US1471251A - Tie - Google Patents

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Oct. 16v 1923.

JJ w. FALK TIE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 25m, 1922 J. W. FALK Oct. 16 1923.

TIE

2 Sfieets-Sheet 2 Filed July 25 1922 wamlzw Patented Oct. 16 1923. i

7 'o all 'whom t concem V W. FALK, :or Litrrtj; I'ALLs, Mimsora.

fi application med my. 25, 31922; serial nb. 577,387..

Be it known that JAMEs VV. Fatima V citizen of the UnitedStatesy'residing at has for ;its chief characteristic the provision Vof means'for clamping the rail, which `means i is'constructed'so thatv it can be adjusted from time to time,'as the rail'"wears down into'the A hold the rail immovable.-

the wooden l,ferred to.

Little Falls, in thecounty. of `Morrison andv State of Minnesota, have inventedtnew and useful Improvements in'Tie's, of which the vfollowing is a'specification'. j

This invention relates torailroad ties, and

wooden cushioning, .'element, and thereby In carrying out the invention, I 'also'provide a sectional`tie,`.wherein the respective sections are'not only reinforced by the ele- `ments which are utilized'to detachably coni nect the Sections together, but they are each further ,reinforced .by aV metallic member which is designed to receive and ;support cushioning element above re- The nature and advantages of the invention-will bebetter understood when the following detailed description is vread in connect-ion with theV `ac'compa'nying drawings,

the 'invention residing in theconstruction,d tcomblnation, and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this ap-: plication, likenumerals of'reference'indicate similar parts in the several views, and

whereinzg 'i Figure 1 is a side elevationof the tie.

i Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is` a longitudinal sectional view w through one of the tie Sections.

Figure is a sectional view'taken `at a right angle 'to Figure 3.

Figure' isa detail view of the rail clamp;

Figure 6 is a detail view of the key. V Figure 7 is a top plan view of one of the tie sections showing by dotted lines the posii tion of the parts embedded in said section.V

Figure 8 is a fragmentaryi view of the casting showing the ,shoulder' and the space` therebetween for accommodating the tie clamp.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 10

`and 11 indicate respectively the tie Sections,

each of which is formed from concrete, and

' reinforced by spaced parallel metallic/ members 12 and 13 respectively, which havetheirV opposite ends. extended Vupwardlyand Curved tovs'ardv eachV otherl asV shown; Also bined reinforcing and connecting .element V14; which 1s -pl'ovidedzwith one 'or'more open-` cmbedde'd eachitie section,'and arranged between the elements=12 vand 113,? is aV com-`` 'ings 16 to faccommodate right angularly dis- -poised members 1.7, av construction which holds the reinforcing elements lt limmovably associated. with Vthe tie Sections. Onezzof these elements 14' projects beyond one endV esf ofits. respective tie section'and terininates' in ayokfe-like portion'lS, and thencorre sponding extremity z of the. reinforcing element; llfof the other; section 'of the tieis`V` .threa'ded into. this yoke-ilike, portion 18, and has associated therewith' anutV 20. 'Inthis manner,"the,tiesectionsjlO and "111:arede -;Embedd d ineach tie section is a metallic casting'22which is formed with a recess'23,

'whichjopens at the upper side of the section, this casting lying'flush `with theupper sur- 1 ,o face of 'the said'sections as illustrated. This I g I .casting constitutes a cushion support,- inasmuch as the'woodencushionlng element 24 1s adapted to be received by the 'recess 23 'to lsupportthe rail 25. This cushion support i i isflprovided withpointed projections 26 ris-V ;ing'from Vthe bottom fof the recess 23an`d adapted to be V``embedded in the cushioning element 2111 The casting 22 ,at one side of the cushioning element is -provided with a groove27, which is adapted to receive a key 28, theikey being wider than the groove Vand adapted to bear against the rear'wall of the latterrandthe adjacent sideof the cu'shion* ing element, and the adjacentzedge of the base of the rail. The recess 23 is consider- 1 ably wider than the cushioning element`24, .to provide a: space 29 at one side ofv the cushioning element for the tie clamp 30, the;

clamp being'arranged to movet within this 'this space when it is Vadjusted downwardly into effective engagement with the fbase vof The tieclamp 30 is of usual con-v struction, and is slidably. supported upon a' the rail.

threaded'bolt 31, the latter having a T-head iooA 32 which is arranged between one side of the j cushioning .element 24, and a'rshoulder 33 o i `"formed on the casting 22. Arrangedabove the clamp30 and adjustably associated` with the bolt 31, vis'a nut `34:, which' when ju'sted or threaded downwardly on theb'olt,

forces the clamp `30 down into effective en-V `gagement with the base of the rail, and holds the ,rail, 'immovably positioned upon. the

cushioning element. The casting is'pro-V i 1 I videdxwithan opening 35at'a; point Vbeneath the Vcushioning to accommodate' the oushion key 36.

of the invention will be readilyrapparenlscope of What is-clailned. .if What I cv'laim is o :j ",l'Aconcrete 'tie,'a v

Sbeddedin said Vtie'andzlying flash With the upper surface Fthereof, said casting having desire to'have it under-Stood that I do not limit vmyself to what visherein shown and described, and that such changes maybe resorted to Vjwhendesired as' fall :within the 'metallic-"casting` emfal recess'a' cushi'oning element arrar'ig'edl in said* recess',-a`1pin interposed between on'e jside 'of the-cushioning elementf and one 'Wall i 'foffthe recess, said. .recess'being wider'than .thejcush'ifonings element and provided With a ospacefatftheSoppositeside of said elernent,'-aV

` threaded bolt'arranged in said space, arail clamp. slidablegonsaid b0lt,andl a nut as-,

Vsociated with 'the`V bolt h and: bearing against saidfclanip, Whereby'the latter can'be inoved downwardly in said space into effective en-` ga'gementwith the base of the rail incident I o ;to the Wear of thecushioning element.

(VVhile is believedvthat from the foregoing description, the nature andadvantag'es 2. concrete tie, a metallic casting embedded'in said tie and lyingl fiush With the zqupper surface thereo'f, said casting having a recess, a Wooden block arranged in the reeess toH supportV the rail, said casting having a Vertical groove, a pin slidable in said groove and arran'ged to bear against the castlng and spacefat the opposite sidethereofia threaded bolt arrangedin said space and having a T- head,"a 'shoulder formed in saidrecesthe head of said bolt'beinginterposedbetween theshoulde'r and the adjacent side of the -block,'-a -rail clanipslidable on the b'olt andV adapted `to "be moved 'downwardly' -in :said space into 'effectiveiengagement With'the'base h oi'the '1'ai1, incident to the wear of the block,

and a Vnut adjustable 'on the bolt and bearing against'said clamp.- 1; l

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