US1257868A - Railroad-tie. - Google Patents

Description

H W. HUFFMAN.

RmLRoAn ne. APPLICATION man Aue?. 1916. l @YMM Patented Fete, 26, M918. j v y) l. Y

Witnesses lnve ntor Attorneys HENRY W. HUFFMAN, 0F HEMPHILL, TEXAS.

RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented heb., 26, idle..

Application filed August 7, 1916. Serial No. 113,618.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY WV. HUFFMAN, a citizen of the United. States, residing at Hemphill, in the county of Sabine and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Railroad-Tie, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to metallic railway ties, one of its objects being to provide an all metal tie which is simple in construction, and which. will provide a resilient support for the rails so that approximately the same cushioning effect is obtained where wooden ties are employed.

A stll further object is to provide simple and efficient means for fastening rails to the tie.

Viith the :foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the pre` ferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure l is a side elevation of a tie embodying the present improvements, one of the rails and its fastening means being shown in position thereon.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the structure shown in Fig. l.

Fig. 8 is a section on line 3-3 Fig. l.

YFig. e is a perspective view of one of the fastening wedges.

F ig. is a similar view of the wedge with one end bent to prevent withdrawal of the wedge from engagement with a rail and tie.

Referring lto the figures by characters of reference l designates the web of the tie the same being provided, at each end, with oppostely extending base flanges 2. Eze tending into the web from each end of the tie is a longitudinal slot 3 located close to the bottom of the web and formed at the top of the web and above each of the slots 3 is an enlargement 4l in which is provided transverse recess 5 constituting a rail seat. The walls of the recess overhang the bottom thereof, as shown particularly in Fig. l and formed in the bottom of each recess close @epics of this. patent may be obtained for to the inner wall thereof is a key receiving depression 6 the walls of which overhang the bott-om of the depression andv the inner one of which alines with the adjacent wall of the recess 5, as clearly shown at the right of Fig. l.

rlhe rails lt are adapted to rest upon the bottoms of the recesses 5 and to extend .partly over the depressions G. Each of these depressions is adapted to receive a longitu dinally channeled key or wedge 7, the channel being adapted to receive the inner base flange of the rail. The bottom of the wedge is adapted to rest .in the depression G while the top thereof is designed to overhang the inner base flange of the rail. The outer base flange of the rail will be engaged and overhung by the outer wall of the recess 5. il] hen the wedge is positioned in the depression 6 it is driven longitudinally until it binds tightly on the wall of the depression and also upon the inner base flange of the rail. rllhe small end of the key is split longitudinally as at S and after the key has been driven to its proper position, the fingers 9 and l0 formed by splitting the end of the key are bent so as to prevent withdrawal of the key from the recess. rlhus the rail will be held securely to the tie and cannot become separated therefrom until after the fingers 9 and l0 have been straightcned and the key withdrawn from the recess o. By providing the slots 3, sntiicient resiliency is obtained to prevent tie rails from breaking when subjected to the pounding action of the wheels passing thereover.

l/Vhat is claimed isz- A railway tie, comprising a web, there being base flanges at the ends of the web and extending a short distance longitudinally thereof, there being top flanges overlying the inner ends of the base flanges, said top iianges provided with cut-away portions forming rail seats, and said web having notches communicating with the cut-away portions for the reception of rail locking means and longitudinally extending slots overlying the base flanges.

in testimony that l claim the yforegoing as my own, l have hereto aiiixed my signa ture in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY VJ. HUFFMAN.

Witnesses:

liars HAGAN, TnNNin MINTON.

five cents each` by addressing the Commissioner of' EatenYS, Washington, JD. GJ

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