US1529310A - Metal railroad tie - Google Patents

Description

March'lO, 1925- y 1,529,310

J. HOJNOWSKI METAL RAILROAD TIE Filed Dec. 15, 1922 Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES JAKOB I-IOJ'NOWSKI, OF NEKOOSA, 'W'ISCONSIN.

METAL RAILROAD TIE.

Application filed December 13, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAKOB HOJNOWSKT, a citizen of Poland, residing at Nekoosa, in the county of Wood and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Railroad Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to railroad track construction, having particular reference to a novel type of tie or sleeper, and to the means for securing the rail to the latter.

The invention has for an object to provide an improved type of railroad tie and track fastener which is inexpensive in construction and installation, and which permits of the ready replacement of the rail when necessary.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. l of the drawings is a perspective view showing a section of a railroad track having the invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the application to a sliding end or cross-over.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view showing one tie.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view of the tie, with the rail in place thereon.

Fig. 5 is av detail horizontal sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Referring now to the drawings, the reference numeral 10 indicates a pair of track rails of ordinary construction. The improved ties or sleepers which I employ are made of metal.

As indicated in Fig. 4 I may employ either bolts such as 17 passed upwardly through said apertures 15 and having each a nut 18 threaded on its upper end and bean.

Serial No. 606,589.

ing on the base flange of the .rail,or I may employ a, stud 20 having a laterally offset head 21 similar to that of a railroad spike, this stud having an aperture therein to receive a cotter pin 22 whereby it is secured against displacement. To prevent turning movement of the bolts or spikes the extreme side edges of the tie are bent downward as at 24 to provide a channel to confine the heads of the bolts, or the cotter pins 22.

The tie shown in Fig. 3, comprises a top plate 12' and vertical wall members 13',

the metal being doubled upon itself at a distance from the side edges thereof to form the vertical wall members 13. To hold the bolts 17 against rotation the extreme side edges of the tie are bent downward as at 24 to provide a channel therebetween and the walls 12 in which the heads of the bolts are confined.

In Fig.1, I have shown my invention applied to a track at a switch point, the meeting rails being indicated at 25 and the cross connecting rods for theswitch points being shown at 26.

In Fig. 2 I have shown my invention applied at a crossing, the tiesbeing suitably lengthened for this purpose, the diagonally crossing rails being indicated at 27.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

A pressed metal railroad tie comprising a single piece of sheet metal doubled upon itself at points between its sides to form vertical depending wall members and having its extreme side edges downturned, said tie being formed with apertures between the said wall members and downturned edges to receive fastening elements.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

J AKOB HOJNOIVSKI.

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