US1441263A - Metal tie and rail chair - Google Patents

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Jan.. '9,

A. BERNIER.

METAL TVIE AND RAIL CHA-IR.

FILED SEPT. 9, 1922.

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trainee ANTH'IME JSERNIERy- ,Qr MONTREAL/QUEBEC; canape; 'v

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'Application neaseptember 9, 19227.I seriale. senese-f Zo @Zlio/m it may concern.' f

Be it known that l, ANTI-UME BERNinn, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and residing at the city of Montreal, in the' Prov ince of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented a newand useful Metal Tie and Rail Chair, of which theifollowing isv wood for that purpose; to lighten the weightv of the casting without diminishing the strength; to facilitate the laying of the rails gr to insure reliable and tight joints; and generally-to provide a permanent tie that will reduce the cost of maintenance and increase safety to the public in railway travel.

ln the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the tie showing the rails 4broken away.'v

Figure 2`isa longitudinal sectional view of the tie showing the rails in cross section.

-F igure 3 is a cross sectional view on the l line ifi-A; in Figure 1.

Figure l is a cross sectional view on the line B-B in Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a detail ofr a bolt suitable for usewith this invention.

Figure 6 is a cross sectional view on the line Ce-C in Figurel. c

Figure 7 is a detail of a fastening plate.

Like numerals ofk reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures Referring to the' drawings, the body 1 of the tie is formed of a casting or rolled plate preferably of iron having the rail chair ends 2 and 3 converging each innerend to the narrow neck il and the longitudinal slots 5 and 6 in each of the said chair ends 2 and 3 providing a central bar "T forming a contin. nation of the neck 4i.

The triple lugs S and the triple lugs 9 project outwardly from the chair ends 2 and 3 respectively, the central lugs projecting from the central barsT towardsvthe inner ends and the outer lugs projecting from the outer bars 10.

The central lugs'arereinforced by the-rib l r` y' llezitendinaalongthe neCkintO Said legs and the outer, lugs short ribs 12, j

:The tingle: lugs ..13 :lt are; the. full width ofthe chair ends2 and 3 and forni the recesses 15 and 16 for the joint plate 'and rail base respectively with vertical inner walls 17 and 18 corresponding to similar vertical walls in therecesses 19 and 20 formed,

by the triple lugs 8 and 9.

.eA .reinforced bri the' The single lug 14 is closer to the triple y lugs 9 than thesingle lug 13 is to the triple n lugs 8 as Where thek chair ends support the rail k21 intermediate of its length only a fastening plate 22'is necessary, but where the rails 23 and 24 meet on the chair 2 the joint plates 25 land 26 are required.

The plate 22 vis formed with thebase 27 wedge-shaped to lit in the recess-20 and the extension 28 covering the rail base and merging into the vertical flange 29 against the weblof the rail. The' upper face of the eX- tension 28is flattenedfor bolt heads and the bolt holes 30 with key slots 31 extend throughthe plate.

The jointplates 25 and 26 are similarly formed and the saine indicating numerals apply but the plates lit into the recesseslL and 19. n The bolts 32 are made with the square or polygonal head 33 and plain stem 311 having the keys 35 from the stem' underv the head j and-the keys '3G at right angles `to ther keys n 35 from the stem at the lower ends.

rPhe key bolts 32 in completing the fastening, are inserted through the joint plates,

rail bases and tie, the slots 37 for the lower l i keys 36 extending ythrough the metalv of the tie into the circular recesses 3S in which the keys 36 may turn freely. The key bolts'32 are turned in the recesses 38 before the` upper keys 35 are inserted in the key slots 31,

* therefore the keys 36 are out of register with the slots 37, when the upper keys are in place in the slots 31.` Y

In installing these ties and chairs the rails .are laid between the outer single lugs and inner triple lugs and where'a joint of two rails occurs joint plates are inserted and driven in until they registerv with the ,holes in the rails and in the ties'when the bolts are j dropped in land turned until the top keys find thekey slots in the plates. Only the single fastening plate is needed where the rail passes over a tie and this is driven in and locked by bolts in the saine Way as the joint plates.

What I claim is:

l. In a metal tie and rail chair, a body having rail chairs at the ends and bolt holes through said chairs, fastening plates having bolt holes therethrough and extending over the rail base, and bolts in said holes and adapted to be inserted through the rail base and lock under said body. y

2. In a metal tie and rail chair, a body having a reinforced neck portion connecting two broadened ends slotted longitudinally forming central and outer bars, the

latter having slotted bolt holes leading to `\15 recesses in the under faces, each broadened end having triple inner lugs and single outer lugs, fastening plates engaging in recesses formed by said lugs and having key slotted bolt holes, rails having bolt holes, and bolts having a suitable head and upper keys under said head engaging the plates in said key slots and lower keys at the end of the stein engaging said outer bars beyond the key slots.

Signed at Montreal, Canada, this 14th

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