US1421682A - Rail fastener - Google Patents

Description

J. P. GARDNER. RAIL FASTENER. APPLICATION EILED SEPT. 2, 1921.

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RAIL FASTENER.` APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 27, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 19232.

Application filed September 27, 1921. Serial No. 503,606.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.' Be it known that l, @lor-1N P. GARDNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Soldiers Home, in the count-y of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Rail Fastener; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple railroad rail fastener for use in connection with ties of wood, concrete, metal or any other preferred material, and more particularly to provide a fastener constructed on general principal of that disclosed in my former Patent No. 1311386, granted July 29, 1919, which contemplated its use more especially in connection with a tie of the metallic I beam type; and with this object in view the invention consists in a construction, combination and relation of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of rail fasteners constructed in accordance with the present invention applied in the operative position to a tie and having rail portions engaged thereby.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the same shown on a plane taken transversely of the traclr rails.

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 3 3 of Figure l.

Figure 4 is a. sectional view taken transversely through Figure 3 on the plane indicated by the line 4 4: of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a. detail view in perspective of the base plate of the fastener.

Figure (3 is a similar view of the bolt.

Figure 7 is a similar view of one of the clips forming the guides in which the bolts are fitted, and

Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 4 illustrating the application of the rail fastener to a meta-l tie of I-beam forni in cross section.

The fastener, which is adapted to be supported by a tie 10 of any preferred construction and material, consists essentially of a base plate 11, preferably of steel and of about one-fourth of an inch in thickness to afford the requisite strength andfof substantially rectangular form adapted to cover the upper surface of the tie to which it may be secured by means of bolts 1Q- or equivalent fastening means, together with guides carried by said base plate at opposite sices of the plane of the rail 13 for the reception of rail holding bolts 14 for engaging the rail foot or base 15.

The interval between the guides is preferably gaged to correspond with the width of the rail foot or base and each guide consists of complemental clips 15 having an attaching iiange 16 and an upstanding flange 17, the attaching flange being adapted for attachment to the basevplate by iieans of rivets 18. VThe upstanding` flanges of coinplemental clips are arranged in substantial parallelism, perpendicular to the plane of the base plate and are spaced apart to suit the width of the bolt 14 which is to be received therebetween, said bolt being beveled and under cut at its inner end as shown at 18 to form an inclined face to bear upon the upper surface of the rail foot or base and through the engagement therewith to prevent creeping of the rails. At the outer end of the face 18 the bolt is provided with an abrupt shoulder 19 to bear against the edge of the rail foot or base to prevent spreading of the rails.

The upper edges of the upright walls or flanges of the clips aref at their outer end portions turned laterally inward to form guide lips 2O to overhang the bolt and prevent upward displacement thereof as they are moved to place in engagement with the rail foot or base, and said walls or upright flanges of the clips at their inner end portions are extended upward to forni ears 21 in which are provided openings 22. registering transversely of the guides for the reception of a key 23, preferably of the split type, the upper surface of the bolt having a transverse groove or seat 211 for registration with said openings 294 and hence engagement by the key.

A cushioning pad 25 of libre or similar material may be arranged on the upper surface of the base plate between the guides to form a yielding seat for the rail.

From the above description it will be obvious that the rail fastener may be constructed independently of the tie and rail and attached to the tie which may be of any suitable material, in the most convenient manner to suit the material of the tie, and that the employment of the guides on the ments therefor and as abutinents to hold the cushioning pad in proper position.

I claim is l. A rail fastener for attachment to a rail tie, the same consisting of a base plate provided at opposite sides of and perpendicular to the rail seat With guides Which are thus disposed perpendicular to a rail arranged on saidseat, bolts slidingly fitted in said guides and provided at their inner ends with means for engaging the rail foot or base, and means for locking said bolts la rail engaging' position7 said guides consisting of coniplemental clips having base fianges riveted to the base plate and upstanding parallel iianges arranged in spaced relation.

2. A rail fastener for attachment to a. rail tie, the saine consisting of a base plate provided at opposite sides ofand perpendicular to the rail seat with guides which are thus disposed perpendicular to a rail arranged on said seat, bolts slidingiy fitted in said guidesand provided at their inner ends With means for engaging the rail foot or Having thus described the invention, what base, and means for loclfzing said bolts in rail engaging position, said guides'consist-V ing of coinpleniental `ciips having base flanges riveted to the base plate and upstanding parallel flanges arranged inspaced relation with their upper edges inturned to overhang the bolt arranged therein.

3. A rail fastener for attachment to a rail tie, the same consisting of a base plate provided at op-positesides ofand perpendicular to the rail seat With guides which are thus disposed' perpendicular to a rail arranged on said seat, bolts slidingly fitted in said guides und provided at their inner ends with means for engaging the rail foot or baseyand means for locking said bolts in rail engaging position, the Walls ofV the guides being extended to form ears having transversely registering openings7 and said fastening device consisting of a cross pin engaging'said openings, the bolts having a transverse seat for the reception ofpsaid pin.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tivo Witnesses. l

JOHN P, GARDNPl-tj Witnesses HERMAN HoUsEN, SAMUEL SELFRIDGE.,

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