US465492A - Railway-chair - Google Patents

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(NoModeL) I. W. PARSONS. RAILWAY CHAIR.

No. 465,492. Patented Dec. 22, 1891.

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FRANCIS PARSONS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILWAY-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,492, datedDecember 22, 1891.

Application filed February 5, 1891- Serial No. 380,351. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS W. PARSONS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philad elphia, in the county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Plates, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in. railway-chairs; and it has for its object to provide a cheap and durable chair of sheet metal with the flange and prongs struck out from the metal. The prongs are designed to be arranged at different angles to enter the cross-ties either with or across the grain or an angle thereto, as may be deemed best.

The device can be manufactured at a minimum cost, is durable, easily applied, and when in position will hold the rail firmly in place.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the device ready for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section through a rail held in place by my device.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in both views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the chair, which is formed of a piece of sheet metal of the required size and form, preferably rectangular, as seen in Fig. 1. It is stamped up at a to form the flange b, which extends transversely of the plate and adapted to engage and receive the flange of the rail, as seen in Fig. 2. Adjacent to the flange b the plate is provided with a spike-hole 0. Near opposite ends, and preferably at diagonally-opposite corners, the metal is stamped out to form the triangular prongs (l,

which extend upon the side of the plate oppositeto the flange b, and these prongs may be arranged at any desired angle to enterthe cross-ties either with or at rightangles to the grain of the wood or at any other angle thereto. They are shown as arranged at right angles to each other, as shown in Fig. 1, so that one will enter the tie at right angles to the other, so as to better brace the plate and prevent both lateral and longitudinal movement thereof.

The manner of use will be readily understood. It is shown in Fig. 2. A spike is driven through the hole 0 in the usual manner, and at a point which will bring the spike upon the other side of the rail I form an elongated slot f, which extends at an angle other than a right angle to the edges of the plate, as seen in Fig. 1. This permits of the use of the device with rails having flanges of varying sizes, or two spikes may be driven, one to bind and hold the other.

WVhat I claim as new is 1. A sheetmetal railway chair having stamped therefrom a flan go to receive and embrace the flange of a rail, a spike-holein proximity to said flange, a spike-h0le near the other end, extending angularly to the ends and sides, and at diametrically-opposite corners triangular prongs stamped from within the body of the chair, substantially as specitied.

2. A sheetmetal railwaychair having stamped therefrom near its longitudinal center a curved flange, and at diametrically-opposite corners triangular prongs arranged at right angles to each other, substantially as shown and described.

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

FRANCIS \V. PARSONS.

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