US127553A - Improvement in composition railroad ties - Google Patents
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- My invention relates to an imperishable railroad tie, which will possess many points of superiority over the wooden tie ordinarily used, and which has the further advantage of being cheaply made out of materials which are practically inexhaustible.
- a railroad tie. constructed in this manner will be foundto possess many advantages over wood. Itwill be imperishable, and will pos-- Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is
- a railroad tie or equivalent block con sisting of fiber saturated with asphaltum or equivalent preservative, formed into the de sired shape by compression in molds.
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Description
UNITED STATES JOHN L. BOONE, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
IMPROVEMENT IN COMPOSITION RAILROAD TIES.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,553, dated June 4, 1872.
SPECIFICATION.
' To all whom 'it may concern:
Be it known that I, JOHN L. BOONE, of San Francisco, county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improved Railroad Tie; and I do hereby declare the followin g description is sufficient to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly appertains to make and use my said invention or improvement without further invention or experiment.
My invention relates to an imperishable railroad tie, which will possess many points of superiority over the wooden tie ordinarily used, and which has the further advantage of being cheaply made out of materials which are practically inexhaustible.
In order to make my imperishable railroad tie, I take fiber of any kind, either animal or vegetable-sueh, for instance, as" hair, moss, pulu, grass, or any of the numerous qualities orkinds of fiber--which can easily be found in every climate and on .everysoil. \Vood or its bark, beaten up so as'to separate its fibers, can also be used, orbits or strips of any animal or vegetable matter can be employed.
-The fiber which I employ I thoroughly saturate with asphaltum or other equivalent preservative, which will, when cool, consolidate the fiber into a coherent mass and prevent its decay. This can be done either by immersing the fiber in a tank of the liquid or granulated asphaltum, or the asphaltum can be poured over the fiber after it has been placed in the molds. I prefer the former method. The
fiber thus saturated when placed in the molds will then be subjected to pressure, hydraulic or otherwise, and the mass violently compressed so as to form a block or log of the proper or desired shape and size to make the tie or sleeper.
Foreign substances can also be introduced into the block if desired, either for the purpose of giving the tie greater breaking resist ance, or, in combination with the asphaltum,
to hasten the coolin g and settling of the mass.-
A railroad tie. constructed in this manner will be foundto possess many advantages over wood. Itwill be imperishable, and will pos-- Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is
A railroad tie or equivalent block, con sisting of fiber saturated with asphaltum or equivalent preservative, formed into the de sired shape by compression in molds.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal.
J. L. BOONE. [L. s.'[
WVitnesses U. M. RICHARDSON, NoAII HART.
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