US1549401A - Tie-rod for railways - Google Patents

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Aug. 11, 1925. 1,549,401

J. s. WINCRANTZ TIE ROD FOR RAILWAYS Filed June 17, 1924 Patented Aug. 11, 1925.

TOOL VIORKS, OF PITTSBURGELPEINSYLVANIA, ,A CORPORAIIONH F:

VANIA.

TIE-ROD non BAlLWAEES;

Application filed June 17, 1924. Serial No. 720,555.

To aZZ whom it may; concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN S. WINORANTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at iVilkinsburg, county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tie-Rods for Ra1l ways, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to tle rods to prevent the spreading of the ralls of a track, and more particularly to means for insulating the same from the rails. A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of a rail brace plied to the rails of a track and hav ng insulating means embodyin my invention associated therewith, the rails being shown in section,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the parts shown in Figure l, and

Figure 3 is a perspective v1ew, on a larger scale, of one of the insulators.

In the drawings, the reference numeral 2 designates the rails of a track. Associated with these rails is a tie rod for preventing the spree-din of the rails. The tie rod comprises two ahgned clamping members 3 having their inner extremities 4: screw-threaded and engaged by a turn buckle 5 and lock nuts 6, the latter holding the turn buckle in adjusted position.

The members 3 have flattened outer extremities 7 extending beneath the bases of the rails and being bent over upon themselves to form open hook portions 8 for engagement with the outer sides of the rail bases.

Interposed between the rails and the flattened outer extremities of the members 3 are insulators of the form shown in Figure 3 and preferably made of fiber. Each insulator has a. fiat portion 9 which rests on the fiat upper surface of the flattened extremity 7 of a member 3. The flat portion 9 has integral downwardly extending flanges 10 at its sides for engagement with the edges of the flattened portion 7 and has, at one end thereof, an integral hook portion 11 overlying the portion 9 and shaped to fit in the hook portion 8 at the end of the rod and the base of the rail.

It will be apparent that the flanges 10 of the insulators prevent them from creeping longitudinally of the rails and thereby uncovering any portion of the flattened extremities 7 of the rods 3. Moreover, the portlons 11 of the insulators not only effectively insulate the hook portions 8 of the rod members from the rails, but prevent the insulators from creeping longitudinally of the rods and thereby preventin the rails contacting with the tie rod. hi y improved insulators are relatively inexpensive to manufacture and do not require any unusual type of tie rod. The tie rod shown is of the usual type employed when it is not desired to insulate the tracks from the rail brace and it will be seen that by my invention it is possible to employ this same type of tie rod with such insulating means associated therewith at a very slight increased expense. This interchangeable feature of my invention is of particular advantage.

While I have shown and described a preferred form of my invention, it will be understood that changes may be made in the details of construction Without departing' from the spirit of the invention or scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The combination with a tie rod, of insulating means adapted to be directly interposed between the base of the rail and the rail securing portions of the tie rod, and means for adjusting the tie rod relative to the rails, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a tie rod, of an insulator adapted to be interposed between a rail and a rail securing portion of the tie rod, said insulator being of sufiicient length. to cover the portions of the tie rod adjacent to the rail base to insulate the same therefrom, said insulator having flanges for engaging the sides of the tie rod to prevent longitudinal movement of the insulator relative to the rail, and means for adjusting the rail holding portion of the tie rod relative to the rail, substantially as described.

3. The combination of an adjustable tie rod for railway rails and an insulator adapted to be inserted between a rail flange securing portion of the tie rod and the rail, having downwardly extending tie rod engaging flanges, and an upwardly and backwardly extending rail flange engaging portion, substantially as described.

l. The combinaiton of a tie rod for railway rails and insulators therefor, said tie rod having two hook members each having a. insulators for engaging the sides of the tie flat rail engaging seat and a rail base engagrod, and a turn-buckle for adjusting the tie 10 ing hook, the insulators having a flat porrod relative to the rails, substantially as detion for engaging the seats and the bottoms scribed.

of the bases of the rail, a hook portion on In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the insulators adapted to seat against the my hand.

hooks on the tie rod and the bases of the rails, downwardly extending flanges on the JOHN S. WINCRANTZ.

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