US400643A - Metallic railway-tie and fastening - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

' H. L. DE ZENG, METALLIC RAILWAY. TIE AND FASTENING. No. 400.643.

Patented Apr. 2 1889.

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UNITED STATES HENRY L. "DE ZENG, OF GENEVA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, ALBERT PATENT OFFICE.

OF UTIOA, AND VILLIAM D. BURRALL, OF VVATERLOO, NE\V YORK.

METALLIC RAILWAY-TIE AND FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,643, dated April 2, 1889.

Application filed August 13, 1888- Serial N0. 282,488. (No model.)

' To all whom it may concern:

Metallic railway-ties having spuds or anchor-plates connected therewith and devices for securing the track-rails to heretofore been made. My invention relates to improvements in the ties have .metallic railway-ties and fastenings for securing the rails in place upon said ties; and said invention relates particularly to the devices hereinafter set forth, which devices consist of improvements in the construction of the spud or anchor-plate,improvements in the construction of and in the manner of securing the bolts, and washers and braces, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1- represents a vertical section crosswise of the track and longitudinally of the tie. Fig. 2 is a plan of aportion of one rail and cross-tie. Fig. 3 is an elevation of part of the 'rail and a cross-section of the metallic tie and fastening device by which the rail is secured to the tie. Fig. 4 is a plan of a portion of the tie, showing the slot in the same, which is hereinafter more fully described. Fig. 5 is a plan of the bolt-head. Fig. 6 is a planof the washer, and Fig. '7 is an elevation of the bolt and head of a modified form.

a represents the metallic railway-tie, which is preferably of wrought-iron and formed with downwardly-bent edges, and a represents slots formed through the surface of the tie, that come beneath each rail.

b represents the spud or anchor-plate, which is by preference of cast metal and riveted to the wrought-iron tie (1. However, if desired, both cross-ties a and spud or anchor-plate 1) maybe made in one of cast metal. The spud b and downwardly-bent edges of the tie a sink into the earth when the tie is put into position .for use, the downwardly-bent edges of the tie preventing the movement lengthwise of the track, and, the spud or anchor-plate b preventing a lateral movement of the crosstie a, the spuds 6 pass deeper into the earth than the edges of the ties at. The spuds bmay, where desired, be secured to the central portion of the tie a, in which case there may be pocket-plates riveted to the ties beneath the rails. The upper surfaces of the spuds b have concavities or pockets b.- formed therein, which concavities or pockets come beneath the slots a of the ties, and said pockets are adapted to receive the nuts of the bolts (1, and

wvhere the cross-tie and spud are cast in one G. LUCAS,

the slots at a and the pockets 1) are formed in the cast metal in like manner, as herein described.

0 represents the track rails, which are secured to place by the bolts d, and said bolts 61 are made with wide heads or conical disks d, which disks are formed as a part of the bolts d or may be separate and movable about the bolt, and above the same is a square head portion adapted to receive a wrench by which the bolts are turned in the nuts that are in the pockets b, the bolts being thus revolved until they come down to place to securely clamp the rails c. The conical disks or heads d of the bolts are formed with peripheral teeth 2, (see Fig. 5,) and I provide a washer, e, of wrought metal, which washer is adapted to be received between the tie and rail and the under side of the conical disk (1', and said washer has a flat portion-at 3 to rest upon the tie and to fit the edge of the rail and an inclined portion at 5 to fit the inclined web-surface of the rail, and said washer e is made with peripheral teeth 6, one or' more of which teeth 6 are adapted to be bent over into the teeth 2 of the conical disk d, so as to lock the bolt and prevent its turning and becoming undone.

f represents a brace adapted to fit the contour of the rail, and said brace is located upon the outer surface of the track and has a lug, 7, adapted to pass into one end of the slot at in the cross-tie, and one of the bolts d passes through said brace to hold the brace and rail down to place upon the outside.

The nuts 8 of the screw-bolts d are of a width slightly less than the width of the pockets b in the spuds b, and from the foregoing description it will be apparent that when said nuts 8 are introduced into the pockets they cannot turn, but will yet act to draw down and tighten the bolts (1, and that said nuts are securely inclosed and out of the way and cannot be tampered with by any malicious person, it being possible to easily bend back one of the teeth 0 out of contact from the teeth 2 of the bolt-head and loosen the screw-bolts (1, so as at any time to wedge up the track should the same become misplaced or shiftits position in frosty weather.

The modified shape of screw-bolt (l and head d shown in Fig. 7, is adapted for use where the screw-bolt is inserted into the tie at an inclination, in which case there is no necessity for a conical head. The flat under surface of the head (1' where the screw-bolt (l occupies the inclined position will bear evenly upon the inclined surface of the web of the rail to hold said rail in place.

In order to give a certain amount of elasticity to the rails c, I provide a corrugated plate of steel, g, of a length preferably corresponding to the Width of the tie a, and which plate g is adapted to be received between the surface of the tie and the under surface of the rail 0, and the screwbolts d pass through notches made in the sides of the corrugated plate and prevent the same turning or shifting. These corrugated plates of steel are adapted to impart elasticity to the track, but yet are not thin enough to be crushed flat by the weight of a passing train. I may prefer to employ said plates in connection with other fastening devices, but do not limit myself in this particular.

I claim as my invention- 1. The metallic railway-tie having downwardly-bent edges and slotted at a, in combination with the spuds or anchor-plates b, riveted to the tie and provided with pockets at b beneath the slots of the ties, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a metallic railwaytie having slots at a, of spuds or anchor-plates b, secured to said tie and having pockets Z) in their upper faces, and the screw-bolts (I, having conical disks or heads (2 and a square end to the same, the nuts of the bolts being received and held within the pockets b, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the metallic railway-tie a and the rail 0, of the screw-bolts d, the conical disks or heads 01' to said bolts, peripheral teeth 2, formed upon the conical disks (1, and the washer 6, through which the screwbolt passes, said Washer being provided with peripheral teeth 6, which teeth are adapted to be bent over in to the teeth 2 to secure and lock the screw-bolt and prevent its turning, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with a metallic railwaytie having slots at a, of spuds or anchor-plates b, secured to said tie and having pockets 1) in their upper faces, the screw-bolts 01, having conical disks or heads d and a square end to the same, the nuts of the bolts being received and held within the pockets 1), the braces f upon the outer surface of the rail and fitting the contour thereof, the lug 7 upon the brace adapted to pass into the slot a of the tie, and the screw-bolt (I, passing through the brace and adapted to secure the same and the rail to place, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the rail 0 and the metallic tie a, of the screw-bolts d, conical disks or heads (1 to said bolts, the peripheral teeth 2, and the washer 6, having a flat portion, 3, to rest upon the tie, and an inclined portion, 5, fitting the inclined Web of the rail, and having peripheral teeth 6, which teeth are adapted to be bent into the teeth 2 to lock the bolt-head and prevent it turning, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with the metallic rail 0 and the metallic railway-tie a, of the spuds I), connected to the metallic tie, and the bolts (1, for holding the rail to the tie, a corrugated plate of steel, 9, between the base of the rail and the top of the metallic tie to form an elastic bearing for the rail, said corrugated plate being notched for the bolts (1, Which act to hold the plate in position, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 16th day of July, 1888.

HENRY L. DE ZENG.

Witnesses:

G. W. NICHOLAS,

GEO. J. GALLAGHER.

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