US1367265A - Railway-tie - Google Patents

Description

l. W. JORDAN.

RAILWAY TIE.

' APPucATmn FILED nEc.10. |920.

1,367,265. Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

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UNITED STATES JAMES vv. JORDAN, or zAOH, TENNESSEE.

RAILWAY-TIE Specication of Lettersllatent.

Application ufiled December 10, 192D. Serial No. 429,714.

To all fwzom t may concerne.'

Be it known that I, JAMES W. Joanna, a

citizen oit the United States, residing at Zach, in the county Ot Benton and State 2oi Tennessee., have invented new and usciul .itailway-Tiesv ot which the itollowing 1s` a specification.

T his invention relates to railway ties, one oi its Objects being to provide a metallic tie so constructed that it 'will not creep upon the roadbed after being properly placed in position, and which is free to iles or yield under the weight Oft cars passing thereover, thereby to provide an elasticity corresponding with that aflorded by the use o'fi ordinary wooden ties.

A 'further object is to provide a railway tie made up Oi detachably connected-sections anyone oit which can be replaced readily by a new section in the event oit wear or breakage.

Ainother object is to provide simple and sii cient means ttor connecting the sections of the tie. y i

At still Jfurther Object is to provide novel means itor securing rails to the tie.

ilifith 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 Ot construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the 1nvention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

ln the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

in said drawingsl y Figure l is an elevation of the tie, rails Abeing shown in position thereon.

Fig. 2 is a plan view Oi one end portion oi the tie.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-l, Fig. l.

Referring to the figures by characters of .reference l designates end sections of the tie and 2 designates an intermediate secr tion, these sections being preferably cast ott metal and bowed or arched transversely to provide a bottom channel shown at 3 whereby the material of the roadbed can be taniped into the-channels as well as along the sides of the sections, thus to prevent the tie from creeping. The sections are placed end to end as shown and secured in any suit-` able manner to the top oi the intermediate section is an elongated metal strip tpreierably of steel designedto lap the inner ends of the sections i. and provided at its free ends with tongues 5 which areunderrnt as shown in Fig. B so as to he spa-ced from the top surfaces of the sections 1.o Transverse doveetails 6 are formed onfthe bottom race of the strip 4 near the tongues 5 and.

formed within the upper surface of each of the sections l are transverse dove-tailed grooves 7 designed to receive the dove-tails 6, thereby to hold the sections l and 2 properly assembled. After the dovetails have been seated in the grooves they can be held against withdrawal theretrom by means of bolts 8 arranged in pairs and extending upwardly trom the sections l. Each tongue 5 extends between the bolt-s oi one pair and is held down between said bolts by a cross strip 9 secured to the bolts.

duitably secured to the sections l are rail fastening blocks l0 which preferably en gage the under surfaces of the Outer sides Oi: the heads of the rails R, these blocks being properly spaced apart so that when the rails are in engagement therewith they will be held in proper relation and cannot spread. .Additional rail engaging members l1 are mounted on the end members l and have openings 1Q extending therethrough into which the tongues 5 project. These mem bers ll are slidabie on the tongues and carry set screws 13 which can be adjusted into engagement with the tongues so as to hold the members ll in any positions to which they may be moved. Thus it will be seen that after the rails have been positioned against the members it() the members 11 can be moved against the inner `sides of the rails and then fastened.

1. A. metallic railway tie including separate alining end and intermediate sections, a resilient strip detaohably connecting said sections and separate means upon the end sections and the resilient strips respectively vior fastening rails to the end sections.

2. A metallic railway tie including separate alining end and intermediate sections, a resilient member mounted on and detach ably connecting said sections, rail engaging `members upon the end sections,and means ratentdneb. 1, 1921.

termediate section, a resilient strip upon and secured to said section and projecting bef yondV the ends thereof, end sections detachably engaging and lapped by the end'portions of said strip, and cooperating means upon the end sections and the end portions of the strip respectively for fastening rails to the end sections.

4.' VA metallic railway tie including an intermediate section, a resilient strip secured thereto and projecting beyond the ends thereof, end sections slidable transversely into engagement with the resilient strip, and rail fastening means upon the end sections.

5*. A metallic railway tie including an intermediate section, a flexible strip secured to and projecting beyond the ends of said section, end sections movable transversely into engagement with the strip, said sections and strip having cooperating means for holding them assembled, and means upon the end sections for engaging the strip to hold them against relative transverse movement.

6. A metallic railway tie including ilexibly connected sections, rail engaging means iixedly secured to certain ci the sections. tongues spaced from said certain sections and connected thereto, and rail engaging means adjustably mounted on the tongues.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES lV. JORDAN.

Witnesses J. E. SIMPSON7 HERBERT D. LAWSON.

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