US1186410A - Rail and guard-rail fastener for railway-tracks. - Google Patents

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T. MANEYI RAIL AND GUARD BAIL FASTENER FOR RAILWAY TRACKS.

. APPLICATION FILED FEB.23| IBIS.

1,186,410. I Patented June 6, 1916.

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RAIL AND GUARD RAIL FASTENER FOR RAILWAY TRACKS,

I I APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23. 1916- Patented une 6, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 I THOMAS MANEY, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

RAIL AND GUARD-RAIL FASTENER FOR RAILWAY-TRACKS.

Application filed February 23, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS MANEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail and Guard-Rail Fasteners for Railway-Tracks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in rail and guard-rail fasteners for railway tracks.

lVhile this invention is an improvement on other appliances patented by me, such as are set forth more particularly in Letters Patent Nos. 1,020,298, of March 12, 1912, 1,022,957 patented April 9, 1912, and 1,100,594, patented June 16, 1914, still my present invention comprises a means of holding two rails of a railroad in a certain position relative to each other, so that while one rail may perform the duty of the main or load-bearing rail, the other may serve as an auxiliary or guard rail to prevent the wheels of a locomotive or cars from departing far enough from a certain course to leave the main rails, or for the guard-rail to perform any other function that may de pend on a similar position with respect to the main rail, said means to be applied when the main rail rests upon a plate interposed between the tie and the main rail. This means is composed of two pieces, one a toggle to be interposed between adjacent flanges of the main and guard-rail, and located in the space between ties, and the other a block or shim to be interposed between the outer or distant flange of the guard-rail base and a shoulder on the tie-plate. The block or shim rests upon the tie-plate, so that when both the toggle and shim are used in con junction with a tie-plate of requisite shape having a shoulder at each end, they will permit the required distance between the heads or balls of the main rail and guard-rail, with many combinations of rail sections, varying in size and shape, and will hold such rails in the desired relative position, taking due care of the strains developed by the thrust of the wheels upon the guard-rail.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a transverse section showing an application of my invention when used with main and guard-rails of approximately equal height, the full and dotted lines indicating various positions the guard-rail might be made to take; Fig. 2 is a similar view, shows Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 6, 1916.

Serial No. 79,890.

ing a guard-rail of smaller section than the 'main rail, and raised to a height above the heads of the main and guardrails; Fig. 3 is a plan View; Fig. 4 is an enlarged frag mentary plan showing a portion of one tie, and the outer end of the tie-plate and shim; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the form of toggle shown in Fig. 2.

A, represents a tie-plate having shoulders 1 and 2 on opposite ends, and provided with holes 3 screw-spikes 6, as shown in Fig. 2, as the case may be.

Numeral 7 indicates the main-rail, and 8 the guard-rail, and 9, 9, are the ties.

Interposed between the adjacent flanges of the rail-base is a toggle 10 of any approved construction, as for instance that shown in Fig. 1, which is substantially the same as that illustrated in Letters Patent No. 1,100,594, granted to me June 16, 1914, or as shown in Fig. 2. This toggle is located between ties, as shown in Fig. 3.

The numeral 12 stands for a block or shim, which may vary in height as I have shoulder 2 of the tie-plate, and another recess l4 diametrically located to receive the outer base-flange of the guard-rail. This shim receives both the downward pressure and the lateral thrust of the guard-rail, transmitting these forces to the base-plate in such manner as to be fully sustained by the latter. A slot 15 through the shim, in alinement with the hole 4 in the tie-plate, and immediately adjacent to the base flange of the guard-rail 8, is adapted to receive the cut-spike 5 or screw-spike 6, according to which one is used, and as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

The full and dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2 represent the possible range in throat distance, that is between the heads of the main and guard-rails and also infinite variations formed by slight differences in shape of the toggles and shims, it beingunderstood that the toggle in all cases is located somewhere in the space between ties, and having longitudinal side- recesses 16, 16, to receive the adjacent flanges of the rails. The inner and 4 for either cut-spikes 5 or,

shape of the toggle or shim or both,

ends of these side-recesses are preferably slightly enlarged, as at 17, to afi'ord clear ance and to provide for the canting of either rail, if desired, the main rail merely for convenience in installing, and the guard-rail to regulate the width of throat or space between rails. Also this permits of a stronger construction of the toggle 10 than would otherwise be possible. The shim is always interposed between the outer flange of the guard-rail and the tie-plate, resting on the latter and between the shoulder thereon and the adjacent base-flange of the guard-rail. In this Way, the guard'rail may be given any desired adjustment or cant, and the guard-rails are held down and rigidly prevented from overturning, the weight of the rolling load being utilized to give this tendency. It may be repeated that the combined effect of the toggle and shim in this relation with the base-plate and rail-bases furnishes a fastening for any desirable throat distance, with any combination of rail that may be available, simply by altering the size and For example, assume that the main-rail used is of a certain section, and a throat distance of two and one-half inches is required, and there is a quantity of small, secondhand rail of certain section available and on hand, that is obsolete for any other purpose, this second-hand material may be utilized as it is for just this condition that the present invention is adaptable.

I claim:

1. The combination of a shouldered tieplate, main and guard-rails, a toggle interposed between adjacent flanges of said rails, and a shim having recesses to receive a shoulder on the guard-plate and the outer flange of the guard-rail.

2. The combination of a shouldered tieplate, main and guard-rails, a toggle interposed between adjacent flanges 01 said rails, a shim having recesses to receive a shoulder on the guard-plate and the outer flange of the guard-rail, the shim and tie-plate having a slot, a hole approximately in line with the edge of the rail-base, and a spike adapted to extend through said hole and slot into the tie below to hold the guard-rail in osition on the shim, and the shim in posltion against the shoulder of the tie-plate.

The combination of a tie-plate havin shoulders at opposite ends thereof and adapted to rest upon a tie, of a main and a. guard-rail, the base-flange of the main-rail resting against one of the shoulders, means interposed between adjacent flanges of the main and guardrails, a shim of variable thickness interposed between the outer flange of the guard-rail and the other shoulder of the tie-plate, and provided with oppositely-located notches to receive said flange and shoulder, and means extending through the shim and tie-plate and into the tie, and extending over the base-flange of the rail, whereby to hold the two rails securely between the two shoulders, and to regulate the width of throat between the heads of the two rails.

l. The combination of a tie-plate having shoulders at opposite ends, a main-rail resting upon the tie-plate and against one shoulder, a guard-rail, a toggle, a shim, and means passing through the shim and plate for holding one flange of the guard-rail to the shim and the tieplate down on the tie, the toggle being so constructed and placed that any lateral pressure against the guardrail will be transmitted through the toggle upwardly upon the main-rail.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

THOMAS MANEY.

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