US984638A - Tie-spacer. - Google Patents

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H. ALL & B. M. BUGKLAND.

, TIE SPAGEE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1910.

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HENRY ALL AND BRADFORD M. BUCKLAND, 0F SULTANA, CALIFORNIA.

TIE-SPACER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 21, 1911.

Application filed July 29, 1910. Serial No. 574,502.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY ALL and BRADFORD M. BUcKLAND, citizens of the United States, residing at Sultana, in the county of Tulare, State of California, have invented a new and useful Tie-Spacer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tools for spacing railway ties and it is more particularly designed as an improvement upon the structure disclosed in Patent No. 919,207, granted to us on February 15, 1910.

One of the objects of the invention is to simplify and otherwise improve upon the patented structure and to provide novel means whereby the head of the rail engaged by the tool may be firmly gripped.

Another object is to provide means for limiting the relative movement of the parts of the tool.

Another object is to provide a tool of this character which is adjustable so as to fit rails of different widths.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims. 7

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a top plan view of the tool in position upon ties. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View of the tool. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section. Fig. 1 is a section on line AB Fig. 1.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a base plate having parallel guide strips 2 secured to the bottom face thereof and spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the width of the head of a rail of the largest size. A longitudinal channel 3 is thus formed between the strips 2. Arranged longitudinally upon the upper face of the plate 1 is a guide 4 in which is mounted a bar 5 adapted to slide, this bar being provided, at one end, with a support ing stem 6, while its other end is connected to a head 7. A bracket 8 is extended from one end portion of the head and has its free end extended under the head, said bracket and head being engaged by a pivot pin 9 on which is mounted a jaw 10. This jaw has its working face 11 eccentric to the pivot 9 and the outer end of the jaw is connected by one or more links 12, to an ear 18 extending laterally from one of the guide plates 2. i l

A depending flange 14: is formed at that end of head 7 which is farthest removed from the jaw 10 and set screws 15 or the like are mounted in this flange and bear against fork 20 located at the lower end of an actuating lever 21. The terminals of the fork are connected to the forked ends 22 of draw bars 23, each of which has a hook 2 1 for engaging a tie C. The two draw bars 23 may be connected by a supporting strap 25 adapted to extend over bar 6 as will be hereinafter set forth.

After a rail has been placed on the ties and fastened to one of them, the next adjoining tie C can be drawn toward the tie to which the rail is fastened by utilizing the tool which has been described. The hooks 21 are placed in engagement with the tie to be moved, it being understood that bar 6 and head 7 bear directly on the rail and thus hold the plate 1 out of contact with the rail and free to slide on bar 5. The operator places a foot against one of the hooks 24: and pushes the upper end of the lever forwardly, the foot preventing the tool from sliding backwardly during this operation. This forward movement of the upper end of the lever slides the tool along the rail supporting it and when the lever is pulled backwardly, the jaws 10 and 16 will engage the rail before the tool can slip backwardly on the rail. If these jaws do not engage the rail with sufiicient firmness, jaw 16 can be adjusted toward the jaw 10 by means of the screws 15 and then secured by the screws 17. After the rail has been engaged by the aws, the lever 21 can be swung upon its fulcrum so as to pull upon the draw bars 23. The hooks 2 1 will therefore shift the tie in the direction of the head 7.

As shown in the drawings the head 7 may be limited in its movement by means of adjustable stop devices such as have been in dicated at 26. Each of these stop devices is in the form of a strip having longitudinal slots 27 therein adapted to be engaged by binding screws 28 entering the plate 1. Each strip has a downwardly extending the plate 2 and constitute bearings for the terminal 29 projecting between the plate 1 and the head 7. By tightening the bolts 28 these strips 25 can be secured against movement and with the terminals 29 at any distance desired from the plate 1. As shown in Fig. 4, the bolts 28 can be utilized as the sole means for fastening the strips 2, plate 1 and guide at together.

Various changes can of course be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the class described including rail gripping jaws, a member connected thereto, a supporting element upon said member, a structure slidably mounted upon said member, an actuating lever fulcrumed thereon, tie engaging devices pivotally connected to the lever, and a supporting member connected to the tie engaging devices and mounted on the supporting element.

2. A tool of the class described including a channeled rail receiving structure, a head shit'table relative thereto, arail engagingjaw adjustably mounted on the head, a pivoted jaw cooperating therewith, tie engaging devices, and means upon the rail engaging member for simultaneously shifting the pivoted jaw and said devices to grip a rail and to draw a tie toward the head.

3. A tool of the class described including a rail engaging member, a head shiftable relative to said member, a jaw adjustably mounted on the head, a pivoted jaw upon said head, a connection between said pivoted head and the said member, a tie engaging device, and actuating means mounted upon the rail engaging member and connected to said device.

L. A tool of the class described including a rail engaging member, a head, a slidable connection between the head and member, a sli'dable jaw adjustably mounted on the head, a pivoted jaw carried by the head, a

pivotal connection between said jaw and;

member, a tie engaging device, and actuating means mounted on the said member and engaging said device.

5. A tool of the class described including a "ail engaging member, a head, a slidable connection between the head and member, cooperating jaws upon the head for engag ing a rail, a pivotal connection between one of the jaws and the member, a tie engaging device, and actuating means carried by said member and engaging the device.

6. A tool of the class described including a rail engaging member, a head, a slidable connection between the head and member, cooperating rail engaging jaws carried by the head, a pivotal connection between one of said jaws and the member, adjustable means upon the member for limiting the movement of the head in one direction rela tive to said member, a tie engaging device, and an actuating device mounted on the member and engaging said tie engaging device.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto aflixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY ALL. BRADFORD M. BUCKLAND. W'itnesses:

Ln RoY G. SMITH, C. A. GRIFFITH.

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