US826905A

US826905A - Railway-tie.

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Publication number: US826905A
Application number: US27282305A
Authority: US
Inventors: Herman G Staab
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1905-08-05
Filing date: 1905-08-05
Publication date: 1906-07-24
Anticipated expiration: 1923-07-24

Description

PATBNTED JULY 2 4,- 1906.v

No.l 826,905.I

H, G. sTAAB. RAILWAY TIB.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5.1905.

reference beinor NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1906.

Application led August 5, 1905. Serial No. 272,823

To a/ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be-it known that I, HERMAN G. STAAB, residing in Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of lVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway- Ties, of which the-following is a description, had to the accompanying drawings, whidh are a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to ments in railway-ties.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a construction wherein the ties may be laid uniformly straight throughout,l but yet will be adapted not only for rails running in astraight line, but also for rails runningat various angles or in various directions.

With the4 above primary object and other incidental objects in view the invention consists ofthe devices and parts or the equivalents-thereof, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a fragment of one of my improved railWay-ties, showing a fragment 0f a rail extending thereacross andsecured there to. Fig. 2 is a view looking at one of the longitudinal edges of the tie, the rail being in transverse section, a part of the tie broken away; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 4 indicates my improvedtie, which consists, preferably, of a hollow casting having closed sides and open ends andof any desired metal, preferably malleable iron.

The top surface of the tie is provided thereover with a series of lips 5, which ordinarily or before the tie is put into service lie on a horizontal plane with said top surface of the tie. Some of these lips have their free ends pointing towardone end of the tie, and other of said lips have their free ends pointing toward the opposite end of the tie. These lips are preferably formed by making in the castingV U-shaped cuts 6, theI metal remaining after the cuts are formed,constituting the lipsr. There is sufficient space left, however, between the edges of the lips and the bordering edges of the cuts to provide a clearance for the insertion of a tool which may be employed for conveniently turning the lips upwardly to engage over the base of the rail, as hereinafter fully referred to.

In order to provide for the tie being securely held in the railway-bed, I construct improvethe bottom and longitudinal side edges-there of'with ribs between which the sand and dirt may pack, and thereby prevent accidental displacement of the tie,

The ribs on thebottom are indicatedby the numeral 7 and extend across the width of the tie in preferably an approximate V- shaped form, the spaces S between the ribs being advisably of a concaveform.` The apices of some of these V-shaped ribs preferably point outwardly toward one end of the tie, while the apices ofother of saidribs pointtoward the opposite end of the tie. The ribs of the longitudinal side edges-are indicated by the numeral 9, and the spaces between said ribs by the numeral 10. These side ribs extend in straight lines from the-t0p to the bottom of the tie, and thespaces therebetween are also preferably of concave for-m. From this construction it will beseen that when the tie is sunkinto the 'railroad-bed op portunityis afforded for having the sand and dirt pack tightly in the'spaees between the ribs in the bottomand sidesof thetie, and hence said tie isthereby quite securely anchored against displacement.

At opposite ends of the tie and extending from the top edge are tongues 11, which when the tie is .in use are bent downwardly in order to partially cover the open ends of the tie, and thereby prevent stones or other heavy substances from entering the hollow interior space of the tie.

The bottom of the tie is provided withia series of openings 12, which permit water that may enter the interior of the tie to drain out. Iny the drawings a fragment of onel rail 13 is straight transverse line. Whena rail is so laid, it is secured-in place by bendingthelips 5 which are nearest to the base ofthe rail around the edges and onto the top of said rail-base.

It will be evident from the construction and disposition of the li s 5 that. the tiemay be laid uniformly straight throughout land that a rail or any number of rails may not only be laid across the tie transversely in a straight line, but may be laid acrosssaid tie at a variety of different angles and in avariety of different directions, and when soflaid there will always be some of the lips 5 adjacent to the base of the-rail inposition to be bent over said rail-base, and thereby hold the rail in place. By my im roved conf struction, therefore, the tie wi answer for shown as extending across the tie in. a Y

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all pur oses, so that the necessity of providing di `erent kinds of ties for rails running in different directions or at different angles is avoided.

A further advantage of my improved con struction is that it does away entirely with the necessity of the separate bolts ordinarily employed to hold the base of the rail to the ties, inasmuch as the integral lips of my 1nvention perform the function oi said bolts.

While I have herein shown and described a hollow tie with the closed sides and o en ends, yet I do not wish to be understoo as restricting myself specifically thereto, inasmuch as a solid plate cast or otherwise made and vprovided with the lips, some pointing toward one end of the tie and others pointingtoward the opposite end of said tie and adapted to be bent over and into engagement with the base of a rail, I would consider within the spirit and scope of my invention.

As is well known, in many railroads Where the block system is employed the rails are used as conductors for the electric current, wire conductors being usually employed at the rail-joint and extending from one raisection to the other in order to prevent any interruption of the electric current. Where my improved tie is employed in connection with systems of the character referred to, it is necessary to insulate the rail from the tie, as otherwise the current would pass from the rail onto the metallic tie. I therefore in the accompanyin drawings show an insulating` devicein the 'orm of a chair for the rail-base and consisting of two half-sections 14 14', of any suitable insulating material, preferably paper ber. The bottoms of these sections extend beneath the rail-base and are rovi'ded at their inner edges with interloc ring The side .edges of these sections are iianged upwardly, as indicated by the 1 numerals 16 16, and bent over the top of the rail-base, the downturned ends of the lips 5 being bent thereover, and thereby serving to hold the insulating-sections in place.

l. What I claim as my invention is 1. A railway-tie comprising a plate having on its top surface a series of lips, the free ends of some of said li s pointin` toward one end of the plate and t e free en s of other of said lips pointing toward the opposite end of the plate, and said li s being initially turned down, but ada te to be bent over so that those lips which are nearest to the base of a rail, set acrossthe tie at any angle, may be bent over said rail-base.

2. A railway-tie comprising a plate having on its top surface a series of integral lips, the free ends of some of said lips pointing toward one end of the plate, and the free ends of other of said lips pointing toward the opposite end of the plate, and said lips being initially turned down, but adapted to be bent over so that those lips which are nearest to the base of a rail, set across the tie at any angle, may be bent over said rail-base.

3. A railway-tie comprising a plate having a series of approximate U-shaped cuts in its top surface forming lips, said cuts being 'so disposed that the free ends of some of said lips oint toward one end of the plate and the ee ends of other of said lips point toward the opposite end of the plate, and said lips being initially turned down but adapted to nearest to the base of a rail, set across the tie at any angle, may be bent over said rail-base.

4. A railway-tie comprising a hollow plate having on its to a series of lips, the free ends of some of said ips pointing toward one end of the plate, and the free ends of other of said lips pointing toward the opposite end of the late, and said lips being initially turned own, but adapted to be bent over, so that those lips which are nearest to the base of a rail, set across the tie at any angle, may be bent over said rail-base.

5. A railway-tie comprising a hollow plate having closed sides and open ends, said plate provided on its top with a seriesof lips, the free ends of some of said li s pointing toward one end of the plate, an the free ends of other of said lips pointing toward the opposite end of the plate, and said li s being initially turned down, but adapte to be bent over, so that those lips which are nearest to the base of a rail, set across the tie at any angle, may be bent over said rail-base.

6. A railway-tie com rising a hollow plate having its top provide with a series of substantially U-shaped cuts, forming lips, said cuts being so disposed that the free ends of some of said lips point toward one end of the plate, and the free ends of other of said lips toward the opposite end of the plate, and said lips being initially turned down, but adapted to be bent over, so that those lips which are nearest to the base of a rail, set across the tie at any angle, may be bent over said rail-base.

7. A railway-tie comprising a hollow plate having closed lsides and open ends, with tongues projecting outwardly from one of the edges of each open end, said tongues adapted to be bent downwardly, and the top of said hollow plate provided with a series of lips, the free ends of some of said li s pointing toward one end of the plate, an the free ends of other of said lips pointing toward the opposite end of the plate, and said li s being initially turned down,lbut adapte to be bent over, so that the lips which are nearest to the base of a rail, set across the tie at any angle, may be bent over said rail-base.

8. A railway-tie, comprising a plate having on its top surface a series of lips arranged over substantially the entire area of said surface, the lips which are nearest to the base of be bent over, so that those lips which are' IOO IIC

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a rail extending over the plate adapted to be bent over said rail-base.

9. A railway-tie comprising a plate with r means on its top surface for engaging the base of a railway-rail, and the bottom of said plate provided with a series of ribs of approximate V shape, and forming grooves therebetween, the apices of some of said ribs pointing toward one end of the tie, and the apices of the other of said lips pointing toward the opposite end of the tie.

10. A railway-tie comprising a plate having on its top surface a series of lips arranged over substantially the entire area of said surfaceJ some of the lips pointing toward one end of the plate and other of said lips pointing toward the opposite end of the plate, and the lips which are nearest to the base of a rail extending over the plate adapted to be bent over said rail-base.

l1. A railway-tie comprising a plate having on its top surface a plurality of lines of lips arranged over substantially the entire area of said surface, and each line of lips extending in the direction of the length of the tie, the lips which are nearest to the base of a rail extending over the plate adapted to be bent over said base-rail.

12. A railway-tie comprising a plate having on its top surface a plurality of lines of lips arranged over substantially the entire area of said surface, and each line of lips extending in the direction of the length of the tie, the lips in some of said lines pointingtoward one end of the plate and the lips in other of said lines pointing toward the opposite end of the late, and the lips which are nearest to the ase of a rail extending over thei plate adapted to be bent over said baserai In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN G. STAAB. Witnesses:

J. M. HALL, R. C. JOHNSTON