US1869268A - Rail anchor - Google Patents

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July 26, 1932. MAR-r2 I 1,869,268

RAIL ANCHOR Filed May 18, 1931 Patented July 26, 1932 v p c r i V MIKE MARTZ, F maltreated;Humanism; ,f i I Application filed May 1s, 1931 a m; $38,296. I

My present invention has reference to a of the loop receives the outer edge 'of the rail anchor, my object being the provision base flange'of the rail therein and the upper ofa rail anchor that is constructed of spring 'end or extremity of the loopj merges into steel, to include a fiat'body having an oflset a rounded portion or -boss' -6 that'is provided 5 angle notched end to receive therein one end with a threaded bore. Screwed't'hrough this of the base flange of a rail, its second end bore there is'the' s'hank; of abolt 7." Even being formed with alooped or C-shaped por- "before the bolt is applied the upper arm tion that receivestherein the second edge of of the loop is in frictional contact with-the the base flange of the rail and which looped base flange and with the web; of the rail to 10 ti h screwed th u h it ter end a; force the notched portion 3 of the lug 2 into bolt that contacts with the rail at the juncengagement with the second or inner edge of ture of the rail with the base flange and base fl g f the r t Wh n the b l the web thereofand is held against the web is screwed to contact with the wall at the by the spring action of the loop, such spring uncture' of the base flange and web of the 15 pressure also forcing the notched end of the fall the op W111 be xp d and pread anchor into tight engagement with the secupwardly and outwardly with respect to the 0nd edge of the base flange, so that the anchor T5111 a d conseq ently Will draw upon the is automatic in its action in holding itself body plate tOfOree the letter into tight conup n th rail or r v ti g th il f tact with the under face of the base'of the 20 creeping, and further wherein the construc- T2111 nd lkewlse force the hooked end of the 7 tion of the rail anchor is such as to render anchor lIltO g g p g e g gement With th sa lon liv d a d t it f th the edge of the base ange of-the rail'with replacement of other bolts when the original Whleh g g s an th by efiectively and bolt carried thereby is worn, so that the anautomatlqally sustam the h r i p i n 2 chor is economical in construction, may be 011 the NHL By lf f fenee especlally to Fig easily manufactured and will automatically me 1015 the w ng W 1} no e tha the perform its functions with ease and with p d Or looped portion 5 is of a less accuracy. 1 7 width than the body 1, as is also the portion To the attainment of the foregoing the inof the y formed Wlth the notched" 3U vention consists in the improvement herein- The e y P t I' e, 0 after described and definitely claimed. of greater reslllency h y Plame I th d i proper. The anchors are-applied on the rail Fi 1 i a id l ti ith th 1 to contact with'the opposite or outer faces provement in applied position, the rail being of the ties 4 1 8 uponwhich h rails 35 i ti rest and are spiked. The anchorslprevent Fi 2 i an d i th f the longitudinal creeping movement of the Figure 3 is a sectional view approximately Talk, Should the bolts 7 become worn or on h li 3 3 f Fi 1 damaged new ones can be supplied to read- Figure 4 is a plan View showing the anchor y p W Worn 9 damagedibolts with -20 applied on a rail d i t t ith th i out necessitating the discarding of the anchor 96 I for preventing the longitudinal movement or Whlch 13 true t P Q to'the Ority creeping f th iL a of such devices. The anchor maybe economi- The anchor is of spring metal and includes Cally Constructed 'f P e P Y marketecl and a rectangular body plate 1 having an angle h ease P l?P and eefliclency s end which provides a lug 2 which is notched, oi W111: 1t 15 h g be understood and as at 3, to receive the edge of the base flange PP Q p of a rail 4 therein. The second end of the Havlng descllbed the V U I I 01211114 body is formed with a loop that is substa'n- A mil anchor gn t nt Wlth tially C-shaped and which is indicated by tie to holdthe'railfrom longitudinal creep- I the numeral 5. The open portion or mouth ing, said anchor comprising a metal spring member which includes a substantially rec'- tangular body portion to underlie and to contact with the base of a rail for a distance greater than one-half of the length of the base of said rail, said body plate having both of its ends reduced in width andone of said ends being formed with an upstanding lug which is notched to receive one edgeof the V, a

base flange of the rail therein, the second end of the plate being substantially C-shaped and receiving therein the second edge'of' the base flange of the rail, the outer and upper end of C-shaped portion being formed witha boss which is arranged at anangle with respect to. the body plate and which boss has a threaded .bore and a headedbolt screwed through said bore to contact with the rail 7 at the juncture of the'baseflange and Web n, thereof and said bolt also designed to expand Y the upper arm of the C-shaped end ofthe plate to force the body plate into tight gripv ping engagement with the under face of the rail. 7

In testimony whereof MIKE MARTIIZ.

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