US1211609A - Railroad-spike holder. - Google Patents

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H. A. MANSFIELD RAILROAD SPIKE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15. I916.

Patented Jan. 9

HARRY A. MANSFIELD, OF MONROE, NEBRASKA.

RAILROAD-SPIKE HOLDER.

Application filed June 15, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY A. MANSFIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Monroe, in the county of Platte and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Spike Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a holder for railway spikes and is designed to prevent spreading of the rails and accidental removal of the spike, at the same time permit-- ting'slight lifting movement of the rail, the result of temperature changes and the natural spring of a wooden tie during passage of a train.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device in position, a rail being shown in cross section, and a tie being partly in section and partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the device, in position for use. Fig. 4: is an inverted plan view of the holder, detached. Fig. 5 is a view looking toward the inner end of the holder, removed from position.

In the drawings 1 designates a tie, 2 a rail and 3 the usual spikes.

The spike holder as a whole is designated as A and consists of a block 5 which carries on its under face V-shaped shoes 6 adapted to form grooves A in the tie on opposite sides of the spike, when the shoes are driven into position. block and have oppositely inclined ends 7 and 8, the latter sloping upwardly and inwardly. This forms each shoe at its outer end with a point so that after the device has been driven into position any outward movement will tend to dig the shoes into the outer end portions of the grooves 4 formed in forcing the shoes into the tie.

The upper part of the block 5 has an in- Specification of Letters Patent.

Said shoes project beyond the Patented J an. 9, 1%1'7.

Serial No. 103,762.

wardly' extending transversely curved head 9 which receives and practically envelops the spike head, but at the same time allows by slight spacing for upward movement of the rail to a limited extent. The block is held against removal by a pin or supplemental spike l0.

When properly positioned the hood pre vents removal of the spike without first removing the holder A, and where through temperature changes the rail has lifted slightly, lifting the spike with it, the latter is driven back into position by passage of a train, the hood then pressing on the spike head and forcing it downwardly.

The advantages of this device will be obvious to those using devices of this character or engaged in railway construction.

What I claim is 1. A device of the kind described comprising a block, shoes carried by the underface of the block and projecting laterally beyond the block, said shoes having oppositely inclined ends, and a transversely curved projecting hood carried by the upper portion of the block.

2. A spike holder comprising a block having an upwardly sloping outer face, a horizontally projecting hood carried by the upper portion of the block, and shoes carried by the under face of the block and projecting beyond the same, said shoes being V- shape in cross section and having oppositely tapering end portions.

3. The combination with a wooden tie and a spike, of a block, a hood carried by the block and adapted to cover the spike head, and shoes carried by the block and adapted to enter said tie and extend beneath a rail base, the outer ends of the shoes sloping upwardly and inwardly, said shoes when forced into position forming grooves on opposite sides of the spike, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

HARRY A. MANSFIELD.

Copies of'this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents. Washington, I). 0.

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