US896657A - Railway-track and metal cross-tie. - Google Patents

Description

III/II PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908.

. J. H. M0001 RAILWAY TRACK AND METAL (moss TIE.

APPLIQATION FILED MAY 18, 190-7.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. MCCOY, OF PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO E. G. NAVE, OF

PORTSMOUTH, OHIO.

RAILWAY-TRACK AND METAL CROSS-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. is, 1908.

Application filed May 18, 1907. Serial No. 374,395.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, JOHN H.- MoOoY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portsmouth, in the county of Scioto and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Tracks and Metal Cross-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a railway track and metal cross tie therefor.

The present cross tie is formed of metal and has certain characteristics whereby it may be conveniently ballasted, and also embodies novel means for securing the rails thereto, and to deaden the noise commonly incident to the use of metal cross ties.

A further object of the invention is to combine metal and wooden ties in a new and novel manner in the construction of railway tracks, whereby a relatively small proportion of the ties are made of metal and the re maining portion of wood while at the same time the track has. all of the advantages incident to all metal ties.

WVith these and other objects in view, the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a railway track embodying the features of the present invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of across tie of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures and thereby prevent tilting and sidewise working of the tie.

At a suitable distance inwardly from each open end of the tie there is a pocket formed by a pair of spaced transverse partitions 4 which diverge downwardly and form a pocket which is undercut at its ends. In this pocket is a cast metal filler 5 having in its top a seat or recess 6 in which is a hard wooden block 7. The rail 8 rests upon the wooden block and is snugly held thereagainst by a pair of rail fastening devices. Each of these devices comprises a clamp block 9 set in a recess 10 in the cast metal filler and provided at its inner edge with an undercut flange 11 overhanging and shaped to fit the adjacent edge of the flange of the rail. A suitable bolt 12 pierces the bottom of the tie, the cast metal filler and the block 9, the head of the bolt being at the underside of the tie, and the squared portion of the bolt fitting the square opening in the tie, there being suitable clamping nuts 13 at the top of the bolt and bearing upon the top of the clamp block 9.

To prevent looseness of the cast metal filler, suitable bolts 14 pass transversely through the tie and the filler at its ends.

It will be understood that the hollow ends of the tie and the hollow intermediate portion between the rail seats may be filled with cement or the like, or ballasted in any preferred manner.

In constructing the track, such for instance as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, I prefer to employ metal ties at suitable intervals, using ordinary wooden ties 15 between successive metal ties. By this arrangement, I am enabled to employ the minimum number of metal ties which are sufficient to give the desired strength and durability to the track, as the wooden ties are employed merely to fill in between the metal ties. Wooden ties of course require replacing more frequently than metal ties and by employing some metal ties and some wooden ties the number of wooden ties to be replaced is materially reduced, thereby reducing the expense of keep- What is claimed is v In testimony whereof I affix my signature f 1Ametftll tie lllaving a pgckeltl, alcast metfitl in presence of two Witnesses. llerint epociet,a,woo en ocrsetint e top of the filler, and means for holding a rail JOHN MCCOY :5 upon the block, comprising clamping mem- Witnesses:

bers at opposite sides of the block, and bolts ARTHUR H. BANNON, piercing said members, the metal filler and EMMA JOHNSTON.

the bottom of the tie.

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