US893941A - Railway-tie and means for securing rails thereto. - Google Patents

Description

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS G. SEDBERRY, OF WETUMPKA, ALABAMA.

, RAILWAY- TIE AND MEANS FOR SECURING RAILS THERETO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908.

AppIication filed. April 22, 1907. Serial No. 369,692.

i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Louis G. SEDBERRY, cit zen of Alabama, residing at Wetumpka,

' in the county of Elmore and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties and Means for Securing Rails Thereto, of which the following is a specification.

a This invention comprisesa novelform of railroad tie embodying a combined construc- .ition of plastic material, preferably concrete,

and metal. j

' The object of the invention is to provide a tie constructed as above mentioned and in the practical embodiment ofwhitsh, to a certain extent/the customary advantages of the wooden tie, with .reference to cushioning qualities and resiliency, will be secured.

The invention includes, furthermore, novel means for securing rails to the tie, which means will be more specifically described hereinafter.

For a full understanding of theinvention and the merits thereof and also to'acquire a knowledge of the details of "construction of the means for e'fi'ecting the result, reference -,is to be had to the accompanying drawing and following description, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tie and rail securing means embodying theinvention; Fig. '2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the tie, partially broken away showing the rail securing means at one side of the rail, in section, and the similar means at the opposite side of the rail in elevation; Fig. 4 isa vertical sectional view similar to Fig. 2, taken on the line 44 of 'Fig. 5; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the construction disclosed in Fig. 4; Fig. 6 embodies afurther modification of the invention; Fig. 7 is a top plan view bringing out more clearly the construction shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 but showing the construction of the modification in Fig. 6 Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view of one of the clamps shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 10 is a detail perspective view of one of the clamps shownin the modification in Fig. 4.; Fig. 11 is a detail view of one of the clamps shown in the modification in Fig. 6, and Fig. 12 is an- 1 other view of the clamp shown in Fig. 11.

Corresponding and like parts are referred, to in the followingdescriptlon and indicated Specifically describing the invention, and referring to theconstruction shown in Flgs. 1, 2, and 3, inclusive, the numeral 1 indicates a tie which is of plastic material such as concrete, or the like. In the body of the tie 1 is molded or otherwise embedded or applied, a

metal beam or body 2. The beam 2 may be described to be of the usual I-form comprising a central vertical Web and opposite heads formed longitudinally of the said web, said heads being" ,desi nated 2. The beam 2 has the lowermost 0 its heads 2 and nearly the whole of the web connecting the heads 2 embedded in the plastic material of the tie 1, the uppermost head 2*, however, being arranged slightly above the top of the tie with its opposite longitudinal edge portions spaced therefrom. The beam 2 of the tie 1 1s designed to support the rails 3 which may be disposed upon the tie, under actual conditions of service, peculiar means being em ployed to attach the rails thereto.

As shown in Fig. 1 the securing means for the rails 3 comprise opposite engaging memhere 4 each of said members being provided with an upwardly curving flange 5 engaging over the adj accnt portion of the base of the rails 3, and each member 4 being also provided at its longitud nal edges with down wardly projecting flanges 6 adapted to en gage beneath the rails 3 in the manner shown.

It will be apparent that the engaging members 4 may move longitudinally of the beam 2 in order that they may be readily positioned in proper engagement with the base of the rail. in order to secure the-engaging members 4 in engagement with the rail 3, suitable clamp plates 7 are used, said plates being attached to the upper head 2 of the beam 2 by'means of suitable fastenings 8 which pass through slots 9 in the clamp plates and through openings rovided in the said head 2. The slots 9 of t 1e clamp plates 7 permit of adjustment of the plates to accommodate for adjustment in the position of the engaging members 4, should the latter be used in cooperation with rails of different sizes. An end portion of each of the clamp plates 7 extends over the outer portionof the theinvention in which the engaging memrail with which'they cooperate.

bars 4? are secured in position upon the uper head 2- of the beam 2 by special means. in this instance, the engaging members 4* are each provided at the sides 6 thereof with downwardly extending flanges 6 having lateral openin s therethrough. Wedges 10 are adapted to be forced through the openings in the flanges 6*, and through 0 enings in the web or central portion of the cam 2,'in order to secure the members 4 to the beam 2, and in engagement with the rail 3. The wedges 10 are shown most clearly in Figs. 5 and 7 and it Will be noted that said wedges not only com rise means for securing the members 4 om displacement from the beam 2 but they co6perate to effect movement thereof on the beam 2 to 'cause the latter to engage hard against the base of the When the wedges have been inserted and roperly operated upon to secure the mem ers 4 an the rails 3 in position upon the beam 2, the

smaller extremities of said wedges are turned laterally as shown at-10 to prevent acciden- 'tal displacement of these members.

The modified adaptation of the invention 8, is substantially the same embodiment thereof as disclosed in that 'ust above described. In this instance,

owever, the engaging members 11 are made 1 of cast metal, being .secured in place by wedges 12 cooperating therewith in substan sides of the r'ai rail.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my' tially the same manner, as the members 10 co-act with the members 4* above described. In the construction shown in Figs. 6 and 8 the members comprising the invention are formed for the purpose of giving a mazgimum amount of rigidity and strength, aft'ei the same have been applied to the tie and'in cooperation with the rails. In this instance a main rail and uard rails,-, ,designated 3, are shown, and a fiIler-blocklS is interposed between said rails. This construction is one which is common in railroad structure, so far as the general arrangement of the parts is I concerned.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In combination with a tie including a longitudinal head, a rail seated thereon, engaging members a each engaging member consisting of a plate having its longitudinal edges bent downwardly to form flanges enplied to the head at opposite gaging the head at opposite edges thereof, an

end 'of each engaging member being bent u wardly at an inclination so as to overla t e adjacent basal ortion of the rail an the flanges thereof ffeing extended beneath the inclined end and spaced therefrom in engagement with the underside of the railbase,

and members secured to the head of the tie. members aforesaid in an.

to hold the engaging adjusted position in engagement with the signature in presence of two witnesses.

I LOUIS G. SEDBERRY'.

Witnesses E. J. CAIN, C. Q. McMoRRIs.

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