US992415A - Railway-tie. - Google Patents

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P. E. FETTER. RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIGATION FILED 11313.23, 1911 992,415 Patentedmay 16, 1911.

FRANK E. FETTER, 0F READING, lEll'NSllhVANIA..V

nAiLWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16',l 1911.

Application led February 23, 1911. Serial No. 610,219.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. FETTER, citizen of the United States, residing at Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RailwayTies, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This inyention relates to improvements in railway ties and the object of my invention is to provide a tie of cement or concrete, with a suitable reinforce and a metal cover plate, with suitable supporting plates and securing means for'the railway rails. The invention is more fully described in the following specification and clearly illustratedin the accompanying drawing, in

which A Figure l 1s a plan view of my tie. Fig.

2 is a longitudinal section on line X-X of` Fig. l, and showing only one-half of the' tie. Fig. 3 is an end view of my tie.

The numeral l designates the body of the tie, which may be made of cement or con' crete.

V'I`li`"'1n1u1eral 2 designates'the reinforce,

The numeral 4t designatesthe cover plate.- -This 'plate is formed with downwardly bent' end portions 5, which liealongthe end walls protruding ends of the boltsf 3 pass through vopenings in these end p01*- of the tie. The

tions 5 and are provided with nuts 6.

The numeral designates the verticall clamping bolts which pass througlf'fthe, tie from the under side,-and through the -longi tudinal reinforce and are 'provided on' the top with nuts 8. These bolts,one of which of 'the rails,

is located inside the line of each securely hold the cover plate in position' against the tie-l. l

To the upper side ofthe coverplate 1,.

at the points where the railswill cross it,

I secure a bed plate 9 on which the rails lbeneath the rails, readily replaced when Worn.

Having thus described 'my invention, what pass through the plates. pass through' and securely hold the rail clamps l1, and nuts 12 on their ends will serve to hold the part-s together.

The cover plate will not be able to move longitudinally on the tie, by reason of'its being engaged at both ends and by 'the vertical bolts. The bed plates will be securely held to the cover plate by the bolts l() which also hold the rail clamps.' It will be seen therefore,.that While the rail may be easily removed and replaced, as may also the bed plates when worn, the possibility of the 4rail spreading, with relation to the tie, is entirely removed.

The 'tie is substantially everlasting, its upper or exposed surface is thoroughly pro-l tected by the metal cover plate and this plate, is also protected froml Wear by the bed plates which are' easily and I claim and desire to secure ent is l ,y

`In arailway tie the combination of concreteA and a metalv reinforce of rectangular crossfsection' embedded ,in its -longi tudinal center and having reduced screw' threaded extremities l, which protrude from by Letters Pateacliend of the tie; with a metal cover platev extending theentire length of the tie 'and having downwardly bent ends which lie closely -along thev end l Walls thereof and throughthe bent ends. of .which the threaded ends ofthe reinforce pass; vertical securing boltspassing through the tie,reinforce, and cover platg'bed'plates secured. to the upper face of thev ,cover plate and rail clamps se-v vcuredjto the'bediplates' bythe same bolts that"'secure"the bed plates tothe cover plate.

In testimonyywhereof I aiix my signa-ture,I in presence of. two Witnesses.

. FRANK EFTTER. Witnesses ED..A. KELLY,- CLARA E. YOUNG.

These bolts also of a body.v

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