US1410082A

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Publication number: US1410082A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1922-03-21
Anticipated expiration: 1939-03-21

Description

1 My. invention relates-to railway and more particularly to ties adapted for use" .,,UNLI.TED, STATE PATENT OFFICE.

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Toa ZZ wlwiniit may concern:

-Be;it known that I, WALTER D. :S'rooKLY, acitizen of the United States,and a resident of the-city of :Fairmont, in the county of Marion andv Stateof West Virginia,- have invented certain new and useful Improve} ments: in Railway -CIOSSt16S, ofwlnch-the following is a speclficatlon."

cross-ties in mine railways.

2 Itis-the object of my invention to provide a tie of this general type which comprises a small number of parts thereby eliminating unnecessary .bolts, nuts, pins, etc.,- which are liable to become loosenedand separated from the tie and subsequently lost.

To this end, the invention comprises a' U- shaped channelmember forming the body the tie.-

of; the tie. Adjacent each end of the tie" bodyl provideaclip or lugand spaced from each ,iof these an abutment adapted to cooperate with a wedge for securing'the rail to An important feature of my invention resides. in the construction of this abutment whereby the wedge forsecuring the rail'tothe tie is easily put into operation and thereafter prevented from working loose. The bearing face for the Wedge is made convex thereby facilitating the insertion of the wedge between the abutment and the rail, the wedge thereafter becoming seated upon the abutment by reason of the engagement of the convexed face of the abutment with the wooden wedge.

The various features of my invention will be made more apparent in the accompanying specification and drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional View of one end of the tie constructed in accordance withv my invention,

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the structure illustrated in Fig. 1, I

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective vie showing more in-detail the abutment, and

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4.& of Fig. 1.

The numeral 10 represents the tie which is formed of an inverted U-shaped channel member made preferably of rolled steel. This tie is adapted to support the rail 11 having a web portion 12 and a base or flange 13.

Disposed adjacent each end of the tie is a clip or lug 14 also formed preferably of a U-shaped channel member secured to the tie s pecificati onlof Letters Patent. Patented 1922 App1ication'fi1edapri15;

1921; Serial No. 458,704.

T by a rivet or bolt 15. ()ne end of each clip v is adapted to receive a flange 13 of the rail.

- Disposed also at eachend of the tie l0 and spaced from each lug let is'an abutment or clip 18 secured to rivets or bolts 19.

One portion of this abutment 20 projects upwardly and is inclined so as to form with the base portion an obtuse angle. 1 The por tion 20 of the abutment is arched or bent to form a convex bearing face 21." A wooden wedge 22 is'adapted to be inserted between the rail and the portion 20 of the abutment, thereby bearing against this convex bearing surface 21. Because the ends 'of the the tie by suitable convex members flare outwardly or away ,from the rail, the insertlon .of. the wedge between the'abutment'and the rail is facilitated'. When the wedge has been'inserted between the abutment and the rail, the pres this latter instance, the abutment will function with the wedge in the same manner as described hereinbefore.

In assembling the ties and rails, the flange 13 of the rail is disposed under the upward- 1y inclined end 16 of the lug 14 and within the wedge shaped space 17 formed by inclining the end 16 of the lug away from the tie. The wedge 22 is then inserted between the rail and the abutment, the wedge bearing against the web 12 of the rail on one side and against the convex face 21 of the abutment on the other side. The pressure exerted upon the rail by the wedge tends to move the rail sidewise and into its position under the lug 16, the flange 13 of the rail beingsecurelv wedged in the wedge-shaped space 17. A vertical displacement of the wedge 22 is prevented by the inclination of the portion 20 of the abutment.

When the track is in use the stress imparted to the rails tends to tip them outwardly-in a direction away from the center of the track. This stress upon the rails is positively resisted by the lu s 14 which are disposed nearer the center of the track and bear against the half of the rail flange which would tend to move upwardly under the aforenamed stresses. The stresses tending to" tifp the rails inwardly or toward the center 0 the track are negligible and are resisted by the contact of the wedge with the outer flan e of the rail. h f f i e primary purpose t ere ore, o t wedge and abutment is to keep the rail in intimate engagement with its corresponding lug and by the construction illustrated, this is. 'ured.

partsof the device just described are easily assembled and the rail may be secured to the tie without the use of nuts and bolts 01 the like, which would raise" the possibility of parts becoming loosened and the rail unsecured upon the tie.

Certain modifications of the particular structure illustrated may be resorted to without do arting from the spirit and scope of m inv'fintion and to this end, I reserve this ri" v aving thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A railway tie comprising a body member, rail engaging lugs secured to said body member adjacent its ends, and separate wedge abutments of substantially L-shape spaced from said lugs whereby wedges may be gnserted between said abutments and the ra 2. A cross-tie for mine railways comprisin? a body member, rail engaging lugs rig- 1d y secured to said member and in position to engage the flange of rails, convex faced abutments spaced from said lugs and inclined at an angle with respect to the body member and wedges adapted to be inserted between the rail and said abutments, substantially ascend for the purpose described.

3. A cross-tie for mine railways comprisigf a body member, rail engaging lugs rigi y, secured to said member, cooperatin abutments secured to said tie adjacent sai lugs, saidabutments being each formedwith a base and an inclined portion, inclined at an obtuse angle with respect to the base, said inclined portion being curved to form a convex bear ng surface, and awedge :1 ed to be inserted between the rail and. shutment bearing on one hand against the web of said rail and on the other hand the eonvexed beari a surface, substantially as for the purpose seri,

4 A railway tie comprising a body member, rail engaging lugs secured to said member adjacent its ends, separate abutments of substantially L-shape spaced from said lugs, said abutments being provided with convex beari faces and adapted to he inserted tween said abutments and the mile. 5.- A railway tie comprising a body men ber, rail engaging lugs secured to said body member, wedge abutments on each end of said body, said abutments being inclined and having horizontally dispqad convex beari faces and wedges adapted to be in serted hetween said abutments and theraile- WALTER D. STOCKLY.