US2483491A - Rail anchor and spike harness - Google Patents

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Oct. 4, 1949. A. GEHNERT 2,433,491

I RAIL ANCHOR AND SPIKE HARNESS y Filed'My 21, 1947 ATI'D RN EYS Patented Oct. 4, 1949 UNITED STATI-:srAv'wrENTk oFFicE y Application May 21, 1947, Serial N0. 749,525

4 Claims. (Cl. 23S-375) This invention relates to a rail anchor and spike harness.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a simple means for anchoring a rail spike against displacement from the tie and outwardly from the rail wherein the same can be easily inserted over the rail bottom flange and wherein a minimum amount of material extending inwardly along the flange from one side of the tie is used.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a rail anchor and spike harness which is .of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture and convenient to use.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a rail with my rail anchor and spike harness applied to the opposite sides of the rail and to the bottom flange thereof and extending inwardly from opposite sides of the tie over the spikes to be retained within the tie and against displacement from the rail.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the rail and looking upon .one end of a tie, and upon the anchor and spike harness of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken through the rail and on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and upon the rail anchor and spike harness of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged side elevational view of the rail anchor member.

Referring now to the iigures, III represents a tie over which a rail II is extended. Below the rail is a plate I2 with which bottom flange I3 of the rail engages.

Spikes I5 are extended downwardly through the plate I2 and are driven into the tie II) so that their heads I6 extend over the bottom flanges I3 of the rail II. In order to retain the spike I5 in place, I have provided a spring steel element II having a portion I8 adapted to extend over the head of the spike from one side of the tie and adapted to iit upon the top face of the ange I3. The spring steel strip I'I or spike retainer is curved upwardly as indicated at I9 so that its outer end 26 will engage the top face of the flange and is provided with a central portion 2l adapted to fit within a recess 22 in an upwardly and inwardly extending hook formation 23 of a rail anchor 24, Fig. 4. The rail anchor has a hook formation 25 which will fit the opposite bottom ange of the rail. The part I8 of the spring strip or spike retainer has a downwardly bent end 22" which will engage the top surface of the flange I3 so as to space the portion I8 above the flange surface to accommodate the spike head I6.

The rail anchor part 24 has a wide flange 21 throughout the extent which it engages the rail and also in the portion or hook formation 23 which extends over the spike retainer I'I.

The portion 2i of the spike retainer is indented throughout the length of the recess 22 and will be brought to bear within the recess whereby to depress the portion 2l of the retainer. The sharp ends 2t and 22' will prevent the spike retainer I'I from creeping along the iiange I3.

In order to prevent transverse adjustment of the anchor 24 once it has been mounted upon the bottom iiange of the rail there is provided a shoulder 28 adapted to abut one side edge of the bottom iiange I3.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A rail spike retaining arrangement comprising a spike retainer element formed of spring metal and having a portion adapted to extend along the ange at the bottom of a rail and over the head .of a spike driven into a tie and engaging with the bottom flange of the rail, said spike retainer being bound and having its ends bent downwardly for dig-in engagement with the top surface of the flange to prevent creepage thereof on the ange and a central indented portion, a rail anchor element fitted under the bottom iiange of the rail and having a hook formation adapted to extend upwardly from the side edge of the flange and over the indented portion of the spike retainer to retain the retainer in a tightly flexed condition upon the top surface of the bottom fiange.

2. A rail spike retaining arrangement as defined in claim 1 and said rail anchor formation adapted to extend over the spike retainer having a recess into which the spike retainer indented portion is extended whereby to positively lock the spike retainer against lateral displacement upon the top surface of the rail ange.

3. A rail spike retaining arrangement as dened in claim l, and said rail anchor having a shoulder at the end of the same to which the spike retainer is attached adapted to cooperate with the edge of the bottom flange whereby to lock the spike retainer against lateral displacement in one direction and toward the center of the rail.

4. A rail spike retaining arrangement as dened in claim 1, and said rail anchor formation adapted to extend over the spike retainer having a recess into which the spike retainer indented portion is extended whereby to positively lock the spike retainer against lateral displacement upon the top surface of. the rail ange, and thel portions of the rail anchor kengaging with the rai-1 and with the spike retainer and over the recess thereof being wider than the external portions whereby to provide a large surface contact of the rail anchor with the bottom flange of the rail and with the spike retainer indentation.

ADAM GEI-INERT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

Um STATES PATENTS 10 Number Name Date 1,101,658 Preston June 30, 1914 .1,941,103 Moore et al Dec. 26, 1933 2,252,116. Clarkson Aug. 12, 1941

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