US1269715A

US1269715A - Combined rail anticreeper, tie plate, and brace.

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Publication number: US1269715A
Application number: US20876817A
Authority: US
Inventors: Peter Kimack
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1917-12-26
Filing date: 1917-12-26
Publication date: 1918-06-18
Anticipated expiration: 1935-06-18

Description

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COMBINED RAIL ANTICREEPER, TIE PLATE, AND BRACE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.25. 19H. Patented June 18, 1918.

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COMBINED RAIL ANTICREEPER, TIE PLATE, AND BRACE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.26. 19H.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented June 13, 1918.

I Application filed December 26, 1917. Serial 110.208,!68.

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reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in combined rail anticreeper, tie late'and brace-and has for its primary ob ectthe construction of a rail anti-creeper. which engageswith the edge of the rail base and the web of the rail, thus preventing the movementof the rail in either direction. I a

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a erspective view of my invention applied. or use. v

Fig.2 is a cross section taken on a line 2-2 of Fig.3. Fig. 3 is a section taken on a line 3-3 of Fi.2,and f ig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the tie Referrin to the drawings, 5 indicates the he plate w ich is provided with the usual rail bearing surface and on one end with hooked flanges 6, an a spike openin' 7, and on the opposite end with a rail shoulder 8 and spike openings 9.

Intermediate the spike openings 9 is a spike openin 10, and surrounding the same on the outsi e is a semi-circular flange 11, which forms a socket or bearing for the rail anti-creeper; The rail anti-creeping device is illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and consists of a .body

portion 12, provided with a strengthening rib 1 3 and with a serrated portion 14:, which j -is adapted to engage the-web '15 of the rail.

One end of the rail anti-creeper is provided with a semi-circular portion 16' through which is formed a round opening anti-creeper is adapte to snugly fit in the socket formed by the flange 11, and the opening 18 of therail anti-creeper coincides'with the sp ke opening 10, formed in the tie plate.

Formed in the rail anti-creeper is a ser-- rated shoulder or biting surface 19, which is adapted to engage with the edge of the rail base flange. The shoulder 19 when the earmg The semi-circular, ortion 16 of the rail 'is adapted to be mserted the rail for preventing the rail anti-cree er rail anti-creeper is in position, extends 21. The

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20 and 21 are for the pur- 5 is secured to the tie by pose of'securing one rail base flange, and,

the opposite rail base flange is secured to the tie plate by means of the hooked flanges 6.

In installingmy rail anti-creeper for use,

the tie plate 5 is applied to the tie in the usual manner and by means of the spikes 20, and a spike passing through the opening 7.

The rail is properly secured andthen sthe rail anti-creeper is applied to the tie plate and rail by placing the semi-circular portion 16 in the socket formed by the flange .11

and then by meansof a spike 21 the ra1l anti-creeper is firmly secured in place,

theserrated ortion 14 being held in contact with the we of the rail and the serrated portion 19 being held in contact with the edge of the base flange of the rail.

The serrated portion 14 is\ formed on an arc of a circle, whose radius is greater than the distance from the face of the rail web to the vertical axis of the spike 21, on which the rail anti-creeper is arranged to rotate.-

The serrated shoulder 19 which bites against the edge of the base flan e of the rail is formed on an arc'of a circ e, whose radius is greater than the distance from the vertical axisof the spike 21, to the outer face or edge of the rail base flange.

By the foregoing construction of biting or engaging surfaces 14. and 19, any long v tudinal movementof the rail in either rection will cause both surfaces to firmly clamp or bite into the rail and thus prevent its creepingin either direction, the serrated surface 14. acting against the web, and the.

serrated shoulder 19 actingagainst the edge of the base flange.

Extending from the .body portion 12' of the rail anti-creeper is a pbgjection 22 which from working away from the web. I s pro ect1on 22 also acts as a rail brace.

math the ballot 1 In some instances the serrated portion .14 and the promotion 22 may be omitted, in

which event the "rail creeping is prevented solely by the serrated portlon the rail base flange.

If it is desired to use the serrated portion 14 only, the vertical portion of the rail anticreeper is eliminated.

The bottom of the tie plate is provided with a series of intersecting ribs or flanges '23 which perform the usual function of hooked flanges and a spike opening and on the other end with a rail bearing shoulder.

and spike openings intersecting said shoulder and with a socket between the spike openings, and a locking dog pivotally mounted in said socket said locking dog being provided with a serrated edge adapted to engage a rail base flange and with a portion projecting beyond the serrated edge and overlying the top of the rail base flange.

3. A rail anti-creeper comprising atie plate provided with spike openings, hooked flanges on one end and a rail bearing shoulder on the other end and a socket between the spike openings, alocking dog provided with a cylindrical opening and a cam faced shoulder adaptedto engage against the edge of the rail mounted in said socket, a rail bracing portion carried by said locking dog adapted to be seated beneath the'ball of the rail, and serrated surface carried by the locking dog and located between the rail brace and the-cam face shoulder.

4; A rail anti-creeper comprising a tie plate provided on its underneath surface with flanges, and on its top surface at one end with hooked flanges for engaging one nacems base flange of the rail, and at its opposite end, with a rail bearing shoulder and a socket, a pivoted locking dog mounted in said socket, said locking dog being provided with a serrated cam faced shoulder adapted to bear against an edge of the base flange and provided with a portion extending beyondthe shoulder adapted to lie on top of the base flange, said'locking dog being provided with a circular opening, and a spike seated in said opening for securing the locking dog to the rail.

i 5; A rail anti-creeper comprising a tie plate provided on one end with hooked flanges spaced apart and a spike opening between said flanges and on the other end with a rail bearing shoulder and spike-openings intersecting said shoulder and with a socket between the spike openings the wall of the socket beinga continuation of the rail bearing shoulder, and a loch'ng dogpivotally mounted in said socket said locking dog being provided with a cam faced serrated shoulder adapted to engage the rail base flange. V

6. A rail anti-creeper comprising a tie plate provided on one end with hooked flanges spaced apart and witha spike opening between said flanges and on the other 7 end with a rail bearing shoulder and spike openings intersecting said shoulder and with a socket intermediate the spike openings the wall of which-forms a continuation of the rail bearing shoulder, a dog provided with a serrated cam faced shoulder pivotally mounted in said socket for engagin base flange of a rail, and a series 0 ribs formed on the underneath surface of'said plate.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this subscribing witnesses.

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