US1510602A - Railroad fastener - Google Patents

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Oct. 7, 1924. 1,510,602

' A. MCDICKEN RAILROAD FASTENER Filed March 11. 1924 I JJ7m/ L I ATTRNE.

Patented Get. 7, 1924., r V entree stares PATENT ALEXANDER MGDICKEN, OI? BJOYAL'I'ON,

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ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB, OF ONEeTHlIRD TD ALEXANDER MCKENZIE, B-OYALTON, ILLINOIS.

'BAILROAD FASTENER.

Application filed March 11, 1924.. Serial No. 698,443.

To all whom it may concern I 7 Be it known that I, ALEXAN ER MoDIcK- EN, a subject of Great Britain residing at Royalton, in the county of Franklin and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved fastener device for securing a rail to the ties of a railroad track and one object of the invention is to provide improved rail securing means for securing a rail to a tie and also serve as means for preventing a rail from having movement longitudinally of a tie, thereby preventing the rails from slipping or moving towards each other.

Another object ofthe invention is toso construct the rail fastener that it may be used as a fish plate where rails are connected.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this fastener that elements forming the same may be secured to the rail and to the tie and thereby serve to prevent the rail from creeping as well as prevent it from having movement longitudinally of the tie.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the device that the elements forming the same may be formed of heavy sheet metal stamp and certain of them bent to as sume the proper shape.

This invention is illustrated in the accom Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the plates secured to the sides of the rail shown in Figures 1 and 2.- o a Figure 4 is a view in elevation showing a modified form of tie engaging plate. V

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a moditied form of rail engaging plate.

This improved fastener is to be used for securing rails R to the ties T so that the rails will be securely held in connection with the ties and prevented from having movement towards or away from each other longitudinally of the ties or creeping across the ties longitudinally of the track. Each of the ties has its end portions provided with openings l which pass through the tie at a point intermediate the upper and lower faces of the tie so that when the ties are put in place it is not necessary to place a certain facev uppermost. The rails rest upon the upper faces of the ties and will extend between isiaeez the hooks 2 which extend upwardly from the plates 3. Theplates 3 are secured to the side faces of the tie by bolts 4 which pass longitudinally of the tie. It will also be obvious that since the rails pass between the hoolzs 2 these rails will be prevented from having any movement longitudinally of the tietowards or away from each other. if the rails are being put in place at a switch certain of the rails will be very close to each other and separate plates 3could not be readily provided for the separate rails as there would not be room enough to properly secure theplates to the ties. Therefore, when securing rails at a point where a switch is provided plates such as shown at 6 may be made use of. These plates '6 are longer than the plates 3 and insteadof each plate 6 being provided with a pair of upwardly extending hooks, each of these plates will be provided'with sets of hooks 7 and 8, the hooks 7 being used in connection with one rail and the hooks 8 in connection with a second rail. V

After a rail has been put in place with its base fit-ting between the hooks of the plates secured to the tie it is desired to have the rail firmly held against movement'across the tie. Therefore, a plate 9 is provided at each side of the rail. These plates 9 are bent to provide upstanding portions 10 for fitting against opposite sides of the Web of the'rail and base portions 11 which rest upon the base of therail and are provided with finger extensions l2 for ,fi-tti'ng beneath the hooks of the plates secured against the sides of the tie. I The upstanding portion of each plate 9 has an opening 13 provided therein so that a bolt lt may pass through these openings and through an opening formed in the web of the rail to securely hold the plates 9 in connection'with the rail. It. will therefore be seen that these plates 9 will serve to prevent the rail from having longitudinal movement and further that these plates will. serve to firmly anchor the rail to the ties so that the rail may not have vertical movement independent of the ties. The rail will therefore be firmly held to the ties and pounding will. be prevented as a train moves over a track. In order to provide fish plates at points where rails are connected there may be provided a plate having an elongat ed upstanding portion 15 having its end portions provided with openings 16 to receive the fastener bolts 14 and its intermediate portion provided with a plurality of open ings 17 for receiving fastener bolts which will be passed through the end portions of the connected rails. The end portions of the upstanding portion 15 of this plate will be provided with base forming portions 13 which correspond to the base forming portions 11 of the plates 9 and will be provided With end fingers 19 corresponding to the fingers 12. The base forming portions 18 will rest upon the upper surfaces of a pair of adjacent ties and the fingers 19 will engage with the hooks of the plates secured to the side faces of these ties. It will therefore be seen that in this form the usual fish plate may be omitted and the bolts which. usually pass through the fish plates passed through the openings 17.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a tie and a rail resting upon the tie, of plates secured to opposits side faces of the tie and having hook forming extensions extending upwardly upon opposite sides of the base of the rail and projecting transversely from the base of the rail, plates upon opposite sides of the rail each having an upstanding portion engaging the web of the rail and a base portion resting upon the base of the rail, the base forming portion having extensions at its ends fitting beneath the hooks of the plates secured to the tie, and fastener means passing through the upstanding portions of the rail engaging plates and through the web of the rail.

2. The combination with a tie and a rail extending across the tie and resting upon the upper surface thereof, of rail fastening means comprising plates fitting against opposite side faces of the tie beneath the rail, lugs extending upwardly from the plates upon opposite sides of the base of the rail and having hook shaped end portions extending transversely from the base of the rail, fasteners passing through the plates and through the tie to retain the plates in place, rail engaging plates at opposite sides of the rail and having engagement with the web and base of the rail, lugs extending from the ends of the rail engaging plates beneath the hook shaped upper end portions of the lugs extending upwardly from the tie engaging plates, and fastener means passing through the rail engaging plates and web portion of the rail.

3. A rail fastening structure comprising plates adapted to be secured upon opposite sides of a tie and having upwardly extending lugs upon opposite sides of the base of a rail, said lugs having their upper end portions provided with hook forming extensions, and rail engaging plates adapted to fit against opposite sides of a rail and having lip-standing portions for engaging the side faces of the web of a rail and base portions for resting upon the base of the rail extending between the upwardly extending lugs of the tie engaging plate, the base engaging portions of the rail engaging plates being provided with lugs for fitting beneath the hooks of the lugs extending upwardly from the tie engaging plates.

4. A structure of the character described comprising plates adapted to be secured upon opposite sides of a tie and having up standing hook forming members, rail engag ing means comprising plates adapted to be connected with adjacent rails and with plates carried by rail supporting ties, each of the rail engaging plates being provided with an upstanding portion for engaging the web of a rail and having fastener receiving openings in its end and intermediate portions and rail base engaging portions extending from the end portions of the web engaging member and having their end portions provided with extensions for fitting beneath the hooks of the tie engaging plates.

5. The combination with a tie and a rail extending across the tie, of rail fastening means comprising plates secured to the tie and having upwardly projecting fastener forming portions, and plates adapted to be secured upon opposite sides of a rail and having base portions extending between the fastener forming extension of the tie engaging plates, the base portions of the rail engaging plates being provided for interlocking engagement with the fastener forming extensions of the tie engaging plates.

6. The combination with a tie, a rail resting upon the tie, of rail fastener means comprising tie engaging members secured to the tie and having fastener forming members extending upwardly upon opposite sides of the base of the rail, and rail engaging members secured upon opposite sides of the rail and having portions extending between the fastener forming extensions of the tie en gaging members and having interlocking engagement therewith.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

ALEXANDER MODICKEN.

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