US813673A - Rail fastening and support. - Google Patents

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No. 818,673. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

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RAIL FASTENING AND SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17,1905.

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SAMUEL J. SCOTT, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

RAIL FASTENING AND SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906,

Application filed June 17, 1905. Serial No. 266,670.

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. Soorr, a citizen of the United States, residing at C0- lumbu s, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail Fastenings and Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in rail fastenings and supports.

The object of the invention is to provide a 1 simple device of superior construction where by the rail may be securely and rigidly held in place.

Another feature lies in the provision of a fastening the parts of which being readily disengaged when it is desired to loosen or remove the rail.

Finally, the object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described that will be strong, durable, and efficient and one in which the several parts will not be liable to get out of working order.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel details of construction and operation, a preferable embodiment of which is described in the specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is an end elevation of my improved support and fastening and a portion of a rail being shown in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one end of the support or tie and the fastening, showing the rail in Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken on the line 00 0c of Fig. 1. Fig.4 is a horizontal cross-sectional view taken on the line y y of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an inner elevation of the holdingclamp. Fig. 6 is a similar view of the looking clamp or key; and Fig. 7 is a similar view to Fig. 2, showinga modified form of fastening having braces for supporting the ends of the rails at a joint.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a metallic support or tie, which exhibits in cross-section the form. of an I-beam, having the upper and lower laterally extending flanges 2 and 3 and the central vertical web 4. The upper flange or surface 2 is cut away down to the web 4, so as to form a transverse opening 5, as indicated in Fig. 4. It is to be understood that the openings 5 are provided at each end of the tie and also that the construction about to be described is also arranged in each of the openings. As these constructions are duplicates, it is deemed sufficient for a clear understanding of the invention to describe only the construction at one end. On opposite sides of the web 4 I arrange angle-irons 6, which are suitably fastened in place, as by rivets 7 passing through the web 4. These angle-irons are arranged with their upper surfaces bearing against the under surfaces of the flanges 2 and having their oppositely extending portions lying flush with the opening 5 and terminating in line with the side edges of the flanges 2 and 3, the lower ends of the angle-irons terminating short of the upper surfaces of the lower flanges 3, so as to leave suitable spaces therebetween for the purpose hereinafter described.

A holding-clamp 8 has its lower portion slotted or bifurcated, so as to form furcations 9, which are bent at their lower extremities at substantially right angles to form toes 10. At its upper portion the clamp 8 is also bent outwardly at right angles to form the shoulder 11, extending above the bifurcated por-. tion and adapted to rest on the upper surface of the tie 1 as hereinafter described. A hook portion 12 extends upwardly from the shoulder 11 and is shaped so as to engage over the edge and-upper surface of the flange of the rail 14. The clamp member 8 has its furcations 9 passed down through the opening 5 on'each side of the web 4 and closely embracin the same, the toes 10 being ongaged under the angle-iron 6, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2. A locking clamp or key 15, formed with furcations 16, shoulder 17, and a hook portion 18, similar to the holding-clamp 8, is inserted in the opening 5, so that its shoulder 17 lies along the upper surface of the tie 1 in the opposite direction from the shoulder 11. It will be observed that the opening 5 has a width slightly greater than the combined thickness of the clamp 8 and key 15, thus permitting the ready insertion of the parts. The lower ends of the furcations 16 of the key are also rounded, as indicated at 19, so as to facilitate its introduction through the opening 5 and its removal therefrom. Bolts 20 are passed through the furcations 16 and 9 and the laterally-extending portions of the angle-iron 6, thus securely fastening the parts together, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The parts thus brought together provide in the hook portions 12 and 18 a suitable fastening or chair, into which the rail 14 may be inserted endwise and moved along until properly positioned, the said hook members preventing vertical displacement. I prefer to give the hook members 12 and 18 a suflicient height to provide a space beneath the rail and the shoulders 11 and 17 and to insert in this space a strip of suitable cushioning material 21. The strip 21, besides acting to resiliently support the rails and make the device to some extent noiseless, tends to force the rails upward and cause the upper surface of the flanges to firmly engage with the inwardlyprojecting portions of the hook members, thereby holding the rail firmly in place and obviating creeping.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a modified form of fastening to be used at the joints between the meeting ends of the rails. In this form in lieu of the hook members 12 and 18 I extend upward from the shoulders 11 and 17 braces 22 which engage over the flanges of the rail 14E and have their upper ends impinging against the under side of the head of the rail on each side of the web. In this manner the ends of the rails will be rigidly supported.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a metallic railway-tie having an opening, of means for fastening and supporting a rail on the tie comprising bifurcated clamp members inserted through the opening and having their upper portions engaging with the rail, one or more devices projecting from each side of the tie about which one of the clamp members is engaged, and means for fastening the clamp lower ends engaged about the angle-irons,

and means for fastening the bifurcated portions of the clamp members and the angleirons together.

3. The combination with a metallic railway-tie having avertical web portion and laterally-extending flanges provided with an opening, of means for fastening and supporting a rail on the tie comprising bifurcated clamp members embracing the web of the tie through the opening and engaging over the lower portion of the rail at their upper ends,

the said clamp members resting on the flanges of the tie beneath the rail, angle-irons secured to the web of the rail on opposite sides beneath the flanges and adjacent the open ing, one of the said clamp members having its bifurcated portion engaging about the angle-irons, and means for fastening the clamp members and the angle-irons together.

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

SAMUEL J. SCOTT. Witnesses:

A. L. PHELPS, M. B. SOHLEY.

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