US980788A - Railroad-tie. - Google Patents

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M. JAN'KIEWITZ:

RAILROAD TIE. 7 APPLICATION nun r1112, '1910.

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MICHAEL JANKIEWITZ, OF MANISTEE, MICHIGAN.

RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

Application filed February 2, 1910.- Serial No. 541,477.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL JANKIEWITZ, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Manistee, in the county of Manistee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to railway ties and track fastenings therefor, and the principal object of the same is to provide atie that will have a firm interlocking engagement with the roadbed and which is also provided with novel means whereby the improved track fastenings may be rigidly but detachably fastened thereto.

In carrying out the objects of the invention generally stated above it will be understood, of course, that the essential features thereof are necessarily susceptible of changes in detail and structural arrangements, one

preferred and practical embodiment of which is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a railroad track, showing the same held to the improved tie by the novel fasteners. Fig. 2 is a detail end view of a tie, the track fasteners being removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the track fasteners shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a similar view of a track fastener for use in connection with rail joints. Fig. 6 is a detail end view of a modified tie. Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 77, Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detail bottom view of a fastener used in connection with the tie shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is a detail end view of another modified tie. Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken on the line 1010, Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a detail bottom view of a fastener for use in connection with the tie shown in Fig. 9. Fig. 12 is a perspective view showing a form of rail fasteners adapted to be used in connection with this inven tion.

Referring to said drawings by numerals, and more particularly to Sheet 1 thereof, it will be observed that the improved tie is composed of cast or other metal having a hollow body, the top 1 of which is flat and the sides and end 23 are beveled so that said tie will have a firm interlocking engagement with the roadbed. Adjacent each end portion, the top 1 of the tie is provided with two spaced apart shallow seats 4, said seats being upon opposite sides of the rail supporting portions 5 of the top and each seat being provided with a plurality of recesses 6 one end portion of which is partially covered by the lip 7 that has a central slot 8 formed in it. A fastening bolt is provided for each recess, said bolt having its head 9 fitted beneath the lip 7 and its shank 10 projecting through the slot 8 thereof. The rail fasteners for use in connection with this form of the invention have a flat body portion 11 adapted for a snug fit within the seats 4 and are provided with bolt holes 12 for the passage of the fastening bolts and also with pendent lugs 13 adapted for a snug fit with recesses 6 so that the bolts will be held in proper fastening position, said fasteners being detachably clamped to their seats by the lock nuts 14. Each fastener is provided with a raised fiat outwardly projecting rail. flange engaging lip 15 that grips the flange of a rail, as is shown more clearly in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 5, a fastener of the type described has been shown equipped with an elongated fiat fish plate 16 that is carried by its railengaging lip 15, said fastener being of especial value for use in connection with the meeting ends of rails, as is shown in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 6 the seats for the fasteners have been omitted, and in their place the end portion of each tie is equipped with oppositely disposed sets of recesses 17 similar to those described in connection with sheet 1 of the drawings and also with a shallow lug seat 18 at one side of said recesses and a narrow elongated shallow seat 19 at the other side of said recesses. Fastening bolts 20 are held in said recesses 17 by the pendent lugs 21 of a flat fastener 22 that is also provided with a smaller pendent lug 28 for the seat 18 and an elongated pendent lug 24 for the seat 19. The rail flange engaging lip 25 of the fastener is preferably beveled on its under surface, its upper surface being in the same plane as the top of the fastener. Lock nuts 26 cooperate with the bolts 20 to rigidly but detachably hold the fasteners in rail-engaging position on the tie.

In Figs. 9 and 10 the seats 27 formed in the end portions of the tie are provided with openings 28 having enlarged lower ends 29, and other openings 30 having enlarged upper ends 31. Openings 28 are provided for the rail fastener-engaging bolts so that the heads 32 thereof will be held in the enlarged end 29 thereof and their shanks 33 will project above the top of the tie. Openings are provided for the pendent bolts whose heads 34 are in the enlarged ends 31 and their shanks 35 depend below the bottom surface of the top and pass through bolt openings formed in a locking strip 36 that is held in position to close the enlarged ends 29 of opening 28 so that the fastening bolts will be retalned therein. Preferably enlarged ends 29-31 of openings 28-30 are of the same shape as the heads of the bolts, so that said bolts cannot rotate therein. The rail fastener used in connection with this last described form of the invention has a fiat body 37 adapted for a snug fit in the seat 27, said body having openings 38 for the passage of the fastening bolts and being rigidly but detachably locked to said seat by the nuts 39. The rail flange engaging lip 40 of this fastener is similar in arrangement and construction to the lip of the fastener shown in connection with the form of the invention set forth on Sheet 1 of the drawings.

It will be seen from the foregoing that in all forms of the invention, the tie is adapted for a firm interlocking engagement with the roadbed, and that the fasteners have a rigid but readily detachable interlocking engagement with the tie, so that the operation of fastening rails to, or removing the same from, a tie is greatly facilitated.

In Fig. 12 a fastener 41 is shown that is provided at opposite edges with an upstanding rail. flange engaging lip 42. This fastener is especially adapted for use in connection with a main rail 43 and the guard rail 44, such as are used at crossings.

WVhat I claim as my invention is:

In combination, a tie having spaced recesses at each end, each of said recesses being provided with spaced lips forming bolt receiving slots; rail fastening plates each having a lug fitting within a respective recess and closing the mouth of the respective slot; and a bolt provided with a head fitting beneath said lips and having a shank passing upward through said slot and through the respective rail fastening plate.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL JANKIEIVITZ. WVitnesses G. P. GUINNAN, O. E. E. JOHNSON

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