US1717267A - Railway tie - Google Patents

Description

June ll, 1929.

F. K. SCHULTZ RAILWAY TIE4 Filed Feb. 16, 1929 mwN A ATTORN Patented June 111, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE.

FREI) K. SCHULTZ, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

RAILWAY TIE.

Application filed February 16, 1929.

An object of the present invention is to provide means whereby the rails may be securely clamped in position upon the ties by the use of a single bolt, and the means employed also serving as a reinforcement for a concrete or other composition tie.

Vitli the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described,

Y illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing Figure 1 is is a plan view of a railway tie showing fragmentary portions of rails clamped in position thereon.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Figure 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-'3 of Figure 2.

Referring to the dra-wing in detail wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character indicates a tie which may be made of concrete or other suitable composition. Embedded in the top of the tie adjacent each end thereof is a tie plate 11 upon which the rails 12 rest. The plates 11 are provided with lugs 13 near each edge which engage the edges of the base flanges 0f the rail so as to prevent horizontal pivotal movement of the rails thereon. y

Embedded in the tie beneath the plates 11 are arcuate-shaped tubular members 14 whose open ends extend into the plates 11. These tubular members receive arcuateshaped bolts 15 which extend' through clamping plates 16, the latter being positioned upon the plates 11 and engaging over the base flanges of the rails. The bolts 15 may be provided at one end with a head 17 to bear upon one of the clamping plates, while the other ends of the bolts are threaded to receive nuts 18, by means of which the plates 16 are Serial No. 340,506.

clamped tightly upon the rails. By providing 'the tubular members 14, the bolts 15 may be shifted to secure or release the rails without injury to the tie. In addition, these tubular members 14 provide reinforcement for the tie beneath the tie plates.

Extending longitudinally of the tie is a reinforcing bar 19 whose opposite ends are upturned as shown at 20. .This reinforcing bar is also connected to thev tubular members 14 by means of inclined arms 21, so that in additionv to reinforcing the tie, the bar 19 also braces and securely anchors the tubular members 14.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claim's.

Having described the invention what is claimed is zp 1. In combination, a composition railway tie, a rail plate near each end of the tie, arcuate-shaped tubular members embedded in the tie and having` their opposite open ends disposed within the'plates, clamping plates positioned upon the rail plates for engagement upon opposite sides of the rails, and arcuate-shaped bolts extending through the tubular members and clamping plates to hold the latter in clamping position.

2. In combination, a composition railway tie, a rail plate near each end of the tie, arcuate-shaped tubular members embedded in the tie and havingtheir opposite open ends disposed within the plates, clamping plates positioned upon `the rail plates for engagement upon opposite` sides of the rails, arcuateshaped bolts extending through the tubular members and clamping plates to hold the latter in clamping position, and combined tie reinforcing rods and tubular member braces extending through the tie and connected with said members.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FRED K. SCHULTZ.

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