US899643A - Railway-tie. - Google Patents

Description

M. G.- WILLIAMS.

RAILWAY TIE. APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1907.

Famed sept.29,'19os.

MAURIOEC. WILLIAMS, OF GARY, INDIANA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I Patented Sept. 29, 1908.`

Application filed September 17, 1907. Serial No. 393,269. i

T o all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, MAURICE lC. WIL- LrAMs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gary, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Railway-Tie, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway ties and its object is to provide an all-metal device of this character which is cheap to manufacture, durable and efficient, and which has combined therewith novel means for Jfastening rails in position thereon.

Another object is to provide the tie with a combined rail s acing and fastenin member designed to hold the rails positive y at the roper distance apart.

A still further ob`ect is to provide a oombined rail brace an fastener for usein connection with the spacing member.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a tie embodying the present improvements. Fig. 2 is a section on line :1cx, Fig. 1. Fig. l3 is a section on line y-y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a ortion of the tie and showing the positions of the cuts produced therein for the reception of a rail brace and a tie bolt. Fig. 5 is a section through the body of the tie and through that portion of a rail from which it is designed to produce it. Fig. 6 is a section through the spacing member 'of the tie and throu hthat portion of a rail signed to produce it. Fig. 7 is an enlarged section through the lower portion of one of the rail bracesand tie bolts, the adjoining portion of the tie being also shown in section.

Referring to the figures by characters of from which it is` ereference, 1 designates the body of the ti'e the same being preferably formed Aof vrolled steel and substantially U-shaped in transverse section. Near each end the bottom of the body 1 is provided with an angular slot 2 forming a tongue 3 extending ractically the width of the bottom of the bo yand having' a smaller tongue 4 struck downward from the edge thereof to constitute an abutment as hereinafter stated. Tongue 3 is also bent tion of the plate is downward so as to produce a slot of sufficient proportions to receive a rail brace such as will be hereinafter more fully described.

Tongues 5 are also struck downward from the bottom of the body at points between the tongues 3 and also constitute abutments.

Rails 6 are designed to be placed upon the upstanding walls of body 1 and"interposed between-them is a spacing member 7 also preferably formed of rolled steel and having ongitudinal side flanges 8 designed to project between the walls of body 1. The ends of these flanges form shoulders 9 adapted to abut against the inner rail flanges and the top portion of the spacing member 7 projects beyond these shoulders thereby forming retaining or holding plates 10 which are inclined upwardly so as to fit snugly upon the inner base iianges of the rails.

An opening 11 is formed in the spacing member close to each extension or retaining plate 1() and extending through this opening is an obliquely disposed tie bolt 12 which eX- tends through the slot 2 and has its head bearing against the tongue or abutment 4 adjacent thereto. formed in the upper portion of the bolt and designed to receive a wedge shaped key 14 whereby the bolt may be securely fastened in place and the spacing member 7 also secured.

A combined rail brace and fastener is disposed upon the outer portion of each rail and consists of a plate 15 formed of rolled steel or other preferred material and provided along its longitudinal edges with fianges 16. These anges are beveledV at their ends, the upper portions thereof bearing against the outer base flange of the rail while the lower portions thereof as Well as the plate 15 are seated within the angular slot 2. The lower portapered or reduced in width as shown at 17 so as to fit snugly within the slot 2 while the upper end of the plate 15 is bent inwardly to form a head 18 designed to rest beneath the head of the rail. The head of bolt 12 contacts with the lower surface of plate 15 and is held against displacement thereby. Plate .15 is secured in position by an obliquely disposed bolt 19 the head of which abuts against the tongue 5 whilethe other end of the bolt has a longitudinal slot 20 designed to receive a wedgeshape key 21. This key, when driven into the slot, will draw the parts firmly together.

It will be noticed that the two bolts used for A longitudinal slot 13 isv fastening each rail in place cross beneath the rail and serve to securely bind the parts of the tie and fastener in position. I

It has been designed to form the tie of old rails and, as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 it is the intention to cut the base of the rail from the web and head thereof and to roll the base into the spacing portion of the tie while the head and web of the rail which contain the greater amount of steel are rolled 4into the body portion of the tie. It will thus be seen that the parts of the tie can be readily produced from old rails and the cost of manufacture therefore greatly reduced.

It is of course to be understood that the construction of the tie can be slightly modified to meet various conditions as, for mstance, where it is to be used at switches, crossings, etc. By extending the braces 15 downward through the bottom of the tie they will bite into the road bed and prevent the tie from creeping. Moreover, if desired, the tie can be lled with ballast. By providing tongues constituting abutments for bolt heads it is possible to dispense with washers or similar devices such as ordinarily employed for this purpose.

Importance is attached tothe fact that the spacing member positively holds the rails at the proper gage so that adjustment of the parts becomes unnecessary. It will be noted that the flanges 16 of the braces are shaped so as to lap the base flanges as indicated at 16/, thereby positively gripping the rails.

What is claimed is:

1. A metallic railway tie comprising a longitudinally channeled body having upstanding walls constituting rail rests, rail fastening means secured to the body, and channeled combined rail fastening and spacing means disposed to be interposed between and supported by rails upon the walls, said spacing means constituting a closure for that portion of the body between the rails.

2. A metallic railway tie comprising a longitudinally channeled body having upstanding walls constituting rail rests, rail fastening means secured to the body, and channeled combined rail fastening and spacing means located between the walls and disposed to be interposed between and supported by rails upon the walls, said spacing means constituting a closure for that portion of the body between the rails.

3. A metallic railway tie comprising a body having upstanding walls constituting rail rests, a combined rail fastening and spacing member between the walls, said members being disposed to be supported by rails engaged thereby,and obliquely disposed fastening devices connecting the body and spacing member, said devices being disposed to ex tend beneath the rails.

4. A metallic railway tie comprising a i body having upstanding walls constituting rail rests, comblned rail securing and spacing means within the body and disposed to be supported b y rails engaged thereby, rail bracing and. securing devices extending through the body and supported thereby, and crossed obliquely disposed fastening means connecting the body with the braces and spacing means respectively.

5. A metallic railway tie comprising a body having upstanding walls constituting rail rests, combined fastening and spacing l means secured upon the body, a combined rail brace and fastener extending through the body and supported thereby, and obliquely disposed means for securing the brace within the body and upon a rail. 6. A metallic railway tie comprising a body having u )standing walls constituting rail rests, combined spacing and fastening means secured within of said body being slotted, a brace having a reduced end extending through and snpported by the slotted portion of the device, and obliquely disposed means engaging the body and brace for binding the brace upon a rail.

7. A metallic railway tie comprising a body having upstanding walls constituting rail rests, the bottom of said body being slotted, tongues struck from the bottom of the body, a combined rail fastening and spacing member between the walls of the. body and disposed to be supported by the rails engaged thereby, obliquely dis )osed braces extending through the slots and supported bythe body, and crossed obliquclydisposed fastening devices abutting against the tongues and engaging the braces and spacing member respectively.

8. A metallic railway tie comprising a body having upstanding walls constituting rail rests, spacing means within the body and between the walls, a brace engaging the body, and separate means engaging the spacing member and brace for binding a rail between said member and brace and the walls of the body.

9. The herein described method of producing tie sections consisting in separating the base of a railroad rail head thereof, subjecting the two sections to heat, separately rolling said sections into channeled strips, and finally cutting said strips to produce finished tie sections constituting spacing members and bodies respectivcly.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MAURICE (l. WTILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

JAS. M. WALKER, HERBERT D. LAwsoN.

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