US839698A - Rail-tie and fastener. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906.

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S. L. ANDERSON. RAIL TIB AND FA-STENER.

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SAMUEL L. ANDERSON, OF KANAIVHA STATION, WEST VIRGINIA.

RAIL-TIE AND FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented nee. 25, 1906.

Application tiled March 13, 1906. Serial No. 305.822.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, SAMUEL L. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kanawha Station, in the county of l/Vood and State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Ties and Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail-ties and fasteners, the object of the invention being to provide a hollow metallic railway-tie and rail-fastening means carried by the tie and having rovision whereby the distance between t e rails may be accurately adjusted and the adjustment maintained in a perfectly-reliable manner, the parts by which the adjustment is eiiiected being locked against displacement.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby adjacent ties are braced relatively to each other, the bracing means being held by part of the mechanism by which the rails are held in place upon the ties.

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description roceeds, the invention consists in the nove construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a broken sectional elevation of a road-bed, showing one of the ties and the rail-fastening means. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, one of the rails beingomitted. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through one end of a tie, showing a rail mounted thereon and the fastening means therefor. Fig. 4 is an end view of one of the ties, showing a rail fastened thereto and a portion of one of the tieplates. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one end of a tie-plate. Fig. 6 is a plan view of one of the bracing-webs. Fig. 7is a detailperspective view of one of the nutlocks. Fig. 8 is a similar view of one of the fastening-bolts.

The tie consists of a hollow metallic body 1, preferably rectangular or square in crosssection to provide`flat top and bottom surfaces and parallel sides. -At or near one end the tie has mounted upon its upper .face a rail-chair 2, consisting of a plate of suitable length and having a width equal to that of the tie, as shown in Figs. l and 2, said plate bein provided upon its upper side with paralle cleats 3, the inner edges of which form bearing-shoulders forl the opposite edges of the base of the rail, as shown in Fig. 1. Holes 4 extend through the cleats and top of the tie to receive the upturned ends 5 of stirrupbolts 6, which are substantially U-sha ed, the body portion of each bolt lyinor witlfiin the hollow tie, as shown in Fig. 1. l Nuts 7 upon the upper ends of said bolts overhan and bear against the base-flange of the raand securely retain the same in place between the cleats 3. Adjacent ties are provided in their inner faces with vertical slots 8 to receive the opposite ends of a tie-plate 9, the said plate extending across the space between two adjacent ties, with'the ends thereof projecting into said ties in the manner shown in Fig. 4. The width of the tie-plate 9 is equal to the distance between th top and bottom sides of the tie, and within each tie the tie-plate is provided with slots 10, through which the stirrup-bolts 6 pass, the tie-plate thus forming an anchor for said stirrup-bolts, as clearly indicated in Figs. 1V and 4. Between the slots 6 a hand-hole 11 is provided to give access to the diierent fasteners by which the rails and chairs are held in place on the tie.

The tie-plate is provided at its opposite ends with bolt extensions 12, which pass through openings provided therefor in the outer sides of the tie and receive retainingnuts 13. In this way adjacent ties are locked together and braced relatively to each other. Interposed between the nuts 7 at each side of the rail is a nut-lock plate 14, which just iills the space between the nuts and bears against the same to prevent the nuts from working loose. The nut -lock plate 14 has an outwardly-extending shank 15, which is formed with a hole to receive a bolt and nut 16, said bolt passing through a hole or slot 17 in the top of the tie, so as to provide for adjusting the nut-lock in proper relation to the nuts 7.

The tie is provided at the opposite end roo with a chair similar in shape to the chair 2, above described, but composed of an upper adjustable section 18 anda lower fixed section 1 9, which is secured to the tie by means of the bolt-s 16, hereinabove described. The inner The upper chair-section 18 is provided with x lo upwardly-extending ribs 21 forming bearing; shoulders for the opposite edges of the baseflange of the rail, the rail being held in place between said shoulders by means of nuts 22 on the upper ends of fastening-bolts 23, which pass downward through the ribs 21 and also through the fixed chair-section 19 and top of the tie, as shown in Fig. 3. The top side of the tie and the fixed chair-section 19 are both slotted longitudinally, as shown at 24, to admit of the movement of' the securing-bolts 23 to provide Jfor adjusting the movable chair-section 18 lengthwise of the tie for the purpose of adjusting the dist-ance between the rails, and in this connection it will be not-ed that the bolts 23 have flattened and elongated Shanks 25, which rest in the slots 24 and prevent said bolts from turning, while screwing the nuts 22 downward thereon and against the base-ange of the rail. Where the outer bolts 16 pass through the movable chair-section, said movable chair-section is slotted, as shown lat 17, in order to admit of the lengthwise adjustment of said movable -chair-section, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

Within the end of the tie just beneath the rail, held by the adjustable chair-section 18, is placed a bracing-web 26, which just fills the space between the top and bottom and side walls oi the tie, as indicatedin Figs. 3 and 6, said web being provided with a central hand-hole 27 and having oppositely-proj ecting .studs 28, which are received i-n corresponding openings in the opposite sides of the tie, said studs being preferably extended through the walls of the tie and riveted, as

shown at 29, sai-d web forming a brace for the tie and enabling the same to be made of comparatively thin material, said web also forming a support located directly beneath the center of the superimposed rail, as shown in Fig. 3.

Between the top ed e ofthe tie-plate 9 and the superimposedrai ends is placed a cappiece yor filler, comprising a body portion 30, which fills the space between the plate 9 and the base of the rails, and oppositely-arranged flanges 31, which extend downward on opposite sides ofthe tie-plate 9 and serve to hold the cap-piece or filler in pla-ce. Said capp-iece or iiller stiffens the joint, forming a iirm and effective support for the rail ends between the ties and making the railway as strong and durable at such point as at any point in the length thereof. lt will be understood that the tie-plates 9 are used only at the points where the joints occur and also that the-stirrup-bolts are used only at the places where the tie-plates are employed, ordinary bolts being used at other points along the'rails. It will Jfurther be understood that where the tie-plates 9 are not used the bracing-webs 26 will be employed instead of said tie-plates. Where the stirrup-bolts 6 ass through the top of the tie and the chair, the

tie will be provided with slots 32, so as to accommodate rails of diii'erent sizes and different widths of base-llanges.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the tie is individually and eilectively braced, also that adjacent ties may be effectively braced relatively to each other, also that the distance between the rails may be adjusted to the proper gage, and that when the adjustment is effected the parts providing for such adjustment are securely locked and prevented from working loose. It will further be seen that the stirrup-bolts which hold the rails in place on the tie also serve to secure the ends of the tie-plates within the ties, the tie-plates forming anchors for the stirrup-bolt.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

I claim- 1. The combination with adjacent metallic railway-ties, of tie-plates extending parallel to the rails and connecting said ties and disposed edgewise vertically with their ends inserted into the ties and secured within the same.

2. The combination with adjacent hollow metal ties provided with vertical slots in their inner adjacent walls, of tie-plates eX- tending parallel to the rails and connectin the ties and having their ends inserte through said slots, and fastening means within the ties for securing the tie-plates thereto.

3. The combination with hollow metal railway-ties having vertical slots in their adjacent walls, of tie-plates extending between the ties and having their ends inserted through said slots, and stirrup-bolts passing through the ends of said tie-plates within the ties, the extremities of the stirrup-bolts passing upward through the top of the tie and being secured thereto.

4. The combination with adjacent hollow metallic railway-ties having vertical slots in their'inner adjacent walls, of tie-plates extending between the ties and having their ends inserted through said slots into the ties, rails resting on the ties, and stirrup-bolts passing through the inserted ends of the tieplates and extending upward at opposite sides of the rail and provided with nuts which bear against the base-flanges of the rail, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a hollow metallic railwaytie of rectangular cross-sectional shape, of a bracing-web mounted in the tie beneath the rail-seat and provided with oppcsitely-extending studs which are received in openings provided therefor in the opposite walls of the tie, substantially as described.

6. The combination with a hollow metallic IOO l which pass through both sections and also I through the top of the tie. Io In testnnony whereof I affix my s1gnature l in presence of two Witnesses.

l SAMUEL L. ANDERSON.

wvitnesses z H. BRUCE WEST,

| J. A. ANDERSON.

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