US714820A - Railway-track appliance. - Google Patents
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- E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
- E01B3/00—Transverse or longitudinal sleepers; Other means resting directly on the ballastway for supporting rails
- E01B3/16—Transverse or longitudinal sleepers; Other means resting directly on the ballastway for supporting rails made from steel
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- FIG. 1 is a top plan View of a tie constructed in accordance with my invention.
- Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, and
- Fig. 3 shows one end of the tie and a rail secured thereto by my improved fastening device.
- 2 represent the tie, which is made of metal, rolled or pressed into inverted-trough form, and at the ends portions 3 of the tie are pressed down, so as to form a ⁇ connecting-bond between the two sides of the trough,
- the shape which is given to this connecting-bond may be serpentine, as shown, or it may be otherwise shaped. Its purpose is to stifen the tie by holding the side portions together and also to afford a resistance to prevent creepingof the tie when the tie is embedded in the ballast of the track. For this purpose the device is of great advantage.
- the connecting-bonds being at the extreme ends of the tie, when it is desired to move the tie the ballast can easily be cleared away so as to expose these portions of the tie, and thus to enable it to be free and moved. 'Iheir location at the ends ofthe tie also is valuable,
- the rails are held to thetrack by clips 7, which are pieces ot' metal, preferably rolled shape bars, and cut into sections of the desired lengths. These clips have at their inner ends beveled or recessed portionsS, which tit over the flange of the rail, and an intermediate slotfor the passage of the bolt 9 and for the reception of the lip 4, which projects upwardly thereinto and bears against the side of the bolt.
- the bolts are preferably of hook form, and when they are applied and secured by the nuts, as shown in the drawings, they coact with the clips and the lips to hold the rail ⁇ firmly in place.
- a metal tie of inverted-trough form with an open bottom said tie having beneath the plane of its top transverse integral connectors which extend across the trough portion and connect the sides, with a space between the connectors and the trough; substantially as described.
- a metal tie of trough form having portions integral with the tie which extend across the trough portion thereof and connect with the sides -of the tie, said connecting portions being of serpentine or zigzag form; substantially as described.
- a metal tie of trough form having portions integral with the tie which extend across the trough portion thereof and connect the sides of the tie, said connecting portion being at the extreme endsof the tie and being cut apart from the body; substantially as described.
- a metal tie having lips struck up from the body of the tie with adjacent slots, clips applied to the rail and ⁇ iitting over the lips, and bolts by which the clips are held to the ltie; substantially as described.
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'RAILWAY TRACK APPLIANCBN l. (ppication led Dec. .16, 1901.)
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PATENT RAILWAY-TRACK APPLIANCE.
` SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,820, dated December 2, 1902.
Application filed December 16, 1901. Serial No. 86,023. (No model.)
` `being had to the accompanying drawings,
forming part of this specification, in which- Figure is a top plan View of a tie constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, and Fig. 3 shows one end of the tie and a rail secured thereto by my improved fastening device.
In the drawings, 2 represent the tie, which is made of metal, rolled or pressed into inverted-trough form, and at the ends portions 3 of the tie are pressed down, so as to form a `connecting-bond between the two sides of the trough, The shape which is given to this connecting-bond may be serpentine, as shown, or it may be otherwise shaped. Its purpose is to stifen the tie by holding the side portions together and also to afford a resistance to prevent creepingof the tie when the tie is embedded in the ballast of the track. For this purpose the device is of great advantage. The connecting-bonds being at the extreme ends of the tie, when it is desired to move the tie the ballast can easily be cleared away so as to expose these portions of the tie, and thus to enable it to be free and moved. 'Iheir location at the ends ofthe tie also is valuable,
i because it adds to the strength at places where strengthis greatly required.
In order to hold the rails to the ties, I strike up projecting 'lips 4 4 from the body of the tie, these lips being cut on three sides from the plate, so that when struck up' they afford adjacent slots 5 for the bolts. The rails are held to thetrack by clips 7, which are pieces ot' metal, preferably rolled shape bars, and cut into sections of the desired lengths. These clips have at their inner ends beveled or recessed portionsS, which tit over the flange of the rail, and an intermediate slotfor the passage of the bolt 9 and for the reception of the lip 4, which projects upwardly thereinto and bears against the side of the bolt. The bolts are preferably of hook form, and when they are applied and secured by the nuts, as shown in the drawings, they coact with the clips and the lips to hold the rail `firmly in place.
It is easy to adapt the clips for :rails of varous sizes by merely changing the location of the hole which is formed in the clip for the bolt. I am thus enabled to make the clips from bars of a single size and do not need to keep in stock a large number of bars. or clips to suit various sizes of rail.
Within the scope of my invention as defined in the claims the construction and arrangement of the parts may be Varied, since` What I claim is- 1. A metal tie of inverted-trough form with an open bottom, said tie having beneath the plane of its top transverse integral connectors which extend across the trough portion and connect the sides, with a space between the connectors and the trough; substantially as described.
2. A metal tie of trough form having portions integral with the tie which extend across the trough portion thereof and connect with the sides -of the tie, said connecting portions being of serpentine or zigzag form; substantially as described.
3. A metal tie of trough form having portions integral with the tie which extend across the trough portion thereof and connect the sides of the tie, said connecting portion being at the extreme endsof the tie and being cut apart from the body; substantially as described.
4. A metal tie having lips struck up from the body of the tie with adjacent slots, clips applied to the rail and` iitting over the lips, and bolts by which the clips are held to the ltie; substantially as described.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.
HENRY T. PORTER.
Witnesses:
H. M. CORWIN, L. M. REDMAN.
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US4728030A (en) * | 1984-05-24 | 1988-03-01 | British Steel Corporation | Railway sleeper with spade-like end contours |
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