US605233A - Railway-tie - Google Patents

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M. RILEY. RAILWAY TIB. No. 605.233. Patented June 7,1898.

ATTORNEYF -IlNrTnD STATES* PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL RILEWY, OF LONDON, OHIO.

RAILWAY-TIE..A

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,233, dated une 7, 1898 i Application iiledOotober 13, 1897. Serial No. 655,032. (No model.) i

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, MICHAEL RILEY, acitizen of the United States, residing at London,

in the county of Madison and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Railway-Track Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of railway-rail supports; and the objects of myinvention are to provide an improved support for railway-track rails and to produce certain improvements in details of construction and arrangement of parts, which will be more `fully pointed out hereinafter. These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a central longitudinal section on line o: of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of a railway-track, the rails thereof having my improved support. Fig. 3 is a sectional viewon line y y of Fig. 2.' Fig. 4 is a 4 sectional view of my support modified for use in supporting and `connecting adjoining rails. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a modification of mydevice, showing the same applied to an old railway-tie; and Fig. 7 is a View in perspective of a portion of a tie-plate which I employ in the modification illustrated in Fig. 6.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Incarrying out my invention I provide a tie-casing which is in the form of an elongated metallic plate the sides and ends of 4which are bent downward to provide a substantially-elongated cup the under side of which isA open. This `tie plate or casing, which is indicated at a, is at suitable points in its upper side provided with suitable cuts or incisions, which result in the formation of inwardly-extending tongues h, the latter bcing bent upward from the body of the plate a and shaped to conform to the outer side of a railway-track-rail web and flange, against which said tongue is adapted to bear. The track-rail, which is indicated at'c, is adapted to be braced on its inner4 side by means of a doubled bracing-strip d, of corresponding width with the tongue b, said strip d being bent to bear against the inner side of the track-rail web and flange and having its doubled central portion extending in theform of i a transverse loop d through the end of the opening formed by the production of i the tongue b and beneath the plate a." The vertical portions of the doubled strip d and the tongue b, which embrace opposite sides of the track-rail web, are adapted to be operated together, as indicated at e, while the loop portion d of the strip CZ has extending therethrough a transverse key-bolt e', which serves to hold said strip d securely in connection with the under side of the plate a. In order to cover the openings in the plate a formed by theproduction of the tongues h, I have provided on the under side of the plate-top where such openings occur cover-plates f, which, as indicated more clearlyin Fig. l of the drawings, are provided with transverse bends or recesses which are adapted to elnbrace or cover the loop portions d of the strips d. The under side of the casing, or the cup formed by the flanged plate a, is adapted to be filled with a suitable concrete g, the latter being preferably introduced into `said tie case or plate in the form of aplastic mass which is allowed to harden therein. In order to properly retain this concrete substantially within the metallic tie-plate, I provide at suitable intervals transverse bolts g', which pass through the sides of the plate ct and also through saidconcrete, and the ends of which are adapted when said concrete is thoroughly dry to be turned until the concrete is firmly clamped within the flanged tie-plate. This construction affords, as will readily be seen, not only a desirable and firm support for railway-track rails, but at `the same time obviates the necessity of spiking the rails to the ties.

It is obviousV that atie such as .herein described will possess great durability and that the same may be produced at a reasonable cost of manufacture and laid substantially Y in the manner of laying the ordinarywooden ties. It is evident that by the use of my improved rail-supports any tendency of the rails to spread or move laterally will be entirely lobviated and that the result of the use of said support will be the production of yan exceedingly firm, durable, and reliable railwaytrack.

Where it is desirable to unite a main-track and guard rail, such as are indicated at h and h in Figs. tand of the drawings, and support the latter upon an ordinary tie or suitable base h2, I may provide a horizontal tie z', which rests upon or is secured to said tie or base h2, and which .has its end portions doubled inwardly on its body and thence bent upwardly to conform to the shapes of the outer sides of the rails h' and h, against which said end portions are adapted to bear. In this case the inner sides of the rail Webs and ianges are braced by a plate c,which is doubled centrally and has its outwardly and up- Wardly extending diverging arms bearing against the inner sides of said rail-webs, While its doubled central portion, as prescribed for the strip d, is shaped to form a downwardly-extending loop c',which projects into a central transverse mortise in the platebody z', said loop being held in this position by a transverse key-bolt 7a2. This being accomplished, a transverse bolt k3 is made to pass through the webs of the rails h and through the upper portions of the plates il and 7c, said bolt, together with a sleeve 164 thereon, being adapted to not only clamp said supporting-plates in connection with the railwebs, but to retain said rails at a desirable distance one from the other.

In Fig. 6 I have shown my device modified for use on an ordinary wooden railway-track tie. In this case the plate a, instead of having the cup form indicated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is simply a at plate which is spiked at desirable intervals to the wooden tie m, said plate also being provided on its under sides with punch projections (indicated at 'n in Fig. 7) which are adapted to enter the wood of the tie. This plate, which in this case is indicated at a', is provided with a tongue b', corresponding with the tongue b, heretofore described, and as shown in said figure. The manner of supporting the rails thereon is substantially the same as that described in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4. It will thus be seen that plates and strips having my improved construction may be adapted for the support of track-rails in connection with the concrete tie-body or the same may be applied on ordinary Wooden ties even after the same have become worn from use.

Having now fully described my invention,

l. In a railway-track support, the combination with a metallic tie-plate and a tongue cut therefrom and shaped to conform to the side of a track-rail, of a doubled metallic strip d shaped to conform to and bear against the inner side of said track-rail, a key-bolt epassing through the doubled lower end of said strip d beneathsaid plate a and transverse bolts e adapted to clamp said tongue and strip end portions against opposite sides of said trackspeciiied.

2. In a railway-track support, the combination with a metallic tieplate or casing and a tongue cut therefrom and shaped to conform to the side of a track-rail, a metallic strip cl extending through the opening formed by the cutting of said tongue and secured in connection with said plate, a bolt e uniting the strip d, tongue b and a track-rail web, of a filling for said flange plate or casing a of concrete or similar material, substantially as and for the purpose specified. I

' MICHAEL RILEY.

p In presence of- C. C. SHEPHERD, EDWARD M. TAYLOR.`

rail web, substantially as and for the purpose

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