US1347595A

US1347595A - Rail-anchor

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Publication number: US1347595A
Application number: US261694A
Authority: US
Inventors: John M Scott
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1918-11-08
Filing date: 1918-11-08
Publication date: 1920-07-27
Anticipated expiration: 1937-07-27

Description

LM. scoTT. l RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8, 19I8. 1,347,595. A VPatented July 27, 1920.

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APPLICATVION FILED NOV. 8. I9l8. l 1,347,595, Patented JuIy27, 1920.

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UNITED STATES JOHN M. SCOTT, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR T0 O v ILLINOIS Y PATENT OFFICE.

RAIL-ANCHOR.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN M. SCOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail.- Anchors, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to devices for preventing the longitudinal or creeping movement of railroad rails, these devices being commonly called anticreepers, rail stays or rail anchors; and the primary object of the invention is to provide an anticreeping device which will be light, strong, convenient to attach and remove from the rail, and which can be made to take a firm and permanent hold on the rail. The invention contemplates more particular-l5r a device in which the hold on the rail is accomplished by the wedging action vof the parts of the anchor, and one of the important objects of the invention is to provide a simple expe-l dient for' locking the wedged elements of the device in engagement with each other so that the grip of the anchor cannot be come loosened by vibration or other disturbing forces. E

The invention is illustrated, in a preferred embodiment, in the accompanying drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a Jfragmentary plan viewof a railroadr rail and cross tie showing the rail anchor of my invention applied to the rail and bearing against the'tie.

Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are sectional views on lines 2 2, 3-3 and V1m-4, respectively, of Fig. 1. l

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line of Fig. 4. V Y Fig. 6 is a view, in perspective,'of one of the members of the anchor.

Fig. 7 is a similarview of the other or key member of the anchor, and Fig. 8 is a sectional view, onv a somewhat larger scale, taken on line 8 8 of Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in the several figures of the drawm gRseierring to the drawings, 10y indicates the rail having a base-fiange 11. 12 'is one of the ties on which therail is supported.

The anchor consists, in the preferred embodiment of the invention shown,fof two Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J111y'27, 1920;

Application med November a, 191s. i l

Serial No. 261.694.

members, a principal or body member 13 (Fig. 6) and a key ymember 14 (Fig. 7). The body of the anchorl is provided at one end with suitable meansfor engaging one edge of the base flange of the rail. For example, it may be formed with an integral jaw '15 which fits closely over the base 'r'ro 1a.' BABNETT, or CHICAGO,

flange. At the other end it is formed with v a rib 16 which is preferably .tapered in width, being wider at the end remoteV from the tie against which the anchor is abutted, and narrowing inthe direction toward the tie. The center. portionof the body member of the anchor consists of a relatively thin web 17 Vprovided 'at its edges with strengthening ribs 1S and 19, the latter rib being widenedto provide a flange or-plate of tie '12. The end of the body of the anchor which is formed with the rib 16 may be further strengthened by means oi' a depending webl 21. The end ofv the web 17 adjacent Y 2O adapted to bear against the vertical face l therib 16 is formed onthe under side with 1 a thickened part providing af-wedging sur- :tace 22with which the key member 14 cooperates. The key memberlllis formed with a slit or bifurcation 23 so that thekey will straddle the web 17 of the ybody mem- The upper part of the key is formed` the face of the cross tie and the bifurcated j l.

key 14 is driven upon the rweb of the body betweenthe edge ofthe rail base and rib #A 16. A double wedgingaction takes place due to thel fact that the inner face 260i the rib 16 has a slight inclination ,inwardly in the direction towardthetie and because of the provision of the web with the wedging surface 22. In other words, Vin 'driving the wedge home it is-forced kinwardly against the rail and is also` driven `tightly lon the Y web, the wedging surface 22 tending to force the upper and lower membersof the key apart. ,y u l.

Vhen the device has been applied to the rail the projecting lug 25 is bent over, with a hammer, so that it overlaps the-side of the rib 16-j as indicated at 25a in certain of thel figures. By tapering the ribV 16 as shown a lock is providedwhich positively l prevents any reverse movement, ofthe key.

I claim:

l. A rail anchor comprising a member.

to extend under the base flangevof Va rail, and a key adapted to be driven between said member and the'rail and provided with a bendable portion on its side adapted to be bent downwardly into locking engagement with the Vsaid Vmember to prevent reverse movement of the key.A

2. A rail anchor comprising a member to extendfnnde'r thel base flange ofv a rail and formed with a rib, and a key adapted to be driven between said member and the rail and provided with a lug vertically bendable over saidl rib to prevent reverse movement of the key. i

3. A rail anchor rcomprising a member to extend under the base flange ef the rail and formed with a longitudinally'tapered rib and a key adapted to berdriven between said member and the rail and provided with a lug bendable over a tapered portion of said rib to 'prevent reverse movement of therkey.-

extend under the base flange of a rail pro-. vided at one end with means for 'engaging one edge of the base flange of the railfand at f the other with an upstanding vertical rib, and a key adapted to grip the base flange of rails ofvarious thickness to be driven between the base flange of the rail and said rib provided with means for engaging said rib whereby reverse movement ofthe key is prevented.

5. 'A rail anchor comprising a member. to Y extendnnder the base flange of `a rail provided atgone end with means for engaging one edge of the base flange of the rail and at the other with an upstanding rib, and a key adapted to be driven between thebase flange of the rail and said rib formed with a lng-'bendable over the longitudinal edge of said rib to prevent reverse movement of 50 the key. Y

6. A rail anchor comprisingja member toextend under the base flangeV of a rail provided at one end with means for engaging one edge of Vthe base flange of the rail and at the other with an upstanding, longiA tudinally tapered'rib', and a key adapted to he driven between'the base flange 'of the rail and-said rib formed with a lug vertically4 bendable over said rib. Y'

7. A rail anchor' comprising `a member te extendY under the base flange ofa rail provided at ene e'dY with means for engaging one edge of the base flange of the rail and at the other with anV upstandingrib tapered A t'w'ar'dV thetie, and a Akey adapted to be 4. A railanchor comprising a member to driven between the base flange of the rail Y ing oneedge of the base flange of a rail and Ywith a web to extend under said base flange, and a bifurcated key adapted to be ldriven astride said web to engageVV the other edge of the base flange of the rail.

9. A rail anchor comprising a member provided at one end with means for en gaging one edge ofthe base flange of a rail and with a web to extend under said base flange, and a bifurcated key adapted to be driven astride sa-id web to engage the other edge ofV the base flange of the rail in en gagement with a wedging surface on the web which tends to spread the Vupper and lower parts `of' the key.

' 10. A rail anchor comprising amember provided at Vone end with means for engaging one edge of the base flange of arail, with a web to extend under said baseflange' and with a rib at the opposite end of the web,L and a bifurcated key adapted to be driven astride said web between said rib Vand the base flange of the rail.

ll. A rail anchor compri'singva member provided at one endwithV means for engag ing one edge ofthe base flange of a rail, with a web to extend under said base flange and with a rib at 'the oppositeend of the web, and a bifurcatedlkey adapted to be driven astride said web between` said rib and the base flange of therail, said key and the aforesaid members* of i theV anchor being formed with wedging surfaces whereby the wedge when driven in to place is'forced in wardly against thev rail base.

12. A rail anchorV comprising a- Vmember provided at one end with means for engaging one edge of the base flangeiof aprail, with a web `to extend under said base flange and with a 'rib at the opposite end of the web, and a bif'urcatedY key adapted' tonbe driven astride lsaidV web between said rib and the base flange of'they rail,l said key and the aforesaid members of the anchor'` being formed withl wedging surfaces whereby the wedge wheny driven intoVY place is forced" inwardly against the rail base and is spread oversaid web.y l

v13. 4Arail 'anchor` comprising a member provided aton'e end with means for engaging one' edge of the base fla'nge'of a rail, with aweb to extend under said base flange and with a rib at" the opposite end of the web; a bifnrcated key adapted te be driven astride said web between said rib and the base flange ofthe rail', and a lug-which! is bendable to engage said key with theother lmember ef-the anchor.:

14. A rail anchr emprising a member provided at one end' with means for engaging one edge of the base flange of a rail, with a web to extend under said base flange and with a rib at the opposite end of the web, and a bifurcated key adapted to be driven astride said web between said rib and the base flange of the rail, said key being formed with a lug adapted to be bent over said rib.

l5. A rail anchor comprising a member provided at one end with means for engaging one edge of the base flange of a rail, with a web to extend under said base flange and with a rib at the opposite end of the web, and a bifnrcated key adapted to be driven astride said web between said rib and the base flange of the rail, said key being Aformed with a lug adapted to be bent over seid rib, and the rib being tapered in the direction toward the tie.

16. A rail anchor comprising a web to eX- tend under the base flange of a rail, a jaw at one end of the web and a rib upwardly projecting from the other end, and a bifurcated key adapted to be driven astridel Said web between the rib and base flange of the rail.

17. A rail anchor comprising a web to extend under the base flange of a rail, a jaw at one end of the web and a rib upwardly projecting from the other end, a bifurcated .key adapted to be driven astride said web between the rib and base flange of the rail, and means for preventing reverse movement of the key.

18. A rail anchor comprising a web to extend under the base flange of a rail, a jaw at one end of the web and a rib upwardly .projecting from the other end, and a bifurcated key adapted to be driven astride said web between the rib and base flange of the rail, said key being formed with a lug adapted to be bent over Said rib,

19. A rail anchor comprising a web to ex- JOHN M. SCOTT