US1389705A

US1389705A - Rail-fastener

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Publication number: US1389705A
Application number: US472945A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry C Sickmann
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-05-27
Filing date: 1921-05-27
Publication date: 1921-09-06
Anticipated expiration: 1938-09-06

Description

H. C. SICKMANN.

RAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY27,1921.

Patented Sept. 6, 1921" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY C. SICKMANN, OF MABTHASVILLE, MISSOURI.

RAIL-FASTENER.

Application filed May 27,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. SICKMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harthasville, in the county of Warren and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail fasteners, and it comprises a plate having a projection adapted to be seated in a recess in the top of a railroad tie and engage the base of the rail to form an interlocking joint, the plate beyond the projection being inclined to engage the face of the rail base.

In the present invention, I have provided a rail fastener having means for engaging the base of the rail, and a projection to be received in a recess formed in the tie. The fastener is provided with a pair of oppositely arranged projections of different sizes adapted to be employed for fastening arail to a tie between the joints, and to be reversed for fastening a rail at a joint where the thickness of the fish plate must be taken into consideration.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a rail fastener of this type of simple construction wherein the number of parts employed is reduced to a minimum and the fastener requires a minimum amount of attention to keep itin proper condition.

A further object of the invention is to provide arail fastener which may be readily applied and removed when asection of track is being laid or taken up.

In the acompanying drawings, I have shown one embodiment of the invention. In this showing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a railroad tie showing the invention applied,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through the joint between two rails,

Fig. 3 is a similar view through a rail section. and,

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the fastener.

Referring to the drawings, the reference numeral 1 designates a railroad tie of any desired construction. As shown, the tie may be provided with end recesses 2 to facilitate fastening the rail in position, and may be further provided with cut-out portions 3, arranged intermediate the ends. A rail 4 is adapted to be secured to the tie. the tie being provided with a recess 5, for the reception thereof. As shown, the side walls of the recess are inclined upwardly and in- Specifioation of Letters Patent.

1921. Serial No. 472,945.

Wardly, as at 6. lVhen the rail is in position, the base 7 rests upon the bottom of the recess 5, as shown. A fastening device. comprising a plate 8, is arranged on the face of the tie, the plate being provided with an opening 9, adapted to register with an opening in the tie for the reception of a bolt 10 or other suitable fastening means. As shown, the bolt is threaded for the reception of a nut 11. The fastening member is provided with a projection 12, adapted to be received in the recess in the face of the tie, the projection being provided with an end wall 13 arranged at an angle, substantially equal to the angle of the wall 6, the wall opposite the inclined wall 13 being substantially at right angles to the body portion of the plate, as indicated at 14. IVhen the fastening device is in position (see Fig. 3), the wall 14 engages the side of the rail base and the wall 13 contacts with the wall 6, whereby an interlocking joint or connection is provided and the rail maintained in position. As shown. the plate extends beyond the projection and is provided with an inclined surface 15 adapted to rest upon the top of the base of the rail.

Referring to Fig. 2 of the drawings, when the fastening device is to be employed at the junction of two rail sections, having fish plates 16 arranged in contact with the web and the base of the rail, the fastening device is reversed. As shown. a projection 17 is arranged on the opposite face of the fastener. substantially in alinement with the projection 12. This projection is also provided with an inclined wall 18, adapted to engage the wall 6, and isfurther provided with an oppositely arranged substantially vertical wall 19 which, as shown, extends inwardly from the outer face of the projection a greater distance than the wall 14 to allow for the thickness of the fish plate. Beyond the projection, the face of the plate is inclined as at 20, and is adapted to engage the portion of the fish plate arranged over the base of the rail.

The operation of the device will be apparent. lVhen the fastener is to be employed intermediate the ends of a rail section, the projections 12 are arranged in the recess and the rail is placed in position with the end wall 14 of the projection in engagement with the base of the rail and the inclined wall 6 of the recess in engagement with the inclined wall 13 of the projection,

forming a substantially dove-tail connection to prevent displacement of parts. When the tie to which the rail is to be fastened is arranged adjacent the connection between the ends of two rail sections, the plate or fastener is reversed and the projection 1? arranged in the recess.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and thatvarious changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. The combination with a tie having a recess. said recess being provided with upwardly and inwardly inclined side walls, and a rail section having its base arranged in said recess, of a reversible fastener comprising a plate adapted to be secured to the tie adjacent said recess, said plate being provided with oppositely disposed projec tions each of said projections being adapted to enter said recess and engage the base of the rail section to retain the rail section in position, said projections being of similar shape but varying in size.

2. The combination with a tie having a recess, said recess being provided with upwardly and inwardly inclined side walls, and a rail section having its base arranged in said recess, of a. fastener comprising a plate adapted to be secured to the tie ad jacent said recess, said plate being provided with oppositely disposed projections arranged intermediate its ends, one of said projections being extended a greater distance from the end of the plate than the other projection, said projections being provided with inclined walls adapted to contact with the inclined side wall of the recess .to form an interlocking connection, the opposite sides of the projections being adapted to engage the side of the rail base, said fastening plate beyond the projection being provided with oppositely disposed faces arranged at an angle to contact with the base of the rail.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in. presence of two witnesses.

HENRY C. SICKMANN. lVitnesses:

LAWRENCE S. SICKMANN, GEORGE BORGES.