US694343A

US694343A - Securing device for railroad-ties.

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Publication number: US694343A
Application number: US5371501A
Authority: US
Inventors: Aaron Burr Allen
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1901-03-30
Filing date: 1901-03-30
Publication date: 1902-03-04
Anticipated expiration: 1919-03-04

Description

No. 694,343. 1 Patented mar. 4, |902..

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SEBIIRIRB DEVICE FUR RAILRDAD TIES. (Applition leg Mar; 30, 1901.7

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AARON URR ALLEN, OF PUEBLO, COLORADO.

SECURING DEVICE FOR RAILROAD-TIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,343, dated March 4, 1902.

Application filed March 30, 1901. Serial No. 53,715. (No model.)

To all 1071.077@ it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON BURR ALLEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pueblo, in the county of Pueblo and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Securing Devices foi-Railroad# Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to railroad-ties and cooperating securing devices designed to engage and hold the rail in the desired position upon the tie, though permitting the rail to be readily removed as desired for purposes of replacement or repair.

The object of my invention is to provide means for securing the rail so firmly and securely to the tie that casual displacement of the rail will be utterly impossible, my securing device being so constructed that it will cooperate with the rail at any point thereof, either at a point where the lish-plate is located in joining the ends of two rails together or at any part of the rail where said fish-plate is not present, this result being attained without any inconvenience or extra cost of work.

Other objects and advantages will be made fully apparent from the following specification, considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my invention as applied to use, the securing device being shown in position directly opposite the fish-plate. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the rail and contiguous parts shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 shows by a transverse section of the rail my securing device as applied to use at a point thereon where there is no fish-plate. Fig. et is a perspective detail view showing the plate employed to cooperate with the head of the bolt. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view of cooperating parts of my invention.

The elements of my invention and cooperating accessories will for convenience be designated by numerals, the same numeral referring to the same part throughout the several views.

. Referring to the numerals on the drawings,1 illustrates a railroad-tie preferably formed of somesuitable metal and provided at a point lthereon with two openings for each rail, the said openings being preferably oblong Vin character and adapted to snugly receive the rectangular oblong extension or anchoring member 2,Which latter is preferably so formed that it will comprise an integral part of lthe locking-section or disk-like extension or base 3, saidv base being preferably thickened, as indicated by the numeral 4.

The anchoring member 2 is provided with a threaded aperture, as indicated by the nnmeral 5, said threaded aperture extending entirely through the parts 3 and 4, and is designed to receive the threaded stem 6, said threaded stem being provided with a preferably octagonall head 7, the lower side of which is so shaped as to conform in outline to the upper surface of the base of the rail, as indicated by the numeral 8. By reference to Fig. 5 and other views it will be observed that the threaded aperture in the anchoring member 2 is located near one end thereof, the object of` which is, as will be obvious by reference to the drawings, to bodily adjust the position of 4 the threaded stem and its head with respect to the base of the rail and to compensate for the presence or absence of the fish-plate, as will be hereinafter more specifically setforth.

While I desire to comprehend in practice all of the relative dimensions-and sizes which circumstances may demand in forming the dierent cooperating parts of my invention, we will for purposes of illustration suppose that the distance from one end of theanchoring member 2 to the edge of the aperture ois one-half inch, leaving the distance from the opposite end of the anchoring member to the edge-of the threaded aperture one inch. This illustration is based upon the supposition that lthe iish-plate employed is one-half inch in thickness, and it will be clear that by a proper adjustment of the anchoring member within its oblong opening in the tie will insure that the under side of the head of the bolt will be brought snuglyin engagement either directly with the surface of the base of the rail or directly in contact with the fish-plate, as the case may be. A

Designed to cooperate with the head of the bolt and to reinforce and sustain the same when disposed in its operative position is the IOO supporting base-plate 9, provided with an unthreaded aperture 10, through which the stem (3 loosely passes. The said plate is also thickened upon its outer edge, thus providing the upwardly-extending beveled surface 11, designed to exactly coincide with the shape of the contiguous part of the bevel 8 upon the head 7. The extreme outer edge ofthe plate 9 is also provided with the vertically-disposed extension or lip 12, the entire plate being formed of suitable material, which will permit'the edge 12 to be bent downward into engagement with the edge of the head 7, as illustrated in Fig. 1. It will thus be observed that the edge 12 is designed to act as a nutlock and prevent the casual reverse rotation of the head 7, inasmuch as the inner edge of cures the rail in an adjusted position.

the plate 9 contacts directly with the edge of the base of the rail or fish-plate, thereby preventing said plate from turning. The head 7 is of sufficient width to extend the proper distance over the base of the rail or contiguous fish-plate, thereby insuring that the rail will be securely locked in an adjusted position. The location of the threaded aperture 5 in the anchoring member 2 being eccentrically disposed with reference to the base-section 3 enables me to readily dispose the entire threaded stein 6 very near the base of the rail or sufficiently away therefrom to permit the fish plate to be interposed, as clearly shown in the drawing. It is therefore obvious that I am by means of the simple reliably efficient construction set forth enabled to compensate for the presence or absence of the fishplate, which in the drawings is indicated by the numeral 13, it being understood that the edge of the head of the bolt may be extended sufliciently to insure that a proper grasp will be secured upon the base.

In Figs. 2 and 3 I have illustrated two different applications ot' my invention to use. In Fig. 3 it will be observed that the securing device is located in engagement with the fish-plate, while in Fig. 2 the fish-plate is entirely absent. In both instances it will be observed that the head of the bolt reliably se- By reference to Fig. 2 it will be observed that the anchoring member 2 is so disposed within the opening in the tie that the threaded stem 6 is nearest the outer end thereof, while in Fig. 3 it will be seen that the threaded stem is so disposed that it will be nearer the inner end of the anchoring member 2, this result being accomplished by properly entering the anchoring member within the opening designed to receive it. When, forinstance, the securing device happens to come directly opposite the fish-plate upon the rail, the anchoring member 2 is so entered in its seat that the threaded aperture 5 will be farthest away from the base of the rail, while at other points on the rail where no sh-plate occurs the anchoring memberis simply reversed, which will dispose the threaded opening nearer to the base of the rail, the difference being such as to exactly compensate for the thickness of the fishplate. It is therefore obvious from the consideration of the foregoing description that the location of the bolt 6 may be readily varied to fully meet all requirements. By reference to Figs. 2 and `3 it will also be observed that the under side of the head of the bolt adjacent to the threaded stem is provided with a shoulder 14, which willinsure that the entire under side of the head will be reliably,l

supported and siistained in its adjusted operative position. It is also apparent that, if preferred, instead of the shoulders 14 this part may be beveled and a conical seat formed for its reception in the plate 9, thereby providing for taking up any wear upon the head of the bolt incident to its use.

The parts of my improved securing device, as is obvious, are uniformly of the same size and are therefore interchangeable and readily applied to use either upon new construction or for purposes of repair, any one of the parts readily taking the place of another. The simple means which I have provided for readily adjusting the anchoring member 2 in position will insure that the labor involved will he reduced to a minimum. By means of the base-plate 9 I am enabled to not only reliably sustain the head of the bolt or that portion thereof opposite the base of the rail, but I also utilize the upwardly-extending flange of said base as a means for locking the head of the bolt against casual displacement, and while I have described the preferred construction and combination of parts deemed necessary to materialize my invention I desire to comprehend in this application all substantial equivalents and substitutes which may be considered to fairly fall within the scope and purview of my invention, and I therefore do not wish to be confined strictly to the ex;- act showing herein made.

'What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a securing device for rails, the combination with a tie having an aperture upon 'one side of the rail, of a bolt-anchoring member 2 adapted to fit said opening and provided with a threaded aperture near one end; a baseplate having a hole in its inner edge and a bolt itting said hole and aperture and having a head adapted to secure the base of the rail whereby when the anchoring device 2 is properly/entered in the aperture provided in the tie the bolt will be disposed relatively near the base of the rail, substantially as specified and for the purpose set forth.

2. 1n securing devices for track-rails, a tie having an opening disposed at a point adjacent to one edge of the rail in combination with a base member 3 having an anchoring member2 upon its upper surface adapted to it the opening in the tie, said anchoring member 2 being provided at one end with a threaded aperture 5 for the reception of the threaded bolt 6 whereby said'aperture may be located immediately contiguous to the edge of the IOO IIO

rail or relatively farther away therefrom, substantially as specified and for the purpose set forth.

3. The herein-described securing device for track-rails comprising the base-section 3 and an oblong rectangular anchoring member 2 secured to its upper surface, said anchoring member being provided with a threaded opening 5 disposed eccentrically with reference to said base member, in combination with a bolt having a threaded stem 6 and a head 7, the former being adapted to be received by the opening 5, while the latter is designed to engage the base of the rail, all substantially as specified and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a securing device for track-rails, the combination with a tie, of a rail-engaging device comprising the anchoring member 2 provided with a threaded opening disposed eccentrically with reference to the base member and with means to coperate with the tie andw having a bolt adapted to engage the base of the rail and hold it against lateral movement substantially as specified and for the purpose set forth.

5. The herein-described securing device for track-rails comprising an adjustable bol t-carrying device, consisting of the base-section 3 and an anchoring mem'ber 2, the latter being adapted to be adjustably secured in a suitable opening provided in the tie whereby the threaded aperture 5 formed in said anchoring member'may be disposed with respect to the base of the rail; a bolt fitting said aperture whereby the head of the bolt may be brought to bear upon said base, and the anchoring device 6 properly entered in the aperture provided in the tie, substantially as specified and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a securing device for track-rails, the combination with a tie having an aperture near the edge of the rail and an anchoring member, a base member and a threaded bolt having ahead, the plate 9 having an aperture l0 and a thickened section 11 and .an upwardly-extending flange 12,the latter adapted to be bent down into engagement with the head of the bolt as set forth.

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

AARON BURR ALLEN.

X'Vitnesses:

MABEL AORTON, C. FRANKENBERG.