US1395541A - Railway-tie - Google Patents

Description

H. B. WHERLEY.

RAILWAY TIE.

Patented Nov. 1, 192,1

APPLICATION FILED OCT. VI4 1920 IMLI - ...Mmm

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UNITED STATES lHENRY R. WHERLEY, or YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

Application led October 14, 1920. Serial No. 416,815.

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Be it known that I, HENRY R. VHE'RLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail ties especially adapted for supporting railway tracks.

An important object of this invention is to provide a railway tie constructed principally from metal so that the same is possessed of great strength and is, therefore, enabled to stand the. strain incident to the passage of rolling stock over the rails.

A further object of the invention is to provide a metallic railway tie having novel means for utilizing old wood ties as filler blocks or cores.

A further object of the invention is to provide a metallic railway tie having a pair of upstanding shoulders which are engaged by the outer edges of the rails when the rails are positioned on the tie so as to prevent the rails from spreading.

The invention forming the subject mattei of this application aims also to provide a metallic railway tie which is durable, cheap to manufacture and capable of being readily positioned.

lOther objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating the use of the improved metallic railway tie,

Fig. 2 is a central vertical fragmentary longitudinal sectional view through the improved tie, the view being taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l,

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the improved railway tie, the view illustrating the gripping means therefor,

F ig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral l0 designates the improved tie which is of metal and which, as illustrated in Fig. 2, is hollow and has its ends open. Filler blocks l2 are adapted to be received within the end portions of the metallic casing lO and if desired, may be cut from old wood railway ties which are unfit for further use. The filler blocks or cores l2 may be of a size to snugly fit within the ends of the casing so that accidental displacement of the filler blocks is prevented. As illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the filler blocks 12 terminate short of the center of the casing 10 and may be flush with the outer ends of the casing or may extend beyond the same if it is desired to increase the length of the tie.

As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, rail sections 14 are adapted to be mounted upon the casing l0 in spaced parallel relation as is customary. The base 15 of each rail has its outer longitudinal edge in contact with the transversely extending upstanding Shoulder 16 which is formed integral with the upper side of the casing. The upstanding shoulders 16 are formed integral with the casing, as just stated, and section. The function of the upstanding shoulders is to prevent the rails from spreading in the direction of the outer ends of the casing as the result of the movement of rolling' stock over the rails. Each of these transversely extending shoulders is interrupted adjacent one end by an opening 18 adapted for the reception of a rail spike. The head of the spike engages the base of the rail and, therefore, holds the same securely in position. A second set of openings 20 are provided in the upper side of the casing so as to receive rail spikes engaged with the inner longitudinal edge portions of the rails. The spikes are, of course, driven into the filler blocks 12 and, therefore, prevent the filler blocks from accidental displacement.

The improved metallic railway tie may be employed to the exclusion of wood ties in the construction of a track or, if desired, every third or fourth tie may be metal and constructed in accordance with this invention.

In order that the improved tie may be positioned beneath the rails, I have provided a pair of laterally projecting ears 22 on the sides of the casing 10 and have apertured the same so that stout hooks may be engaged with opposite sides of the casing for moving the casing longitudinally beneath the track.

With reference to Fig. 3, it will be observed that the end portions of the casing may be provided with gripping means in the form are triangular in cross c of a plurality of spaced lugs 24. By means of the lugs 24, the casing l() is anchored to the ground and is prevented from moving endwise as the result of vibration due to the passage of rolling stock.

The improved railway tie is practically indestructible since the same is enabled t0 withstand the strain of supporting the rolling stock. Further, since the tie is principally of metal, the same does not rot 0r deteriorate as the result of exposure to the weather.

In carrying out the invention the ller blocks l2 are not necessarily made from old ties, but may be especially made from any suitable wood.

Having thus described the invention, what 1s claimed as new 1s:

A railway tie comprising a metallic casing Y Y with a wooden core, shoulders of triangular cross section projecting upwardly from the top surface of said casing and provided with a perpendicular side adapted to engage the outer edge of the foot of a rail, anchoring projections in trellis formation formed on the under side of said casing and spaced apertures being provided in the top side 0f said casing for receiving spikes adapted to engage with said core.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

HENRY Q. VVHERLEY. [rhs]

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