US793847A

US793847A - Rail-fastening.

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Publication number: US793847A
Application number: US22516604A
Authority: US
Inventors: David E Olds
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1904-09-20
Filing date: 1904-09-20
Publication date: 1905-07-04
Anticipated expiration: 1922-07-04

Description

PATENTED JULY 4;, 1905.,

I). E. OLDS.

RAIL FASTENING.

APPLIGAI'ION FILED KEPT. 20. 1904.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 793,8t'7, dated July lt, 1905,

Applic filed Eleptember 20, 1904. Serial Noi 225,166.

by declare the followingto 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

which are proportioned in their relative ar-- rz'mgement with respect to one another so as to permit both the flanges and the downward extension 91. of a keeperq late S) to be seated therebetween for purposes hereinafter explained.

The rail at is rigidly held upon its seat on the tie or tie-plate by means of a frame-like yoke 10, which is preferably bent up from a single piece of heavy steel or iron rod of a strength ample for the purposes hereinafter and to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to obtain increased durability in Wooden ties such as are commonly used in railroads; to avoid making spike-holes therein and the consequent formation of pockets or receptacles for water in the heart of such ties, and consequently to prevent the rotting due to moisture; to more effectually hold the rail in position upon the tie and to prevent spreading of the rail under the impact of the wheels traveling thereover, and to secure other advantages and results some of which may be hereinafter re ferred to in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved railfastening device and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the claims.

l teferring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a front view of my improved device in connection with a tie shown in section and a portion of a rail. lhig. S2 is a side View of the same; and Fig. 3 is a plan, the said views being deemed su'l'licient to fully illustrate the invention.

in said drawings, t indicates an ordinary railway-rail having a base-flange 5 projecting horizontally from opposite sides of the web 51 of said rail. The said rail is preferably set upon the tie 6 indirectly, a metallic tieplate 7 being preferably interposed between the base-llange and said tie.

plate 7 is preferably provided at its opposite longitudinal edges with upturned ribs 8 8,

The said tiedescribed. in the said frame I provide a horizontal bearing ll, which is straight and adapted to run parallel with the edge of the liange of the rail and bear down on said flange, as shown in the three ligures of the drawings. At the opposite ends of the said horizontal bearing 11 the said rod is bent perpemlicnlar or away from the web of the rail, each perpendicular extension being first preferably bent upwardly, as at 12, llig. 2, and then downwardly, as at 13, the downward extensions being of suitable length to lie against the op posite sides of the tie, as shown in l ig. 1. At a point below the level of the under side of the tie the said rod is again bent, as at l ll, the up\ ard extensions let thereof forming with the downward extensions l3 if-shaped figures, as shown in lfig. 2. The upward extensions it at or near their upward extremities are bent again to stand vertically or parallel with the web of the rail, the vertical extensions lelZ projecting above the Ilange 5 of the rail and being thereat threaded to receive a clamping-nut if}. 'lhesaid vertical extension 142 projects through the lmcper-pli'tte il,\\'lll(jll latter is mrforated to receive the same, in the angle'formed in theopposite e -shaped partsof the frame-like yoke is arranged a key or horizontal rod 17, which preferably bears upward against a bearing-plate lit, centrally provided with a shallow groove ll), Fig. .2, to receive said rod. The said rod i? may be short, so as to extend merely from one iii-shaped part of the frame-likeyoke to the other; but l. may utilize this red or key further by making it hollow and extending it indefinitely, as convenience may dictate, and thus .l may employ it as a receptacle for electric wires or for other purposes. Means may be provided when the key is short to prevent the same from workingloose. This may be accomplished by bending the ends downward, as indicated in outline in Fig. 1, or in any other suitable manner.

The keeper-plate 9 at its upper inner part is beveled in correspondence with the inclined upper face of the flange 5, as shown in Fig. 2, to overlie said flange and present a horizontal surface at the top against which the nut 16 or washer 20 may be arranged. The lower part of said keeper presents a long lip or extension 91, which lies between one edge of the flange 5 of the rail and the rib 8 of the tie-plate 7, fitting between said parts closely, so asto prevent any lateral movement to the rail, it being understood that the said flange 5 at its opposite edges bears directly against another upturned lip of said tie-plate.

The parts thus described are constructed to permit of the frame or yoke 10 being applied to the rail and tie, and when the key 17 is inserted beneath the tie and the keeper-plate is applied to the upper extremities 14:2 of the frame the latter bears against the upper surface of the flange of the rail. The nuts 16 being applied to the threaded extremities and screwed up, all as shown in the drawings, the rail will be held on its seat on the tie with very great firmness and security, and, as will be obvious, the tie 6 will remain uninjured interiorly, so that its effective life will be greatly prolonged. The device permits of a ready removal thereof from the rail when changes are to be effect ed without injury to any of said parts, so that when once supplied the device can be used repeatedly and for a long period.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim new is- 1. As an article of manufacture, a rail-fastener, comprising an integral rod of metal bent to form a bearing 11, to engage the top of the flange of the rail near one edge thereof, and having tie extensions adapted to project below the level of the bottom of the tie, and having upward extensions, adapted to project above the flange of the rail, and thercat threaded to receive a clamping-nut, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the rail and tie, of a V-shaped rod, bearing against the top and near one edge of the flange of the rail, and provided with a keeper-plate adapted to project over and against the top of the opposite edge of the flange of the rail, a nut clamping said keeper-plate against said flange, and a key lying beneath the tie and holding said V-shaped frame in place, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with the rail and tie,ofa rod bent at the top of one extension to engage the top near one edge of the flange of the rail, and at the bottom bent to receive a key, and having a threaded extension adapted to project above the opposite side or edge of the flange, a key, a keeper-plate and a nut arranged on said threaded extension and adapt ed to engage the top of the flange at the said opposite side, substantially as set forth.

4. The improved rail-fastener, comprising a rod having a straight extension to lie against the flange of the rail at one side thereof, and having at opposite ends of said straight extension V-shaped parts adapted to lie on opposite sides of the tie and having vertical extremities adapted to receive nuts to engage the opposite side of the flange, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the frame having two V-shaped parts connected by a bearing extension 11, the extremities of said V-shaped parts being threaded, a key to lie in the angle of said V-shaped parts,a keeper-plate and nuts, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination with the rail and tie, of a frame having an extension bearing at one side of the flange of said rail, V-shaped parts extending from said flange downward below the bottom of the rail at opposite sides thereof, a keeper-plate attached to said frame at the opposite side of the said flange from that having the said extension bearing thereon, nuts, and a key inserted in the angles of the Vshaped parts and extendingunderneath the rail, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination with the flanged rail and tie, of a tie-plate interposed between the said rail and tie and having at its opposite longitudinal edges upturned ribs, a bottom bearing-plate and a yoke extending from the key upward and over the flange of the rail, and holding the latter onto said tie-plate.

S. The combination with the flanged rail and tie, of a yoke bearing at its upper end upon the flange of the rail and extending down therefrom to a key and said key arranged beneath the tie and adapted to fasten the yoke and hold the rail rigidly on the tie.

9. The combination with the flanged rail and tie, a tie-plate interposed between the said rail and tie and having at its opposite longitudinal edges upturned ribs, a bottom bearingplate underneath the tie, a key underneath the bottom bearing-plate and a frame-like y'oke extending from the key upward at opposite sides of the tie and over the flange of the rail and holding the latter onto said tie-plate.

10. The combination with the flanged rail and tie, a yoke bearing at its upper end upon the flange of the rail and extending down therefrom to a key and said key arranged beneath the tie and being separable from the yoke and tie, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of September, 1904.

DAVID OLDS. Witnesses:

RUssnLL M. EVERETT, M. V. DOYLE.