US707257A

US707257A - Rail-fastener.

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Publication number: US707257A
Application number: US8747601A
Authority: US
Inventors: Calvin M Reed
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1901-12-27
Filing date: 1901-12-27
Publication date: 1902-08-19
Anticipated expiration: 1919-08-19

Description

No. 707,257. Patented Aug. I9, 1902..

C. M. REED.

RAIL FASTENER.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,257, dated August 19, 1902.

Application filed December 27, 1901. Serial No. 87, 4'76. (No model.)' I

T0111 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALVIN M. REED, a citizen of the United States, residing atSumney-' town, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and use-v fulImprovemenIsin Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metallic railwayties, and has for its object to provide an improved tie formed of ,sheet metal which will est freight and passenger trains, and which shall be both simpleand durable in construction and capable ofbeing manufactured at,

relatively smallcost.

To these ends my invention consists in the features and in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims following the description, reference being .had to the accompanying drawings, formingapart of this specification, wherein Figure 1 is aperspective view of one of my improved ties and showing one of the rails attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a detailed longitudinal sectional view showing the parts in the position they occupy before the rail is secured in place, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the under member of the tie viewed from the under side.

My improved tie broadly comprises two arched beams constructed of sheet metal and superposedoneupon the other, said beams being provided with oppositely-disposed tongues that are adapted to grasp the opposite sides or edges of the flanges of the railsand firmly and securely hold the latter to their seats on the ties.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings is illustrated one of my improved ties,rwhich, as shown, consists of two arched beams, respectively indicated by the numerals 1 and'2. Each of said beams is formed of heavy sheet metal and comprises a body portion consistingofa flat bar or plate 3, having its opposite sides or edge portions bent downwardly at an in clination to the body portion to form dependent flanges 4E. The under orinnermost beam 2 is made slightly smaller in cross-section than the beam .1, whereby the said beam 2 may be snuglyfitted within the beam 1. Each of the beams is provided on its upper side or body portion 3 and nearits opposite ends with rectangular slots 5, said slots being formed by slitting the body portion of the beamlon gitudinally and then uniting the ends'of said' longitudinal slits by atransverse. slit, and the metal contained between said slits is thenbent up to form -overhanging tongues 6, as most tongues when the two beams are fitted together project through the slits 5, formed in the upper beam. Each of the beams is provided near one end in its upper body portion 3 with a bolt-hole 7, said bolt-holes when the two beams are fitted together in position to grasp the rail registering with one anotherfor the reception of a bolt 8.

The end beam 2 is provided with anchorplates 10, each formed by making a vertical slit in one of the dependent flanges 4 of said beam and then bending a portion of said flanges lying on one sideof said slit inward to form a triangular flange or lip 10, as most.

The upper beam is then 80 slots 5 in the upper beam 1, whereby said 4 L p ,g V I forced tightly up into place until the

tongues

6 and 6 firmly and tightly fit over and grasp the opposite edges of the flanges 11 of the rails. When the beams are in this position, the bolt-holes 7, as above described, register with each other. The bolt 8 is then passed through said bolt-holes,and the nut 9 is tightly screwed over the threaded end thereof, thus locking the beams against endwise movement relatively one to the other. The rails are thus quickly, rigidly, and securely attached to the tie and without the use of spikes or similar fastenings. The anchor-plates 10 are firmly embedded in the ballast and prevent any end wise movement of the ties in the roadbed, and hence the ties are not affected by the severe vibrations and jars incident to the passage of trains. By fitting one of the beams within the other, or, in other words, by superposing one upon the other, great strength and rigidity are imparted to the ties, whereby they are capable of sustaining the weight of the heaviest freight and passenger trains, and by providing said beams with depending and oppositely inclined or flaring flanges 4 the ties are prevented from any lateral movement in the road-bed and are also sustained against sinking in the road-bed.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A railway-tiecomprising two arched metallic beams superposed the one upon the other, means carried by said beams for grasping the opposite edges of the flanges of the rails,and means for locking said beamsagainst endwise movement relatively one to the other, substantially as described.

2. A railway-tie comprising two arched metallic beams superposed one upon the other, each provided on their opposite edges with depending and flaring flanges, tongues struck up from the upper sides of said beams and arranged to grasp the opposite edges of the flanges of the rails, and means for preventing the endwise movement of said beams relatively to one another, substantially as described.

3. A metallic railway-tie comprising two sheet-metal beams superposed one upon the other, each consisting of a flat body portion provided on its opposite edges with depending and flaring flanges, each of said beams being provided on its upper side with upwardly and horizontally projecting tongues, the tongues of each beam extending in the same direction, and the tongues of one beam extending in an opposite direction to the tongues of the other beam to grasp the opposite sides of the flanges of the rails, and means for locking said beams against endwise movement relatively one to the other substantially as described.

4:. A railway-tie comprising two sheet-metal beams superposed the one upon the other,each

consisting of a flat body portion provided on its opposite sides with depending and outwardly-iiarin g flanges, each of said beams being provided near its opposite ends with rectangular slits, the metal between said slits being struck up to form upwardly and horizontally projecting tongues, the tongues of one beam extending in a direction opposite to the tongues of the other beam to grasp between them the opposite edges of the flanges of the rails, and the tongues of the lower beam projecting through the slots of the upper beam, and means for locking said beams against endwise movement relatively one to the other substantially as described.

5. Arailway-tiecomprisingtwosheet-metal beams superposed the one upon the other, and each consisting of a flat body portion provided on its opposite sides with depending flanges, said beams being provided with upwardly and horizontally projecting tongues arranged to grasp between them the opposite edges of the flange of the rails, the depending flanges of the under beams being provided with inwardly-projecting anchor-plates to prevent longitudinal movement of the tie in the road-bed substantially as described.

6. A railway-tie comprising two sheet-metal beamssuperposed the one upon the other,each consisting of a flat body portion provided on its opposite edges with depending flanges, tongues carried by said beams for grasping between them the opposite edges of the flanges of the rails, means for locking said beams against endwise movement relatively one to the other, the flanges of the under beam being vertically slitted, and the metal on one side of such slit being bentinward to form an anchor-plate to hold the tie against endwise movement in the road-bed substantially as described.

7. A railwaytie' comprising two arched sheet-metal beams slidably superposed the one upon the other, said beams being provided with upwardly and horizontally projecting tongues, the tongues of one beam being disposed in the opposite direction to the tongues of the other beam to grasp the opposite edges of the flanges of the rail between them, each of said beams being provided at one end with a bolt-hole, said bolt-holes being arranged to register when the beams are in position to hold the rails thereto, and a bolt passing through said bolt-holes, and op erating to hold said beams against endwise movement relatively one to the other, substantially as described.

In testimony'whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CALVIN M. REED.

W'itnesses:

H. W. WALTERS, HARRY XV. GANDER.