US826718A - Railway-tie. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JULY 24, 1906.

J. s. FRAZER. RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION FILED 00T.17, 1905. I

kwm www BY H I E ATTORNEYS omrnn sTATEs PATENT orrion JAMESSTANLEY FRAZER, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

' RAIL AY- TIE.

at. 826,718. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1 906.

Application filed October 17, 1905. Serial No. 283,083.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JAMES STANLEY FRA- the United States, and a resident of Mount Vernon, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new-and useful Improvement in Rail way-Ties, of which the following is a-full, clear,' and.exact description.

Myin'vention relates to composite railwayties.

I A purpose of the 'invention'is to roduce a mi way-tie in the construction which v perishable material does not enter, and which .vnl I Another purpose of the invention is to provide a simple construction of railway-tie in can be made at a cost sufiiciently reasonable to i'ustify its adoption be exceedingly durable.

which the position of the rail confined inches of on the tie is not to any one spot, or to a certain few space, and in which an especial con- ,struction of tie does not have to be provided to meet special requirements.

Afurther pur ose of the invention is to proas'tening the rails to the ties,

so that not onlymaythe rails be securely clam ed in any position on the ties, but uar -ra'ils, switch-rails, frogs, 850., may also e clampedthereto with equal facility and security. g p

' Another purpose oft-he invention is to so construct the tie that there will'be" no loose or and pointed out in wearing parts to need attention[ heinvention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, the claims.

eference is to be had to the accompany- I ing drawings, forming a part of this specificatening devicesfforthe'rail and Fig. 5 is 8. Ion.-

' upon. a larger scale.

tion, .in which similar characters of'reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

. E e- 1 is a pers ectivevie of the improv d tie. Fig. 2 isla longitndinal vertical section throu h the tie, taken practicallyflon the line 2 2 0 Fig. 1, theview being drawn 'g; 3 isa view of the'metal' body of the tie." Fig. 4 is a transverse section throu hthe tie, drawn upon an enlarged sca1e,, 'a si'rfe elevation of a, portion of a rail, and a side elevation of the f gitudinal section through a portion ofthe tie and a section through a part of a rail and fastening devices'for the, rail, the section be- '55 Q in taken racti'cally on-the line'5 5'of Fig. 4.

%he body are produced in the top and use, and which opposite directions, as is illustrated the other plastic material and at its bottom porbottom plan portion A of the tie 'is'made of upon the upper face metal and usually consists, as shown, of a to or face late and a central web 11, w 'ch extends downward from end toend of the top or face plate 10; but I desire it to he understood that two or more webs may be em'loyed, although the T formation of the ho y-section is preferred. Slots 12 and 13 plate 10 adjacent to its side edges, which s ots preferably extend ast each other at the central portion of the ody,'as is shown i 'Figs. 1 and 3; butthey may be made shor er if occasion demands.

Each slot 12 and 13 at its terminal portion is provided with an opening 14-of any desired shape, preferably, rectangular, which openings are much wider than the said slots 12 and 13.

A series of teeth 15 is formed upon the under surface of the face or to plate 10 at the side marginal portion of ,eac slot 12 and 13, as is best shown in Fig. 3, and the said series of teeth extend from one terminal'opening 14 of a slot to the other.

' The web 11 is provided with a' series of o enings or slots 16, produced near its lower e go, as is shown by dotted'lines in Fig. 4,

ressed from the said slots orm fins 17,- which extend and the material is carried out to t at an angle, usually an acute angle, from the side faces of the said Web. The said fins 17 may, extend beyond'both faces of the web or be ,ond one face of'the web; but when the s extend beyond both faces of the web, they may be carried in the same direction or in in Fig. 3. provided for the metal body of tie, which base is made of cement or of A base 18 is tion is Wider than the' face-plate 10 of the body, so thatthe tie in its entirety will rest as firmly as possible upon the ground or other support.

mmediately beneath the slots 12 and 13 in the facelate of-the said body channels 1 9 are produced in the base 18, and the said channels are usually made to extend-from end to end ofthe base and are inclined from their centers in ofiposite'direction's to the end portions of the ase, so as to conduct water from the base asra idly as possible should water enter. the saidjcffannels throu h the said slots 12 and 13. I desire it to belin from the slots 14 nearest the center of the tie. The base 20 of the rail A is made to rest of'the face-platei Q erstood, however, that iti s'ignly necessary for said slots to extend of the body of the tie, asis shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and the rail is secured in place upon the tie by means of suitable fastening devices, which fastenin devices comprise railclamps 21, locking-plates 23, and bolts 25. The rail-clamps 21 are made to fit firmly upon the'upper face of the face-plate 10 on the body of the tie and are recessed upon their under faces, so as to fit over the flange of the rail and rest thereon, as is best shown in Fig. 5. Eachrail-clamp 21 ,is provided with a longitudinal slot 22, and the locking-plates 23 are located just below the rail-clamps 21 within the channels 19, as is also best shown in Fig. 5. .The under faces of the locking-plates 23- are inclined correspondingly to the outer faces of the rail-clamps 21, and the outer or upper faces of the said locking-plates 23 are provided with teeth 24, which meshwith the teeth 15 at the side portions of the slots 12 and 13, as is clearly shown in Fig. 5. The rail-clamps 21 and the locking-plates 23 are firmly held. in their respective positions by bolts 25, which'extend upward and'outward through suitable apertures in the lockingpla'tes and through the slots 22 in the railclamps, the outer ends of the bolts 25 being provided with suitable nuts 26. It will' thus be observed that the rails can be placed at any desired point on the ties, as the locking devices may be placed at any point between the ends of the slots 12 and 13. It is further evident that frogs and other attachments maybe attached to the same ties-with the rails in the same manner as the rails are secured. I desire it to be understood that while the fins '17" are preferably employed to effect a secure bond between the metal body and the concrete base the said fins, if desired, may be omitted and the apertures 16 only retained; but the p esence of the fins is preferred. It is evident a so that thetieis exceedingly dura ble, compact and economic, and-exceedinglywell adapted for the purpose intended.

Having thus described my- .invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In compositerailway-ties, a body platehaving a central longitudinal web extending downwardly therefrom and having longitudinal slots adjacent to its side edges, and a plastic base for the body-plate, having channels therein beneath the said slots, the central longitudinal web beingrprovided with oppositely-arranged tongues for engaging the plastic base.

2. In composite railway-ties, a body-plate having a web extending downwardly there fromxlongitudinal slots adjacent'to its side en s, and a plastic base for the body-plate, provided with channelswhichextendfrom the central enlargement ofsaidlongitudinalslots two subscribin witnesses. ed es,wh1ch slots have enlargements at their 3. In'composite railway-ties, a body-plate havin a webprovided with openings therein and s ots adjacent to its side ed es overlapping at the central portion of t e plate, which slots are enlarged at their ends, teeth upon the under face of the body-plate at'the side marginal portions of the slots, and a plastic base on which the body-plate rests andin' which the said web is embodied, the said base being provided with longitudinal channels extending from end to end and located-beneath the slots in the body-plate. I

4., In composite railway-ties, a bod -p'late having a downwardly-extending we provided with openings and outwardly-extending fins adjacent to the openings, the said body-plate being also provided with longitudinal slots adjacent to its side ed es, and having their terminals enlarged, teet on the under side of the body-plate at the side marginal portions of its slots, a plastic base .on

which the said body-plate rests and in. which the web isembedded, whichbase is outwardly flared at its bottom and is provided with long1- tudinal channels beneath the slots in the bodyplate, which channels taper downwardly in tions.

5. In composite railway-ties, a body-plate having a downwardly-extending web provided with openings and outwardly-extending fins adjacent to the openings, the said body-plate being also provided with longitudinal slots adjacent to its side edges, having their terminals enlarged, teeth on the under side of the bodyplate at the side marginal portions of its slots, a plastic base on which the said body-plate rests and in which the web is embedded, which base is outwardly flared at its bottom and is rovided with lonitudinal channels beneat the slots in the Ody-plate, which channels taper downwardly in opposite directions from their central' portions, clamps each having an. opening therein, which clamps are adapted to fit to the upper surface of the body-plate and the flange of the rail resting on said plate, a loekin 'ep'late beneath each clamp, having teeth for engagement with the teeth on the under side of the body-plate, and bolts provided with nuts, which bolts extend through the locking-plates, the slots in the body-plate and the openings in the clamps, as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed myname to this specification in the-presence of Cl H. Quininr, Jr.

opposite directions from their central por-

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