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US950366A
US950366A US51495509A US1909514955A US950366A US 950366 A US950366 A US 950366A US 51495509 A US51495509 A US 51495509A US 1909514955 A US1909514955 A US 1909514955A US 950366 A US950366 A US 950366A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B9/00—Fastening rails on sleepers, or the like
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  • This invention relates to that class of rail supporting devices which are mounted upon the ends of a wooden tie of the kind ordinarily employed in railroad construction, for the purpose of saving wear, and lengthening the life of said tie; and the invention has for its objects to simplify and improve the construction and operation of this class of devices.
  • Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken transversely of the rail and longitudinally of the supporting device and of one end of the tie.
  • Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken t'ansversely ot' the supporting device and tie on the plane indicated by the line 2-2 in Fig. 1.
  • the railroad tie 5 is an ordinary wooden tie and it is provided adjacent to the end with a circumferential reduced portion forming a neck (3 upon which is mounted the supporting device which consists of a sleeve or casing composed of two trough-shaped parts or members 7 and S of identical shape and dimensions and each of which is provided along the meeting edges with laterally extending flanges 9 which are apertured for the passage of connecting members such as bolts 10 whereby the sleeve or casing is securely clamped upon the reduced portion or neck of the tie; the flanges t) lying in a plane about midway between the top and bottom sides or faces of the tie; said supporting device being held against lateral movement longitudinally of the tie by the shoulders 11 adjacent to the ends of the reduced portion or neck of the tie; and the members of the supporting device being of such thickness as to be embedded in the reduced portion of the tie with the exception of the outward projecting flanges S).
  • the outer face of the uppermost member 8 of the sleeve or casing is moreover slightly sunk below the upper face of the tie, thus forming a recess for the reception of a cushion plate 12 which may be made of leather, rubber or other suitable material and which serves to support the flange 13 of the rail A.
  • the latter is secured in position upon the supporting device by means of clip plates or clamps 14 which are bolted or otherwise firmly secured upon the supporting device.
  • the supporting device is to be mounted adjacent to each end of the tie, said supporting devices being thus spaced apart at the proper gage.
  • a rail road tie having a circuniterentially reduced portion forming a neck adjacent to the end thereof, a sleeve engaging the reduced portion and composed ot two members o'l corresponding size and shape pro vided along their meeting edges with laterally extending flanges bolted together, said members being embedded in the tie with the exception of the laterally extending flanges, a cushion plate upon the upper member of the sleeve, said cushion member being sunk below the upper face of the tie, a rail resting upon the cushion plate, and clamp members supported upon the cushion plate and connecting the rail to secure the latter in position.

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E. P. BUTLER, SR. RAIL SUPPORTING DEVICE.
APPLICATION IILED AUG. 27, 1009.
Patented Feb. 22, 1910.
EDWARD F. BUTLER, S3,, OF CAVENDISH, VERMONT.
RAIL-SUPPORTING DEVICE.
Specification of Letters Patent.
'latented Feb. 22, 1910.
Application filed August 27, 1909. Serial No. 514,955.
To all whom 'it may concern:
Be .it known that I, Enwano F. BUTLER, S12, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cavendish, in the county of \Vindsor and State of Vermont, have invented ncw'and useful Improvements in Rail-Supporting Devices, of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to that class of rail supporting devices which are mounted upon the ends of a wooden tie of the kind ordinarily employed in railroad construction, for the purpose of saving wear, and lengthening the life of said tie; and the invention has for its objects to simplify and improve the construction and operation of this class of devices.
With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same con sists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.
In the accon'ipanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention; it being however understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the invention may be resorted to when desired.
In the drawing: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken transversely of the rail and longitudinally of the supporting device and of one end of the tie. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken t'ansversely ot' the supporting device and tie on the plane indicated by the line 2-2 in Fig. 1.
Corresponding parts in both figures are denoted by like characters of reference.
The railroad tie 5, only one end of which has been shown in the drawing, is an ordinary wooden tie and it is provided adjacent to the end with a circumferential reduced portion forming a neck (3 upon which is mounted the supporting device which consists of a sleeve or casing composed of two trough-shaped parts or members 7 and S of identical shape and dimensions and each of which is provided along the meeting edges with laterally extending flanges 9 which are apertured for the passage of connecting members such as bolts 10 whereby the sleeve or casing is securely clamped upon the reduced portion or neck of the tie; the flanges t) lying in a plane about midway between the top and bottom sides or faces of the tie; said supporting device being held against lateral movement longitudinally of the tie by the shoulders 11 adjacent to the ends of the reduced portion or neck of the tie; and the members of the supporting device being of such thickness as to be embedded in the reduced portion of the tie with the exception of the outward projecting flanges S). The outer face of the uppermost member 8 of the sleeve or casing is moreover slightly sunk below the upper face of the tie, thus forming a recess for the reception of a cushion plate 12 which may be made of leather, rubber or other suitable material and which serves to support the flange 13 of the rail A. The latter is secured in position upon the supporting device by means of clip plates or clamps 14 which are bolted or otherwise firmly secured upon the supporting device.
It will be understood that, in p notice, the supporting device is to be mounted adjacent to each end of the tie, said supporting devices being thus spaced apart at the proper gage.
llaviug thus described the invention, what is claimed is A rail road tie having a circuniterentially reduced portion forming a neck adjacent to the end thereof, a sleeve engaging the reduced portion and composed ot two members o'l corresponding size and shape pro vided along their meeting edges with laterally extending flanges bolted together, said members being embedded in the tie with the exception of the laterally extending flanges, a cushion plate upon the upper member of the sleeve, said cushion member being sunk below the upper face of the tie, a rail resting upon the cushion plate, and clamp members supported upon the cushion plate and connecting the rail to secure the latter in position.
In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.
EDIVARD F. BUTLER, Sn.
Witnesses OLIN D. GAY, AURA I. AUSTIN.
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