US1110735A - Rail tie and joint. - Google Patents

Description

A. ZIMMBRMAN.

RAIL TIE AND JOINT.

APPLICATION nun 0M. so, 1913.

Patented Sept. 15, 19141.

Inventor Witnesses 08 y, e n r 0 ALONZO ZIMMERMAN', or AFNSTED, WEST VIRGINIA.

BAIL Tin AND JOINT;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

Original application filed August 5, 1913, Serial No. 783,133. Divided and this application filed October 30,

. 1913. Serial No. 798,349.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALONZO ZIMMERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ansted, in the county of Fayette and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Rail Tie and Joint, of. which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve ments in rail ties and joints, the present ap- I plication being a division of an application filed August 5, 1913, Serial No. 783,133, patented November 11, 1913, No. 1,078,326 for improvements in metal tie and rail fastener, one object of the present invention being the provision of a novel joint and lock therefor in combination with a metal tie, whereby the necessary bond or connection for trafiic rails of an electric railway is properly held and assembled without the employment of bolts or spikes, as is the usual custom.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed .without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I In the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view showing the present invention applied, the rails at the joint being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, dotted lines illustrating the position of the movable members when releasing the rail. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates two parallel plates which are held together by means of the two end bolts and the central pivoting bolt 3, the bolts 2 having disposed thereupon, the spacing sleeve 4 which provides a means for properly guiding the movable rail clamping members of the tie, as will presently appear. Formed at one endof' the two plates 1 upon the upper edge are the upstanding cleats or lugs 5, which are shaped to receive one end of the base 6 of. the rail 7, this structure being particularly set forth and described in the main application of which the present case is a division. The two rods 8 and 9' have their hooked ends 10 and 11 respectively, disposed to engage the bases 6 and 13 of the rails 7 and 14 respectively, and by means of the lever 12, be moved into and out of engagement, as clearly shown in the full and dotted lines Fig. 2. The lever 12 is the means for operating these two rods simultaneously,

the same when disposed to be between the plates 1 holding the rods 8 and 9 in looking position and when moved to the dotted line position, releases the same. The base 13 of the rail 14 is disposed to be seated within the two recesses 15 formed in the upper edges of the plates 1 adjacent the outwardly extending arms 16 of the respective plates 1. These arms 16 terminate in the cylindrical pins 17, which are adapted to be disposed through the apertures 18 of the bonding plate 19,- and the apertures 20 formedin the web of the rail 14. By this means the clamping action of the hooks 10 and 11 of the arm 9 tends to force the rail in close contact with the arms 16 so that the bonding plate 19 is held rigidly in place, as clearly illustrated in- Fig. 1. This plate 19 is preferably made of copper so as to form an electrical bond between the two rails at the joint and provide a means which will permit" the assembling of the rail joints without the employment of bolts or spikes. By this means, this structure is especially adapted to be used in connection with mining electric railways where it is necessary to quickly extend angles to the plates and terminating 1n cy-' lindrical and parallel terminals, said terminals being disposed to engage a bonding plate and the two webs of adjacent rails at the joint of the rails, and manually controlled means mounted between the plates for clamping and engaging the outer ends of the bases of the two rails and for locking them against the divergent arms.

2. In a device of this character, two lon gitudinal and spaced plates, the upper edges of the two plates adjacent one end being provided with arms adjacent at diverging angles to the plates and terminating in cylindrical and parallel terminals, said terminals being disposed to engage a bonding plate and the two webs of adjaeentrails at the joint of the rail, manually controlled means mounted between the plates for clamping and engaging theouter ends of the bases of the two rails and for locking them against the divergent arms, and cooperating means carried upon the o posite ends of the plates and the manual y controlled means for engaging the other rail and locking the same upon the plates and in 10 coactive relation to the rail joint.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in-t'he presence of two wltnesses.

ALONZO ZIMMERMAN. Witnesses:

' r C. M. AGNEW,

E. R. .RAems.

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