US1166663A - Railroad-tie. - Google Patents

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C. A. DANZ. RAILROAD TIE. APPuc'ATmN FILED SEPT. 22. 1915.

Patented Jan. 4, 1916. I

CGLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH COQWASHINGTON, D. C.

RAILROAD-TIE'.

iran srrns Parmi YCARL A. DANZ, or Tomca, ILLINOIS.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. a, raie..

Application med september 22,1915. serial No. 52,112'.

of that type embodying a concrete body structure and is particularly directed to the provision of such means associated with such ties for securing railroad rails thereon.

It is an object of the present invention to provide means for securingrails on the tie which may be inserted in the tie after the tie has been molded and in suchinterlocking relation with parts thereof as not to require driving of the members comprising said means into the tie.

It is another object of the invention to provide a means for securing the members of the rail fastening means in such interlocking relation with the tie, which means serves also as a cushion for therails to take up the vibration thereof due to passage of the train thereover and thus prevent possible disintegration of adjacent tie portions due to such vibration.V

It is further an object of the invention to provide rail securing means and such cushion means which mayV be associatedV with the tie at a minimum cost consistent with eilicient and durable operation.

I/Vith the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention resides more particularly in the novelcombination, formation and arrangement of parts as more fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the appended claims. l

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, wherein similar characters of reference throughout th-e several views, and in which:

Figure l is a top plan view of ties constructed in accordance with the present invention and having rail sections Xed thereon by the impro-ved securing means. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken transversely through a tie on the line 2-2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a fragmental view taken longidesignate corresponding parts tudinally through one end of the tie on the line 3 8 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a' perspective view of one of the-rail securing members. Fig. 5 is a perspective view ofone end portion ofthe tie. i

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings :there is shown a tie 5 molded of concrete and provided/with reinforcing metal'y bars hereinafter to be de-` scribed. -The means for vsecuring-the rail sections on this tie comprises at each end thereof'a pair of parallel longitudinally extending recesses A6 opening at the top. The lower portions ofthe recesses are extended longitudinally at each end to provideso'ckets `7 and rail securing members 8 are provided each comprising a'single bar of malleable metal which is adapted to be disposed vertically in one respective end of va recess 6 and having its lower end directed laterally at 9 to .extend into the socket 7.

Disposed in each recess between ythe members 8 is a block 10 formed of wood or like material and serving to hold the members 8 against displacement. The upper ends of the members 8 extend -above the tie and the blocks l0 also preferably extend slightly above the tie. In securing the rails they are placed to rest on these blocks between the members 8, and the tops of the members 8 are then bent inwardly over the base flange portions of the rails to effectively secure them. Thus the blocks serve a dual function in that they also serve as a cushion for the rails to prevent transmission of the usualvibration occasioned by the passageV of the train over said rails to the concrete body of the tie.

a An exceedingly simplel device has thus been provided whereby the rails maybe secured to the tie with a minimum amount of labor and at a minimum cost as respects the structure.

Should it be desired to detachthe rails, or should the members 8 become broken orit be found desirable for any reason to remove them, such may be readily effected by bending them up to release the rails and then lifting out the blocks 10.

While I have illustrated and described a particular embodiment of my invention, vI

have merely done so for the sake of con-` venience and I do not wish to be limited to that particular embodiment as'it is obvious that numerous changes maybe made within the details of construction thereof without in any way departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Said reinforcing means for the tie comprises a pair of longitudinal metal bars v11 which extend throughout the tie at its lower fportion and pairs of transverse bars l2 which extend adjacent the ends of the openings. There is also provided between each pair of openings the reinforcing` bars 13. Adjacent the openings the tie is preferably provided with an enlargement 5a on its bottom which materially strengthens the structure adjacent said openings.

What claim is:

l. The combination with a railwayr tie provided with openings in its end portions, of rail securing members interlockingly secured in the openings and rail cushion blocks disposed in the openings and holding said members in such interlocking position.

2. The combination with a railway tie having openings inthe tops of its end portions, of rail securing members interlockingly disposed in the end portions of the openings and blocks disposed in saidlopenings for holding the rail securing members in such interlocking position.

3. The combination with a railway tie Copies having longitudinally extending openings in its end portions extended longitudinally at the lower end portions to provide sockets, or' rail securing members disposed in the ends vof theopenings and projecting thereabove to be bent over a rail extended across the opening, lateral extensions at the lower ends of said members extending into the sockets and retaining blocks disposed in the openings between the members.

t. The combination with a railway tie having longitudinally extending openings in its end portions extended longitudinally at the lower end portions to provide sockets, of rail securing members disposed in the ends of the openings and projecting thereabove to be bent over a rail extended across the opening, lateral extensions at the lower ends of said members extending into the sockets and retaining blocks disposed in the openings between the members, said retaining` blocks also forming cushions for the rails. 4

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

CARL A. DANZ. Witnesses:

HERMAN PLETsoH, ALBERT PLn'rsoH.

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