US1242311A - Tie-plate and antispreading device. - Google Patents

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N. G. BALLARD. n 4TIE. PLAxTE `AND ANTISPREADING DEVICE.

APPLICATION HLED AUG.22. |916.

Patented 00A. 9,1917.

- INVENTOR ATATORNEY l *ing is a specification.

NICHOLAS G. BALLARD, 0F CHICAGO, KENTUCKY'.-

TIE-ESLATE AND ANTISPREADING- DEVICE.

Specification of LettersPatent.

Application ledAugust 22,

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, N IcHoLA's G.'BALLARD, a citizen of the Un'ted States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Marion and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ATie-Plates and Antispreading Devices, Ioi" which the follow- This invention relates toian improved rail attachment and the principal object of the invention is to provide a structure which can be connected with the rails and ties of-a in the opposite direction from Fig. 2.

track bed and rest `which tie plates are track to hold the rails in place and prevent the rails from' having transverse movement and to further hold the ies in the`proper spaced relation. 'A

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which may be easily and quickly vput place and which does not require any special construction of rail or tie. l

yThis invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view'in top plan showing a section of a track provided with the 'imy proved structure.

Fig.l 2 isa sectional view taken along the Fior. 3 vis a sectional viewf taken along the line 3-3 o'f Fig. 1. 1 l

Figi is a view similar to Fig. 2 looking Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the tie plates forming part of this structure.

The rails'lG extend longitudinally .of the upon the tie plates 2() positioned adjacent the outer ends of'theties 11 and are provided f arms or hooks 25 with arms or hooks 25 extending' beyond the sides of theties. Yokes 24 extend along ,the side faces'of lthese ties and are provided in theirend portions with openings to receive the hooks 25,. a securing key being passed through one of the hooks as shown in Fig. 41 to assist in holding the yoke in place. It will-thus be seen that a substantial structure will be provided consisting of the tie plates upon which the rails rest vand the yokes eX- tending along the sides of the ties and having their end portions connected with the onthe tie plates. In order to hold the tie plates in place upon the ties, these plates have each been provided with penetrating prongs 26 which will be driven into the tie and have further been provided' with ribs 22 which will bite into the ties and `serve to prevent the tioned upon the upper tance apartg. andfurther be driven 'through' 'arms 13 and through the openings 21 of the Patented Oct. 9'; 1917. 1916. serial No. 116,307.

plates moving longitudinally of the' ties.

and engage the outer portions of the rail basesto prevent the rails from moving outwardly or' spreading.

In order to 'hold the ties the to brace the rails against transverse movementthere have been provided bracing plates 12 which eX- tend between thetiesand are provided with arms 13 restingupon the tending along the innerv bases of the rails. Securing spikes .14 will openings formed in the tie plates and will engage the bases of the rails, the spikes notonly serving to hold the bracing plates in position but further serving to engage the rails and togetherf'with the cleats 23v serving to hold the rails in place.

It should be'noted that as thearms extend 4Cleats 23 are 'posi' faces of these plates tie platesa'nd eX 1011233v faces of the along the inner edges of the rail bases, they will'prevent lthe rails from moving inwardly.

ln order to brace the rails against spreading, there have been provided draw 'barsl u lhich extend through openings formed in t e their outer ends with arms 16` extending beneath. the-'rails and terminating in headsor bracing plates 1 2 and are provided at' `blocks' 17 engaging the outer faces of the webs f l A put in place and of the rails as shown in Fig. 2` The inner end portions threaded of these draw bars are formed into pms 18 connected by the turn buckle 19 through the medium of which the.

draw bars may be properly adj-usted to brace. the rails against outwardspreading' movement. This the rails against against inward movementand will further hold the ties the proper distance apart.

When laying the track, the ties will be after the tie plates have the ties, and connected by rails will be put in place the cleats 23. The bracing platesV will `then he positioned between the ties and secured by the fasteners 14 which fasteners will not only hold the bracing plates in position but also engage the rails to hold the rails in place. 15 will then be passed through the openings in the bracing plates with their outer end portions engaginy the rails and the; turn buckles will be adjusted to tighten the draw structure will securely hold been placed upon the-yokes 24, the! and fitted against spreading movement and The draw. bars llf bars the proper amount.- The draw bar s' bracing plates and side plates Will thus be connected forming a unitary structure ser'ving` to hold the ties and rails in place.

lVhat is claimed is:-

1.` A structure of the character described con'iprising rails positioned in spaced' relation, support-ing ties for said rails, tie plates positioned upon said tics beneath the rails and in engagement with the rails, yokes con necting said tie plates and extending along the sides ofthe ties, bracing plates extending between said vties and having their end portions resting upon said tie plates, fasteners passing through the bracing plates and tie plates, draw bars passing through the bracing plates and engaging the outer side faces ot' said rails, `and a turn buckle adjustably connecting the inner ends of said draw bars.

2.- 'AV structure of the character described `comprising rails positioned in spaced relation, supper-tino` ties for. said rails, tie plates positioned upon said ties beneath vsaid rails, rail engaging means carried by said tie platesl for engaging the bases ot said rails, bracing plates eX- tending between said ties and having their endl portioiis overlappingsaid ties plates, fasteners passing through the bracing plates and tie plates and engaging the inner portions ot the bases of said rails, draw bars slidably passing through said bracing, plates and engaging the outer side faces of said rails, and means adjustably connecting the inner end portions ot said draw bars.

3. A structure of the character described comprising rails positioned in spaced rela-- tion, supporting ties for said rails, tie plates itting upon said ties beneath said rails,

bracing' plates positioned between said ties and extending in overlamnng relation to the tie plates, fasteners: passing through the bracing plates and tie plates, drawl bars shdably carried by said lnacing plates and the outer portions ot Y 5. A structure of the character described lincluding rails, supporting ties for said rails, tie plates resting upon said ties beneath said rails, rail securing means carried by said tie plates, engaging books extending from said tie plates, and yokesv extending along the sides of the ties and having their end portions provided with openings receiving the engaging hooks to connect the yokes with the tie plates.

G. A structure of the character described comprising rails, supporting ties for said rails, tie platesl resting upon said ties beneath said rails, means connecting the tie plates to hold the same against movement toward the ends of the ties, bracing plates extending between said ties and .having their end portions connected with the tie plates,

the bracing plates engaging the inner side edges of the bases of said rails, draw bars slidably carried by. said bracing plates andv engaging the outer faces of the rails, and

lmeans adjustably connecting the inner endportions of the draw bars;

ln testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

NICHOLAS G. BALLARD.

ivitnesses: l

Wl. C. CLOYD,

-P. I). Connwr'r.

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