US955928A - Railway-tie. - Google Patents

Description

D. R. WILL.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIOATION FILED Nov. s. 1909.

' Patented Apr.26,191o.

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,35 tions of pipe to 55 `structural details of the DANIEL R.'.W1LL,' or AVA, ILLINOIS.

- naiimitar-rin) ft-:Beit known that I, DANIEL` lR. WVUJ., a 1 'citizen'of the United States,residing at Ava,

in the county ofJaclison andState of lli' nois, have invented a nen' and useful Railway-Tie; and I do hereby declare the following to be'a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable. others skilled in the artto which it appertains to lo make and use the same.

This invention relates to anew and useful cement railway tie, having a metallic frame embedded 'therein'.coinposed of a plurality *of metallicbars, vangular or approximately square in cross section, and riveted together at each'end'by means of plates andsuitable rivets or.other means, 1n order -to provide a frame havingconsiderable rigidity.

` The main ob]ect of the invention' is to pro-2 vide a cement tie having the metallic frame V embedded therein, as above stated, which frame being provided-with' tubular incn'ibrrs, sleeves-or sections of piping Aarranged be- ...tween the various bars, for the purpose ot lending strength and durability, and furthermore to provide a stable frame. around which the cement (composed of proportional parts of ground rock, sand, chat. and cement) is molded.,

80v A further object of the invention is' to proy'ide metallic means arranged upon thc top face-of the 'tie to support the rails.

A' further object of the invention is to eniploy said tubular members, sleeves .or secrevent the cement 'or the material stirroun ing the frame` from enteringthe threaded aperturesl ot' the bars (which apertures are designed' to receive the .bolts which secure the resting or bed plates ties in position). L

A Further objects.andnombint'ions of parts will be Hereinafter more clearly rdefined', and particularly pointed out in the appended 400f the rails and the-brace bars between the claims. 1

In thfdrawingsFigure l. is a perspective'vieuii'of the cement# tie, showing the saine supporting two, rails. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view ofthe tie, showing the metallic frame and the ineans'for securing the bars thereof together, and the means for lending strength to the frame. F ig. 3 a horizontal longitudinal sectional view upon line 3 3 of Fig. 2. further disclosing the tie` vand Fig. 4- is a cross sectional view upon line ell-l of Fig. 1,

Specification ofv Letters Patent. j Application led November 6, 1909. Seria! No. 526,641.

'struction of a railroad, brace Patented Apr. 26. 1910.l

showing that the frame is composed of a plurality of bars, for instance, in the present case, four (whiclrare securely braced with regard to one another). Fig. 5 is-a detail View of a portion of one ofthe bed plates 'S in section, and one of the brace bars 13 partly in section,`sho\\ing the two ready to be placed together for bracing the 4rails about a railroad curve. Fig. 6 is a de-v tail in top planx view of the structure shown' in Fig. 5.

In regard to the annexed illustrations, l

designates `a"c e inent .railway -tie composed mainly of a composition as above set' '.forth haring a metallic f 'ame 2 embeddedtherein. This metallic frame 2 is composed-ofafpllu# rality of bars, rectangular or .about square ln cross section, and having theiizends turned toward one another. as at ,and

drawings. Between these metal-lic bars form'- ing the frame-tor .instance the side bars',

tiihular incinta-rs. sleeves or pipe sections 6 are arranged. their main function being for the purpose 'ot' bracingr and lending strength lo the structure of thc metallic frame, and

4furthermore to prevent the composition snrroundingr the frame from entering the threaded apertures or holes T ofthe said bars, when the t-.on'ipositlon is being molded about the'frame. There are eightthreaded A75,V .secui'cd together by plates fl' and rivet's, shown more clearly in F lgs. and 3 ofthe:

apertures or holes adjacent either end of the frame, making sixteen in all. There .are resting or bed plates 8 provided upon which thelrails S) are supported, there being four bolts 10 at either end of thetie (which penetrate thel composition 1 1 and which are .threaded into the threaded apertures or holes, so as to secure the resting or bed plates and rails in position), the extremities of said bolts extending partially into the tubular members, sleeves or pipe sections 6, in order to prevent displacement of theniembers (j. Tubular men'ibers 12 similar tothe members (3 are arranged upon the upper. and lower surfaces of the bar, their functions heing identical With those of the members filiere a curve would occur 1n the con; bars 13 upon the various ties are'used'in making up the railroad, in order to brace .the rails. Bolts i 15 penetrate the bars 13 in order to 'securely holdv the barsin position. These bolts 15,' there being four in number, also penetrate` sleeves, tubular members or pipe sections 6` and 12, so as'to strengthen the tie.` The heads of the bolts whidli securethe resting or bed plates and t e rails in position) are so shaped in contour as to readily engage the base of the rails to preventtheir displacement.

'lhe upper and lower surfaces of the tie are similarly constructed, in order to permit the tie to be reversed, in case it is necessary.

From the foregoing, the essential features, elements, and operation of the device, together with the simplicity thereof, wil1-be clearlyfapparent.

Having thus fullyl set forth the' invention, what isc aimed as new and useful, is:- 1. A cement railway tie having a rectangular frame embedded therein, said frame being composed of metallic bars rectangular in cross section and having theirV ends turned toward lone another andprovided with threaded apertures, means for fastening the ends of the barsitogether, meansLfor securing a rail'to the tie threaded into said apertures, and means arranged between the bars to prevent the,ce'x'nentiromA entering the apertures when the tie is being molded and to lend strength to the tie.

2. A cement railway tie having a rectangular frame embedded therein, said frame being composed of metallic bars.rec-tang1 1 lar l l m cross section and 'havmg their` ends turned toward one another and provided with threaded apertures, means forifastening the ends of the bals together, means for securing a. rail to the tie threaded into said tures, plates and rivets for securingthe said ends together, boltsfor securing rails to the tie threaded into said apertures,"5'and tubular members arranged between the bals to prevent the composition from entering the apertures when the tie is being` molde and to receive adjacent extremities of the lbolts in order to lend strength to the tie.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of,

two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL R. WILL.

VWitnesses: Y g

VFRANK C. REDFIELD,

Oris B. I-Lizrrncnn.V

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