US1765122A - Railway-rail anchor - Google Patents

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RAILWAY RAIL ANCHOR Filed July 3, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 17, 1930 UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE ARTHUR E. BARILI All D JACOB A. KYLE, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNORS BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HALF T0 SAID KYLE, ONE-EIGHTH -T0 JOSEPH I-I. GREEN, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, ONE-FOURTH TO D. F.

. on-31s, or .Bosron, MASSACHUSETTS, xom, or PLEASANTVILLE, NEW JERSEY AND ONE-EIGHTH TO SAMUEL E. HOLDZ- RAILWAY-RAIL ANCHOR Application filed July 3, 1929. Serial No. 375,856.

This invention relates to new and novel improvements in rail anchors formed from' practical and efficient rail anchor formed from a single bar or plate of suitable high grade spring steel of the desired'dimensions and possessing the required strength, which may be easily and readily applied to-the base of a track rail and securely maintained-in its proper operative position thereon, and which will always efiectively grip and clamp the rail base and co-operate with astationary part of the railway road bed to prevent the track rail from creeping.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the improved device thatv it will alwaysmaintain the required resiliency and tension and exert an extremely tight grip and effective frictional engagement with the track rail under any and all conditions of service, and the greater the-twisting strain to which the anchor maybe subjected the more intense grippingaotion is imparted thereto.

The foregoing and such other objects as may appear from the ensuing description are accomplished by the construction, formation, location and combination of the several parts hereinafter more fully described, illus trated by the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto, fit being understood that slight changes in the precise form, proportions and minor details of the construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification it will be seen that: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved device embodying our invention showing a track rail in cross-section and the device at tached to the base of said rail showingthe position assumed by one of its: clamping members before it is caused to clamp the adjacent edge of the rail.

.Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section of the anchor device, showing it clamped in operative position to the base of a track rail and showing the track rail in cross-section.

Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective of the device detached'from the track rail.

Figure 4 is a side elevation showing the blank from which the rail anchor is formed, and showing the first step in the formation of said anchor from theblank.

Figure 5 is an end elevation of the blank shownin Fig. 4.: I

Figure 6 is a side elevation of the anchor showing the second step in the formation,

third and final step in the complete formation of the improved rail anchoring device.

In the embodiment of the invention as illustratedit will be seen that thenumeralll designates a railway trackrail, and 2 an underlying cross-tie forming a stationary part of the railway road bed and supporting the rail 1, the said rail having a tendency to creep, when subjected to the intense strain caused by the travel of the rolling stock thereover.

This novel and improved rail anchor is formed from any suitable or desirable metal, but is preferably formed from a single bar of high. grade spring steel that is'rolled with a reinforced portion 3 at each side of the bar where it is about five-eights of an inch thick, while its central portion from 4 to 4: is reduced to a thickness of about threeeighths of an inch. The said bar is then cut into the desired length. such as is shown in.

Fig. a, for forming this type of anchor, said Fig. 4; showing that by the first step in forming this particular type of anchor that by a single operation any suitable number of holes are punched through the bar in order to furnish the desired resiliency thereto, and at the same time a portion of the metalis forced outwardly from thebar to form an integral extension 5 forming a rail gripping member bending-over the vertically extended portion into the formation shown in Fig. 7 to form the upper portion of the jaw member 7 which is adapted to overlap and rigidly clamp against the upper inclined face of the base of the track rail when forced into 1ts operatlve position on the base portion of said track rail.

It will be perceived that when the anchor device is completely formed it consists of a jaw member 5 provided with an upper portion 7 adapted to clamp tightly against the upper inclined'face of one side of the rail, and a lower member 7 adapted to firmly contact with the lower face of the rail base, a depending body portion 8, and an upwardly ind outwardly curved resilient portion 9, with a centrally outwardly formed extension 5 adapted to firmly grip into contact with the other edge of the rail base when forced into its operative position. 7 l a It will be seen that the wide reinforced side portion 30f the anchor furnishes unusual strength thereto, and prevents "breaking of the device while being'forced on the rail-and at the same time presents a widened bearing surface against the cross-tie all along its face where itis in contact with the tie, hence obviously prevents the tie from being cut, damaged or defaced.

The upper jaw member 7 is formed with a lower face portion 9 having the same incline as the upper face of the rail base so that when forced on the rail it will have a fiat gripping contact therewith, as clearly shown in The anchor device is first adjusted on the rail base by h and, it is then forced on the rail by striking the outer side of the jaw member 5 with asuitable sledge or hammer until it is caused to assume the position shown in Fig. 1 with the extension 5 resting beneath the base of the rail under a strong upward spring tension, since the upper surface of the outer end of the resilient portion 9 extends slightly above the horizontal plane of the up per surface of the lower jaw member 7 then by a blow of suflicient strength with the sledge or maul at the point 10 the extension 5 will pass the edge of the rail and snap into close and rigid contact therewith and will remain in its secured position until removed by force.

The anchor is formed with a suitable number of holes or openings 11 punched therethrough to provide the desired resiliency, but when desired such holes or openings may be omitted.

It will be readily evident that the rail anchor device formed in the manner hereinbefore described possesses unusual strength and efficiency; that it will prevent cutting and damage to the cross-tie; that it is easily and economically produced, and may be read ily applied to and detached from the base of the track rail. I 1

Having thus described our invention what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

1. A single piece rail anchor formed with a reinforced thickened portion at each side thereof extendingiuniformly throughout its entire length, an intermediate thinner portion, a depending body portion, an overlapging clamping jaw formed at one end portion thereof, and an upwardly extended aw member adjacent the other end portion disposed intermediate its width;

2. A rail anchor fora track rail formed from a single'bar of high gradesteel having an overlapping jaw at one end, the lower surface of the uppermember ofsaid jawbeing formed on the same incline asthe upper inclined surface of the rail'base, a depending portion, a reinforced portion at each side extending uniformly throughout its entire, length, an intermediate thinner portion, and an upwardly extended rail clamping member formed adjacent its other end portion and intermediateits width.

3. A rail anchor for a track rail-formed from a single bar of metal having'an over lapping jaw member at one end thereof, a dependingbody portion, an upwardly and outwardly disposed curved portion, and a stamped up jaw extension formed near its other end portion and disposed intermediate the width of said anchor. 1 c

4. A rail anchor for track rails of the character described, comprising asingle bar of high grade steel formed with a reinforced portion at each sideextending uniformly throughout its entire length and an intermediate thinner portion, a jawmember atone end thereof adapted to overlap the track rail base, a clamping jaw extension formed intermediate its width disposed adjacent its other end adapted to engage the adjacent edge of the rail base, and a plurality of openings formed through the thinner-portion only'of said bar.

ARTHUR E. H. B ARILI. JACOB A.

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