US2844326A - Resilient rail spike with a resilient clip - Google Patents

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US2844326A
US2844326A US476772A US47677254A US2844326A US 2844326 A US2844326 A US 2844326A US 476772 A US476772 A US 476772A US 47677254 A US47677254 A US 47677254A US 2844326 A US2844326 A US 2844326A
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Josephus A C Van Der Weyden
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B9/00—Fastening rails on sleepers, or the like
    • E01B9/02—Fastening rails, tie-plates, or chairs directly on sleepers or foundations; Means therefor
    • E01B9/04—Fastening on wooden or concrete sleepers or on masonry without clamp members
    • E01B9/06—Railways spikes
    • E01B9/08—Elastic spikes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B9/00—Fastening rails on sleepers, or the like
    • E01B9/02—Fastening rails, tie-plates, or chairs directly on sleepers or foundations; Means therefor
    • E01B9/28—Fastening on wooden or concrete sleepers or on masonry with clamp members
    • E01B9/30—Fastening on wooden or concrete sleepers or on masonry with clamp members by resilient steel clips
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B9/00—Fastening rails on sleepers, or the like
    • E01B9/68—Pads or the like, e.g. of wood, rubber, placed under the rail, tie-plate, or chair

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  • RESILIENT RAIL SPIKE'WITH A RESILIENT CLIP Filed Dec. 21, 1954
  • S -Sheets-Sheet 3 2,844,326 A 7 I
  • RESILIENT RAIL SPIKE WITH A RESILIENT CLIP Josephus A. C. van der Weyden, Helmond, Netherlands,
  • Petherlan ds a limited liability company of the Netherands Application December 21, 1954, Serial No. 476,772
  • the invention relates to rail spikes, and more particularly to devices for resiliently urging rails against sleepers.
  • the invention contemplates a so-called direct fastening of the rail, i. e. a fastening in which for the arrangement or removal of the rail the main fastening means, namely a resilient spike, collar screw or the like remains unaltered in connection with the sleeper and the grip on the rail bottom is effected by a clip releasable from the main fastening means.
  • the clip at one side bears on the rail bottom and at the other side on a sole plate, chair, or immediately on the sleeper.
  • the pressing force exerted by the main fastening means herewith acts only partly on the rail bottom, whereas for the part of ,the clip which comes to rest on the sole plate, chair or sleeper a provision is to be made at the sole plate, chair or sleeper.
  • the clip is releasably interlaced with the spike in such a manner that the clip will anchor into the spike as soon as the spike starts producing its gripping action, the clip then acting as a unit With the spike.
  • the spike is of the two-legs type which through helicoidal windings are connected with a bridge piece, and consequently are connected with each other by a loop.
  • the clip is substantially T-shaped, the cross member of the T being arranged such as to be supported on the inner side of the helicoidal windings and by means of an ofiset part merging in the vertical part of the T in such a manner that the latter may bea r against the lower side of the bridge piece of the spike.
  • the resilient clip according to the invention may be arranged in and removed from the resilient helical spike by lifting the loop over a slight distance by means of a claw wrench and it fastens itself between the rail bottom and the loop as soon as gripping action is given back to the loop by the loosening of the claw Wrench.
  • Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a rail illustrating the engagement thereof by a spike and clip provided in accordance with one embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 is a view similar to that shown in Fig. 1, illustrating a further embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the structure of Fig. 3;
  • Fig. 5 is a view, similar to that shown in Fig. 1, illustrating a third embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the structure of Fig. 5;
  • Fig. 6a shows, in enlarged scale, a detail of Figs. 5 and 6.
  • the resilient spikes shown in the figures have two legs 1 and 2 connected by means of helicoidal windings 3 and 4 to a bridge piece 5, which per se cannot press down the rail bottom 6.
  • the clip 7 is substantially T-shaped (vide Figs. 2 and 4) and is punched, e. g. from strip material.
  • the cross member 8 of the T, bearing on the parts 3a and 4a of the windings is pressed downwardly to get a hold against a slanting set up.
  • Said cross member 8 with an ofiset part 9 merges in the vertical part 10 of the T which comes to rest below the bridge piece 5 of the spike and with its free end engages the rail bottom.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show the application of the invention with a sole plate 12 which at the same time supports the rail bottomfi laterally and with a concrete sleeper 13.
  • the extremity 14 of the loop (Fig. 1) here extends beyond the spike legs.
  • the extremity 14 of the loop remains inside the spike legs as indicated in Figure 3, showing the arrangement for hard wood sleepers.
  • the clip according to Figs. 5 and 6 has a somewhat altered shape. This clip can be manufactured in an easier manner.
  • the clip (see Fig. 6a) has the ends of the cross beam of the T offset at 17.
  • a rail fastening device comprising a spike; said spike including two legs, a bridge piece and helicoidal 3 windings connecting the legs with the bridge piece; and a substantially T-shaped clip comprising a cross member supportable within the helicoidal windings and an offset member coupled to said cross member and supportable against the bridge piece of said spike.

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Cited By (4)

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US3749310A (en) * 1971-06-11 1973-07-31 Lesjofors Ab Spring-loaded clamping devices for fastening railroad rails
FR2478585A1 (fr) * 1980-03-21 1981-09-25 Mansfeld Kombinat W Pieck Veb Chassis pour le traitement thermique et le transport de feuilles metalliques fragiles minces, enroulees en rouleau
US5566882A (en) * 1991-12-18 1996-10-22 Pandrol Limited Railway rail-fastening clip and assembly and methods of employing the same
US5735458A (en) * 1991-12-18 1998-04-07 Pandrol Limited Fastening railway rails

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DE1073013B (de) * 1960-01-14 Everts &. van der Weyden N V Heimond (Niederlande) Vor richtung zum Befestigen von Schienen auf Schwellen die aus einem zweischafü gen Nagel sowie einer in diesem ge lagerten mit ihrem freien Ende den Schienenfuß übergreifenden Klemmplatte besteht
DE1130461B (de) * 1958-04-15 1962-05-30 Karl Vossloh Befestigung von Eisenbahnschienen auf Schwellen mittels federnder Spannbuegel

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DE673381C (de) * 1936-01-10 1939-03-21 August Dettmer Befestigung von Eisenbahnschienen mittels federnder Klemmplatten oder starrer Klemmbuegel
US2480388A (en) * 1947-04-05 1949-08-30 Usine Des Ressorts Du Nord Railway rail holding device
US2608123A (en) * 1945-11-15 1952-08-26 Albert I Israelson Locking spike

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DE673381C (de) * 1936-01-10 1939-03-21 August Dettmer Befestigung von Eisenbahnschienen mittels federnder Klemmplatten oder starrer Klemmbuegel
US2608123A (en) * 1945-11-15 1952-08-26 Albert I Israelson Locking spike
US2480388A (en) * 1947-04-05 1949-08-30 Usine Des Ressorts Du Nord Railway rail holding device

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3749310A (en) * 1971-06-11 1973-07-31 Lesjofors Ab Spring-loaded clamping devices for fastening railroad rails
FR2478585A1 (fr) * 1980-03-21 1981-09-25 Mansfeld Kombinat W Pieck Veb Chassis pour le traitement thermique et le transport de feuilles metalliques fragiles minces, enroulees en rouleau
US5566882A (en) * 1991-12-18 1996-10-22 Pandrol Limited Railway rail-fastening clip and assembly and methods of employing the same
US5735458A (en) * 1991-12-18 1998-04-07 Pandrol Limited Fastening railway rails

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