US1098096A - Railroad-tie. - Google Patents

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J. D. CLEMENT & N. C. TAYLOR.

RAILROAD TIE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914.

Wl TNESSES coLUMnIA vLANoGRAPM co., WASHINGTON. D. C

JAY D. CLEMENT AND NATHAN C. TAYLOR, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

RAILROAD-TIE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JAY D. CLEMENT and NATHAN G. TAYLOR, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of 1Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Railroad-Ties, of which the following is a. specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to railroad ties, and the principal objectof the invention is to provide a tie having an I-beam construction and provided with reinforcing webs to prevent the Lbeam from being broken.

Another object of the invention is to provide the tie with improved means for connecting a rail with the tie.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tie showing the same in place with the rails indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the tie. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 taken at a different point in the tie. Fig. d is a perspective view of one of the bracing webs. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the plates which engage the rails.

This invention comprises a tie of substantially I-beam construction and provided with a central web 10 from which there extends the upper and lower flanges 11 and 12. The head of the tie is provided with transversely-extending grooves 13 forming rail seats and is also provided with openings 14: positioned upon opposite sides of the grooves 13 and provided with enlarged inner end portions 15 forming pockets in which the heads 16 of the bolts 17 fit. These pockets are rectangular so that the bolts are prevented from rotating after the securing nuts 1S are tightened.

The securing plates 19 are placed upon the bolts and have their inner end portions 2O bent upwardly and overhanging the grooves 13 to engage the base of a rail and Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed .Tune 9, 1913. Serial No. 772,679.

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hold the rail in place. These securing plates are provided with longitudinally-extending slots 21 so that the plate will be adjustably mounted and thus permitted to be moved to extend across the rail seat the proper distance.

Bracing webs i2 are placed between the upper and lowerl anges of the tie and are provided with side flanges 23 provided with openings 241 permitting the rivets 25 to be passed through the tie to hold the webs in place. lt should be noted that some of these webs are placed beneath the rail seats 13 and that the rest of the webs are distributed along .the tie between the rail seats to reinforce the tie. In case one of these webs is broken, the web may be readily7 removed and a new one inserted without it being necessary to remove the tie from the track.

When this device is in use, the ties are put in place and the rails are then laid upon the ties in the rail seats 13. The securing plates 19 are then put upon the ties and after the bolts have been passed through the alined openings 111 and 21, the securing nuts are screwed tight and securely held in place.

What is claimed as new is 1:-

kA railway tie comprising a body having a substantially -beam shape, said body having rail seats formed in its upper surface, and bracing webs shaped to conform to the shape of thel side of the body and having base flanges adapted tovbe fastened to the upper surface of the base of the body and upright side flanges adapted to be fastened to the web of the body, said braces being located beneath said rail seats and intermediate the length of the tie.

ln testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JAY n. CLEMENT. NATHAN c. TAYLOR.

Vitnesses:

-MARY W. BUSH,

Ha'rrm M. AURINGER.

Gopes of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner-of Patentsv Washington, D. G.

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