US1269963A - Iron casting. - Google Patents

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I now CASTING. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3. I916.

1,26 9,963. Patented June 1 1918.

-WILBERT O. SCHADE, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IRON CASTING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1918.

Application filed October 3, 1916. Serial No. 128,599. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILBERT C. SCHADE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Meadville, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Iron Castings, of which the following is a specification. I

y invention relates broadly to iron castand more particularly to reinforced iron castings. One object thereof is to produce iron castings with metal reinforcement for general purposes, railway tie-plates. Another object is to pro vide a railway tie-plate composed of cast iron. Other objects will appear hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a vertical section showing a tieings plate made in accordance with my invention and assembled with a rail, a portion of a tie, and spikes; Fig. II, a plan view of the tie-plate with a portion broken away to show the metal reinforcement incorporated therein; Fig. III, an edge "iew of the tie-plate; and Fig. IV, an edge view of the tie-plate looking at Fig. II from the right.

On the drawings, 1 designates the body of the tie-plate which is composed of a flat rectangular cast iron plate preferably having the metal reinforcement 2 incorporated therein at the time the plate is cast. This reinforcement comprises a number of metal wires or rods arranged in the form of a woven fabric, but it is to be understood that the Wires or rods may be differently arranged from the manner shown and that the reinforcement may be made of various material constructed in various designs. This reinforcement strengthens the tie-plate so that it will resist strains and shocks in all directions, and in case the plate should break the reinforcement would prevent the separa tion of the fragments or the movement of a Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cent: each, by addressing the Washington, D. 0.

plate with the fla but particularly, for

erly seated on the tie plate.

porl-tion of the tie plate from beneath thev ra1 I provide the tie-plate l with suitable spike holes .3 near opposite edges thereof, the opposing sides ing spaced apart a distance equal to the flanges 4 of the rail 5, which rests on the tieges 4 just reaching the holes 3.

On the upper face of the tie-plate I arrange the rib 6 so that it will be engaged by one of the rail flanges when. the rail is pro The rib 6 is interrupted at the spike holes 3. I have shown this rib for only one rail flange, but a second rib may be placed near the other edge of the plate for engagement withthe' remaining rail flange, if desired. The tieplate has at the outer edge of each spike hole 3 a lug 7 arranged to stand opposite the rail flange and prevent the spike 8 from bending away from the flange.

I provide the lower face of the tie-plate with a number of wedge-shaped ribs 9 which are arranged transversely of the rail and adapted to extend into the tie 10 as shown on Fig. I. These ribs prevent any creeping of the tie-plate in any direction onthe tie.

prefer to place these ribs near the'edges of the tie-plate and have one at each side of each spike hole.

Although I have shown and described my invention applied to a railway tie, it is to be understood that it is applicable to iron castings of all kinds.

I claim A tie-plate comprising an iron casting of the opposite holes behaving incorporated therein a metal reinforcement of fabric substantially co-extensive With the area of the tie-plate.

Signed at Meadville, Pa, this 29th day of September, 1916.

W. C. SCHADE.

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