US916489A - Bearing for railroad-rails. - Google Patents

Description

J. T. RICHARDS.

BEARING FOR RAILROAD RAILS.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T.16, 1907.

91 6,489, Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

niinals of t side-to conform to the corresponding upper JosEPH 'r .RIonARns, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BEARING FOR RAIiROAD-RAILS.

."Specificatior of Letters Patent.

Patented March 30, 1909.

Application filed October 16, 1807. I Serial No. 397,660.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn T. Rrormnns, citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Bearing for Railroad-Rails, of which the following is a specification. {My invention consists of a bearing for a railroad rail comprising a solid body having a centrally raised portion on which the rail is adapted to be supported directly and faces on the upper side extending laterally from said ort-ion tapering to the side terlie body and having a flat underface of a cross tie or other support, whereby the wave motion or deflection imparted to a rail when occupied by an engine, car or train assing thereover will not cause the rail to ear obliquely on the cross-tie or base support and rock the same, while, 'on the contrary, said support will remain unmoved and steady in its normal position. The bearing is the full width of the cross tie or support and so is in -'a measure an integral part of the cross tie, the bearing being thereby prevented from imparting any independent motion to said cross tie or support or having its edges cut into the tie.

Figure l represents an end elevation of a rail supportembodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the form shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of another form thereof.

Similar letters-of reference indicate corres onding parts in the figures.

l eferring to the drawing: A' designates a rail hearing, which is mounted ontlie crosstie or base-support B, and on which is seated the rail C. Said rail support, in Figs. 1 and 2, is composed of a solid plate or plates, or bar or bars, or otherbody of metal, wood or any other material somewhat of the form of a truncated pyramid, that is to say, its sides or upper faces D, l), are sloping or tapering, leaving the top E of less width than the bottom F, it being noticed that the rail rests on said top as a raised portion, while spaces G exist between the bottom of the rail and said sides 1). Theunderside or face of the body is, flat so as'to conform to and rest solidly upon the flat upper face of said cross tie or sup ort B.

' It is weli known-that when the rail is occupied by'a running engine, car or train, wave motions or deflections are imparted to the I rail in vertical direction, especially in -w on] the cross-ties or other base suppor-ts corsequently when such motion reaches the spaces G, the relative wave or deflected por tion of the underside of the rail enters said spaces without inrartingdownward pressure upon the sides of the )iece A, so that the cross-tie or base suppor is not turned or rocked on its bed, while on the contrary, by this invention, the rail remains fiat on its bed, and so retains its seat undisturbed. In Fi 3, the top of the bearing piece A is roundefor arch-shape, the rail being adapted to rest on the crown thereof.

The bottom or under side of the-bearing A is of the same width orsubstantially the cross tie, so that when the rail is loaded,-. the ends of the bottom or under side I bearing 1 cciving I sanie width as the the same weight when the rail is while permitting the deflection of the rail as stated. The base supports are thus held against lateral dis vlaceinent and the on itsbed and is undisturbed loaded,

from its seat.

rail remains flat I While I have specified certain means for wilinot cut into the tie, and so the. and tie work integrally together 'rccarrying out my im rovenients, I do not wish.

l to be'limited exact y to the same, but desire l to make such changes as ma come within the scope of the novelty invo ved.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 chi'im as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: a 1. A tie plate formed of a solid body having its base'adapted to be in contact throughout with the upper face of a rail support and i that portion of its top surface forming the rail support narrowel' than the bottom surface, and sides inclining downward and outward from the narrower central portion of the top to the sides giving greater width at the bottom and leaving spaces between the rail and said inclined sides to permit of the deflection of the adiacent portion of the rail. 2. A tie plate bearing formed of a solid body having the central portion of its u per face receiving the rail narrower than the ottoin face, and sides inclining downwardl and outwardly. on opposite sides, longitudinally of the rail, leaving spaces between the rail and said inclined sides to permit of the deflection of the adjacent portion of the rail, said tic plate adapted to and havin its under face of substan support. 1

3. A. mil bearing composed of 1 tie plate its sides inclining dmvnward and outward formed of a solid body applicable to and y from the central portion of its top surface to adaped'to be fitted solidly on the uppei' faee.

body es-fling an under face which is adapted tn be ineontact throughout with said upper face of the tie support, that eoi'tion of its top sulfates which forms the mi -sup' 01*ti11g poia cross tie which supports the same, sand l Lion being narrower than its um er face and g the sides, leaving spaces between the rail and said inclined sides to permit of the deflection of the adjacent oi'tion of the rail.

QPOSEPH T. RICHARDS. Witnesses CHAS. O. Rum, GEO. O. QUEALE.

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