US650930A

US650930A - Railroad-tie.

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Publication number: US650930A
Application number: US72710799A
Authority: US
Inventors: Amos R Ebersole
Original assignee: EDMUND N JOHNSON; ELWOOD S SNYDER
Current assignee: EDMUND N JOHNSON; ELWOOD S SNYDER
Priority date: 1899-08-14
Filing date: 1899-08-14
Publication date: 1900-06-05
Anticipated expiration: 1917-06-05

Description

No. 650,930. Patented June 5, I900. A. B. EBERSULE.

RAILROAD TIE.

(Application filed Aug. 14, 1899.)

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AMOS R. EBERSOLE, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO ELWOOD S. SNYDER, OF SAME PLACE, AND EDMUND N. JOHN- SON, OF WATSONTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. I

RAILROAD-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,930, dated June 5, 1900. Apnlication filed August 14,1899. Serial Nb. 727,107. (No model.)

The invention consists in the construct-ioir and combination of the various parts, as hereinafter fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one end of a tie embodying my invention, having a rail thereon secured by a fastener on one side andshowing on the other side of the rail one of the openings in the tie through which the fastener is attached to said tie. V Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the rail-fastener detached; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the lock-plate and the lever of the fastener, and Fig. 4 a similar view of the rail-clamp of the fastener; plan view of the parts illustrated in Fig. 1, but showing the rail secured on both sides; Fig. 6, a vertical section on broken line 6 6 of Fig. 5; and Fig. 7, a view of the end of the fastener indicated by arrow 7, Fig. 2.

Similar letters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the details of the drawings, A indicates a metallic cross-tie having the general form in cross-section of an I-beam, the stem or vertical web, however, being of less height than in such a beam. The cross-tie thus comprises a bottom flange a, a stem or vertical web a, and a top flange a these several members being arranged in substantially the manner shown. This tie is intended to be formed by rolling, though it could be built up by rolled plates and angle-iron riveted together. On opposite sides of each rail-bear- Fig. 5 is a top ing a slot Ais cut through the top flange of the'tie, the slot onone side of each of said bearings being cut through the flange on one side of web a and the slot on the other side of each of said hearings on the other side of said web, and in the outer'edge of each slot is formed a rack a having vertically-disposed teeth. In these slots are located the rail-fasteners that secure the rail A to the cross-tie and which are composed of the several parts, as will now be described. Of the parts of said fastener, B indicates a vertical lockplate which is inserted througha slot A, adjacent to and bearing against the inner edge thereof. Plate B extends above the top of the tie, as shown, and its upward movement is limited by flanges B, projecting laterally from the sides of its lower edge and which take under the sides of slot A, as seen in Figs. 6 and 7, and on the outer end of said lock-plate is an outwardly and downwardly curved lip B that forms a recess in its under side. This recess is loosely engaged by a cylindrical stud d, projecting laterally from the adjacent side of the lever D, located on the outer side of lock-plate B and extending from said stud inward toward the rail A On the lower edge of the inner end of lever D is a depending. lip, having on its outer face a series of vertically-disposed teeth 11,

adapted to interlock withthe teeth of rack of. The series of teeth d is shorter than rack a, so that as the rail-clamp (to be described) is worn away, it may .be moved inward and said teeth 01 engaged with said rack at a point nearer the rail, as will be fully set forth. The rail-clamp comprises a head E, having two outwardly-extending jaws E and E The inner edge of head E bears against the somewhat-concave inner end of lock-plate B, and the jaws E and E embrace said lock-plate, jaw E extending over and bearing upon the free end of lever D, whereby teeth d are held in engagement with rack 06*. The inner end of head E terminates in a lip e, the lower surface whereof conforms in shape with and bears upon the base of the rail. The rail-clamp and the other parts of the fastener are held in place and are bound together by cotter F, passing through an opening I) in lock-plate B.

In applying the fastener, the rail being in place on the cross-tie, the lock-plate B is inserted from the lower side of top flange (t up through slot A and is pushed upward until flanges B bear against said lower side of the flange (6*. Stud (1 of lever D is then engaged with the recess in lip 13 of lock-plate B, the rail-elamp is put loosely in place with jaw E above the inner end of lever D, and then the fastener is located so that lip e of said rail-clamp occupies its proper position on the base of the rail. \Vhen teeth (1' of lever D are engaged with rack (t the jaws of the railclamp are pressed down until jaw E bears firmly on said lever D, and then cotter F is properly engaged with opening 1) of the lockplate. It will readily be understood that by the removal of the cotter the teeth on lever D can be disengaged from rack a", so that the fastener may be moved in ward to take up any wear of lip e.

I do not restrict myself to the details of construction herein shown and described, as it is obvious that many alterations may be made therein without departing from the pri nciple and scope of my invention.

, Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to sccu re by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in across-tie, of a flange thereon and having a slot located adjacent to the rail, a rail, a lock-plate removably engaged in said slot, a rail-clamp having jaws em bracing the lock-plate, and means for maintaining said jaws in position embracing the lock-plate.

2. The combination, in a cross-tie, of a flange thereon and having a slot located adjacent to the rail, a rail, a lock-plate adapted to be inserted from the bottom of the tie-flange upward through said slot, means for limiting the upward movement of the lock-plate through the slot in said flange, a rail-clamp having jaws embracing the lock-plate, and means for maintaining said jaws in position embracing the lock-plate.

3. The combination,in across-tie,of a flange thereon and having a slot located adjacent to the rail, a rail, a look-plate constructed to engage said slot and adjustable lengthwise thereof, a flange on the lower edge of the lockplate and adapted to bear against the bottom of the flange of the cross-tie, a rail-clam p having jaws embracing the lock-plate, means for retaining said jaws in place, and means for securing the lock-plate in an adjusted position, for the purpose specified.

4. The combination,inacross-tie,ofaflange thereon and having a slot located adjacent to the rail and having a rack in one edge thereof, a rail, a lock-plate engaging said slot and adjustable lengthwise thereof, a flange on the lock-plate and bearing against the bottom of the flange of the cross-tie, a lever having its fulcrum in the lock-plate, teeth on the free end of the lever and adapted to engage the rack in the edge of the slot, a rail-clamp having jaws embracing the loek-plate,one of said jaws bearing on the free end of the lever, and means for securing the jaws in place, for the purpose specified.

' 5. The combination,in across-tie,ofa flange thereon and having a slot located adjacent to the rail and having a rack in one edge thereof, a rail, a lock-plate engaging said slot and adjustable lengthwise thereof, a flange on the lock-plate and bearing against the bottom of the flange of the cross-tie, a lever, a stud on one end of the lever and engaging a recess in the lock-plate, teeth on the free end of the lever and adapted to engage the rack in the edge of the slot, a rail-clamp having jaws embracing the lock-plate, one of said jaws bearing on the free end of the lever and a cotter in an opening in the lock-plate and above said jaws, for the purpose specified.

6. A cross-tie consisting of an I-beam having a slot in the top flange and on each side of and adjacent to the rail, each of said slots having a rack in one edge thereof, in combination with a rail, and a rail-fastener in each of said slots and comprising a lock-plate engaging the slot and adjustable lengthwise thereof, a lip on the outer end of the lockplate and forming a recess in its under side, a flange on the lock-plate and bearing against the bottom of the flange of the cross-tie, a lever, a stud on one end of the lever and engaging the reeess formed by the lip on the lock-plate, teeth on the free end of the lever and adapted to engage the rack in the edge of the slot, a rail-clamp having a lip bearing on the base of the rail, jaws on the rail-clain p and embracing the lockplate, one of said jaws bearing on the free end of the lever, and a cotter engaging an openingin the lock-plate and located above said jaws, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

AMOS R. EBERSOLE. \Vitnesses:

O. G. BAssLER, WM. R. GERHART.