US1373356A

US1373356A - Metallic railroad-tie and fastener

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Publication number: US1373356A
Application number: US441833A
Authority: US
Inventors: Salamon Peter
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-02-02
Filing date: 1921-02-02
Publication date: 1921-03-29
Anticipated expiration: 1938-03-29

Description

P. SALAMON.

METALLIC RAILROAD TIE AND FASTENER.

APPLICATIQN FILED FEB.2,192I.

Patented M129, 1921.

FIG.1.

FIGLQH Frai UNHTEE PETER SALAMON, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC RAILROAD-TIE AND FASTENEB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 29, 1921.

Application filed February 2, 1921. Serial No. 441,833.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that 1, PETER SALAMON, a citizen of Poland, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Railroad- Ties and Fasteners, of which the following is a specification. .This' invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in metallic railroad ties and fasteners and has particular reference to an improved composite tie embodying a main body portion formed with rail seats and having rail adapted for removable reception of a secondary plate member so that the latter is held. upon the main member or body of the tie by the rails, thebody member being adapted for. being embedded in ballast or the like with the plate member flush with the upper surface of the ballast or roadway.

Another object of the invention is to provide a railroad tie of this kind which may be reversed when desired so that both :the

view in longitudinal section upper andlower portions of the same may be utilized and the life of the tie prolonged.

Other objects will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the

same consisting in the novel form, combina tion and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described: and shown in the ac companying drawings, in which like refer ence characters indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings,

Figure l is a side elevational View of a tie constructed in accordance with the present invention, with rails operatively fastened thereon and shown in transverse section,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device shown inFig. 1,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail upon line IIL-IH of Fig. 2,

Fig. e is a transverse sectional view upon line IVIV of Fig. 2, andv Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of one end portion of the main tie member.

Referring more in detail to the several views, the present invention embodiesa main tie member or body 5 including a plate-dike connecting member 6 with enlarged ends 7 integral therewith and with reduced extensions 8 projecting from the outer ends of the enlarged portion 7 the

portions

6, 7 and 8 being of similar width, while the por fastening means and

tions

6 and 8 are of the same thickness and the enlarged portion 7 projects above and below the. portions 6 and 8 a similar distance. The upper and lower faces of the ei'ilarged portions 7 are transversely grooved to provide rail seats 9 in which the rails 10 are suitably fastened as by means of clamping plates 11 of the usual angular form with the vertical portions thereof engaging the webs of the rails at opposite 'sidesand with the horizontal portions thereof seated upon the-upper faces of the bottom flanges of the rails and upon the upper faccs of the portions 7 of the tie. at opposite sides of-the seats 9. These clamps may be fastened in place by means of stud bolts 12 passing through apertures provided for the same in the horizontal flanges of the plates 11 and threaded intothreadedsockets .13 provided in the enlarged end portions/7 at opposite sides of eachof the seats 9.

Afsurface plate .member 14 of slightly greater width andlength than the bottom member 5- and of-about the, same thickness as the projecting portions of the enlarged end members 7 is provided with end open ingsl5 of sucha size and shape as to snugly receive the projecting portions of these end members 7iwith ithe remaininggreater portions of the plate 1 L resting upon the portions6 and 8 of the tie member or body 5. The plate 14- is thus in the nature. of a steadying elen'ient adapted to be only slightly embedded in the ballast or the roadbed, and it is provided with transverse grooves 16' coincidingwith the seats 9, which grooves 16 provide further seats for the rails 10. The plate It is thus efiectively held tothe body member 5 of the tie by the rails, and said plate 14; may be disposed upon the projecting portions of the enlarged ends 7 I i so as to use either the upper or under seats of the body memberv 5, if desired.

It is believed that the construction and operation as well asthe manner of use and advantages of the present invention will be readily understood and appreciated from the foregoing description by those skilled in the art.

Minor changes maybe made without dc parting from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A reversible metallic railroad tie including a body member formed of an intermediate connecting plate portion having integral enlarged end members of similar width and with projecting similar portions extending above and below the plane of the connecting portion and provided with transverse rail seat forming grooves, anda surface plate having end openings for snug reception of the projecting portions of the enlarged ends so as to snugly seat upon the connecting portion, said surface plate being provided with transverse grooves registering with the aforesaid seat forming grooves and adapted to receive rails therein where by the surface plate is held upon the body member of the tie, and means to fasten the rails in said seats.

2. A reversible metallic railroad tie including a body member formed of an intermediate connecting plate portion having integral enlarged end members of similar width and with projecting similar portions extending above and below the plane of the connecting portion and provided with transverse rail seat forming grooves, a surface plate having end openings for snug reception of the projecting portions of the enlarged ends so as to snugly seat upon the connecting portion, said surface plate being provided with transverse grooves registering with the aforesaid seat forming grooves and adapted to receive rails therein whereby the surface plate is held upon the body member of the tie, means to fasten the rails in said seat-s, said last named means including clamping plates, said projecting portions of the en arged end members being provided with threaded sockets, and stud bolts passing through the clamping plates and threaded into the threaded sockets.

3. The combination with a metallic tie body member including an intermediate plate-like connecting member with integral enlarged end members thereon, and projecting portions upon the outer ends of said enlarged end members, of a surface plate having end openings adapted for snug reception of the projecting portions of the enlarged ends of said body member so as to flatly seat upon the upper faces of the connecting portion and the projections, said projecting portions of the end members, and the portions of the surface plate at opposite sides of the projecting portions. of the enlarged end members being provided with similar alined grooves, and means to fasten railroad rails within said grooves and to the body member.

4:- The combination with a metallic tie body member including an intermediate plate-like connecting member with integral enlarged end members thereon, and projecting portions upon the outer ends of said enlarged end members, of a surface plate having end openings adapted for snug reception of the projecting portions of the enlarged ends of said body member so as to flatly seat upon the upper faces of the connecting portion and the projections, said projecting portions of the end members, and the portions of the surface plate at opposite sides of the projecting portions of the enlarged end mem bers being provided with similar alined grooves, means to fasten railroad rails within said grooves and to the body member, the enlarged end portions, connecting portion. and projections all being of the same width, and the projecting portions of the end mem bers being similar at opposite sides whereby the tie may be reversibly employed with the surface plate securable upon either of the opposite faces of said connecting portion and projections.

The combination with a metallic tie body member including an intermediate plate-like connecting member with integral enlarged end members thereon, and projecting portions upon the outer ends of said enlarged end members, of a surface plate having end openings adapted for snug reception of the projecting portions of the enlarged ends of said body member so as to flatly seat upon theupper fac'es of the -connee-ting portion and the projectionsysaid projecting portions of the end members, and the portions of the surface plate at opposite "sides of the projecting portions of the enlarged end members being provided with similar alined grooves, means to fasten railroad rails within said grooves and to the body member, the enlarged end portions,

. connecting portion and projections all being of the same width, and the projecting portions of the end members being similarv at opposite sides whereby the tie may bereversibly employed with the surface plate securable upon either of the opposite faces of said connecting portion and projections, and said surface plate being of slightly greater width and length than the body member so as to provide a steadying element. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. v 7 PETER SAL'AMON.

Witnesses: j

ALEXIS BUmiovI'rz,

PETER KRECKMANN.

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