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US1191351A
US1191351A US86799514A US1914867995A US1191351A US 1191351 A US1191351 A US 1191351A US 86799514 A US86799514 A US 86799514A US 1914867995 A US1914867995 A US 1914867995A US 1191351 A US1191351 A US 1191351A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
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  • Tinrrnn sTaTns T a'rnn'r ernten Tinrrnn sTaTns T a'rnn'r ernten.
  • My invention relates to railway ties.
  • the object of my invention is to provide a steel railway tie in which the metal is properly distributed in accordance with the strains to which its various parts will be subjected; which is extremely light owing to the distribution of the metal; which has at its ends a comparatively large surface in Contact with the ballast; which will not tip or allow the rails to creep or spread thereon; which has superior electrical insulation from the rails; in which screw spikes, or plain round or standard square spikes may be used;
  • the spikes can be readily withdrawn to change the insulation, the tieplate, or for any other purpose; and in which the spikes may be inserted and from which they may be withdrawn many times without destroying their holding power.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of the body or base of my improved tie, the central portion being broken away;
  • Fig. 2 a cross-section on the line II-II of Fig. 1, the scale being reduced;
  • Fig. 3 a side elevation of one of the bodies or bases of my improved tie;
  • Fig. 4 a section on the line v.lV-IV of Fig. 3;
  • Fig. 5, a cross-section through a rail, showing one end of a tie with my improvements in side elevation;
  • Fig. 6, a vertical section taken longitudinally through one end of a tie body or base and transversely through the parts thereon;
  • Fig. 7, a plan view of one of the rail-seats or chairs;
  • Fig. 8, a plan View of one of the tie-plates.
  • FIG. 1 shows the base of my railway-tie with the broad ends 1 and the laterally contracted central or connection portion 2.
  • the steel blank from which this base is made is a flat substantially rectangular plate having its outline corresponding approximately to the dotted line 3 which surrounds the base (Fig. 1).
  • This blank is subjected to suitably shaped dies and pressed therein to the shape shown on Figs. 1 to 6.
  • the edges 4 at the ends 1 may be'left in their normal planes while the portion 5 with-- in these edges 4 is -elevated somewhat, the sides 6 of these portions 5 being inclined outwardly in order to brace the structure strongly against lateral strains.
  • the elevated portions 5 are preferably provided longitudinally with depressed ribs 7 to stiffen the ends l.
  • the central or connecting portion 2 is formed by pressing the sides of the blank toward each other and at the same time pressing the portion between the edges upwardly to a substantially 'U-shape, the blank being narrowed in forming the connecting portion 2 to a third, for example, of the original width.
  • the portion 2 being narrow will beable to work its way into the ballast coincidently with the ends l, the
  • each chair 8 which are castings having the hori- Zontal flanges 9 resting on the raised portions 5 and connected thereto by the rivets 10.
  • the portion of each chair between the flanges 9 is elevated, its top surface 11 being horizontal or parallel with the portion 5 below it, and the sides 12, which may be at right angles to the surface 11, being braced by the webs 13 connecting each side with the adjacent flanges 9.
  • Each chair 8 is provided with vertical openings 14 (Fig. 7 for the tubular. insulating material 15 (Fig. 6).
  • the openings 14 are in the reinforcing material 16 integral with the top 11 and the sides 12.
  • the tie-plates each comprise a rolled steel plate'having the downwardly turned flanges v17 at the sides of thelplate parallel with the contact withthe lower surface of the tieplate and the inner surface of the llanges 17.
  • the spike 22 are spikes driven down through the holes 20 and 14 and the insulating material 21 in the same manner that the spikes would be driven into Wooden ties.
  • the spikes can be Withdrawn in the usual manner and driven back several times Without materially affecting their holding power.
  • the spikes may be pulled out readily for changing the insulation 15 or 21, or for changing the tie-plate, or for any other purpose.
  • the rails cannot spread apart or move on their supports.
  • the insulatingmaterial is a very eiiioient retainer for the spikes and may be used whereinsulation is not required.
  • I claimv 1 In a steel rail-tie7 a sheet of steel contraoted laterally at the center into a narrow high arch and having at each end a broad base7 provided vvith an elevated portion connected thereto by inclined Walls, and

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H. E. SHELDON.
RAILWAY TIE.
APPLICATION FILED ocT. 22,1914.
Patented July 18,' 1916.
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HAR-RY E. SHELDON, 0F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF T0 WILLIAM D. FORSYTH, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.
RAILWAY-TIE.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented July 18,1916.
Application filed October `22, 1914. Serial No. 867,995.
To all whom t may concern:
Be it known that I, HARRY E. SHELDON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of-Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway'f ies. of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to railway ties.
The object of my invention is to provide a steel railway tie in which the metal is properly distributed in accordance with the strains to which its various parts will be subjected; which is extremely light owing to the distribution of the metal; which has at its ends a comparatively large surface in Contact with the ballast; which will not tip or allow the rails to creep or spread thereon; which has superior electrical insulation from the rails; in which screw spikes, or plain round or standard square spikes may be used;
from which the spikes can be readily withdrawn to change the insulation, the tieplate, or for any other purpose; and in which the spikes may be inserted and from which they may be withdrawn many times without destroying their holding power.
Other minor objects will appear hereinafter.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the body or base of my improved tie, the central portion being broken away; Fig. 2 a cross-section on the line II-II of Fig. 1, the scale being reduced; Fig. 3, a side elevation of one of the bodies or bases of my improved tie; Fig. 4, a section on the line v.lV-IV of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a cross-section through a rail, showing one end of a tie with my improvements in side elevation; Fig. 6, a vertical section taken longitudinally through one end of a tie body or base and transversely through the parts thereon; Fig. 7, a plan view of one of the rail-seats or chairs; and Fig. 8, a plan View of one of the tie-plates. 0
Onl the drawings, I show the base of my railway-tie with the broad ends 1 and the laterally contracted central or connection portion 2. The steel blank from which this base is made is a flat substantially rectangular plate having its outline corresponding approximately to the dotted line 3 which surrounds the base (Fig. 1). This blank is subjected to suitably shaped dies and pressed therein to the shape shown on Figs. 1 to 6. The edges 4 at the ends 1 may be'left in their normal planes while the portion 5 with-- in these edges 4 is -elevated somewhat, the sides 6 of these portions 5 being inclined outwardly in order to brace the structure strongly against lateral strains. The elevated portions 5 are preferably provided longitudinally with depressed ribs 7 to stiffen the ends l. The central or connecting portion 2 is formed by pressing the sides of the blank toward each other and at the same time pressing the portion between the edges upwardly to a substantially 'U-shape, the blank being narrowed in forming the connecting portion 2 to a third, for example, of the original width. The portion 2 being narrow will beable to work its way into the ballast coincidently with the ends l, the
portion being so stiffened by its vertical eX- tension-that it will not, when the ends are forced down by the weight ofthe cars on the track, break or bend over the fulcrum formed thereunder by the ballast.
To the ends 1, I secure the rail seats or chairs 8 which are castings having the hori- Zontal flanges 9 resting on the raised portions 5 and connected thereto by the rivets 10. The portion of each chair between the flanges 9 is elevated, its top surface 11 being horizontal or parallel with the portion 5 below it, and the sides 12, which may be at right angles to the surface 11, being braced by the webs 13 connecting each side with the adjacent flanges 9. Each chair 8 is provided with vertical openings 14 (Fig. 7 for the tubular. insulating material 15 (Fig. 6). The openings 14 are in the reinforcing material 16 integral with the top 11 and the sides 12.
The tie-plates each comprise a rolled steel plate'having the downwardly turned flanges v17 at the sides of thelplate parallel with the contact withthe lower surface of the tieplate and the inner surface of the llanges 17.
22 are spikes driven down through the holes 20 and 14 and the insulating material 21 in the same manner that the spikes Would be driven into Wooden ties. The spikes can be Withdrawn in the usual manner and driven back several times Without materially affecting their holding power. The spikes may be pulled out readily for changing the insulation 15 or 21, or for changing the tie-plate, or for any other purpose. The rails cannot spread apart or move on their supports. The insulatingmaterial is a very eiiioient retainer for the spikes and may be used whereinsulation is not required.
I claimv 1. In a steel rail-tie7 a sheet of steel contraoted laterally at the center into a narrow high arch and having at each end a broad base7 provided vvith an elevated portion connected thereto by inclined Walls, and
a longitudinally-extending depressed rib on the said elevated portion.
2. In a steel rail-tie, a sheet of metal contracted laterally at the center into a narrow high arch and having at each end a broad base, provided With an elevated portion connected thereto by inclined Walls.
3. In a steel rail-tie, a sheet of nietal contracted laterally at the center into a narrow high arch and having at eaoh end a broad base, provided with an elevated portion connected thereto, and a rail-supporting seat secured on each 'elevated portion.
Signed at Pittsburgh, Pa., this 20th day of October, 1914.
HARRY E. SHELDON.
l/Vitnesses:
ALICE E. Duur, F. N. BARBER.
Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the ommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.
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