US1875098A - Rail anchor - Google Patents

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Aug. 30, 1932. s. MOORE ET AL RAIL ANCHOR Filed 001',- 8, 1931 M WA Patented Aug. 30, 1932 PATE'l'" Fl GEORGE LOO]? MOORE AND JAMES ROBERT STEELE, OF OWEGO, NEW YORK RAIL Ancxi'on Application fi1ed October 8, 1931. Serial No. 567,608.

Our inventionrelates to rail anchors and particularly to anchors for resisting the longitudinal creeping of railroad rails.

One of the objects of our invention is to provide a one-piece anchor which is easily applied to a rail, which efficiently grips the A further object of our invention is to pro-v vide a one-piece rail anchor which is adapt-,

able to rails having base flanges of diflerent Another objectof our invention is to provide a rail anchor which will check the longitudinal creeping of the rail in either direction of trafiic.

The novel features of ourinvention will.

' be morefully understood from the following description and claims taken with the. drawing in which:

' Fig. 1 is a top view of a portion of a railway track structure embodying our improved rail anchor;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 shows one end of the anchor applied to a rail flange; and

Fig. l'shows the other end of the anchor applied to a rail flange.

Referring to the drawing: 14 designates a rail, 15 a cross tie, 17 a railroad spikeand 18 the rail anchor which is the subject of our invention.

The anchor 18. comprises end members 19 and 20, respectively, and a connecting member 21 which is adapted to bridge a railroad tie.

The anchor is preferably made from a bar of metal of uniform section and its ends 19 and 20 are formed with upper and lower rail engaging members or jaws 22 and 23, and 24 and'25, respectively, which are adapted to grip one of the flanges of a rail base. The connecting member 21 is preferably provided with a loop portion 26 which is adapted to pass around the toe portion of the head of a railroad spike to prevent lateral displacement of the anchor when it is in its operative posit-ion onthe rail. The loop portion 26 also functions to engage the sides of the spike head upon the tendency of the rail to creep longitudinally in either direction of traflic so as to retain the anchor in itsoperative position to resist the creeping of the rail. The connecting member 21, in its normal inoperative condition, is offset from the loop portion 26 towards the end 19 relative to the portion; between the loop 26 and the end 20 so that it will be necessary to spring the member 21 downwardly in applying the anchor to a rail so that the anchor will more effectively gripthe rail due to the tendency of the member 21 to assume its normal condition. v

' The anchor is applied to a rail by hooking its end 20 over the flange of the rail so that the jaws 24: and 25 engage the upper and lower surfaces of the flange of the rail base on one side of the tie, passing the loop portion 26 of the connecting member 21 around the spike head 17 and placing the end v19 of the anchor in the position indicated in broken lines in Figs. 1 and 2. Pressure is now applied to the end 19 of the member 21, such as placing the foot thereon and striking a blow downwardly and inwardly at the point indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2. This will cause the jaw portion 23 to pass downwardly beyond the edge of the rail base flange. As soon as the end of the jaw portion passes beyond the flange itwill spring inwardly and thus engage the bottom of the sis rail base and the jaw 22 will engage the upper surfaceof the rail base flange. After the anchor has been applied to the rail, the jaws 1 22and 23 and 24 and 25, respectively, may be brought more effectively into gripping en-' gagement with the rail base flange by alight blow on the side of the anchor adjacent the jaws. V v e From the foregoing description it will be 7 obvious to those skilled in the art that we V have devised an improved one-piece two-way anchor which is simple in construction, which is easily applied to the rail base flan'geyand which efficiently grips same to check the tendency of the rail to creep;in either direction of traffic. jOurdevice is particularly adaptable to rails having base flanges of dififiermnaz widths, as it grips onlyone side of the flange of a rail and therefore i'ts grippingfibilityisnotafi'ected by the changes in widths of base flanges. p v I p H Another"featureof importance is the fact I i that our anchor does not depend'fon anymember of'the roadbed for its gripping' figc't the rail.

' While we have shown our 'in'ventioninbut oneform it will be obvious to those skille'diin the**artthat it isnot so 'limited, butf is sus-f ceptible of various other changes and"mo"di- '1 portion adapted to fgrip 'therail flange.

, 11,31 A rai'lfanchor comprisingrail engaging end-members, a connectingmemberintegraL I with said end'fmembers said'connectingmem fiber comprising a loop portion to; project 130-. l Ward the web of'a rail and; to; pass around a.

' p 9" fic'ations without departing "from the spirit thereof, and we desire; therefore,""that only such fl'imi-tations-i shall be placed thereupon asfare imposed by the "Having thus describedourinvention what Wef'c'la'im as new 'anddesire to secure {by 'LettersPatent is},

V 11A rail anchor compr'isingfrailengaging end members and a. conneoti'nglmember 'hav-' 7 ing "a loop formed therein to projectf toward? thejweb'ofajrail and toipa'ssfaroundfa spike f2; A rall -a-nchor comprisingspacedirailen gag ng end members, anda connect ng menri' ber adapted to a' tie, saidijconne'ctifng member having a loop portionto' ojeet L toward the web of a rail and' to.passaround' spikehea'd a portion adjacent sai cl loop at. 'A; rail; anchor comprising; rail engaging en'd' members, a connecting member for said? i end members, said connecting}member haw ing a loop portion top-project towardthe' web of-a rail, andto pass around a spikehead and;

' a portionadj'acent said loopjportion adapted tobe distorted during the application of the anchorto a irailfi Q 5. raiL anchor comprising. fspaeedlger'fdmembers having jaws adapted to "'grip one portion adapted "to engage {the 1 enjd prior art xor as'are' specificallyset forth int-he appended claims;

flange of a rail'base on opposite of a railroad tie, a 1 connecting member for said end members and means associated with said connecting members adapted to pass around a spike head in a plane substantially j'at right. angles to its'axis. 7

the upper surface of the flangeof a rail, a

member ateach end thereof for engaging the lower'surface of the rail base flange, and p 1 6. A. rall anchor: comprising a member", adapted to bridge a railroad tie and engage a loop formed' in the first mentioned'member Y for engaging thee-11d of the toeportion of a spike head. 7

-7 A rail-anchor; comprising a ,member adapte'd'to bridgea: tie, end members 'l'iaving :jawsgadapted to grip a.,rail' base flange and means integral with the first mentioned member :aidsaptedstosfengage the toe portion of a railroad spike to resist. longitudinal movement-of -the'-anc'hor-. *z

having jaws -a'dapted to grip oneflange bf a ra1l" and-"av-connectingmember toe 1 portionof a spike *head to reta anchor v in operative position en the 1 rail. A v J 9 A one 1311606 rail-anchor compris ng-jaw members adapted to gr p a raili-iia nge at opposite sideso-fa tie ai'id a member-connects mg-s'ald awgmembersysaid-member?ha axloop portion to. pass airound th'efiheaid of; a? ral-l road spikein a plane substantial a amle. lel" to the "upper; surface of the tan U flange and provide #afi fuierum -for theanchorf 10. A rail anchor comprising a bar of Suestantialliy uniformcross sectionfhavlng apon,

t-i'on bridging arailroazcl tie, outwardl y ear tending rend porti'onsz integral with saiid 'por 1 -t1on adapted toengage therupper surface extremitiesibentiidownivvardlylandiinwardly V towardsssaiid firstgmenti'oneda .per=tionntospree ofralrail base, said end.portionszhavingltheir ido vide jaws for engaging the underssunface sea grab with: said; portion' adaipted -to;. .engageithe upper surface of a rail base, said end portions having; their": extremities; bentgrdownwardly 7 and inwardly'towards said; firstmentioned;

portion to} provide; jawsnfonengaging"theiiin 'der' surface of a railebaseuflangev in crossi section: comprising en-d; members adapted ftok engage the upp er and: lower sm faces of afrail base'flange on opposite sides e nd me comprising {ailoo'p portion adapted toireceivei;

a spike head, a curved portion intermediate be a-rai lrea d tie; i connecting member for ers; said connecting- 'memberf' 1 said Ioop portion and one end of the anchor

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