US1444615A

US1444615A - Railway tie plate

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Publication number: US1444615A
Application number: US574274A
Authority: US
Inventors: William E Knox
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1922-07-11
Filing date: 1922-07-11
Publication date: 1923-02-06
Anticipated expiration: 1940-02-06

Description

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Application lea July 11,

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM E. linen, a citizen or the United States, residing at Miami, in the county of Dade, State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Tie Plates; and ll do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rlhis invention relates to new and usei'ul improvements in railway rail fastening devices, and particularly to devices for holding rails on ties.

One object of the invention is to provide a device ot this character which is simple in construction, cheap to manutacture, and which will effectively maintain the rail and spike against any movement.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is so constructed that rails of dierent widths may be readily accommodated, and the spikes etl'ectively held against working out ot the ties.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent trom the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

ln the drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view ot a rail and a portion of a tie, showing the invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view through the rail, showing the invention in end elevation.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the rail and the invention applied thereto.

Figure t is a plan view of the blank from which the device is formed.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents a portion of a railway tie, and 11 a portion of a rail disposed thereon, and in connection with which the present invention is used.

Disposed on the tie, beneath the rail, and on which the rail rests, is a metal plate 12, the opposite ends of which project beyond the sides ot the base flange ot the rail, as clearly seen in the plan and sectional view. Formed on one end ot the plate 12 are the tongues 18, which are bent upwardly and 1922. Serial No. 574,274.

inwardly, to lie on the heads of the spikes 11,1., so that the spikes will be prevented Jfrom becomingv loose with respect to the tie.

ln the opposite end or the plate 12 there are formed two inwardly extending parallel cuts 15, resulting' in the tongue 16, said tongue, however, seing considerably longer than the cuts, in view oi the t'act that said end o1 the plate had been out transversely, Y om its ends, to the said cuts. This tongue 16 is hendable to extend upwardly and inwardly, ou the head or" a spike 17, and with ns terminal lying against the side tace 0i l l in the intermediate portion or the tongue 16.

r that portion which is arranged to be bent, is a slot 18 ot a width to receive the shank ot the spike 17 therethrough.

Attention is called to the fact that the slot 1S is et suiticient length to permit the insertion oit the spike 17, whether the rail base is wide or narrow, the latter case perni l; g the spike to lie in the inner portion oit the slot, so that the portions 18', at the sides of the slot, will partially embrace the head of the spike. In the former caf' the spike 17 will lie in the outer portion oi ihe slot 18, so that the portion, outwardly ot' the outer end of the slot, will embrace and overlie the head of the spike. Tous rails ci? dili'erent widths may be readily accommodated and the spikes held against movement relative to the tie.

As seen in Figure Il, the cuts 15 of the plate, are wide, and narrow portions of the plate removed trom opposite sides of the tongue 1G. rlhis permits ready access to the tongue tor bending the same upwardly and inwardly over the head or" the spike 1'?.

ldlhat is claimed is:

1. A rail fastener comprising a plate having spike engagingl bendable tongues on one end and a bendalole spike engaging tongue ou the other end, the bernlable portion ot the said tongue being longitudinally slotted Alor the reception ot the shank ot a spike.

2. A rail fastener comprising a plate having tongues extending trom one end and bendable to overlie the heads ot spikes, the opposite end otl the plate being inwardly out to produce a bendable tongue, the tongue being longitudinally slotted at the bendable portion thereof whereby rails of different sind being longitudinally slotted in its porl0 widths will be received and spikes properly tion inwardly of the end of the platte. engageahle in the slot. In testimony whereof, l elx my signa- 3. A rail fastener comprising a plate havture, in the presence of two witnesses. inotongues extendin from one end thereof? the opposite end tot' the plate being in- WELLIM E' KNOX' wardly cut on parallel lines with. a resultlVitnesses: ant intermediate tongue, said tongue eX- A. D. PENNEY. tending beyond the said end of the plate J. D. FUSSELL.