US1110962A - Tie-plate. - Google Patents

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J. V. W. R BYNDERS 65 A. P. NELSON.

TIE PLATE;

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15; 1914.

latgnted. Sept. 15,1914.

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Patented Sept. 15, 19M.

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To (17?) 107mm may concern lle it lmown that We. Join; V. W. Rovennus and Autumn l hlmsou, citizens of the llnited States. residing respectively, at hlteelton and Harrisburg, county of Dan.- phin. and State of lennsylvonia. have invented cei'taih new and useful .lrnprovements in lie-Plates; and We do hereby-declare the following'to be :1. full, clear, and exact description of the invention. such as will onuble others skilled iii-the art to which it upgcrtaius to make unduso the some. reference eing had to the accompanying drawings, and to'letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form 1; part of this specification.

This invention relates to tie plates for rail oyf track object to provide a simple and eliicient plate adopted to be fastened to the tie and from which the mil eon he removed Without re moving the iastehing that holcs the plate to the A further object is to give the plate such a profile it may b rolled in continuous lengths. which lengths are subsequently severed either ti'onsverselv or obliquely to the leneth of the rolled shape to produce the individual tie Other and further objects of the-invention will uppeor from the following descripin connection with the uccomgmnying dravv'i in which like parts are similarly designated and in Which Figure l is elevation ol thetie plate mode in uccordonce with this invention showing the held in place thereon. Fig.

, E2 is 2. plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view and Fig. l is a rear elevation of one of the clips. Fig. 5 is an elevation of a modified form of tie plate, and Fig. 6 is a plan view of another form of clip.

Referring to l to i, the tie plate consists of: a central portion l provided with a mid-rib 2 on its lower face. which central portion is flanked by grooves 3 located between said central or body portion 1 and securing 4 having at their outer edges downwardly directed sharp ribs 5. The upper face of the plate has on unsym metrical channel therein. one edge of which is provided with :1 vertical rib 6, the other edge of which is provided with a beveled rib 7. said ribs being just beyond or .tiuctures, end has for its outside of the grooves 3 on the lowor foce of the tie. As shown, the inner faces of these ribs 6 and 7 where they join the bot tom of the channel, are about in vertical alinement with the outer walls of the grooves 53 in the underside of the plate.

The horizontal flanges 4 are provided with perforations 8 through which are passed lug screws, bolts, spikes, or similar devices 9 for securing the plate to its tie. The surface of the channel on the upper face of the tie plate is provided at points on cap-- posite sides of the rail foot 'with sinull ribs or lugs, '5. 6.. the beveled. face 10 of the flange 7 is rovided at intervals with ribs 11, and the ottoin of the channel adjacent the rib 6 is provided with ribs 12. These. ribs are formed during the rolling operation by the shaping rolls. After the contiiiuous shape has been rolled. it is cut transversely into plates of the width required for the ties, the holes 8 are punched therein, as also are notches 13 extending from the side of the plate at the grooved portions so that bolts 9 may be passed laterally into these notches with their heads engaging-the undeuface of the plate in the grooves 3. These bolts up through clips 15 and l6. The clip 15 is provided with o ruhbeted edge 17 for engaging the rail foot and a beveled edge 18 provided with serrations forming notches or recesses 19, (Fig. 6), arranged to engage the ribs ll on the beveled fine of the rt '7.

The ribs ll are preferably spaced apart at distances wh ch are multiples of the distonces opt-art of the recesses 19 on the clips 15. The bolts 9 pass through the clips 15., a,

nut lock 20. and are held in place by the nuts 21. The clips 16 on the opposite side of the rail foot are also provided with a rahbeted edge 22., and have an inclined lower face 23, a portion or all of which is serrated as shown, to provide indentations or recesses 241- for engagement with the serrations or ribs 12 at the side of the channel on the upper face of the plate and adjacent the rib 6. Bolts 9 pass through those clips and are secured by nut 23. and not lock '20. In order to decrease the amount of metulin the cen tral portion the tie, one or more grooves 25 are rolled in the bottom of the channel. 'lhese grooves may be omitted when require ments demeuo 1t, they may be increased in number'and size, it being sufficient to illustratethis invention to show two grooves symmetrically arranged with respect to the transverse center of the tie plate.

In Fig. 5'a'similar tie plate is shown, the lower face of which is of the same configuration as shown in Fig. 3, but the upper face thereof is rolled. ymmetrically, that is to say, fiangefi; is i entical with the flange 7,

so that the'eli 5 used on both sides of the rail foot shall be identical in structure and configuration.

In Fig. 2 although the ribs 11 are shown at greater distances apart than the grooves 15 19 forming the serrations, it is obvious that -instead of making these ribs 11 at distances which are multi le of the grooves in the clips, they may lie made at thesame distances apart. In applying the plate to a 20 tie by means of the fastenings 9, the central rib 2 and the cutting ribs 5 on the lower face I of the plate are forced into the wood and assist in preventing movement of the plate with respect to the tie. These ties are usu- 2-5 ally treated-ties hnd are reliable for a long period of use. The ribs or lugs 11 and 12 when engaging the,gr'ooves 19 and 24 respectively, .hold the clips which are forced by niits 21, down between rail foot and flanges 7 and 6,'and prevent the bolts from working out of their notches 13.

The form shown in Fig. :3 has the advantage, that small adjustments of the rail may be readily made lay;'slightly loosening a nut 21 on one side of the rail and tightening the nut on the other side, to compensate for wear of the rail or adjust alinenient.

l. A tie plate having a transverse channel 40 on its upper face for receiving the rail foot,

- a portion ofthe surface of which channel is provided. with serrations, in combination with a railfoot engaglng clip having an indented or serrated face for engagement with said serrated portion.

. 2. A tieplate having a transverse rolled channel on its upper face included between parallel ribs, one of said ribs having an inclined inner face provided with serrations, in combination with a clip having a rabbeted edge for engaging the rail foot and opposite beveled serrated edge, and a bolt for forcing the clip between said flange and the rail foot with its serrated face in en agement with a rib on the inclined face 0 said flange.

3. A tie plate, a body portion provided with grooves rolled in the under face thereof, lateral horizontal flanges, a channel rolled in its upper face between upwardly directed flanges beyond the grooves in its lower face, notches in the edges'of the plate in said channel and grooves, said channel having ribs at each side of the rail seat, in

combination with clips having grooved faces arranged for engagement with said ribs and means to force said clips between the rail between parallel flanges, parallel grooves on the underface of the plate substantially opposite the sides of thechannel and horizontal securing flanges having cutting ribs on their lower outer edges.

6. A rolled tie plate blank having a channel in its .upper face wider than the rail-foot to be seated therein and having serrations at each side thereof and beyond the portion of the channel on which the rail seats.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signed our names in presence of two subscrlbing witnesses.

J OHN V. \V. REYNDERS. A. F. NELSON.

Witnesses:

CHAS. R. Homon, l/VM. R. MILLER.

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