US1356688A - berkeley - Google Patents

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L. 1. BRKE LEY, RAIL MLGHOR.

APPLICATION FILED IAN- 3.1919.

1,356,688. Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

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L. 1. BERKELEY.

' RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-3.1919- 1356 688, Patented Oct. 26,1920. 1

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAURENCE J. BERKELEY, 0E RACINE, WiSCONSIN, ASSIGNOR 'ro THE P. a M.

COMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A conrorm'rron OF ILLINOIS.

RAIL-ANCHOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LAURENCE J. BERKE- LEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvement inRail-Anchors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accomof this specification, in which i 2 Figure 1. is a transverse vertical section showinga rail anchor embodying my inven- Fi 2 is a plan view of the same with the rail n dotted lines and the rail tie partly broken away. I s e e t Fig. 3 is a transverse section of a modii fied form of anchor applied to a rail.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the anchor shown in Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional viewof the anchor.

My invention has relation to rail anchors and is designed to provide a device of th1s character which'is simple in its construction and mode of operation; which will effectively prevent creeping of the rails; and which is of such character that when removed after a period of service, it can be readily reused.

- The nature of my invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings in which I have showntwo different forms of my invention and which will now be described, it being premised,

however, that various changes can be made in the details of construction,arrangement narrow plate form having upwardly extending flanges 5 and 6 at, its respective ends. The flange 5 is formed with an inner approximately vertical rail engaging face 7 the upper end portion 8 of the flange being lipped over inwardly to engage the rail base. The other flange 6 is higher than the flange5 and is provided with the approxi- 'matelv vertical rail engaging face 9, and

with the lip 10 at the upper end of the same.

The lower portion of the flange,-be1ow the face 9, is recessed laterally outward, as

shown at 11. This recessing extends sufficiently beyond the'face 9 to permit the anchor to be readily applied to the base of a rail as shown in Fig. 2, the distance between the outer wall of said recess and the face 7 of the opposite flange being greater than the transverse width of the rail base. After theanchor has been applied to the rail so laterally (to the right looking at Fig. 1)

and is then moved so as to bring the opposite edge of the rail base into contact with the face 9. When the anchor is in this position, any creeping of the rail toward the tie will cause the anchor to be skewed on the rail base so that the edge of the face 9 nearest the tie and the edge of the face 7 farthest from the tie will be forced into biting engagement with the vertical edges of the rail base.

12 is a leaf-spring which is secured at one end of the base portion 4 and which is adapted to bear upwardly against the underside of the rail base, thus holding the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1. The base portion 4 is recessed as shown at 13 so that in applying the anchor to the rail, the spring may be pressed back flush with the general level of the surface of the base. 14 designates a tie engaging lug or pad which bears against one side of the tie 3 at a point adjacent the edgeof the rail.

\ It will be noted that the rail is very securelygripped by 'its edges and that any tendency of the rail to creep endwise in the direction of travel thereon will act to tighten the grip. It will further be noted that no eifort is made in my improved anchor to secure a top and bottom grip upon the surfaces of the rail base, but that the gripping is solely at the edges of such base. Where reliance is placed upon top and bottom grips the action is not satisfactory,

owing to the very considerable variations which occur in the thickness of the edge portions of rail bases. Furthermore, the action which occurs with such devices tends to distort the gripping jaws so that when the anchor has once been removed from a rail it is usually useless for further service. There is comparatively. little variation in thewidth of the rail bases, and such slight l l G variations as may occur readily taken. care of with my anchor by g" by decreased or increased skew position of the anchor. When the anchor removed from the rail, it is uninjured and can be readily used over again.

In Figs. 3 and l l have shown a modification in my invei ,on which i in. some respects, preferable. The anchor is substantially the same as that shown "q l 2, except that it normally s, across the rail base at a greater an le than illustrated in 2 l provioe the rail bearing lace 9 oi the flange 3 M h an inwardly extending bottom lip 9*, so taat the gripping face 9" isbetween this lip and the top lip 10 l'lere again no attempt made to secure binding ,ip it between these two lips, the lower being provided olely for the porpo oil preventing the hi ng of the anchor by the tamping of ballast thereunder. l e aeiion is the same otherwise as with t l describedthat s, the edge oi farthest away from the tie and the face 9 nearest the tie take a on the rail base during any creepi of the rail.

In applying this form of rail anchor, one flange of the rail base is inserted into t" e recess 11 so a to permit the lip 8 to clear the opposite edge or the rail. 1 anchor is then moved to the right looki at W in until the lip S, at the lcrt Or the anchor, extends the desired distance over the upper edge of the rail base. T 1e end of the chor at the right of Fig. 3 is then skewed in a direction away from the tie untilv the lip 9" clears the edge of the rail. This end of the anchor is then lowered. and skewed in a direction toward the tie until the edge of the face 9 nearest the tie engages the vertical edge of the rail base.

I claim:

1. A rail anchor comprising a base poi tion formed with an upwardly extending flange at each end, each oi said flanges having an approximately vertical rail gripping inner face, said. faces being at different heights from the top of the base and adapt-- ed to engage the rail at points longitudinally remote from each other, whereby the gripping may be effected l horizontally skewing the anchor, and a spring seated. on said base portion and an god to bear upwardly against the underside of the base of a rail, substantially as described.

2. A rail anchor comprising a base portion formed with an upwardly extending flange at each end, each of said flange, having an approximately vertical rail grippinginner face, said faces eing at different heights from the top of the base and ad oted to engage the rail points lon,,,ltudinally remote from each other, whereby the incense a rail to hold the anchor in its skewed position.

8. A rad anchor comprisnig a base portion formed with an upwardly extending flange at each end, each of said flanges ha ving an approximately vertical rail gripping inner face, and a sp lng seated on said base portion and arranged. to bear upwardly against the underside of the base of a rail, said rail gripping faces being at different heights from said base an l ;he flange having the big ier grip vlace being recessed below and laterally beyond said lace, substantially as described.

4;. A rail anchor comprising a base portron, formed. with an upwardly extending El: nge each end, s l flanges being of di f1-- ent heights, each nange having an inner approximately vertical rail gripping face, and the higher flange being recessed later ally below and beyond said face, said base and flanges being substantially rigid and 'anged to grip a rail base by skewing the anchor horizontally, substantially as described.

rail anchor comprising a base portion, formed with an upwardly extending flange at each end, said flanges being of dil :terent heights, each flange having an inner approximately vertical rail gripping face l the higher flange being recessed later ally below and beyond said face, together with a spring seated on said base portion an T arranged to bear upwardly against the base of a rail, substantially as described.

A rail anchor, comprising a base p0rtion formed with an upwardly extending "la-nge at each end, said flanges being of different heights, each flange having an inner approximately vertical rail gripping face and the higher flange being recessed laterally below and beyond said face, together with a spring seated on said base portion and arranged to bear upwardly against the base of a rail, and the base portion having a recess to receive said spring, substantially described.

A. rail anchor, comprising a base portion formed with an upwardly extending llange at each end, each of said flanges having an approximately vertical rail gripping lace, said faces being at different heights from said base, and there being an inwardly projecting lip at the lower end of one of said faces, said base and flanges being substantially rigid and arranged to grip a rail base by skewing the anchor horizontally, substantially as described.

8. A rail. anchor, comprising a base portion having an upwardly extending flange at each end, each of said flanges having an approximately vertical rail gripping face, the two rail gripping faces being at different heights from said base, and each of said flanges terminating at its upper end above the rail gripping face in an inwardly projecting lip, said base and flanges being sub stantially rigid and arranged to grip a rail 1 base by skewing the anchor horizontally,

substantially as described.

9. A rail anchor, comprising a base portion having an upwardly extending flange at each end, each of said flanges having an approximately vertical rail gripping face, the

two rail gripping faces being at different heights from said base, each of said flanges terminating at its upper end' above the rail gripping face in an inwardly projecting lip, and the flange having the rail gripping face at the higher level also having a laterally extending recess below said face, said base and flanges being substantially rigid and arranged to grip a rail base by skewing the anchor horizontally, substantially as described.

10. A rail anchor comprising a yoke formed with jaws adapted to grip opposite edges of a rail base andformed with a re-' cess which normally extends beyond one of the vertical edges of the rail base and is adapted to receive one edge of the rail base during the application of the device to the rail.

11. A rail anchor comprising a yoke which normally extends diagonally across the bottom of the rail and is formed with jaws adapted to grip opposite edges of a rail base at points longitudinally remote from each other and formed with a recess adja- I cent one of said jaws adapted to receive one edge of the rail base during the application of the device to the rail.

12. A rail anchor comprising a yoke member which extends under a rail base and normally out of engagement therewith, jaw

. portions having lips adapted to extend over the upper surface of the rail base, and a spring element for maintaining the anchor in operative position.

13. A rail anchor comprising a yoke member which extends under a rail base and normally out of engagement therewith, jaw

the upper surface of the rail base, and a spring element interposed between the yoke and rail base for maintaining a frictional engagement between the upper surface of the rail base and said lips whereby the anchoris held in operative osition.

In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand.

' LAURENCE J. BERKELEY.

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