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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
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  • Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tie embodying my invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same.
  • Fig. 3 is a side elevation view of the tie with parts removed;
  • Fig. 4 a plan view of the clamping-plates;
  • Fig. 5, a plan view of the nut-lock plate, and
  • Fig. 6 a detail of the center bolt and pin which secures the nut-lock plate.
  • the numeral 1 designates the metallic railroad-tie,which consists of an ordinary box-casting.
  • This tie is formed on its upper side with a recess 2, provided at each end thereof with ⁇ a groove 3 of a width equal to one-half of the width of the base ofthe rail et.
  • the edges of the recessed portion adjoining the said grooves are beveled or inclined, as shown at 5, in order to correspond to the conguration of the upper side of the lbase-flange 6 of said rail.
  • metallic retaining-plates 7 8 are positioned in the said recess of the rail-tie and have their square ends abutting, as shown at 9.
  • the opposite ends of said retaining-plates are formed with base-grooves 10 11, adapted to ⁇ the said grooves are beveled or inclined like the edgesv 5 of the rail-tie to conform to the configuration of the upper surface of the baseflange of the rail, and thereby securely hold the rail in position.
  • These retaining-plates are held by two bolts 13 14, having their heads placed on the under side of the tie and their shafts projecting through vertical openings 15 therein, and nuts 16 engaging the projecting threaded ends of said bolts.
  • a nut-lock plate 17 is provided to engage the said nuts 16 and prevent the same from turning and becoming disengaged. This plate extends across the point of junction ofthe two retaining-plates 7 8 and is provided in the end thereof with an open rectangular slot 18, which incloses the said nuts and prevents the same from turning, as will be readily understood.
  • the nut-lock plate is retained in position by a bolt 19, projecting from the upper side down through the tie and having its shank 19a formed with a vertical slot 20, having serrated edges 21.
  • a locking-pin 22 is formed with a head 22a and passes through the said slot and is then bent at an angle, as shown, to prevent disconnection, the serrated edges also assisting in preventing movement of said pin.
  • My invention provides a simple and efficient construction of rail-tie and rail-attaching mechanism therefor, by means of which the rails may be readily secured thereto and removed therefrom when substituting new rails, and the employment of spikes for securing the rails is dispensed with.
  • a rail-tie In a rail-tie, the combination of the tie provided with a central longitudinal recess and a groove at each end thereof adapted to receive the base-flange of the rail, two retainingplates seated -in said recess their inner ends contacting and provided at their outer ends with grooves acting in conjunction with the grooves of the tie to clamp the base-flange of the rail, bolts passed upward from the un- IOO 1o one of the retaining-plates and the lockingplate and securing all of said parts together, substantially as described.

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W. H. SCOTT.
METAL RAILROAD TIE.
No. 599,639. Patented Peb. 22,1899.
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WOOD H. SCOTT, OF WHITE MILLS, KENTUCKY.
M ETAL RAILROAD-Tl E.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 599,639, dated February 22, 1898.
Application filed April 8, 1897. Serial No. 631,264. (No model.)
useful improvements in metallic rail-support! ing girders or cross-ties forrailroads, and has for its object to provide a simplified construction of tie of this class andnovel means for attaching the rail thereto.
To the accomplishment of this end my invention consists in certain novel details of construction, combinations, and arran gement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically set forth in the appended claim.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tie embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation view of the tie with parts removed; Fig. 4, a plan view of the clamping-plates; Fig. 5, a plan view of the nut-lock plate, and Fig. 6 a detail of the center bolt and pin which secures the nut-lock plate.
Like numerals of reference designate correspending parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.
Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the metallic railroad-tie,which consists of an ordinary box-casting. This tie is formed on its upper side with a recess 2, provided at each end thereof with `a groove 3 of a width equal to one-half of the width of the base ofthe rail et. The edges of the recessed portion adjoining the said grooves are beveled or inclined, as shown at 5, in order to correspond to the conguration of the upper side of the lbase-flange 6 of said rail. Two
metallic retaining-plates 7 8 are positioned in the said recess of the rail-tie and have their square ends abutting, as shown at 9. The opposite ends of said retaining-plates are formed with base-grooves 10 11, adapted to `the said grooves are beveled or inclined like the edgesv 5 of the rail-tie to conform to the configuration of the upper surface of the baseflange of the rail, and thereby securely hold the rail in position. These retaining-plates are held by two bolts 13 14, having their heads placed on the under side of the tie and their shafts projecting through vertical openings 15 therein, and nuts 16 engaging the projecting threaded ends of said bolts. A nut-lock plate 17 is provided to engage the said nuts 16 and prevent the same from turning and becoming disengaged. This plate extends across the point of junction ofthe two retaining-plates 7 8 and is provided in the end thereof with an open rectangular slot 18, which incloses the said nuts and prevents the same from turning, as will be readily understood. The nut-lock plate is retained in position by a bolt 19, projecting from the upper side down through the tie and having its shank 19a formed with a vertical slot 20, having serrated edges 21. A locking-pin 22 is formed with a head 22a and passes through the said slot and is then bent at an angle, as shown, to prevent disconnection, the serrated edges also assisting in preventing movement of said pin.
My invention provides a simple and efficient construction of rail-tie and rail-attaching mechanism therefor, by means of which the rails may be readily secured thereto and removed therefrom when substituting new rails, and the employment of spikes for securing the rails is dispensed with.
Having thus described the invention,what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-
In a rail-tie, the combination of the tie provided with a central longitudinal recess and a groove at each end thereof adapted to receive the base-flange of the rail, two retainingplates seated -in said recess their inner ends contacting and provided at their outer ends with grooves acting in conjunction with the grooves of the tie to clamp the base-flange of the rail, bolts passed upward from the un- IOO 1o one of the retaining-plates and the lockingplate and securing all of said parts together, substantially as described.
In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.
WOOD H. SCOTT.
Witnesses:
O. M. RAIZE, J. T. MCNARY.
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