US1223171A - Cross-tie for mine railroads or track constructions. - Google Patents

Description

E. HUTTON..

CROSS TIE FOR MINE RAILROADS 0R TRACK CONSTRUCTIONS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I6. 1916.

Patehted Apr. 17,1917,

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ERNEST HUTTON, OF WAYLAND,KENTUCKY.

CROSS-TIE FOR MINE BATLROADS OB TRACK CONSTRUCTIONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 16, 1916. Serial No. 131,721.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST- HUT'roN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wayland, in the county of Floyd and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cross-Ties for Mine Railroads or Track Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ties for mine railroads or track constructions, and the primary object of the same is to provide a tie havinga terminal formation adapted to receive and engage rails and hold the latter to gage and also prevent the rail from turning and whereby also the rails may be readily detached when it is desired to shift the track construction from one point to another in mine leads or in other applications of the improved tie. A further object of the invention is to provide a tie for the purposes specified of a cheap and durable character and permitting a rail to be applied thereto with the ball down, especially when driving entries where it is undesirable to cut a rail and under conditions'when it is necessary to extend a track a number of feet required to be daily adapted to meet certain contingencies incident to minetrack or other analogous constructions.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawingi Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portion of a track construction showing a tie and two rails, and the tie broken away and par-' tially in section, and embodying the features of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section taken in the plane of the line 22, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of one extremity of the improved tie showing rails in cross-section therein arranged in normal and ball down positions for extension purposes.

Fig. 4% is a detail perspective view of one 7 extremity of the improved tie.

The numeral 5 designates the body of the tie struck up at opposite extremities in vertical planes, as at 6, and then inwardly and upwardly in inclined planes, as at 7, each extremity being similarly formed; and from the inner terminal of the inwardly inclined portion 7 the end is turned and bent downwardly, as at 8, and then shaped into a horizontally flat seat member 9 terminating in an upwardly and outwardly directed stop bend 10 which forms a means to engage the inner edge portion of a rail flange.

The flat seat member 9 is rivetedor other.

wise secured to the adjacent portion of the the bent portions 6, 7 and 8 are held in the shape desired and with the body portion of the tie nearest thereto provide an openended chamber 12 for a purpose which will be presently explained. The upwardly and inwardly inclined portion 7 and the downwardly bent portion 8 intersect in such man ner as to provide an overhanging pr0jection 13 which is shaped or given such contour as to effectively hold a rail when desired with the ball down to prevent such rail from being dislodged or forced upwardly out-of place. The body of the tie 5 forming the base of the chamber 12 has a slot lt formed therein to receive the head 15 of a securing spike 16, said spike being inserted throughan opening 17 in the downwardly bent portion 8, the latter formingthe inner wall for, the chamber 12. The outer vertical wall 6 of the said chamber 12 serves as a bracing wall for a wedge block 18 which is driven longitudinally through the chamber, as shown at the right of Fig. 1, to engage the head 15 of the spike and requisite distance to secure a rail in the seat 1nember9 when a single rail is disposed in the said seat member, as shown by Figs. 1 and 2. The outer bent portion or wall 6 is formed with an opening 6' to permit the insertion of an implement to engage the head 15 of the spike 16 to assist in placing or positioning the spike in its clamping ap plication, the spike by means of the implement being. driven inwardly to insure a tight fitting thereof relatively to the part of the rail engaged thereby. This opening 6 is not an absolute necessity, as any suitable tool may be inserted longitudinally in the chamber 12 to engage the head of the spike and force the same inwardly. When a rail 19 is applied to the seat member 9 in normal position so that the ball thereof will stand uppermost, the base flange 20 of said rail is held in the seat member 9, the inner edge portion of said flange being engaged under the inner stop bend or limiting means Patented Apr. 17, 1911?.

'hold the latter projected inwardly the I 10, and when the rail is so disposed an ortained in a horizontal position.

dinary spike 16 is inserted through the opening 17 and pushed inwardly over the outer side portion of the rail flange, and then a wedge or wedge block 18 is driven into the chamber 12 and the spike is there by firmly forced inwardly and positively held in engagement with the rail flange, the head 15 of the spike engaging the slot lt to positively retain the spike in applied position. It will be understood that when the spike 16 is inserted in the chamber the latter will be clear, such spike insertion being effected prior to the introduction of the wedge or wedge block 18.

' It is often necessary to extend a track in opposite directions a certain number of feet, and to avoid delay in making the necessary extension it'would be inexpedient to adopt a cutting operation relatively-to the rails to obtain the required number of feet of the extension, and under these conditions a rail is usually inserted ball down in conjunction with a normally positioned rail, the ball down rail, as at 21, being disposed outside of the normally positioned rail, and under these conditions the base flange 22 of such inverted rail serves as a track means and provides for an expeditious track extension. The in1- proved tie is constructed to meet this track extension contingency and is provided with an inner projection 13 which engages over the inverted ball 23 of the rail 21, as shown by Fig. 3, the rail 21 in its inverted position being shifted longitudinally through the tie; and the spike 16 has its inner pointed end driven slightly between the ball 23 and the base flange 20 of the normally positioned rail 19 as a support or means for holding the inverted rail in such manner that the flange 22 thereof will be positively main- The spike I 16 when used to hold the inverted rail as shown by Fig. 3 has its head projected outwardly in the chamber 12 and the lower portion of the projection 13 bears on the outer part of the inverted ball 23 of the rail 21. In the arrangement of the spike as shown by Fig. 3 the pressure of the ball 23 of the rail 21 forces the spike outwardly, the latter being first inserted in the chamber 12 at an angle through the opening 17, and as the ball -23 is wedged or driven into place the spike 16 recedes or is pushed outwardly, the point only of the spike being held between the rail ball 23 and the flange 20 of the rail 19 with the head 15 of the spike snugly engaging the outer contracted walls of the chamber 12. This extension of the track may be adopted at either end of a track bed organization and the addition of the exten sion rails in a ball down position may be readily made without disorganizing the general track construction.

It is proposed to form the tie either of channel iron or of flat stock, and in some instances a pipe may be cut and partially flattened and the ends bent into the shape hereinbefore described. If a channel iron be used as shown in the accompanying drawing, the opposite side ribs 24: assume an uppermost position at the opposite bent extremities of the tie, and these ribs in the horizontal seat member 9 serve as the supports for the base flange 20 of the rail, and portions of these ribs which are overturned in the formation of the stop bend or limiting means 10 bear upon the upper surface of the inner side edge portion of the base flange 20.

It will be seen that the spike 16 arranged as shown in connection with each rail holding extremity of the tie serves as a clamp of a simple character and may be effectively used as a securing means for the rail in 11m mal position and as a supporting means for the rail in inverted or ball down position. and by using a spike other clamping means usuallyadopted in rails of this character are dispensed with, thereby materially reducing the cost of manufacture of the improved tie. Moreover, the spike 16 as a clamp holding means may be easily applied and readily removed and will serve as a reliable means in performing either of its functions.

l/Vhen it is desired to disorganize a track rail construction embodying the improved form of tie the several parts may be readily dissociated and moved from one place to another and quickly assembled in practical relation.

l/Vhat is claimed is:

1. In a mine railroad or track construction, a tie having the opposite extremities bent upwardly and downwardly and formed wlth a flat seat member secured to the body of the tie and having an inner terminal upwardly and outwardly directed stop bend, a chamber being formed by bending the extremity of the tie as specified, said chamber having an opening in its inner wall, a rail disposed in the seat member, and a spike inserted through the said opening in the inner wall of the chamber and removably engaging the outer portion of the flange of the ra1 2. In a mine railroad or track construction, a tie having each extremity thereof bent upwardly and inwardly and then downwardly to form a chamber and continuing into a fiat seat member secured to the body of the tie, the inner wall of the chamber havingan opening therethrough, a loose clamping device inserted through said inner wall of the chamber and adapted to engage the outer portion of a rail flange, a rail having its flange engaging said seat member and held by said clamping device, and a wedge driven through the said chamber and engaging the outer end of the clamping device.

3. In a mine railroad or track construction, a tie having each extremity thereof bent upwardly and inwardly and then downwardly to form a chamber and continuing into a flat seat member which is secured to the body of the tie, the body of the tie forming the bottom of the chamber and having a slot therein and the inner wall of, the chamber formed with an opening therethrough, a rail mounted in the seat member and having the base flange thereof engaging the latter, a clamping spike inserted through the opening in the inner wall of the chamber and having a portion of the head thereof engaging said slot, and a wedge block driven through the chamber and engaging the head of the spike to hold the latter in clamping position relatively to the outer portion of the flange of the rail.

4. In a mine railroad or track construction, a tie having each extremity thereof bent upwardly and inwardly and then downwardly to form a chamber and the outer wall of a seat which is provided with an overhanging projection, the seat continuing into a flat member which is secured to the body of the tie and terminating at its inner portion in an upwardly bent "stop, the bent extremitv of the tie forming a chamber whose inner wall is the downwardly bent portion of said extremity, the latter wall having an opening therein, a rail having its base flange engaging the flat portion of the against the stop, a rail having its ball inverted and inserted between the first named nesses;

ERNEST HUTT ON. Witnesses: I

J. W. WINE, F. R. MIDDLETON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

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