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US897819A
US897819A US39234307A US1907392343A US897819A US 897819 A US897819 A US 897819A US 39234307 A US39234307 A US 39234307A US 1907392343 A US1907392343 A US 1907392343A US 897819 A US897819 A US 897819A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
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  • This invention relates to a cross tie for railroads, the object being to provide a cheap, simple, and strong substitute for the wooden ties now in use by bending a rectangular sheet of steel in such manner as to form a hollow body of suitable proportions for a cross tie.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide acap plate to cover the tie and rotect it from damage in case a train is derai ed and its wheels are drawn across the ties.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the improved tie.
  • Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the same.
  • Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cross tie on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.
  • Fig. 4 is a view of the blank from which the tie is made.
  • Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the cross tie cap.
  • the cross tie 1 is made of galvanized plate steel bent into shape from a rectangular sheet such as shown in Fig. 4'.
  • the tie 1 comprises a base 2 and a narrower parallel top 3 from Which the sides 4: and 5 incline downwardly in opposite directions but at equal angles to the base 2.
  • the side 4 is continuous with the top and bottom of the tie, but the side 5 while integral with the top, is connected to the bottom by folding a flange 6 on the base 2 over the lower edge of said side 5, where it rests on said base, and which prevents the tie from spreading under the weight imposed by passing trains.
  • the other side of the bottom flange is held in place by bolts 8 with large heads screwed into holes 9 in the top and bottom of the tie.
  • the tongues 7 are so placed that at one end of the tie the outer rail flange will be seated under one of the tongues, While on the other end of the tie, the inner flange will be held in place by the other tongue.
  • both tongues may be placed on the outside of the rails or both on the inside.
  • a cap plate 10 made of similar material as the tie and provided with fastening tongues 11 and screw bolt holes 12.
  • the edges 13 of the cap plate are preferably bent downwardly at the same angle as the sides of the tie.
  • the cap plate 10 when placed over the tie protects it from injury and defacement should a passing train become derailed.
  • the tongues 7 on the ties are raised sufliciently to enter slots 14 in the plate, made by bending up the tongues 11.
  • the rails are fastened as heretofore described by the tongues 11 and bolts passing through the holes 12 in the cap plate and the holes 9 in the tie, these bolts fastening the cap plate to the tie.
  • the cap plate may also be used on Wooden ties, especially such as are old and soft, by spiking them thereto through the holes 12. These caps so applied prevent the rails from spreading.
  • Ties constructed as above described may be made of any length, width or height, and of any gage steel required by the traffic of the road.
  • a railroad tie made of a sheet of plate steel bent into a hollow body having equally but oppositely inclined sides and parallel top and bottom, the top being narrower than the bottom and having upwardly bent in tegral tongues and a threaded hole near each tongue, in line with a similar hole in the bottom of the tie.
  • a railroad tie made of plate steel with parallel top and bottom and inclined sides,

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.No. 897,819. PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1908.
WQ CLEMENT.
RAILROAD (moss TIE.
APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11,1907.
WILLIAM CLEMENT, OF TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN.
RAILROAD CROSS-TIE Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Sept. 1, 1908.
Application filed. September 11, 1907. Serial No. 392,343.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that 1, WILLIAM CLEMENT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Traverse City, in the county of Grand Traverse and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Railroad Cross-Tie, of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to a cross tie for railroads, the object being to provide a cheap, simple, and strong substitute for the wooden ties now in use by bending a rectangular sheet of steel in such manner as to form a hollow body of suitable proportions for a cross tie.
A further object of the invention is to provide acap plate to cover the tie and rotect it from damage in case a train is derai ed and its wheels are drawn across the ties. With these and other objects in view the invention comprises certain novel combina tion and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and definitely claimed.
In the accompanying drawing :-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved tie. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cross tie on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of the blank from which the tie is made. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the cross tie cap.
Similar numerals are used throughout for like parts.
The cross tie 1 is made of galvanized plate steel bent into shape from a rectangular sheet such as shown in Fig. 4'. The tie 1 comprises a base 2 and a narrower parallel top 3 from Which the sides 4: and 5 incline downwardly in opposite directions but at equal angles to the base 2. The side 4 is continuous with the top and bottom of the tie, but the side 5 while integral with the top, is connected to the bottom by folding a flange 6 on the base 2 over the lower edge of said side 5, where it rests on said base, and which prevents the tie from spreading under the weight imposed by passing trains.
Two tongues 7, one near each end of the tie, project above the top surface of said tie and are each shaped to fit closely over one side of the bottom flange of a railroad rail to hold said rail firmly to the tie on that side. The other side of the bottom flange is held in place by bolts 8 with large heads screwed into holes 9 in the top and bottom of the tie. Referring to Fig. 1 it Will be seen that the tongues 7 are so placed that at one end of the tie the outer rail flange will be seated under one of the tongues, While on the other end of the tie, the inner flange will be held in place by the other tongue. If desired, both tongues may be placed on the outside of the rails or both on the inside.
In Fig. 5 is shown a cap plate 10 made of similar material as the tie and provided with fastening tongues 11 and screw bolt holes 12. The edges 13 of the cap plate are preferably bent downwardly at the same angle as the sides of the tie. The cap plate 10 when placed over the tie protects it from injury and defacement should a passing train become derailed. When the plate is in use, the tongues 7 on the ties are raised sufliciently to enter slots 14 in the plate, made by bending up the tongues 11. The rails are fastened as heretofore described by the tongues 11 and bolts passing through the holes 12 in the cap plate and the holes 9 in the tie, these bolts fastening the cap plate to the tie. The cap plate may also be used on Wooden ties, especially such as are old and soft, by spiking them thereto through the holes 12. These caps so applied prevent the rails from spreading.
Ties constructed as above described may be made of any length, width or height, and of any gage steel required by the traffic of the road.
Having thus described the invention what is claimed is 1. A railroad tie made of a sheet of plate steel bent into a hollow body having equally but oppositely inclined sides and parallel top and bottom, the top being narrower than the bottom and having upwardly bent in tegral tongues and a threaded hole near each tongue, in line with a similar hole in the bottom of the tie.
2. A railroad tie made of plate steel with parallel top and bottom and inclined sides,
said top having integral tongues and holes adjacent said tongues in line With holes in my own, I have hereto affixed my signature the liottoni and adcai i plate lidavingd dOWE- in the presence of two Witnesses. .Wardy inc ined si e anges a apte to t over said tie and be fastened thereto by WILLIAM CLEMENT 5 bolts passing through holes therein and the Witnesses:
alined holes 1n the top and bottom of the tie. F. W. WILSON,
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as OSCAR SIMPSON.
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