US922569A - Railway-tie. - Google Patents

Description

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RAILWAY TIE.

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Patented. May 25, 1909.

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RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 26, 1908.

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LOUIS F. EXNER, OF NILES, MICHIGAN.

RAILWA Y-TIE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1909.

Application filed February 26, 1908. Serial No. 417,867.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS F. EXNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Niles, in the county of Berrien and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a railway tie.

One object is to provide a tie embodying such characteristics that the rails may be secured thereto without driving spikes thereinto which latter practice results in ultimate loosening of the rail securing elements and the ruination of the tie itself.

Another object resides in the provision of a composite tie whose parts are so constructed and arranged that the rail securing elements are not liable to derangement nor the tie itself subject to disintegration or other deterioration incident to strains or to the securing of the rail holding elements thereto.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a cementitious and metallic tie wherein the latter is molded within the former to shield the metal and the cementitious material is reinforced in combination with means, if such should be desired, to cushion the rails at their point of intersection with the ties.

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

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of one end of my improved tie, the rail being removed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through one end of the tie, illustrating a rail section thereto. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the metallic bodies embedded in the tie. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view through my improved tie. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the channel irons which connects the metallic bodies.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, the reference character 1 indicates cementitious material forming the body of the tie in each end of which is embedded a metallic body 2. Each metallic body has spaced, open-ended ducts 3 connected by the web portions 4 and also by the spaced depending win s or portions 5, each of the latter having a lateral projection 6. These projections 6 are embraced by the perforations 7 of the corresponding longitudinally disposed channel irons 8 which connect the metallic bodies by virtue of said pin and perforation connection.

The metallic bodies 2 are preferably dis posed at points where the rail sections 9 cross the ties and the latter are preferably recessed, as at 10, to permit of the cementitious material to enter and lock the bodies within the ties, the latter, where the cemen titious material enters the recess 10, are also recessed at 11 to receive a helical spring 12 upon which the rail sections bear through the medium of which the rails are cushioned.

The ducts 3 of the metallic bodies receive the heads 13 of the bolts 14 adapted to pierce the locking plates 15 to lock the rails against lateral displacement upon the ties, there being nuts 16 upon the bolts 14 to tighten said plates firmly against the base flanges of the rails.

Through the top of each duct is a slot 17 wider intermediate its ends than at its ends. This peculiar form of slot permits of the insertion of the heads 13 of the bolts into the ducts at the Wider part of the slots and prevents their accidental withdrawal by forcing the bolts toward the ends of the slots and tightening the nuts 16. I thus provide an exceedingly simple method of securing the bolts to the ties and without injuring the latter, yet permitting of a ready removal of the bolts in the event of wear or for any other purpose.

If any water should find its way into the ducts by way of the slots 17, the same would pass out of the ends of the ducts and flow between the ties.

In the formation of my improved tie, the metallic parts embedded in the cementitious material are assembled and the said material molded to form a tie about these parts, which looks the metallic parts firmly together while the latter reinforce the cementitious material, resulting in a tie capable of withstanding strain and meeting all of the requirements requisite in a perfect railway tie.

What is claimed is 1. In a railway tie, a cementitious body, a metallic body embedded in said cementitious body at each end thereof, each of said metallic bodies having depending portions, each portion having a lateral projection, and a channel iron connection between said bodies upon each side thereof and rovided withperforations to embrace said ateral projections.

2. In a railway tie, a cementitious body, a metallic body embedded in. the tie at each end thereof and including spaced open ended ducts each having a slot in its upper face which is increased in width intermediate its ends, each metallic body having spaced depending portions, each body having an open ing between said ducts and between said depending portions to receive material of the cementitious body, the cementitious body within each recess of said metallic bodies being recessed, elements embedded in the cementitious body, one adjacent the outer face of the alining depending portions of the metallic bodies, and a yieldable element mounted in said recess of the cementitous material.

3. In a railway tie, a cementitious body, a metallic body embedded in the tie at each end thereof and including spaced open ended ducts each having a slot in its upper face which is increased in width intermediate its ends, each metallic body having spaced depending portions each having a lateral projection, each body having an opening between said ducts and said depending portions to receive material of the cementitious body, the cementitious body within each recess of said metallic bodies being recessed, and channel irons embedded in the cementitious body, one adjacent the outer face of alining depending portions of the metallic bodies and having perforations to embrace the lateral projections of the corresponding depending portions.

4. In a railway tie, a, cementitious body, a metallic body embedded in the tie at each end thereof and including an open ended duct whose bottom and side walls are closed, the top wall of the duct being closed at the ends of the top thereof and the top having a slot between said closed portions which is 1ncreased in width intermediate its ends, each metallic body having a depending portion, and an element embedded in the cementitious body and disposed against the depending portions of the metallic bodies.

5. A railway tie comprising a cementitious body, a metallic body embedded in the cem- 1 entitious body at each end of the latter, each metallic body having a duct extending across the tie at a direct right angle to the latter and open at each end to permit of drainage through the metallic bodies at opposite sides of the cementitious body, the bottom, side walls and end portions of the top of the duct being closed with a slot formed in the top of each duct intermediate said closed end portions, and a connection between the metallic bodies.

6. A. railway tie comprising a cementitious body, a metallic body embedded in the cementitious body at each end of the latter,

7 each metallic body having spaced ducts eX- tending across the tie and open.- at each endto permit of drainage through the metallic bodies at opposite sides of the cementitious body, a connection between. the metallic 8 bodies, each metallic body having an opening between said ducts to receive material of the cementitious body, the cementitious body within each recess of said metallic bodies be ing recessed, and a yieldable element dis- 8 posled in the recess of the cementitious materia 7. In a railway tie, a cementitious body, a metallic body embedded in the cementitious body at each end of the latter, each metallic 9 body having spaced ducts extending across the tie and open at each end to permit of drainage through the metallic bodies at oppositesides of the cementitious body, a con nection between the metallic bodies, each 9 metallic body having an opening between said ducts to receive material of. the cementitious body, the cementitious body within each recess of said metallic bodies being recessed, a, yieldable element disposed in the recess of the cementitious material, railsdisposed upon the metallic body, and means engaging the metallic bodies to secure the rails against displacement.

8. The combination with a railway tie 1 composed of cementitious material, a metallic body embedded in the cementitious tie at each end of the latter, connections between-v the metallic bodies, the latter each having spaced open-ended ductsand a slot in the top of each duct, each slot being increased in. width intermediate its ends, each metallic body also having a recess to receive a portion of the cementitious body, said portion of the body in said recess-beinglikewise recessed, a a spring mounted inthe last named recess, of a rail mounted over each metallic body upon said s ring, fastening plates engaging the base anges of the corresponding rails, and

bolts passed through said plates and the openings inthe top of the respective ducts, the heads of the bolts being inserted in the widened intermediate portions of said openings and forced to the respective ends of said openings to secure saidrailsto said ties. 1

9. A railway tie comprising a cementitious body, a metallic body embedded in the cementitious body at each end of the latter, each metallic body having spaced ducts extending across the cementitious body at a direct right angle to the latter and opening at the opposite sides of the cementitious body to permit of drainage through the metallic bodies at opposite sides of the cementitious body, the bottom and side Walls being closed and the top Wall of each duct being closed at the ends of the latter With a slot formed in the top Wall of each duct intermediate the closed end portions of each duct.

10. A railway tie comprising a cementitious body, a metallic body embedded in each end of the cementitious body and each having a recess to receive a portion of the cementitious material, the latter in each of said recesses being recessed, and a spring disposed in each of the latter recesses.

11. A railway tie comprising a cementitious body, a metallic body embedded in each end of the cementitious body and each having a recess to receive a portion of the cementitious material, the latter in each of said l 1 l l recesses being recessed, and a spring disposed in each of the latter recesses, each metallic body having spaced open-ended ducts.

12. A metallic body of the character described having spaced ducts opening at their opposite ends to permit of drainage through the body, the bottom and side Walls being closed and the end portions of the top Wall being closed forming a slot in the top Wall between said closed end portions, and a pair of Wings depending from said metallic body beneath the ducts and at right angles to the latter, the body having an opening between said ducts and said Web portions.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature, in presence of tWo Witnesses.

GEORGE OLTSOH, G. M. COLE.

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