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Description

(No Model.)

J. SPLANE.,

METALLIC RAILROAD TIL.

No. 367,325. Patented J-uly'26, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN sPLAnE,l on PHILADELPHIA, PENNsYLvANiA, AssIeNoE on ONE- THIED To STEPHEN rr. BEALE, JE., on sAME PLAGE.

' METALLIC RAILROAD-TIE.

'SPECIFICATION frming part of Letters Patent No. 367,325, dated July 26, 1887.

Application tiled May 9, 1887. Serial o. 237,527. (No model.)

rolled, pressed, or stamped into a rectangular-4 shaped channeled plate, having horizontal supporting-seats with downwardly-projecting side flanges, which fit into the earth a suffil cient distance to 'allow the seats to rest upon the surface of the ground, and the rails supported snugly in a recess or notch formed in the upper surface and side walls of the channeled plate, and firmly held in posit-ion therein by means of two longitudinal clamp-rods having a swivel or other suitable form of nut, the clamping device being tightened by the application of an ordinary wrench and the nut prevented from turning while rin position by a locking device suitably journaled in the side walls ofthe channeled plate, whereby the tie as so constructed may be firmly held in the ground, and the removal of a rail, for whatever purpose it may become necessary, readily and quickly accomplished without having to remove a series of bolts and nuts, which has been one of the greatest objections to the use of the heretofore more or less complicated constructions of metallic ties for railroads.

Ihe nature of my invention will be more fully understood upon 4reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein I have shown my invention in aform which has been found practical] y efficient, in which the essential features thereof are embodied, and kin which-,-

Figure l is a longitudinal central section through my improved metallic tie, showin g the two rails supported inthe recesses formed to receive them, and with the clamping-rods provided with a swivel-nut for lirmly holding them in position therein. Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively transverse sections on the lines :v x and yy of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a top or plan View of the tie, showing the rails in position; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation thereof. 4

Referring to the drawings, a represents the channeled plate, made of Steel or iron, in a single piece, rolled, stamped, or pressed into and e'.

preferably a rectangular shape, and'integral` therewith on each side is the horizontal supportingseat b, having the downwardly-projecting flange c, which fits into the earth sufficiently to allow the supportingseats b to rest snugly upon the top surface of the ground,and thereby prevent any movement of the tie when once in position.

d and d are two recesses or notches suitably formed in the top surfaces and side walls of the channeled plate for receiving the rails e These recesses'or notches are of such shape as to permit ofthe lower portion or base of the rails and the webs thereof to be fitted snugly up against the top surface and side walls `of the channeled plate, forming, as it were,stationary clamps for holding one side of the rails, While the opposite side ofthe respective rails are held to place firmly in the recesses or notches by means of the longitudinal clamprods fand f', having right and left threaded extremities to which a swivelnut, h, is centrally attached, and these rods tightened by means of an ordinary Wrench applied to the swivel-nut through an aperture, t', in the top surface of the channeled plate a. Y

To prevent the swivel-nut h from turning while in position, is provided a locking device, j, of suitable construction, journaled in the side walls of the channeled plate a, and having, preferably, two depending fingers, k and lc', which firmly hold the hexagonal or other forni of swivel-nut h in position.

I do not wish to limit myself to the use of the locking device as shown and explained, as any other means that will prevent the nut while in position from turning I desire to avail myself of the use offfor accomplishing the object in the more extended practice of the invention.

The manner of removing a rail from my improved metallic tie may be explained as follows: Assuming the tie to be in the position shown, for instance, in sectional view in Fig. l, by raising the fingers k and 7c of the locking device journaled in the side walls of the channeled plate a, the swivel-nut h may be loosened by an ordinary wrench inserted through the aperture t' in the top surface of the plate a until the clamp-rods f and f are releasedsufciently to drop downward from IOC the tapering upper surface of the foot of the rail, when the rail, by a slight inward movement by hand, may be readily and quickly removed from the recess d or d' of the metallic tie.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. Ainetallic railroad-tie consisting of a single piece of metal rolled or bent into a rectangular-shapcd channeled plate provided with two horizontal supporting-seats having project-ing flanges, and with recesses formed in the top surface and side walls of said plate for holding oneportion of the rails in said recesses, in combination with two rails and means, substantially as described, for holding the other portion of the rails in said recesses.

2. A metallic railroad-tie consisting of a channeled plate provided with horizontal supporting-seats having projecting flanges, recesses formedlin the top and sides or" said plate, forming clamps for holding thelower portions 0f the rails, in combination with two rails, two clampingrods, and a swivel-nut, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A metallic railroad tie composed of a rectangulanshaped channeled plate made of rolled steel or iron in asinglc piece, with seats having downwardly-projecting flanges, and two recesses with angular` notches fitting around the lower portion ofthe rails, in combination with the rails and two clampingrods earryinga swivel-nut for tightening said rods,and thereby holding said rails iirmly in position in said recesses, substantially as described.

4. Ametallicrailroad-tiecomposedofachanneled plate with supporting-seats and downwardly-projecting side anges, and recesses formed in said plate for receiving and supporting the rails, in combination with two rails, twolongitudinal clamping-rods provided with a swivel-nut for tightening said rods, and means for'preventing said nut from turning while in position, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN SPLANE.

Vitliesses:

HERMANN BORMANN, J. WALTER DoUGLAss.

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