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w. w. Y'EHLING.

SPIKE.

ILED JUNE 25% Patented Jul 25, 1922.

INVENTOR: W .yfilinj ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

' 7 WILLIAM W. YEELING, F. BUTTE, MONTANA.

SPIKE.

Butte, in the county of Silver Bow and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spikes; 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. v

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in a spike and has for its primary object the provision of a spike specially adapted for use as a railway spike and constructed in such manner that the anchor pin will securely lock the spike in its innermost position within the tie to hold .the rail securely in position and at the same time may be bent so as to permit ready engagement of a tool with the head thereof to withdraw the anchor pin when it is necessary to remove the spike.

Another object of the invention resides'in the provision of a spike-in which the anchor pin will be received in a groove in upper portion of the outer or rear side of the spike in such a manner that the beveled point of the anchor pin will be properly directed away from the spike when engaging the in clined lower wall of the anchor groove or slot to securely anchor the spike in the tie.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a spike of the above stated character which will also be provided with an anchoring pin constructed in such a manner that it will be prevented from biting into the wood until driven into the bottom of the groove of the spike and turned by the beveled end wall thereof in the proper direction into the body of the tie, thereby securely anchoring the spike in position.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a spike of the above stated character which will be of simple construction and inexpensive to manufacture and which will, when driven home, securely hold the rail in engagement with the tie.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of co- A pplication filed June 29,

v Specification of Letters Patent. 'P f ht q Ju1y25, 1922,

1920. Serial No. 392,705. g

operating elementsas hereinafter more specifically set forth, claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a section through a portionof atie and rail mounted thereon with the improved spike in use, the head of the anchor pin being shown in positionand dotted lines also being employed in this view to showthe manner in which the head of the anchor 7 pin may be bent away from the spike for the purpose of engaging a tool with the anchor pin to remove the same.

Figure 2 isa plan view of the spike looking at the head thereof.

'Figure 3 is a rear view, showing the position and form of the slot or groove for the anchor pin.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal detail section through the device, taken on the line l4t of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a detail view of the anchor pin.

Referringmore in detail to the drawings, in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1' designates the spike which may be driven in the usual manner in the tie 2 with the nose or extended front portion 3 of the spike'head 4t engaged with'the upper face of the lower flange 5 of the rail base to securely clamp the rail in position upon the tie. The spike 1 is provided with the free or driving end 7 pointed by beveling the opposite faces 8 of the shank of the spike 1 to facilitate driving of the same in the tie 2.

The slot or groove 9 is provided in the spike 1 and extends from the head 4;, opening on the outer or upper face thereof, to a point above the longitudinal center of the shank of the spike 1, as clearly shown in Figures 1, 3 and a, the lower wall 10 of the groove or slot 9 being beveled and rounded, as shown in Figures 3 and a, and the purpose of which will presently appear. The groove or slot 9 is formed in the rear or outer side of the spike and opens upon the rear face of the spike throughout the entire length of the groove or slot 9. r

In order to securely anchor the spike in the tie 2, an anchor pin 11 is provided which conforms to the shape of the groove or slot 9 but has a length greater than the length of the groove or slot 9, a flattened head 12 being formed on the upper end of the body or shank of the anchor pin 11 while the lower end of the shank is beveled on one face, as shown at 13, for engagement with the lower wall 10 of the slot or groove 9 to turn the end of the anchor pin 11 away from the spike 1 as the anchor pin 11 is driven home, the sharp edge it provided by bevellin-g the end of the anchor pin shank, permitting the pin to be readily forced into the tie 2 at an angle to the slot or groove 9, as shown in Figure 1.

It will alsobe noted by referring particularly to Figure 5 of the drawings that the anchor pin 11 is tapered or beveled on its rear side from a point below the longitudinal center of the anchor pin to the beveled lower end thereof to prevent the lower end of the spike from biting into or becoming caught in the fiber of the tie while being driven into the slot 9 of the spike 1.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawings, it will be evident that after the spike 1 has been driven home, the anchor pin 11 may be driven into the slot or groove .9 without danger of the anchor pin entering into or tea-ring the fibers of,

the tie 2 until the lower beveled end 18 of the anchor pin engages the inclined or beveled wall 10 of the slot or groove 9 when the point 14 of the anchor pin 11 will be directed outwardly away from the spike l and into the fibers of the tie 2 at an inclined angle, as shown by dotted lines in F i-gure 1 of the drawings. The angle at which, the lower end of the anchor pin 11 enters the tie 2 will correspond to the inclination of the wall 10, as will be evident, thereby causing the anchor pin 11 to securely anchor the spike 1 in position within the tie 2. The beveled or tapered side of the anchor pin 11 has been designated by the numeral 11'.

Then it is desired to remove the spike 1, it is simply necessary to bend the anchor pin 11 away from the head 4 of the spike 1 as shown by dotted lines in Figure 1 o the drawings, after which a suitable tool may be engaged with the head 12 of the anchor pin 11 and the anchor pin 11 readily withdrawn, after which the spike 1 may be removed from the tie 2.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it will be understood that minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is A spike having a substantially longitudi nally disposed groove in a side wall thereof, and a deflecting surface at the base of said groove, an anchoring pin for insertion into said groove, said pin having a deflected surface at its lower end for cooperation with said surface to deflect the lower end of said pin into the element receiving the spike, said pin being provided with a bevelled sur face extending from the opposite side of the spike to its deflected end aforesaid in order to prevent engagement of the lower end of the pin with said element until deflected thereinto through coaction of the deflecting surface.

In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM W. YEHLING.

Witnesses: c

L. M; VAN ETTEN, AILI GRUSBERG.

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