US445275A

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Publication number: US445275A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1891-01-27
Anticipated expiration: 1908-01-27

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(No Model.)

H. I. JEFPERS.

' RAILWAY TIE. No. 445,275.

Patented Jan. 27,1891.

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HARRY IRIVIN JEFFERS, OF LEXINGTON, MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO SAMUEL D. GIVIN, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,275, dated January 27, 1891.

Application filed August 23,1890- Serial No. 362,853. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY IRWIN JEFFERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the county of Holmes and State of Mississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in railway-ties; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and definitely pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and durable tie having a metallic base, and suitable means for securing the rails in place with but little trouble and expense. I obtain this object by the 0011- struction shown in the accompanying drawin gs, forming partof my specification, wherein like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of a tie embodying my invention, with the rails shown in dotted lines, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken through one end of the tie.

In the drawings, A. represents a metallic tie formed with upwardly and inwardly inclined sides 13 and flat bottom 0.

In the end portions of the sides of the tie, in their upper edges, are formed grooves or recesses I), having vertical inner walls, horizontal bottoms, and inclined extensions at their forward ends, forming overlapping tongues cl. These grooves are arranged direct-ly opposite each other at their respective ends.

E represents binding-blocks formed with inwardlydnclined sides, arranged to be dovetailed into the tie, where they are permitted a longitudinal movement only. The inner upper portions of the blocks are increased in size and have forwardly-inclined retaining tongues or extensions e, which are arranged on a plane with the tongues cl of the tie.

Seated in a recess formed in the upper face of the block, at a point intermediate the grooves in the tie, are rubber or other elastic cushions F, on which the rails rest when locked in the tie. Directly in the rear of the blocks I preferably cut the metal of the sides, and when the blocks are adjusted bend the metal down, as at II, directly back of the blocks, thereby forming a key or retainingprong to prevent the blocks from moving.

The operation of securing the rail is as fol lows: The blocks are first inserted and the tongues e forced back of the grooves. The rails are then placed in the grooves and the blocks forced forward, forcing the lower outer flange of the rail beneath the tongue cl and 6c the tongue 6 projecting over the inner flange of the rail. The cut is then made in the side of the tie and the metal bent down, thus securely locking the blocks in place and securing the rails in the ties. the sides may be bent down on both sides of the tie, if desired; but I have found that the bending of one side only is generally sufficient.

I am aware that many minor changes in railway-tic consisting of a metal base hav- 8o ing inclined sides, blocks dovetailed in the same, and a bent-in portion in the rear of the blocks for retaining the same in place, substantially as described.

2. In a metal railway-tie, the combination,

with the base having inclined sides with grooves therein and retaining-tongues, of blocks in the tie having retaining-tongues opposite said other tongues, and a bent-down portion of the tie in the rear of the blocks, 9c

substantially as described.

3. In a railway-tie, a sliding block dovetailed therein, a cushion on the bl0cks,tongues on the tie and blocks, and a bent-down retaining point on the tie in the rear of the blocks, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY IRWIN JEFFERS. Witnesses:

B. M. WArsoN, J. L. KILGORE.

It is evident that 65 It is hereby eertified that the name of the assignee in Letters Patent No. 445,275, granted January 27, 1891, upon the application of Harry Irwin J effers, of Lexington, Mississippi, for an improvement in Railway-Ties, was erroneously written and printed Samuel D. Givin, Whereas said name should have been Written and printed Samuel D. Gwz'n; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the ease in the Patent Offiee.

Signed, eountersigned, and sealed this 17th day of February, A. D. 1891.

CYRUS BUSSEY, Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[SEAL] Oountersigned:

0. E. MITCHELL,

Commissioner of Patents.