US773042A - Railway construction. - Google Patents

Description

PATBNTED OCT. 25 1904.

- w. TERRELL. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1904.

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PATENT OEErcE.

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 773,042, dated October 25, 1904. Application filed May 28, 1904. Serial No. 210,277. (No model.)

To (all whom, it nuty concern..-

Be it known that I, WALES TERRELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ansonia,

in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and use-- at the place of manufacture and adjusted so that but little difficulty will be experienced in adjusting them when building or repairing a railway; and the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and com-' binatlon and arrangements of parts, as hereln described, more particularly pointed out in the claims. and as illustrated in the accom-- panying drawings, in which. I

Flgure 1 1s a perspective view of one member of a railway-seat embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section thereof, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of 'my invention.

I take a metal plate A of suitable size and thickness to hold up a car and fasten said plate to the base-plate B. Said rail-plate may be of wrought or cast metal. In Figs. 1 and 2 the plate is represented as of cast metal, having a raised portion A, on which rests the rail C, and having also the integral fasteninglugs D, provided with the extensions D, forming between the raised portion A and said extension a seat in which the foot of the rail is adapted to snugly fit. Said raisedportion is also provided with a hollow or open space about midway thereof, in which is located the head E of the tie-rod D, by means of which tie-rod the distance between the rails of the trackway maybe adjusted, as will be understood. r

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the railplate A is preferably'of wrought metal and, as shown, is fastened by rivets or otherwise to the bed-plate B. To form a seat for the rail of the track and rigidly and firmly hold said rail in proper position, I employ two lugs G, one on each side of the rail and adapted to fit snugly over the foot thereof. Said lugs are formed by slitting the rail-plate and striking up the lug portion from the plane of the plate, thus forming a perfect clamp for the foot of the rail. This lug will be struck from under both sides of the rail-seat at the base or foot of the rail at each end of the railplate. In case the rail-plate is made of cast metal these flanges or lugs would be cast integral with the plate. 1

The tie-bars H are metallic bars of suitable size securely fastened to the bed-plate, as shown, and connected in the middle of the trackway to their complementary bars extending inward from the other track or rail of the trackway, the meeting ends of the tie-bars being connected by bolts or otherwise.

In some instances the bed-plate B may be omitted entirely and the plate Aonly be used, in which case said plate will be made of suitable size, according to the circumstances. The tie-bars would then be attached to said plate, or said tie-bars may be integral with the plate.

These and other modifications I consider within the scope of my claims and will be covered thereby.

It will be understood that these chairs are made in pairs, and when the rails are in posi tion they should be blocked up, say, four or five inches, more or less, and in putting the chairs in position they will be turned at right angles to the rails and put under the rail, but

not in the position they will assume when located properly. The chair isplaced at an angle to the'direction-of the rail, and when located under the rail in this positionsay at right angles theretothe chairs are given a half-turn, thus causing the lugs or flanges on the chair or plate to pass over the" foot of the rail, and then by securing the tie-bars to the chairs or plates, if they are not integral therewith, the rails will be securely locked after the said tie-bars have been properly connected in the middle of the track, thus providing a solid and rigid lock with no parts to get loose or rattle. I It will be seen that my invention will provide a rigid and permanent road-bed which may be assembled with ease and rapidity and which will serve its function in an efficient and practical manner and that the life of my construction will be very long, as there will be little wear or deterioration in a construction such as disclosed herein. To further preserve the elements, I may immerse the chairs in a tank of tar to preserve the life of the tie for an indefinite number of years.

I claim 1. The improvement in railway construction herein described, consisting of the bedplates, the foundation or base plate mounted thereon and having a rail-supporting surface, ribs formed on each side of said supportingsurface and near the ends thereof, and engaging tongues formed on said ribs for engaging the foot of the rail and a tie-rod having one end connected to the base-plate and the other end adjustably connected to the opposite tie-rod.

2. The improvement in railway construction herein described, consisting of the bedplate, the base-plate mounted thereon and having the rail-supporting surface and provided with locking-tongues on each side thereof, the tie-rod fitting in said plate and having a head resting in the hollow portion of the rail-supporting portion of said plate, and the adjustable connection for the outer ends of the tierods.

3. The improvement in railway construction herein described consisting of the bedplate, the plate secured thereto and made hollow, the ribs formed on each side of said hollow portion and provided with tongues for engaging the foot of the rail and the adjustable connections between said base-plates.

4. The improvement in railway construction herein described, consisting of a. plate having a railsup porting surface and provided with flanges formed by struck-up portions from said plate at each side of the foot of the rail, and a tie-rod having one end connected rigidly to the base-plate and the other end adjustably secured, substantially as descrilml.

tion consisting of a base-plate, a rail-plate rigidly mounted thereon having a rail-supporting surface and provided with tongues or flanges struck up from said plate, and tic-rods extending inwardly from said rail-plate, and provided with means for adjusting said tierods with reference to the base-plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VA LES TEE RE LL.

Vitnesses:

MABEL E. BARNETT, GEORGE H. ENNIS.

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