US1042955A - Rail-spike. - Google Patents

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G. H. NUR RGER.

RAIL- .APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 19,-1912 1,042,955, Patentedfoct. 29, 1912. Egg. '1. 'Ji-g'. i

GEORGE H. NRNBERGER, WLGA, ILLINOIS.

RAIL-SPIKE.

Loaaeos.

Specioation of iettersatent.

Patented oca-29,1912.

Application med March 19,' 1 91'2. seriaiimesasis.

lb all. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE II. NURN- cenone, a citizen of the United States, residingat lVelga, in the county of Randolph and State of Illinois, have invented new and irsefulv Improvements in` Rail-Spikes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail. spikes and has for an object to provide a device of this character which may be securely braced against the rail tie so as to prevent the spike from. bending back under the lateral eXpansion or movements of the rail with which the spike is'associated.

In the drawing forming a portion of this application and in which like letters of reference indicate similar parts' in the several views :*I"igure l is a side view of the spike.

Fig. Q is a rear view thereof. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the spike associated with a rail tie and rail.

The spike comprises a shank or stock 1 which is pointed at its lower end as at 2.

The shank l, whileshown as of rectangular 'configuration may be of any suitable obvious shape which may be found most desirable for the purpose. At the upper end the shank is provided with a head 3 having par allel sides 4: which extends laterally beyond the shank l. These sides merge into the forwardly extending lip 5 of the spike as shown.

Beneath the head, the spike is-provided. with an i'iitegral brace 6 having a relatively broad horizontal. surface 7 which extends beyond the opposite sides of the shank. The' sides of the brace 6 4are curved upward as at e 8 into the lower surface of the head', being spaced from the under surfaces of the head so as to present relatively long intervening grooves therebetween for the reception of a erowbar, like implement or extracting tool, not, shown. The forward surfaces 9 ofthe brace 6 are beveled upwardly and outwardly in the direction of the undersideof the lip "5 of the spike. YThese surfaces 9 conform with the angle of a fish plate as shown in Fig.- 3 and are adapted to contact therewith.

In this manner the spike is rovided with a plurality of contacting sur aces to lengage the object to -be anchored. That is to say that while the surfaces 9 engage against the lish plate the lip 5 engages against the rail, as shown. l

From the eonstructiondescribed it is evident that the surface 7 securely braces the shank of the spike so as to prevent the bendingof the latter 0n lateral movement of the rail. y

I claim.:-

A spike comprising a shank having a head at one end, the said head Abeing extended foi wardl-y from the side of the shank so as to presenta relatively broad lip7 the sides of the head being `extended laterally from the opposite sides of the shank, and an integral. y

anchoring member formed .upon the shank and disposed below the plane of the head and having a horizontally disposed `contacting surface having a length transverse the spike greater than the similar dimension of the head and provided with sides which are curved upward in the .direction of the lateral sides of the head, the anchoring member at the juncture of the horizontally. disposed contacting surface and the curved sides presenting vertical edges of material thickness whereby to provide an anchoring member in rear of the spike having a dimension transverse the spike exceeding the similar'dimension of the head, and a material thickness to provide an effective resist-in element.

In testimony whereof I aliiX nay-signature in presence of two witnesses.

' vGrlilOItGrll H. NRNBERGER.

Copies of `tlrlspatenc may be obtained for five 'cents each, by addressing the Commissioner Iof Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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