rail and contacting therewith, the opposite end of the body of the bar forming a stop and werlying the tie plate, and a substantially semicylindrical wedge passing through the loop beneath the plate.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY TERAVA.

\Vit-nesses:

W. A. FLEMIN J. A. THE Es.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

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