US950080A - Rail-fastening. - Google Patents

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E3 E. SLIGK. RAIL FAST'BNING. APLIGATON FILED FEB. 28, 1907.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

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-Specication of Letters Patent. -Patented Feb. 22,1910.

appueationfmea-return-my 28,1901'1 ser-iai No. 359,862. l

' TQ 'all whom fit' may-concern:

' Pittsburg, Allegheny count'y', Pennsylvania,

have invented anew and useful Rail-Fastening, offwhich the following is'a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming Apart -of this specification, in Which- Figure- 1 is a tpfplan view showing-my .improved fastening .in position;v Fig. 2 1s a -cross-section of the rail, showing the fastennestening.; and Fig. 4; is a plan-view show- 15 ing in position; .Fig 3 is apartial cross; section ofthe steel-tie', provided with the ing the methodpof rolling and severing the t-ie'plates. 3

My 'nvention relates to the securing of rails to ties,l andparticularly to steel or iron t1es..- f

' The object of the' invention is to provide 'a fastening by which the rail may be secured Without-the use of bolts or rivets 'which must be' adjusted or removed in removing or replacing the rail and fastening.

A further object of the invention is to provide .an iron or steel tie With afastening device Which may be permanently secured thereto at the point of manufacture, While the rail may be held thereby Without the use -of any securing bolts or rivets which are appliedwhen the rail is putin place.

A further object is to provide a quick and easy means for adjusting the rail sidewise.

Tothat end, the inventionconsist's in securing clips or anges which extend atan angle tothe rail and are spaced a sufficient distance apart to allow the rail to be inserted Without endwise threading thereof; and also in providing Wedge-sections which shall be inserted in' :both sides of the rail base= to secure the rail in place.'

A- further object is to provide a tie plate havin securing flanges, which plates may be rol ed iti multiple lengths and the plates sheared or otherwise .cutf therefrom at an angle other than a right angle, thus enabling oppositely-driven wedges to be used in fastening the rail.

In the drawings, referringto Fig. 4, I show the preferred form of making my improved tie-plate. In its'manufacture I roll a length -or blank2,having parallel 'anges fprojecting from one face thereof and arranged preferably inside' of the side edges" of lthe' blank. The blank is then severed transversely on the dotted lines, thus giving the improved tie-plate. In using these'pla'tes with metal ties, they are preferably riveted to the ties at the place of manufacture, as shown 1n-F1gs..l, 2 and'3, wherein 4 are the securing rivets extending through the` plates througha layer of insulation Shown at 5, ,and through the top flanges 6, 6, of .the

I-beam form of tie here shown. These rivets may be provided with insulating thimbles to insulate the rail and plate from the tie..

The'widthof the spaceA between the: tie-plate flanges is such that the rail may be dropped,

into place from above andpreferably Wide -enough so that it may be so inserted without swinging the rail-or tie to a position other 4than its final one. `When the rail is dropped into place, Vthe Wedge-shaped keys? are.

driven in between the tie-plate anges'rand `the rail-base, these being inserted from opposite sides. By loosening one key'and driving in the other the rail may be adj-usted sidewise as desired; and to secure the Wedges in place I then preferably bend down their smaller projecting ends on the opposite sides of the tie-plate, as Shown in Fig. 3. These keys are preferably recessed on their inner edges to lap over or iit upon the base anves of the rail, and are made of such a Width that their. forward ends will protrudef21r enough to bend downivhen they are driven to proper position.

The advantages of my .invention willbe clear to those skilled in the art. The plates may be cheaply and easily manufactured, either rolling them with the ianges'bent in the desired forni and then cold-sawing en the dotted lines ofpFig. 4; or by rolling them with the 'flanges projecting at right.

angles to the surface and then shearing the sections on the dotted lines and bending.

down the .tianges to the desired shape. There being no bolts or rivets to remove or apply in vren'ioving or apply-ing the fastening to the rail, such operations may be.' done quick!)` and easily. The bending down of the keys gites a permanent securing means which cannot work loose in 'the manner of nuts; While the fastening mayl be easily detached. by bending up this end of the key `and knocking the key out. The plate may ,g3A l 950,080

besecured tothe steel tie .at .the-peint of manufacture, so that the. 'only-- loose securparts are the keys. Instead ofl forming a tie-plate. with"tl 1e projecting'fianges thereon, these lclips or "flange-portions may be formed on'sepaiate.

pieces-'and separately Vsecured to the top of the `tie'in the saine relative position as that shown; in which 'case the rail. might rest @to a .tie'a'nd having an integral lug on tits upper-surfaceateac'h side ofthe rail, said .lugs extending 'at an angle to thelongitudi nal axis of the rail anda tapering -key driven between each of said lugs and the adjacent edge of the rail base, said lugs hav- -in'g their upper portions extending inwardly over the key seats to provide Wedging surfaces for the upper faces of the keys, said keys having their lower inner surfaces out of' contact with the top surface'of the tie' plate; 'substantially as described.l

2. In a rail fastening, the combination with a metal tie, of a lug permanently se- .cured to said tie at each side of the rail, said lugs extending at an angle to the longitudinal vaxis of the rail, and'la taperingv key driven between each of said lugs and the adjacent edge of the raih base, said lugs being 354 inclined upwardly and inwardly over the keyseats to provide wedging surfaces for the lupper faces of the keys, said keys having 'their inner lower surfaces out of contact with the top surface of the tie. g`substantially as described.

3. A rail fastening comprising a tie plate liaving an'integral lug on its upper surface on each side of the rail, the lugs extending at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the a rail and oppositely facing keys driven' between each of said-lugs and tlie adjacent rail base, said lugs having their upper portions inclined inwardly over' the key seats to provide wedging surfaces for the upp'er faces' of the keys, the keys contacting with the top fafce and edges of theraihbase to prevent edgewise and vertical movement of the railand having their lower inner surfacesout of contact with the top surface of the tie; substantially as described. A

il. In a. rail fastening, the combination with'a metal tie, ofa lug permanently see cured to said tie at each side of the rail, said lugs extendingat an angle to the longitudinalaxis of the rail, and a tapering key between each of said lugs and the'adjacent edge of the rail base, said lugs being inclined upwardly and inwardly over the key seats to provide wedging sur-faces for the upperl upon the top yof the-tie itself. -Theinethod .5, forming the parts may also be var`ed,.an'd 'other' variations'- may be made without'lde-V 1. Ina rail fastening, a tie4 platesecurcd.

i faces of the keys, the keys contacting with the top -faces and. edges of the rail base to preventedgewise and vertical movement of the rail, said keys havino' their lower inner surfaces' out of contact with the'top surface .1

of the tie; substantially as described.

5. VIn a rail fastening, a tie-plate secured :to 'a 'tie .and having an integral lug on its upper surface at each 'side of the rail, said lugs extending at oppositelyfacing-angles to the longitudinal axis ofthe rail and a tapering' key driven betweenl each. of said lugs and the adjacent edge' of the rail base.A said lugs having their ,upper -portions; inclined upwardly and inwardly over the key sides 'to provide wedging surfaces for. the

upper. faces of the keys, said-keys having their lower inner 'surfaces out of contact 1 with the top surface of thel tie plate; substantially as described.`

6; In av rail fastening, .thecombination with a metal tie, of a lug'permanentlytsecured to said tie at each side'ofthe rail, said lugs extending at' oppositely facing angles to'the longitudinal 'axisof 'the' rail, and a tapering key between-'each of saidlugs and the adjacent edge ofthe rail base, said lugs having 'their upper portions: extending upwardly and inwardly over the key seats tol 'provide wedging surfaces for the upper 'centedge of the rail base, y'saidkeys having their lower inner surfaces' out of contact with the top surface of the tie plate; substantially as described. a

8. In a rail fastening, atie'plate arranged to be .secured to a tie,'sa id 'plate' having lugs at each side of the .rail and spacedy apart therefrom, 'the llugs projecting' above the upper faces of .the rail base anda tapering key-between each lug and theadjacent edge of the rail base, the rail. base resting directly upon the body of the tie plate, said keys having theirl lower inner surfaces out of contactwith the body .of the-tie plate; substantially as described.

9. A rail fastening comprising a tie plate arranged to be secured toa tie having .means for insulating the tie plate from the said tie, said-tie plate having lugs ateach'side of the rail projecting upwardly and inwardly above the upper faces of the rail base, and a tapering key engaging with one of said lugs for securing the rail to said tie plate, said keyhaving its lower inner surface emes@ 3 Voutv of convcactlvvth the top surfce of the tie plate; subsantgrlly as descnbed.

10. A rail fastemng comprismg a' tie plate arranged torbe secured to a tie having means -for insulating the tie plate' from said. tie,

said tie plate haying lugs extending at an vangle to Jdie longitudinal axis of the' mil at each side of the rail, and projecting 11p- Wardly and inwardly above the upper sur- 10 face of vthe rail base, and tapering 'keys between endl lng an the arjacent edge of the rail base, said keys havng'ther lower inner suracesput of conte/t with the top suface of the tie' plate; substantlly as described.

' In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 15 my hanil.

, EDWXN E. SLICK. Vftn'esses:

JHN MILLER, H. M. Cnwm.

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