US816947A - Railway-rail stay. - Google Patents

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No. 816,947. PATENTED APR. 3, 19Q6.

H. H. SPGNENBURG.

RAILWAY RAIL STAY.

APPLIUATION IILBD NOV.16, 190:3.

iVlTIL VESSJJJS: I I [MENTOR llllilttld srariss lPh'l-Elflhllt inter HlRAM ll. SPQNENBURG, OF WADS'i VQIt'lll, ILLINOIS, AirlSlU-NEllt OF UNlEl HALF TO EDWARD LAAS, OF'UITUMWA, IUWA.

No. eraser.

Elpecification cl Letters Patent.

Patented lhpril 3, Illihtllfil.

Application'filed November liil lilflfiflsrial Ne. 28?.553-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, HLRAM H. Securin- BURG, of Wadsworth, in the county of Lake, in the State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rail Stays, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to rail-stays which are applied to railwaytraclrs for the purpose of securely anchoring the rails to their sup-- porting-ties to prevent longitudinal creeping oi the rails.

The inventionv has reference to the class of rail-stays embodying two jaws clamped onto the respective flanges of the rail by means of a bolt passing across the bottom of the rail and provided with means abutting; against the sideoi' the crosstie, and chilled iron or steel flange-gripping pieces confined .11 the top of said jaws. In this respect the present invention is particularly related to the style i of rail-stay shown and described in my United States Letters Patent No. 799,361, issued Se tember 12, 1905.

The 0 'ject of this invention is to produce a rail-stay which shall be simple, strong, and durable and shall be very light in weight, so as to cheapen the manufacture, and at the same time rovide a construction which will operate to increase its hold on the rail as the rail tends to creep longitudinally, and thus 7 effectually resist such action ol the rail.

To that end the invention consists in the novel arrangement and combination of the component parts of the rail-stay hereinafter fully described, and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I shows a transverse section of a railway-rail and its supporting-tie with my improved rail, stay applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line X X in Fig. 2. Fig. t is a lunch tudinal section on the line Y Y in Fig. i. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line Z in Fig. 2; and Fig. (i is a detail outer face view of the tie a'outting.jaw showing" the clampingbolt in cross scetion.

Similar letters of reference indicate cori-espending parts. i

A denotes the railway-rail, which is sup ported upon the usual cross-tie B.

C represents one of the jaws of the railstay and which is conlposcd, preferably, of

tel groove (1, receiving; one oi? the flanges h of the rail, in the top of which groove is ureter ably provided a chilled iron or steel plate a, which grips the top'oi said flange. Said jaw is also formed at its opposite sides with breasts or walls d J, disposed at right angles to the groove and extending under the rail, one of which breasts abuts against the side of the cross-tie B. By providing two of these breasts the jaw may be placed at either side of the rail, thus ohviating making rights and lel'ts. ilhisjaw is provided with a trans verse aperture e, having its top in line with the bottom oi the rail, and thus intersecting the move a, which aperture is ta ered inwardly to form a fulcrum for the 0 am ingbolt D, as indicated at fin Fig. 4 ol the rawlugs and for the purpose hereinafter ezrplained. The bolt 1U extends across the bottorn of the rail it and contiguous thereto and is formed with a head g, bearing" on a boss h, formed on the vertical back oi said jaw C. C denotes the other jaw of the stay and which consists of a malleable iron block l'ormed with a horizontal groove a, receiving the other flange b ol the rail. The groove of this jaw is providedin its top with a serrated chilled iron or steel plate I), which rips the top of said [hinge and is confined in the groove by means of tongues c r,.'i'orn1ed on the jaw at op )osite ends of the groove and bent over on the edge of the plate, as clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. T his i aw C is free h'om the cross-tie and is formed with an outwardly-tapered transverse aperture d, an coinciding with the aperture of the jaw and through which passes the aforesaid clamping? bolt l), provided with a not 1*, hearine on the "vertical back of? the said jaw. lly this connertion of the bolt with the two jaws the said jaws are held ,nbrnially in a line parallel with the side of the cross-tie ll.

lily reason of the vertical backs of thejaws extending above the edges of the rail-flanges and the apertures thereof havingtheirtops in ice line with the bottom of the rail the holt head and nut are ail'orded more direct hearings on the jaws and thus they thoroughly brace the jaws and effectually prevent the same from twisting or turning; on the rail-llanges By forming the said apertures a and a of the jaws tapering, as described and shown, and providing the end of the bolt D at the trat d by -tie-abutting jaw C with the fulcrum f the op- 5 when the latter tends to creep longitudinally fin the direction indicat ed by the arrow in Fig. :2 of the drawings, and thereby cause the two jaws to increase their grip on the rail. Although the jaw C will be moved out of line with the jaw Cavhen the rail tends to creep,

at the same time it is obvious that the taper ing apertures will permit the bolt to main- ,tain the jaws at right angles to the railfian es. This action of the rail-stay is illusdotted lines in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

While I have shown my device constructed and applied in whatI now consider its prc-' ferred form, it should be understood that the insertion of the serrated plates or the provision of teeth for the jaws is not essential, and that while I have shown the bolt connecting the jaws as provided with a head at one end and a nut at the other end, whereby the jaws arev held in their gripping position, although they may be drawn or driven to gripping position in any suitable manner, yet the bolt may be made to engage the jaws in any way which will obtain the end in view, such as by providing the bolt with a hook at one end or with a wedge at one or both ends or in any other manner which is shown in the prior patents granted to me.

/ What I claim is l. The cornbination with the rail and crosstie, of a rail-stay comprising two separatelyformed jaws applied to o posite sides of the v rail and disposed normal y in a line parallel with the side of the cross-tie, one of said jaws engaging the side of. the cross-tie and the other jaw free therefrom, and 'means clamping the jaws in their positions and ermitting he free jaw to be forced toward t e cross-tie by the creeping action of the rail and maintaining the jaws at right angles tothe rail as set forth. a

2. The combination with-the rail,'and un-' derlying cross-tie, of a rail-stay comprising two separately-formed jaws'gripping the opposite rail-flanges and disposed normally in a line parallel with the side of the cross-tie, one of said jaws abutting against the side of the cross-tie and the other jaw free therefrom, and a bolt extending across the bottom of-the rail and contiguous thereto and operative for clamping said jaws. in their positions, said bolt being adapted 'to swing laterally whereby the free jaw is permitted to move toward the cross-tic as the rail tends to creep and 0 thereby increase the grips of the two jaws on the said rail-flanges as set forth.

3."l hc coinbinationwith the rail and crosstic, of a:r ailstay comprising two separatelyform'cd jaws gripping the respective flanges erase? of the rail and disposed normally in a line parallel with the side of the cross-tie, one of the jaws abutting against the cross-tie and the other jaw free therefrom, and a bolt extending contiguously across the bottom of formed jaws, each provided with a vertical back extending above the edge of the railfiange and with a transverse aperture, the to of which is in line with the bottom of the rai it bolt passing through said apertures and provided with a head and a nut, each of which bears on the back of a jaw and has its bearing. extending above the railflange as set forth.

5. A railways-ail stay comprising two separately-formed jaws, one of which is provided with a horizontal groove receiving one of the rail-flanges and with a breast abutting against the side of the cross-tie, and the other provided with a horizontal groove receiving the other rail-flange, and disposed free from the cross-tie, said jaws being provided with coinciding apertures, and a bolt passing through tie, of a rail-stay consisting of two separately-1 said apertures and extending across and contiguous to the bottom of the rail-and clamping said jaws in their positions, the aperture of the abutting jaw being tapered inw'ardly and'the aperture of the free jaw tapered out-' wardly whereby the said bolt is adapted to" swing laterally to permit the latter jaw to be forced toward the cross-tie by the creeping action of the rail to cause the two jaws to increase their grip on the rail as set forth.

6. A railway-rail stay comprising two separately-formed jaws provided with horizontal grooves receiving the respective rail-flanges and with serrated flange-gripping plates confined in said grooves, one of the jaws provided witha breast abutting against the side of the cross-tie and the other aw free therefrom, coinciding apertures in said jaws interseating the bottoms of the grooves, a bolt passing through said apertures and extending across the bottom of the rail and clamping the jaws in their positions and having a l'ulcrumed connection with the tic-abutting jaw whereby the said bolt is adapjcd to swing laterally .to permit the other jaw to be forced toward the cross-tic by the creeping action of the rail. and thereby increase the grips of the two jaws on'thc rail as set forth.

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