US904438A - Rail-support. - Google Patents

Description

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RAIL SUPPORT.

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THOMAS N. JACOB, OF EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS.

RAIL-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Application filed October 29, 1907. Serial No. 399,658.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I. THOMAS N. JACOB, a citizen of the United States, residing at East St. Louis, in the conntyof St. Clair and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail supports for railways, the object of the invention being to provide a substitute for the wooden tie or sleeper now in common use, which will be practically indestructible, not being affected by fire or water, at the same time forming a practical and thorough support for the '15 rails so that the load carried thereby is evenly and uniformly distributed throughout the entire roadbe By means of the construction hereinafter described a more perfect alinemcnt of the rails is obtained, the spreading of the rails is prevented and the cost of placing of the track reduced to a minimum. The improved supports hereinafter described are applicable to any track and may be substituted for the ties, as the latter decay or become unfit for further use, thus getting all of the service out of the old ties. The na- 'ture of the supports is such also that the strain on the rails is reduced, thereby enabling lighter rails to be used, and in this connection it may also be noted that old rails may be utilized as seats or reinforcements for the supports of this invention.

With the above and other objects in view,

the nature of which will more full appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a section of a railway bed showing the improved supports applied to the rails. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section through one of the rails showing one of the supports, and indicating-the ballast in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same. Fig. l is a crosssection through one of the supports showing the manner of reinforcing the same. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a portion of the track. Fig. 6 is an end view of one of the rail supports. Fig. 7 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a rail support of modified form.

The rail support of this invention consists of a block 1 composed mainly of concrete and comprising a bottom 2, reversely inclined opposite sides 3 which converge up wardly and a flat top 4. The block is substantially square or rectangular in plan and under the preferred embodiment of this invention, in the formation or molding of the block, reinforcing bars or rods 5 are inserted therein, the same extending in hor zontal tiers,.one above the other. both lengthwise and transversely of the block, as indicated in Fig. 4. thereby obtaining a practically in destructible rail support. A metal rail seat (3 forms the upper face of the block and may consist of a rail or section of channel iron or I-beam as indicated in Figs. r and (3, the upper face of said rail seat lying flush with the corresponding face of the supporting block, while the remainder of such rail or iron is embedded in the concrete of which the block is formed, as shown in several figures of the drawings.

Under the arrangement shown in Fig. l. the rail seat is provided 'along one side with aflange 7 against which the outer edge of the railroad rail bears, as shown in Fig. I"). and the rail seat is further provided with a downwardly extending wedge or flange-S which is embedded and fastened in the concrete block.

Tl e blocks or supports herein above described, are arranged fairly close together as indicated in Figs. 3 and 5, and it will be noted that the ail seats (3 project at their opposite ends beyond the corresponding ends of the supporting blocks 1 so as to provide for inserting bolts 9 through such projecting ends of the rail seat and through the base flange of the rail. and in this connection it is to be noted that the openings for said bolts in the projecting ends of the rail seats are elongated or made in the form of slots to allow for the necessary expansion and contraction of the rails.

1O designates aseries of tie bars or rods which extend across the roadbed from rail to rail. each of said tic bars being provided with terminal hooks bent back as shown clearly in Fig. 2 to engage the flanges of the rails. the tie bars extending beneath the rails and the hooks projecting upward so as to lie over and against the outer flange of the rail. The tie bars are accurately formed and constitute gages for properly positioning the rails at the proper distance apart. Bolts or screws ll are inserted through the inner flanges of the rails downward through the tie bars 10, the tie bars 10 being by prefer-- ence provided with threaded openings to receive the threads of the bolts and being further provided with holes to receive cotter pins 12 which prevent said bolts from working loose. Lock nuts 13 will preferably be used in connection with the bolts 9 to prevent the latter from Working loose. After the construction of the roadbed is completed, ballast is preferably laid over the tie bars or rods 10 up to the level indicated at 14 in Fig. 2, so that in case of possible derangement of a car the tie bars will be protected from injury.

Under the preferred embodiment of the invention, the projecting ends of the rail seats 6 are set a suflicient distance apart to permit the ends of the tie bars 10 to pass between them in the manner indicated in Figs. 3 and 5, so as to lie in close engagement with the base flanges of the rail. The blocks are then set so as to bring the projecting ends of the rail seats in contact with the opposite side edges of the tie bars 10, although this last named arrangement is not essential in practicing the invention.

Another form of support is illustrated in Fig. 8, said support consisting of an arcuate sheet metal plate 15 or in other words, a plate of iron or steel rolled into the segment of a circle and bolted or otherwise fastened to the flange of the rail which is supported thereby. If desired, the rail support 15 may be cast. \Vith either form of rail support, however, the rails are tied together by means of the tie bars interposed between each pair of supports, thus maintaining the aljnement of the rails and preventing possibility of the rails spreading.

The blocks are preferably concaved at the 40 bottom as shown in Fig. 6 in order to enable them to be the more securely anchored in the ballast, to prevent lateral slipping thereof.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is a 1. A railway roadbed embodying track rails, series of supporting blocks underlying the rails and arranged in opposite pairs, each supporting block comprising a rail seat with ends which project beyond the ends of the block, fastening bolts passing through the rail flanges and said projecting ends of the rail seats, and tie bars connecting the rails at and arranged in opposite pairs, rail seats fastened to the blocks and projecting at opposite ends beyond said blocks, means for securing the rails to said rail seats, tie bars" connecting the rails between the pairs of supporting blocks, said tie [bars having terminal hooks which engage the base flanges of the rails, and fastenings passing through the rail flanges and tie bars.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 75 in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS N. J ACOB. Witnesses:

GEo. G. OTEY, H. P. LAMASTER. I

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