US1837370A - Railroad tie protector - Google Patents

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J. PUGEL Dec. 22, 1931.

RAILROAD TI E PROTECTOR Filed Oct. 11, 1950 ATTORN Y Patented Dec. 22, 1931 l 61..v Y r a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE j a 301m ruonn, OF nLIzAnn'rn, nEw. nRsnv V i l i RAILROAD TIEfrno'rEoTon Application filed. October 11, 1930.1 Siam No. asaeea' This invention relates to protecting devices terial of the tie 10' to secure the band 11 in for wooden railroad ties, and has for its main its tightly drawn position around the tie. object to provide a device which will prevent The ends 11a and 11b of the band mayoverlap a cracking and subsequent rotting of the one another andmay be secured together on ends of such ties. the tie by'similar securing means 13. It will It is a well known fact that the ends of said be obvious that even this simple form of my wooden railroad ties are liable to crack durinvention. will keep the material of the tie ing use and to rot and decay through such near its endtightly togetherand prevent the cracks and my invention mainly consists in cracking or splitting of said material with its providing a ring like structure around the subsequent rottingand deteriorating. V I d tie adjacent to its end tightly drawn around An improved form of my device is shown the same and secured thereto which will prein Figs. 2 and 8, wherein the protecting band Vent the cracking and separating of thema 14' has prongs 15 struck out from the same at terial of the ends of said railroad ties, and appropriate places so that a few prongs will 15 at the same time such protecting devicemay be driven into each sideof the tie when the V alsohave extensions to be bent over and upon band is'tightly drawn around the same and the endsof the tie so as to further protect the by this simple means the ends of the tie will same from rotting. be kept tightly compressed and the cracking Otherobjects of my invention are to proor splittingv thereof prevented; vide a device of the character mentioned A modified form of the embodiment of 7awhich will be simple and inexpensive in 0011 Figs. 2 and 3 is shown in Fig. 5 in which exstruction and efficient in use. tensions 16 are provided at the one side of the In the accompanying drawings forming a band 14 having inclined sides 17 so that when part of this specification: the band is tightly drawnand secured right Fig. lis an end elevation of a wooden railat the end of the tie, said extensions may be 75 road tie showing one embodiment of my inbent over the end surface of the tie and vention applied thereto; through prongs 18 driven into the material Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of to secure the same into its end surface and to a railroad tie adjacent to its end showing ancover and protect it by said extensions.

other form of my device, while V In Fig. 4, finally, I show a still further o Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the tie and promodification of my railroad tie protecting detecting device shown in Fig. 2, Y vice in which the band around the tie and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of an end of the the protecting cover on its end surface are tie showing another modification of my pro made up of four angular sections 19, 20, 21 tecting device applied thereto, and and 22,'each section covering one corner of Fig. 5 is a blank of still another modificasaid tie and to be secured thereto by nails or tion of my device before being applied-to the screws 23, the meeting edges of the sections tie and broadly representing the device overlapping one another, as at 24, and being shown in Figs. 2 and 3 with extensions added secured to one another and to the material of 40 at one side thereof to be bent over and fasthe tie and its end surface by similar securing tened to the ends of the tie. means 23.

Referring now more closely by characters It will be understood that changes and of reference and particularly to Fig. 1, the variations may be made in the parts and comnumeral 10 indicates a wooden railroad. tie, binations of my device and I hereby reserve 45 adjacent to the one end of which a metal my rights to any and all such changes and hand 11 is wound around, tightly drawn over modifications as are within the spirit of the the tie. Apertures 12 are provided at approinvention and the scope of the annexed claims. priate places in the metal band, and nails, What Iclaim as new, is: screws or other securing elements maybe 1. 'Aprotectin'g device for wooden railroad driven through the apertures 12 into the maties, comprising an elementencircling said tie loo adjacent to the end thereof, being tightly Wound around the same and secured thereto so as to prevent the cracking or splitting of said end, said element being in the form of a metal band, and having prongs struck out from the material of said band adapted to engage the sides of said tie.

2. A protecting device for wooden railroad ties, comprising an element encircling said tie adjacent to the end thereof, being tightly Wound around the same and secured thereto so as to prevent the cracking or splitting of said end, said element being in the form of a metal band, extensions applied along one edge of said band, said extensions being adapted to be bent over the end surface of the tie to cover and protect the same.

3. A protecting device for Wooden railroad ties, comprising an elenient'encircling said tie adjacent to the end thereof being tightly wound around the same and secured thereto so as to prevent the cracking or spli ting of said end, said element being in the form of a metal band, prongs struck out from the material of said band adapted to engage the sides of said tie, extensions being provided along one edge of said band adapted to be bent over and cover and protect the end surface of the tie, said extensions also having prongs to engage the material of the tie.

Signed at New York in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 2nd day of September, 1980.

JOHN PUGEL.

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