US853135A - Combined railway cattle-guard and metallic cross-tie. - Google Patents

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COMBINED RAILWAY CATTLE GUARD AND METALLIC CROSS TIE. APLIcATfIoN FILED 111111.28, 1907.

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CHRISTOPHER SWITZER ANI) FREDRECK SUNDMAN, OF DOE RUN,

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COMBINED RAILWAY CATTLE- GUARD AND NIETALLIC CROSS-TIE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1907.

Application filed February 28, 1907, Serial No. 359,802.

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yBe it known that we, CHRISTOPHER SwirzER and FREDREGK SUNDMAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Doe Run, in the county of St. Francois and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Combined Railway Cattle-Guard and Metallic Cross- Tie, of which the following is a specification. The invention relates to a combined railway cattle guard and metallic cross tie.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive combined railway cattle guard and metallic cross tie, adapted to strengthen a track and capable of effectually preventing cattle yfrom crossing it.

' across the track without impairing the same.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, withinthe scope of the claims, maybe resorted to without departing from the snirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of t e invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a combined railway cattle guardand metallic cross tie, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view, taken substantially on the line xof Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, taken substantially on the line y-{1/ of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the cattle guard members. Fig. 5 is a reverse plan view of the top plate of the cross tie, illustrating the arrangement of the clamp-engaging keys and the double wedge for spreading the inner ends of the keys. Fig. 6 is a detail view of one of the keys. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of one of the clamps. Fig. 8- is a reverse plan view of the same and a portion of one of the cattle guard sections. Fig. 9 is a detail sectional view of a portion of the cross tie, illustrating the manner of securing the top plate to the sides.

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1` designates a hollow' metallic cross tie, forming a conduit to permit water to flow across the track without impairing the road bed, and consisting of a horizontal bottom and upwardly converging inclined sides 2, formed integral with the horizontal bottom, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

y The metallic cross tie is provided with a removable horizontal plate 3, detachably secured to the sides 2 byscrews 4 andarranged on and supported by the upper edges of the said sides 2. The screws 4, which may be of any desired number, pierce the top plate and engage threaded sockets of the sides 2 of the cross tie.

The top plate presents a flat upper face to receive rails 5, and it is providedat the sides of the bottom iianges of the rails with slots 6, arranged in pairs and spaced apart. The slots receive depending Shanks 7 of clamps 8, which engage thelbottom iiangesof the rails and which also interlock with and engage intermediate and outer cattle guard members 9 and 10, whereby the latter are securely fastened on the upper faces Iof the cross ties. The slots are disposed transversely of the cross ties vand the Shanks 7, which depend below the lower face of the top plate of the cross tie, are provided with registering openings 11, through which pass longitudinal keys 12, whereby the clamps are detachably retained in engagement with the rails and with the cattle guard members. The keys 12 are provided at their outer ends with hook-shaped heads 13, and are adapted to be engaged by a suitable tool for enabling them to be readily withdrawn, when it is desired to remove either the cattle guard members or the rails.

The inner ends of the keys are recessed vertically to provide tapering recesses 14, arranged to receive tapered ends 15 of a fixed wedge 16, formed integral with and located IOO ' tie, and arranged in the path of and adapted affordaccess to the heads of the screws.

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to spread the split ends of the keys, whereby the latter are positively retained in engagement with the shanks of the clam s'. The inner ends of the keys are maintaine in their spread or looked position by the tapered ends of the double wedge, which is in the form of a longitudinal rib or flange, and which is adapted to materially increase the strength of the top plate of the cross tie. In order to facilitate thespreading of the inner ends of the keys, the latter are also split horizontally at 17 at opposite sides of the tapering recesses. The split ends of the keys are'spread at the inner Shanks, as'clearly shown in Fig. 6 of the drawing, whereby the keys are positively l locked against outward movement.

Each clamp is provided at the upper end of the shank with a head, extending longitudinally of the cross tie in opposite directions to form a rail-engaging portion and a cattle guard-engaging portion. The rail-engaging portion is provided with a flat inclined lower face 1S to fit and conform to the configuration of the upper face of the bottom flange of the rail, and 1t has an inner shoulder 19 to engage the edge of the rail. lThe cattle guardengaging portion is provided with a curved lower engaging face 20 and is rounded at the outer edge 21.

Each cattle guard member is inverted V- shaped in cross section, and is composed of oppositely inclined sides, formed integral with each other and provided at their lower edges with inwardly extending narrow longitudinal flanges 22, spaced apart at the median line of the bottomof the cattle guard member and presenting fiat lower faces to the top plate of the cross tie. The inclined. sides of the inverted V-shaped cattle guard sections or members have their outer faces arranged in the same plane as and forming continuations of the inclined sides 2 of the hollow cross tie. The outer sections 10 are provided at the screws 4 with grooves 451i1 lto e longitudinal flanges 22, which are recessed at their upper faces, present concave faces 23 to the lower curved face 20 of the clamp, and

the longitudinal flanges are also cut away toY ment on the latter, and the cattle guard sec-` tions are securely maintained in such inter- The depending studs extend below the lower face ofthe topplate and engage the inner face of the sides of the cross tie of the u per edges thereof, whereby the top plate is eld against horizontal movement in either direction transversely of the cross-tie. This construction is adapted to relieve the screws 4 of strain.

The ends of theinner or intermediate cattle guard sections are spaced from lthe rails, and the inner ends 27 of the outer cattley guard sections. extend over the contiguous Y clamps and fit against the outer sides of the what we claim as new, and desire to secure f by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of combination of a cross tie, rail-engaging means, and cattle guard sections detachably secured to the cross tie by the rail-engaging means.

2. In a device of the class described,fthe combination of a cross tie, cattle guard sections, and rail-engaging clamps having projecting portions engaging the cattle guard sections and securing the same to the cross tie.

3. In a device of the class described, the

combination with a crosstie, and rails, of` cattle guard sections arranged on the cross tie, and clamps located at opposite sides of the rails and having oppositely projecting portions engaging the rails and the cattle f guard sections for securing the same to .the cross tie.

4. In a device of the class described, the

combination with rails, of cattle guard sections fitting against the outer sides of the rails and constituting braces to prevent the rails from spreading. f

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with rails, of cattle guard sections fitting against the outer sides of the rails to prevent the same from spreading, and rail-engaging clamps provided with means for also engaging the cattle guard sections.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination with rails, of an intermediate cattle guard section spaced from the inner sides of the rails, an outer cattle guard section fitting against the outer sides of the IIS rails and forming braces to prevent thesame the class described, the

and provided with bottom flanges fitted on ranged inthe path-of the keys for spreading and the cattle guard sections to the cross tie.

8. In a device of the class described, the combination with a cross tie, and rails, of cattle guard sections provided at the bottom with depending studs engaging the cross tie for holding the sections against horizontal movement, and means for retaining the sections in engagement with the cross tie.

9. In a device of the class described, the combination with rails, and a cross tie, of cattle guard sections provided with spaced bottom flanges having means for engaging the cross tie, and rail-engaging means provided with means for engaging the bottom iianges of the cattle guard sections for retaining the samel in engagement with the cross tie.

10. In a device of the class described, the combination with rails, and a cross tie, of cattle guard sections having spaced bottom fianges, and clamps providedv With heads having oppositely projecting portions engaging the rails and interlocked with the bottom iianges of the cattle guard sections.

11. In a device of the class described, the combination with rails, of. hollow cattle guard sections, and rail-engaging clamps having means projecting into the 'ends of the hollow cattle guard sections for engaging the same.

12. In a device of the class described, the combination with rails, of cattle guard sections having inclined sides, and spaced bottom flanges. cut away at the terminals, and rail-engaging clamps having projecting portions extending into the cattle guard sections and engaging the cut away portions of the bottom flanges.

13., In a device of the class described, the combination with rails, of hollow cattle guard sections cut away at the vbottom and beveled at the cut away portions, and railengaging clamps having projecting portions extending into the cattle guard sections and conforming to the configuration of and engaging the cut away and beveled portions thereof.

14. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollow cross tie, cattle guard sections, rail-engaging clamps having projecting portions for engaging the cattle guard sections, said rail-engaging clamps being also provided with depending shanks extending through the to of the cross tie, and keys passing through t e shanks.

15. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollow cross tie, cattle guard sections arranged thereon, rail-'engaging clamps provided with means for engaging the cattle guard sections and having depending shanks extending through the top of the cross tie, keys extending through the shanks and having split portions, and means arythe cross tie, and means for securing the rails the split ends thereof.

16. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollow cross tie, cattle guard sections arranged thereon, rail-engaging clamps provided with means for engaging the cattle guard sections and having depending shanks extending through the top ofthe cross tie, keys extending through the shanks and having split portions, and a fixed wedge arranged in the path of the keys for spreading the split ends of the same. A

17. In a device of the class described, the combination v'of j a hollow cross tie, cattle guard sections arranged thereon, rail-engaging clamps provided with means for engaging the cattle guard sections andhaving depending shanks extending through the top of the cross tie, keys extending through the shanks and having split portions, and an oppositely tapered wedge having its terminals arranged in the path of the keys for spreading the split portions thereof.

18. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollow cross tie provided at the lower face of its top with an integral wedge tapered at each end, rail-engaging clamps extending through the top of the cross tie, and keys piercing the clamps and having split portions arranged to be spread yby the wedge. A

19. In a de vice of the class described, the combination of a hollow cross tie having an interiorly arranged wedge, a rail-engaging clamp extending into the cross tie, and a key piercing the clamp and arranged to be spread by the wedge.

20. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollow cross tie having an interiorly arranged Wedge, a clamp extending into the cross tie, and a key piercing the clamp and provided at its inner end with a tapering recess and split at opposite sides of the same, said recess being adapted to receive the wedge, whereby the split end of the key is spread.

21. A device of the class described comprising a cross tie having inclined side faces, and a cattle guard section detachably fitted on the cross tie and having inclined faces arranged in the same plane as and forming continuations of the inclined faces of the cross tie.

22. A device of the class described comprising a hollow cross tie having inclined faces and forming a conduit for water, and an 'inverted V-shaped cattle guard fitted on the cross tie and having inclined sides forming continuations of the sides of the cross tie.

23. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollow cross tie having inclined sides, an inverted V -shaped cattle guard section provided at the lower ends of its sides with spaced bottom iianges fitted on the cross tie and means for engaging the bot- IOO tom flanges of the cattle guard sections for securing the same to the cross tie.

24. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollow metallic cross tie forming a conduit or passage for water and comprising a bottom, sides, and a top plate secured to the sides, a cattle guard section ldetachably interlocked with the top plate, and means for securing the cattle guard section in its interlocked relation.

25. In a device of the class described, lthe combination of a hollow metallic cross tie comprisinga bottom,` sides, and a top plate provided with sockets, a cattle guard section having depending' studs fitting in the sockets of the top plate, and fastening devices retaining the studs in the sockets and securingv the cattle guard section to the top plate.

26'. A hollow cattle guard section having spaced sides and inclined flanges.

27. A hollow cattle guard section having spaced sides and inclined flanges, said flanges having depending pointed studs',

28, In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollow cross tie, cattle guard sections, rail-engaging clamps having projecting portions for engaging the cattle guard sections, said rail-engaging clamps serving as connecting means between the cattle guard sections and the tie.

29. In a device of the classdescribed, the combination with cross ties, and rails, of cattle guard sections, and rail-engaging clamps for connecting the adjacent ends of the cattle guard sections and thebottom flanges of the rails, and also for connecting the sections to the cross ties.

30. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollow cross tie, cattle guard sections arranged thereon, rail-engag ing clamps providedk with means for engaging the cattle guard sections and having depending shanks extending through the top of the cross tie, and means for connecting the shanks to the cross tie so as to lock'the rails, cattle guard sections and thecrosstie together.

315. In a device of'the c la'ss described, the combination of a hollow cross tie composed of a bottom, sides, and a top plate, and a cattle guard section provided with studs'piercing the top plate of the cross tie and engaging the sides thereof.

32. In d device of the dass described, the' combination of a hollow cross tiecomposed of a bottom, sides, and a top plate, and a cattle guard section provided at opposite -sides with depending studs piercing the top plate and lprojecting below the same and engaging the

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