US847745A - Metallic railway-tie. - Google Patents

Description

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t No. 847,745'.

Specification of Letters Patent.

gamen'cealdarcn 19, 1907.

y Appleman ned Decenas 24.1906. semi Nn. 349.294,

To all whom it 'may concept.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER DURAN), a citizen of the United States, and are'sident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a certain n ew and useful Metallic Railway-Tie and I do hereby declare the followingtobe a full, clear, and.

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and tol the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a specification. g My invention relates to railroad appliances, and particularly to metallicties, and has for its objects the provision of a tie of this nature which is light, simple, and strong inits construction, economical of manufacturc, and capable of being easily and quickly laid, and which is provided with simple and' strong means for securing the rails thereto. The invention is fully described in the followingspecification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- .Figure 1 is a top view of a tie embodying my invention with one rail and its clampingplate attached thereto andin which the. tie

is designed for the attachment of a clampingplate thereto at the outer side of one rail and the inner side of the other rail. Fig. 2 is an Fig?, is a top view of a tie to which both clamping-plates are intended to be attached at the inner sides of 'the rails. Figs. 4 and 5 are different views of a Figs. 6 and?-` are different views of a 'combined clamping and fish plate. Fig. S is a vertical longitudinal section of F ig. 3 with both rails clamped thereto, and Fig. 9 is a partial section of one end of a modified construction of the tie.

Referring to the drawings, l designates the tie, and 2 the supported rails of a railroadtrack. 1 is preferably made inverted- 'lhe tie U shape in cross-section and has its top or loop portion provided between. the points of attachment of the .rails withk an opening 3. The surface of the tie, at a properdistance each side of the opening 3 to suit the gage of thef track, is transversely recessed or cut awayv to form countersunk surfaces 4 4, in which the bases of the rails 2 and clamps 5 seat, thus forming rail-.chairs integral with the tie. One of the side ,ledges or walls o each groove 4, according to the side of a rail with which the clamp 5 is to coact, is

part of thisv l '1 grooved, as at 6, to receive thecontiguo'us base-flange of a rail, as shown.

The clamps 5, which seat within the recesses 4 4 at the opl, poslte sides of the rails to the' grooves 6 in the i tie, are securedtherein by one or more boltsl i 7 'or other suitable retaining'means and have l their rail-coacting edges beveled or shaped, asat 5a, to snugly` fit over the contiguous base-fiange of the rail, whereby to securely hold the rail to the tie. It will be noted that the edge of each clamp 5 more remote from its rail abuts against the contiguous sidewall of the recess 4 of the tie in which it is secured, so as to materially strengthen the clamp relative to the rail and'prevent a spreading there-- l vof from the rail evenfshould the retainingi bolts become loosened. The heads of the bolts 7 are preferably countersunk in the under surface of the tie-top in order to prevent a turning thereof when the nuts are being threaded thereto. The portions of .a tie in which the recesses 4 are provided are made heavier, as at 8, for such purpose, and at these points the tie is further strengthened by webs 9 9, which extend from-the surface to the baseof the Should the joint of two rails fall over a tie, a clamp 10, su 'h as shown in Figs. 6 an@ 7, is employed. This clamp is lformed with a l fiange 10, adapted to be bolted t'o the railweb., and combines both/the functions of the clamp 5 and that of a fish-plate.

In Fig..9 is illustrated a modified construction of the tie which is designed for use on l the` construction of new roadways and one to-be usedl for renewal purposes.v 'With the.

, former it is not important if the rail-clamps 'l are disposed on the outer or inner sides of the i rails, as shown in Figs. 3 and 8; but in the latter y"it is quite engage the same sides of the two rails, as 1s 1, so that when a renewal-tie has been placed under the two rails of a track the inner baseflange of lone therein and the outer base-iiange of the l other rail coacts with the other groove 6 l therein, otherwise it would be necessary to important that the clampsl illustrated by the construction shown in Fig.l

tie, as shown in Fig. 8.

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rail coacts withone groove 6 v IIO 2.- A metallic tie inverted-U shape-in Drosssection having its top provided wi th an open# y ing and formed Wit recesses of greater widthl than a rail-base, said recesses each having 3o like walls thereof grooved to engage like struction of the tie enables it after being poflanges of different rails, and a clamp secured sitioned on the road-bed to be filled with l in each lrecess and coperating with the sand, gravel, concrete, or other suitable iilll groove to retain a rail in its seat in the recess. ing agent, which serves both to anchor the 3. Ametallic tie inverted-U shape in cross- 35 io tie and to prevent lateral or longitudinal section having a portion of its top open and movements thereof. The llin a ent is deprovided at the ends ofthe opening with railposlted in the opening i an t oroughly receiving recesses, said recesses having like subject the rails to a relative contracting or a relative expanding force to place their baselianges in engagement with the grooves 6 in the tie.

5 The inverted-U shape and open-top con- 9 therein, This agent is also tamped in the l clamps secured in the recesses with the rails 4e 15 end cavities ofthe tie. and cooperating with the rooves to retain Having thus described my invention, what the rails fixed to the tie am? claim as new, and desire to secure by Letweb formed beneath each recess and divi ters Patent, is* l ing the base of the tie into a pluralitgT of co1n- 1. A metallic tie inverted-U shape in cross` 45 2o "section havlng its topprovided with an open- In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this specification in the one Wall grooved, and its interior divided l presence of two subscribinfr witnesses. ALEXANDR DURAND.

Vitnesses:

beneath the recessed portions, and clamps 25 secured in the recesses and coperating with I C. W. OWEN,

HAZEL B. HIETT.

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