US839775A - Tie-plate and brace for railway-rails. - Google Patents

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US839775A US31216106A US1906312161A US839775A US 839775 A US839775 A US 839775A US 31216106 A US31216106 A US 31216106A US 1906312161 A US1906312161 A US 1906312161A US 839775 A US839775 A US 839775A
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  • This invention relates to an improved tieplate and brace for raiway-rails, and has for its objects to produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of this character which may be readily installed for use, one whereby the rail will be effectually braced upon its outside to prevent the same spreading or turning over, and one in which the rail may be securely engaged with the brace and the latter firmly attached to the tie.
  • Figure 1 is a section taken transversely through a rail
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device.
  • 1 designates a railway-rail having a base 2, a head 3, and a web 3, and 4 is the tie on which the rail is supported, these parts being of the usual construction and material and adapted in practice to perform the ordinary functions.
  • a tie-plate 5 Applied to the upper face of the tie 4 and beneath the base 2 of the rail is a tie-plate 5, provided at its inner end with openings 6 for the reception of spikes 7 for securing the plate to the tie and which engage the adj acent edge of the base 2, as usual, while formed adjacent the outer end of the plate are openings 8 for the reception of spikes 9,
  • an upwardly and inwardly inclined bracing member or block 10 Formed upon and integral with the plate 5 and to bear at the outside of the rail 1 is an upwardly and inwardly inclined bracing member or block 10, provided at its upper end with a stepped recess 11, adapted to receive and shaped to conform to the adjacent side and under face of the head 3 and also shaped to the side face of the web of the rail, so as to contact with the same, there being formed at the juncture of the lower end of the block and the plate 5 an undercut groove or recess 12, adapted to receive the adjacent edge of the base 2.
  • On opposite sides of the block 10 I provide raised portions 14, which extend above the tie-plate 5, and the opening 8 is formed partially therein and serves to give the spike when driven into the tie a better hold and also permits of the spike to be readily withdrawn.
  • the device is applied to the upper face of the tie 4 and fastened in place by means of the spikes 9, after which the rail 1 is positioned with the outer edge of its base 2 seated in the groove 12 and the outer face of its head 3 in the recess 11, after which the spikes 7 are driven through the opening. 6 in engagement with the inner edge of baseflange, whereby the rail and plate are secured in place on the tie.
  • the brace-block 10 serves, owing to its downward and outward inclination, to effectually prevent spreading of the rails and also to obviate liability. of the rail becoming overturned.
  • a tie-plate and brace for railway-rails comprising a flat tie-plate with openings therein and having a brace formed on the upper surface thereof, said brace being provided with an inclined inner and outer face portion, a transverse recess formed at the base of the inner inclined face portion, the upper end of the brace being provided with a stepped recess which serves to contact with the side and under face of the rail and also with the side face of the web of the rail, and raised portions on opposite sides of the brace and projecting above the tie-plate, substantially as specified.

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k No. 839 775. PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906.
' J. W. LEVELL.
TIE PLATE AND BRAGE FOR RAILWAY RAILS.
' APPLICATION FILED APR.17,1906.
THE mama's PETERS 50., WASHINGTON, u. c.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
TIE-PLATE AND BRACE FOR RAILWAY-RAILS.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented. Dec. 25, 1906.
Application filed April 1'7, 1906. Serial No. 312,161.
To a whom it may concern.-
Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. LEVELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Carbondale, in the county of Garfield and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tie-Plates and Braces for Railway-Rails, of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to an improved tieplate and brace for raiway-rails, and has for its objects to produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of this character which may be readily installed for use, one whereby the rail will be effectually braced upon its outside to prevent the same spreading or turning over, and one in which the rail may be securely engaged with the brace and the latter firmly attached to the tie.
With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a section taken transversely through a rail,
showing the improved tie-plate and brace ap plied for use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device.
Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a railway-rail having a base 2, a head 3, and a web 3, and 4 is the tie on which the rail is supported, these parts being of the usual construction and material and adapted in practice to perform the ordinary functions.
Applied to the upper face of the tie 4 and beneath the base 2 of the rail is a tie-plate 5, provided at its inner end with openings 6 for the reception of spikes 7 for securing the plate to the tie and which engage the adj acent edge of the base 2, as usual, while formed adjacent the outer end of the plate are openings 8 for the reception of spikes 9,
which serve, in conjunction with the spikes 7, to securely fix the plate upon the tie.
Formed upon and integral with the plate 5 and to bear at the outside of the rail 1 is an upwardly and inwardly inclined bracing member or block 10, provided at its upper end with a stepped recess 11, adapted to receive and shaped to conform to the adjacent side and under face of the head 3 and also shaped to the side face of the web of the rail, so as to contact with the same, there being formed at the juncture of the lower end of the block and the plate 5 an undercut groove or recess 12, adapted to receive the adjacent edge of the base 2. On opposite sides of the block 10 I provide raised portions 14, which extend above the tie-plate 5, and the opening 8 is formed partially therein and serves to give the spike when driven into the tie a better hold and also permits of the spike to be readily withdrawn.
In practice the device is applied to the upper face of the tie 4 and fastened in place by means of the spikes 9, after which the rail 1 is positioned with the outer edge of its base 2 seated in the groove 12 and the outer face of its head 3 in the recess 11, after which the spikes 7 are driven through the opening. 6 in engagement with the inner edge of baseflange, whereby the rail and plate are secured in place on the tie. It' is to be particularly noted that owing to engagement of the baseflange 2 with the groove 12 upward vertical movement of the rail is prevented and that the brace-block 10 serves, owing to its downward and outward inclination, to effectually prevent spreading of the rails and also to obviate liability. of the rail becoming overturned.
Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A tie-plate and brace for railway-rails comprising a flat tie-plate with openings therein and having a brace formed on the upper surface thereof, said brace being provided with an inclined inner and outer face portion, a transverse recess formed at the base of the inner inclined face portion, the upper end of the brace being provided with a stepped recess which serves to contact with the side and under face of the rail and also with the side face of the web of the rail, and raised portions on opposite sides of the brace and projecting above the tie-plate, substantially as specified.
In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.
JOSEPH W. LEVELL. Witnesses:-
T. B. DAVIS, VEoLA T. BROWN.
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