US1317560A - Railway-tie - Google Patents

Description

1. R. 000m. RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-13' I919- WITNESSES 224%. ay?

A TTORNEYS rm: COLUMBIA PLANOGR'APH 150-. WASHINGTON. n. c.

J. R. DOOLEY.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- I3. 1919.

A TTOR/VEYS Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 WITNESSES JOSEPH ROBERT DOOLEY, OF MOBILE, ALABAMA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Application filed February 13, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JosErH R. DOOLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Mobile, in the county of Mobile and State of Alabama, have invented a. new and Improved RailWay-Tie, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

This invention relates to railway ties, and has for an object to provide an improved tie and improved means for securing the rail thereto. The nature and objects of the invention will more fully appear upon in spection of the following specification and the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a tie embodying the invention and showing the rails secured thereto;

Fig. 2 is a side view and. partial section taken on the line 2-2 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 33, 'Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 4: isa perspective view of one of the filler blocks or cushioning members;

Fig. 5 is a. perspective view of a four-hole wear plate;

Fig. 6 is a plan view showing a modified construction Fig. 7 is a transversesectional view taken on the line 77, Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a partial, longitudinal, central.

sectional view of the construction shown in Fig. 6;

Fig. 9 is a. plan view of a wear plate and side brace applied to a tie, the rail being shown in section;

Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken on the line 1010, Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is a transverse sectional view on the line 11-11, Fig. 9; and

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the spike or rail-securing hook.

In the construction shown in Fig. 1 for the purpose of illustrating the invention, the tie comprises two sections 1, 2 secured together at the center by means of a twopart link 3. Each section is provided with a recess 1 which, preferably, is wider at the top than at the bottom to provide a slight taper, but shorter in length at the top than at the bottom longitudinally of the tie in order that the recess may be undercut, and preferably at both ends. Within this recess are positioned three cushioning blocks 5, 6,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

Serial No. 276,744. I

shorter and of a different shape in that the two ends thereof are parallel. The recess is shaped to receive the three blocks as a whole and, accordingly, is irregular in shape at its inner end, a shoulder 9 being formed to fit against the inner end of each side cushioning member. The central cushioning member 5 is shorter than the under-cut re cess 4 to permit insertion and removal thereof; and in order to secure the same in place, a wedge 10 is provided at one end. Preferably a locking member for holding the wedge in place is provided. As shown, a plate 11 having a lower inturned end 12 fits against and under the end of the central cushioning block at the inner end of the block. After the wedge 10 is driven into place to secure the cushioning member firmly in the recess, the upper end of the plate is bent over the top of the wedge to prevent loosening thereof. The locking plate of tie section 2 is shown as straight, while that of section 1 is shown in finished bent condition.

Metal wear plates l4, 15 are mounted upon the cushioning members to receive the rails. The wear plates may be provided with four square holes to receive rail-securing hooks, or may be provided with a less number of holes, depending upon the stress to which the rails are to be subjected in use. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, which is designed for use upon a curve, the wear plate 14 on the left-hand side is provided with four holes for four rail-securing hooks, to secure the outer rail; whereas the wear plate 15 for the inner rail of the curve is provided shanks of the rail-securing hooks 19, 19.

The hooks engage beneath the central cushioning block and over the flanges of the rail, thereby securing the rail firmly in and may be left straight to be bent over I place. These hooks may be made in the form shown, with hooks at both ends of the shanks, or they may be formed with hooks at the lower ends of the shanks for engagement beneath the cushioning members,

the rail at the time of laying the rails. The latter method is desirable in some instances for convenience in assembling. The recess 4: in'the tie is provided at its base with transverse grooves 20, 20 to receive the lower ends of the hooks 19, 19, and is also preferably provided with a recess at the inner. end to receive the end of the wedge-securing plate 11. r

The connecting link 3 between the two tie sections is formed of two similar parts 21, 21 each having an eye 22 to receive the end of the other part, and nuts upon the threaded ends securing the parts together.

In the construction shown in Fig. 6, which is deslgned for llghter service, the two concrete t1e sections 25, 26 are secured together by a simpler form of link 27, con

sisting of a rod bent at right angles at its ends to engage in holes 28, 29 in the tie sections. One cushioning block 30 only is used, and this cushioning block may be made tapered in cross section (see block 31 in Fig.

7 or rectangular in cross section (see block 32 on Fig. 11). r The wedge securing plate is also omitted in this construction.

In Fig. 9 is showna wear plate 33 provided with a raiLengaging brace 34 for use upon the outer rail at a curve of the track to brace the rail against side thrusts. The

I said plate is formed from a sheet-metal Copies of this patent may be obtained for blank bent at its outer end to form a brace 34 projecting against the web of the rail.

' At each side of this brace are provided webs 35, 35 which are formed by bending downwardly the sides of the blank, and at the inner end eachweb is formed with an outturned flange 36 designed to fit against the rail. At the inner end of the plate, instead of employing merely the hooks, such as previously described, a securing plate 37 may be employed, such platefitting flat against the wear plate and being provided with an offset flange projecting over the rail flange. This plate is secured in place by hooks, as

previously described, but preferably the hooks are bent laterally instead of being swaged over the rail flange as in the constructions previously described; (See Figs. 9, 10 and 11). It is to be noted that the tie is formed in two sections with means for con-- necting the meeting ends thereof. Such a tie greatlyfacilitates repairs, for if one rail only needs resetting, or if one end of the .lation to each other, consisting of a link formed of two duplicate parts, each presenting a side bar and a cross bar, the cross bar of each part fitting into an eye in the free end of the side bar of the other part; 7 cushioning blocks 1n said recesses; means for securing the rails to the cushioning blocks; and means for securing said cushioning blocks in said recesses.

'2. In a device of the'character described, in combination, a concrete tie section having an under-cut recess; a cushioning block secured in said recess having channeled sides; and rail-securing devices fitting in the channels of the sides of the cushioning blocks and having hooks to extend under the blocks and over the rail flanges. V

3. In a device of the character described,

in combination, a concrete tie section having an undercut recess; three parallel cushioning blocks in said recess; a wear plate resting on sald cushlonlng blocks; and rail-securing devices fitting in vertical channels" between said blocks and extending through the wear plate and having hooks to engage.

beneath one of the cushioning blocks and over the rail flanges. j v

4:. In a device of the character described, in combination, a concrete tie section having an under-cut recess; three parallel cushioning blocks in said recess; a wear plate resting on said cushioning blocks and having a downwardly-extending flange engaging one of said cushioning blocks to resist lateral movement of the plate; rail-securing devices to secure rails to said blocks; a wedge to secure at least one of the cushioning members in the recess; and a locking member eX- tending under a cushioning block and over the wedge. I f In a device of the character described, in combination, a concrete tie section having an under-cut recess; three'parallel cushions ing blocks in said recess; a wear plate rest ing on said cushioning blocks, said wear plate having one end bent over to forma brace to engage the rail web and having side portions forming reinforcing webs; and rail-securing devices fitting in vertical channels between said blocks to securea rail to one of the cushioning blocks.

Josnrn ossier DOOLEY.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. c," a Y s v

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