US1546162A

US1546162A - Metallic tie and rail support

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Publication number: US1546162A
Application number: US689734A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alexandrowicz Stanley
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-01-31
Filing date: 1924-01-31
Publication date: 1925-07-14
Anticipated expiration: 1942-07-14

Description

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L NITED STATES STANLEY ALEXANDBOVZICZ, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL SUPPORT.

Application filed January 31, 1924. Serial No. 689,734.

.7 '0 all 10. mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, STANLEY ALEXAN- DROWICZ, a citizen of Poland, residing at Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Ties and Rail Supports, of which the following is specification.

his invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in metallic ties and rail supports and has for its primary objectto provide a railroad tie of sheet metal formed from a blank and bent into the general formation of a tie with rail supporting means at each end thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a metallic tie and rail support of the type above set forth wherein the rail support is in the form of wooden blocks mounted in each end of the sheet metal tie and upon which the rail is directly seated, the anchoring bolts or spikes for the rail securing the rail supporting blocks in position in the tie.

With. the above and other objects in view that will become apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists of the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a metallic tie and rail support constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is a side elevational view, partly broken away and shown in section,

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line TIL-Ill of Fig. 2, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary plan view of one end of the blank from which the sheet metal tie is formed.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, there is illustrated a metallic tie and railsupport, the tie being formed from a blank of sheet metal and embodying a central longitudinal base section 1 carrying side extensions 2 that are adapted to be fold-ed upon the dotted lines as indicated by the numeral 3 to form the tie base and side walls as shown in Fig. 2. An end flange 4 is carried by each end of the central base section 1 and is foldablc upon the dotted line 5.

The side portions 2 are out upon the curved lines 6 reducing the diameter of the side portions intermediate the ends of the blank and providing tie flaps 7 that are spaced by the cutaway portion 8 that ex:- tends from the outer edges of the flaps 7 into the adjacent side portion 2. The flaps 7 are foldable upon the dotted lines'9 and the opposed side edges 10 of said flaps are notched as at 11 for purposes presently to appear.

The blank shown in Fig. 4 is first folded upon the dotted lines 3 to position the side portions 2 perpendicular to the base portion 1. The side'flaps 7 are then folded upon the dotted lines 9 to lie parallel with the base section '1 and the end flanges 4 are then perpendicularly bent upon the dotted lines 5. With the flaps 7 so bent, the edges of the opposed flaps are adjacently positioned as shown in Fig. 1 and av wooden tie supporting block 12 is mounted upon the central portion of the base 1 and is then moved outwardly to underlie the flaps 7 as shown in Fig. 2, movement thereof being limited by the end flanges 4. The rail 13 is then mounted upon the rail supporting block 12 between the side walls 10 of the flaps 7 and rail anchoring spikes 14 are driven into the rail supporting block 12, the spikes 14 passing through the notches 11 and permitting the adjacent edges 10 of the flaps to contact the opposite side edges of the base flanges of the rail 13. The spikes 14 employed for anchoring the rail to the supporting block 12 also prevent shifting movement of the block with respect to the tie resulting in a strong and durable sheet metal railroad tie and rail supporting block.

From the above detail description of the invention, it is believed the construction and operation thereof will at once he apparent, and while there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may bev ing block mounted in each end of the tie with the flaps overlying the same, a spike retained rail supported on the block between the opposed flaps with the spikes entering the blocks to hold the same in position on the tie, said flaps 'being arranged in pairs at each side of the block and having notches in their opposed edges to accon modate the rail anchoring spikes, and

upturned end flanges carried by extendiiig the full width of the opposite ends of the central base portion engaged by the outer ends of the blocks and the end-edgee of the side walls to assist in holding the blocks positioned in the tie.

In testimony whereof I afiix rnyesignziture.

STANLEY ALEXAN DROWIQZ.