US745282A - Metallic rail-tie. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTBD NOV. 24, 1903.

H. I. JEFFERS.

METALLIC RAIL TIE.

'APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 16,1903.

NO MODEL.

' //v VENTOH firm/y 14/47/1 2 WITNESES A TTORNE UNITED STATES Patented November 24, 1903 PATENT @EEICE.

HARRY IRWIN JEFFERS, OF ANNISTON, ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM THOMAS DAWKINS, JR, OF ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI.

M ETALLIC RAIL-Tl E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,282, dated November 24, 1903.

Application filed June 16, 1903. Serial lilo. 161,720. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY IRWIN J EEFERs, residing at Annistou, in the county of Calhoun and State of Alabama, have invented a new and Improved Metallic Rail-Tie, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that type of metal rail-ties comprising a base or chair portion formed of a metalbody having means for fixedly joining with an ordinary cross-tie and integral guide or clamp members to engage and interlock with the base-flange of the rail; and the said invention seeks to provideasimple,inexpensive, and effectively-acting rail-tie and chair of the kind stated which can be conveniently applied for use to join the opposing rails and clamp them rigidly in place from lateral or longitudinal play without the use of spikes.

With the above objects in view and others to be hereinafter explained my invention comprehends a chair or base member formed from a single metal body having integral clamps for fitting over the outer base-flange of the rail, an integral longitudinal flange,

and pendent flanges for penetrating the ordinary wooden tie or for conveniently anchoring directly to the road-bed, a peculiar construction of metal cross tie or link member being also included for joining a pair of opposing chair or base members of my design having a special construction of end portions for conveniently sliding the same laterally into an interlocked connection with the lock- 5 ing-flanges of the said base or anchoring members.

In its more subordinate features my invention consists in certain details of construction and peculiar combination of parts, all of which will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of atrack-bed and rails with my improvement applied. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the base or anchor chairs. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the metallic cross tie or link members. Fig. 5 is a view of a slightly-modified arrangement of my invention, and Fig. G is a detail plan view hereinafter referred to.

In the practical construction of my invention the same comprises a chair or anchoring base portion A, cast or otherwise formed of metal and preferably square in shape, with pendent flanges a a on one or more of its edges, whereby when the said base member Ais used on the ordinary cross-tie B, as shown in Fig. 5, the said base member A should penetrate the tie B transversely and the flanges a overlap the edges I) b of said tie, as shown.

When the member A is intended to be used directly on the road-bed, the flanges a a are made of sufficient length to serve as effective anchoring members, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The member A has a plurality of clamps or claws a 03 in longitudinal alinement, which are struck up or otherwise formed on the top portion of the member A, and they are pro- Vided to fit over and clamp upon the outer flange member 0 of the rail C, and the ends of the claws a are thrown up to form vertical flanges c c to bear against the web oi? the rail, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The top portion of the member A at its innor end has a back-turned locking-flange a, which is also struck up or otherwise formed as an integral part of the said member A, and the said flange a is disposed in advance of the edge of the inner flange of the rail to provide a longitudinal space X between the said rail-flange and the locking-flange a for reasons presently to appear.

As will be readily seen in Fig. 2, the locking-flange and the outer edge of the adjacent rail-flange are in substantially the same hori- 9o zontal plane, such arrangement of parts being provided to permit of a free endwise insertion of the ends of the metallic cross-tie or link D, preferably of pressed steel, whose opposite ends are bent inwardly to form transverse hook members (1 and bent back upon themselves to provide flat bearing portions cl to lie flatwise on the top of the member A, and the said portions (1 are bent up to form transverse clamping or bearing shoulders d to engage the adjacent rail base-flange, and the shouldered portions are extended, as at d, to fit snugly on the upper face of the said base-flange, their inner ends terminating in vertical flanges (1 adapted to bear against the web of the rail, as shown.

By reason of the peculiar construction of the parts as shown and described it will be readily apparent the memberAcan be quickly and conveniently anchored either onto an ordinary wooden cross-tie or to the road-beds and after its claws a have been fitted onto the rail-flange or after the rail-flanges have been inserted into an interlocked engagement therewith.

After the plates A at the opposite sides of the track have been connected with the outer flanges and the rail-bases the said plates A are locked together by simply slipping the cross tie D into a lock engagement with the plates, which is done by sliding the locking ends thereof endwise onto the locking-flanges a on the inner portions of the members AA.

The metal ties or lint: members D can be retained in place byballasting or by compressing the interlocking portions of the said membersD and the locking-flanges a which is convenientlydonebyhammering,itbeingunderstood to disconnect the parts it is necessary to strike the ends of the tie D to slip the same from engagement with the flanges or.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of my invention are thought to be apparent.

It will be noticed that spikes,bolts, the, are not required to hold the several parts in a proper operative condition, and the construction of the said parts are such that they can be cast, pressed, or bent out and with the interlocking portions of such design that they can be readily interengaged without the necessity of providing special implements for (icing so. i

To provide for positively holding the tie D from being driven off or beyond the clamps (L5, the latter are disposed diagonally with respect to the coincident edge of the rail-flange, (see Fig. 6,) whereby to provide a wedgedshaped space between the said clamp and the rail-flange, such arrangement of the clamp a also providing for tightening the tie in case of wear, which can be readily done by wedging said tie. To prevent the tie working loose-that is, off the end of the clamp (4 over which it is entered-the outerend of the said clamp is slitted diagonally, as at 5,whereby to provide an upturned flange or stop 5 for locking the tie from working forward, it being manifest that by reason of the diagonal slit 5 as the tie D is drawn farther in to take up wear the stop can be bent farther up, so its inturned edge will always bear tightly against the said tie. Furthermore,

said ing 5 cannot be bent up to the desired plane without forcing the tie inwardly to a wedged position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A rail chair and tie; comprising a metal plate having pendent portions for entering the tie or road-bed, an integral claw for engaging with one flange of the base of the rail, an inturned longitudinally-extendedlockingfiange at the other end and a metal tie or drawinglink having a transverse turnedback locking-hook adapted to enter into a sidewise engagement with the aforesaid locking-flange, the end of the said tie also includ ing a portion adapted to lie flatwise on the metal chairor plate, a shoulder for engaging the outer flange of the rail and a vertical end portion to engage the web of the said rail, as specified.

2. In a rail tie and chair of the character described; the combination with the rail; of a metal plate having a pair of longitudinal alined integral claws at one end adapted to clamp on the rail baseflange at one side, a back-turned longitudinal locking-flange integral with the plate at the other side of the rail and disposed away from the adjacent rail base-flange,and a metaltiehavingan inturned transverse hook, a depressed portion adapted to seat in the space between the lockingflange and the adjacent railflange, and having its outer end formed to bear on the said rail-flange and against the web portion of the rail, said tie being arranged to slip sidewise into a locking engagement with the backturned locking-flange on the bed-plate, as specified.

3. Asan improvement in rail chairs or tics of the character stated; the combination with the plate A having pendent portions for penetrating the base-tie or road-bed, said plate having a pair of integral claws at the outer end for engaging the outer base-flange of the rail, a longitudinallyextended integ'ral inturned locking-flange at the inner end, said flange having its end slitted whereby to provide for turning up the end vertically with respect to the body of the said lockingiiange, and a metal tie having a transverse hook portion on its under side to slide under the locking-flange and having its end formed to clamp against and over the inner base-flange of the rail and against the inner face of the rail-Web, all being arranged as shown and described.

HARRY IRWIN JEFFERS.

Witnesses:

K. WATSON, L. SIMMONS.

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