US1199630A - Railroad-tie. - Google Patents

Description

S. STROUD.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23, 1915.

Patented Sept. 26,1916.

S. S Zr'aa'ci mr umqlls ruin m homo-um. vummruu. n P

ion.

SAM STROUD, 0F BRA-SHEAR, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO H. I4. DUVAL, 0F BRASHEAR, TEXAS.

RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 191$.

Application filed February 23, 1915. Serial No, 10,059.

in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in railroad ties and fasteners and has for its principal object to provide a tie which may be easily and cheaply constructed from sheet metal or the like and also to provide a secure and novel fastening means for the rails. 74% I Another object of the invention is to providefatie which will effectively support the rails and hold the same from spreading, sinking or creeping, thereby removing much of the danger to life and property incident to traveling.

A further object of the invention is to provide a secure rail holding means which will positively prevent the rails from spreading under any conditions.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a fragment of a track, showing my improved ties and fasteners holding the rails in place, Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional .view of Fig. 1 taken on line 22 thereof, Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of one of the ties, clearly illustrating the details of construction, Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the fasteners, and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view, showing the device as applied for holding switch rails.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1 designates as an entirety a railroad track which is composed of the usual rails 2 and 3 which rails are held in place by means of the ties, designated generally by the numeral-4. These ties are of my improved form and comprise a single strip of metal which is bent intermediate its ends back upon itself, as at 5, and the free edges thereof are bent outwardly as at 6, to form the base ofthe tie.

The lateral extremities of the base are then bent upwardly as at'7, and extend in planes 7 parallel to the portion 5 and it will thus be seen that a trough is provided having an upstanding rib intermediate its width, which divides the same into two separate compartments 8 and 9, which are designed for the reception of the securing means, which will be more fully hereinafter described.

The rail securing means above mentioned is best illustrated in Fig. 4 and is designated generally by the numeral 10, and this rail securing means comprises the body 11 which is preferably rectangular and is formed with the upstanding fiangp engaginmor tion 12 whichisp'riovided with the lip 13 which overlies the rail flange and clamps the same firmly against the upper portion of the tie. Each of these rail securing devices is provided with apair of apertures, one of which is located near each end and designated by the numeral 14, the use of which will appear as the description proceeds. Suitable bolts 15 are designed to extend through the apertures 14 and through suitable apertures formed in the tie near its ends. These bolts form a securing means for the rail holding elements and permit the easy removal of the rail holding elements should anyone of them become broken or otherwise inoperative. The rail securing means 10 are slightly larger than the depth of the tie 4, their upper faces forming bases for the rails to rest upon when positioned in the ties 4 as is clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

In using the tie and rail securing members in combination with switch rails, the only modification is in the rail securing member, which has the ends of the flange engaging portion 13 beveled to conform to the proper inclination of the switch rail with relation to the body 11.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that in use, the ties are laid in the usual manner and the rails placed in position thereon. The rail securing elements are then placed in their respective chambers in the ties, as shown in Fig. 1, soas to engage the rail on both the inside and outside. In event that a joint is encountered, the body 11 of the securing elements is one-half of the width of the chamber so that two of the devices may be placed in a single chamber, as

shown in Fig. 1, to reinforce the joint. It is also apparent that in using a device of this character',the rails will be prevented from spreading, sinking or creeping and a particularly simple and efficient rail tieand securing means therefor is provided which 7 prising a strip of metal bent centrally and then bent outwardly and upwardly forming a pair of troughs, rail engaging members comprising a rectangular body and a rail base engaging lug formed on the upper face at one end of the body, said rail engaging lugs providedwith inwardly projecting lips adaptedig gngage the baseflange ofthe rail,

said rectangular"members pl'QY ded their opposite ends wlth transverselyextending openings, said members adapted to be oppositely arranged in the compartments of.

Copies of this patent may be the tie and their side faces engaging the inner faces of the side partitions of the troughs, substantially as set forth.

2. A rail of the class described comprising a strip of metal bent centrally upon itself, its edges bent outwardly and upwardly forming a pair of troughs, rail engaging v members comprising rectangular elongated bodies provided'in their side faces with transversely extending apertures, a rail engaging lug formed upon the upper face of one end of each of said members and provided with an overlying lip to engage the base flange ofthe rail, the said rectangular members arranged in opposite directions in said compartments of the "ties, their flange engaging members adapted to engage the base flange of the. rail on opposite sides thereof, bolts extending through the side walls of the ties and through themenibers for iolding'the same against lateral movement, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

. SAM STROUD.

l/Vitnesses:

obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. (1.. 7

Images