US946696A - Steel tie and rail-joint. - Google Patents

Description

P. A. HALEY.

STEEL TIE AND RAIL JOINT.

APLIGATIoN FILED JAN. 27. 1909.

Patented Jan. 18, 1910.

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PATRICK A. HALEY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

STEEL TIE AND RAIL-JOINT.

To aZ-Z'whom 'it Be it known that, I, PATRCH. A. HALEY, a

citizen-of 1the 4UnitedStates, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of. Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Steel Ties and Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to improvements in railway ties.

The primary object of theinvention is the provision of a metal tie whichshall be of such construction that it may be manufacturecl by a rolling process, whereby 6o enable the tie to be manufactured and sold at a cost no greater than the cost of a wooden tie. A further object of the invention is the provision of a rail-joint which will prevent the creeping of the rails one with relation to the other, and the provision of means for fastening the rails at the joints to the ties which will prevent the rails from creeping. with relation to the ties.

With the above and other objects in view the .invention consists in the construction, combination and arran ement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a sectional view of a tie, rail joint .and rail fastening constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 -is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a view in end elevation of the tie. Fig. 4' is a view similar'to Fig. 1, illustrating a modification of the rail fastening. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on a plane extending transversely through one of a pair of lrails connected with a joint constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a fra entar'yT portion of one of the fish plates o therail joint.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 1 designates the top, and 2 the sides of a hollow railwaytie constructed in accordance with my invention the ends of the tie being fully open. The tiesconstructed of metal, and the sides 2 thereof incline out'-4 wardly and downwardly, terminating. in horizontally disposed flanges 3. The sides 2 of the tie are heldE against lateral distortion by means of straps 4 which are formed with overhanging li s V5 having interlockin'g engagement wit the Yflanges 3 of the Specification of Letters Patent. :u Appiication filed January 27, 1309. Serial. No. 474,528.

are secured to the tie.

PatentedJan. 1.8, 1910.-

tie. The straps Ll are secured in applied lposition hy means ol bolts o1' their equivalents. The top 1 of the tie is provided with a plurality of openings 7 through which pass theholts by which the track fastenil'igs To permit the npplication and removal of the bolts, thc sides 2 of the tie are provided with hand holes 8. The bolts may also be applied -und removed through the open ends ot' the tie.

`The rail joint comprises a pair of fish plates 9 which are secured to the opposite sides of the webs 10 of the rails by bolts 11. On their inner sides the fish plates 9 are provided with annular project-ions 12 which surround the bolt receiving openings 13, said projections fitting in corresponding de pressions 14. in the wchs 10 of the rails and preventing the rails from creeping one with relation to the other. The rails are secured to the tieat their joints by means of track fastenings 14.- which are secured to the tie by bolts l5, said bolts passing through the openings 7 in the top 1 -of the tie and may be applied from the open ends of the tie or through the hand holds 8. The under sides oi `the track fustcnings 14 are recessed as at 16 to receive the flanges 1T of the rails. At their inner sides the track fastenings. 14 are formed with lugs 18 which lit in openings 19 in the fish plates 9, said y lugs preventing the rails from having any movement with relation to the ties. The track fastening's are provided on their upper sides with strengthening ribs 20. These track fastenings are only used at the joints of the rails. The track fasteuings used at other-.points in the length 'of the rails are not provided with the lugs 18. At such points where it is found impossible to use these track fastenings track fastenings such as 21 are used. Thetraek'fiistening 21 is provided at one end wiLh an overhanging lip 22 which engages one of the flanges of the rail. The track fasteningv is mounted in a recs 23 formed in the top 1 of the tie and is secured in position by means of boltst.

It should be apparent from the above del.sc ription. taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, thatI provide a metal tiefwhich is simple, durable and efficient, whichffit'nfaybe manufactured by `a rolling 'procesa-land: which may be f manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost. Vlt l may be made when desired-`as are within should also he apparent that. the rail joint .and track fastening are simple, durable and etlcient, and that they may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

As the rail joint prevents the rails from creeping one with relation to the other, and

`as the track' fastening prevents the rails fron: creeping with relation to the ties, the

contrmetion and jar of the rails will not separate the rails at theirmectmg ends. The rail joint and track fnstenlngcannot 1n any Wray interfere with 4the expansion and contraction of tl1e"'rails.- i\

Vhile I have' described the method of operation of the invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to be the best embodimentthereof, I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illnstratiyc and that such changes the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:- A

'lhe combination with a. tie und with pair of rails provided with depressions in their webs, of fish plates secured to the webs and provided on their inncr'sides with projections which tit in the depressions, said fish plates being provided with o en ings,

track'fastenings provided on theifirtner A sides with lugs which tit inthe openingsvin the fish plates, and means securing the track fastcnings to the tie. ,l

In testimony whereof I atix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

PATRICK A. HALEY Witnesses:

JOHN KossU'ri-I, VILLIAM BROWN.

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