US1212217A - Boltless tie. - Google Patents

Description

P. J. HARRIGAN.

BOLTLESS TEE- APPLICATION FILED AUG-7| 1916.

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TED STATES PATENT ourion.

PATRICK J. HARRIGAN, or HARRISBURG, ILLINOIS.

BOL'ILESS TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1917'.

Application'filed August 7, 1916. Serial No. 113,681.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, PATRICK J. HARRIGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Saline and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new 7 placed in'position, andfurthermore being so constructed that in case of the breakage of any part, a supplemental or auxiliary fastening means may be readily employed.

An embodiment of the invention that is at present considered the preferred one, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a cross sectional view through a railway and a longitudinal section through one of the ties, constituting the subject-matter of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the detachable ears, Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view of a portion of a tie showing the rail fastening elements integral therewith.

Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment disclosed, the tie consists of a metallic plate or bar 5 of channel section, having struck up from its end portions, outer integral rail engaging hooks 6, said hooks being adapted to engage over the outer base flanges 7 of the rails 8. Adjacent to the inner base flange 9 of' the rail is formed an upstanding ear 10 also integral with the tie plate or bar 5, and having an opening 11 therethrough. An opening 12 is formed in said tie adjacent to the car 10, and between the same and the base flange 9 of the rail 8. This opening receives a detachable ear designated generally by the reference numeral 13, and preferably com prising a plate doubled to form webs 14 that V lie alongside the car 10, the terminal portions of the plate being offset in opposite directions, as illustrated at 15, forming feet that bear against the under side of the tie. The detachable ear may be formed of a malleable piece if desired. The webs 14L also are provided with openings 16 that are alined with the opening 11, and through these alined openings is passed a rail retaining drift spike 17 having a tapered end 18 that overlies and wedges upon the inner base flange 9 of the rail. The; opposite end of the spike is in the form of a head 19, andthis head is adapted to pass over and engage behind. a securing rib 20'for1ned upon the tie.

It'will be obvious that rails secured by the means above described are effectively held in place, and that the necessity of bolts is, dispensed with. YVhile the parts are strongand not liable to derangement, still if any should break, it will be seen that those remaining can be utilized. For example, if one of the detachable ears 13 is broken, it can be readily replaced. If one of. the ears 10 should be broken off, the part 13 may still be utilized. In like manner if one of the.

hooks 6 should become inoperative, an ear, like 13, may be passed through the opening left by the formation of said hook and the drift spike utilized.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation and many advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the'spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. A railroad tie having a portion on which the railrests, an upstanding lug and an opening alongside said lug, an upstanding ear that engages in the opening, and rail fastening means engaging the lug and ear.

2. A railroad tie having a portion on which the rail rests, an upstanding lug and an opening between said portion and the lug, an upstanding ear engaged in theopening between the lug and a rail placed on said portion, and rail fastening means passing through the lug and ear.

3. A railroad tie having a portion on which the rail rests, an upstanding lug spaced from said portion, a detachable ear interposed between said lug and a rail placed on the portion, and a transversely disposed standing lug on the opposite side of the rail,

an ear that passes through the tie, said ear having afoot on the under sideof the tie, and a retaining spike passing through the lug and engaging over the base flange of the rail.

' passes through the tie,

5. A railroad tie having a stop for engagement with one side of a rail, an upstanding lug on the opposite side of the rail, an ear formed of an upstanding doubled plate that said plate having offset terminal portions on the under side of said tie, and a retaining spike that passes through the lug and engages over the base fiangeof the rail.

6. A metallic railroad tie comprising a plate having an upstanding integral ear and an opening alongside the same, an ear passing through the opening and having a foot beneath the plate, and rail engaging means passing through both ears.

7. A railroad tie comprising a metallic plate having an upstanding integral ear and an opening alongside the ear, another ear passing through the opening formed of an upstanding doubled plate having ofiset terminal portions forming feet on the under side of said plate, and a rail retaining spike that passes through the ears and engages over the base flange of the rail.

8. A railroad tie comprising a metallic plate having an upstanding integral rail engaging hook on one side and an upstanding integral ear on the opposite side of the rail, said plate also havingan opening disposed between the ear and the base of a rail engaged with the hook, an upstanding doubled plate passing through the opening and eX- tending alongside the ear, said plate having oppositely extending feet, a retaining drift spike that passes through the upstanding ear and plate and engages over the base flange of the rail, said spike having a head, and a retaining rib on the tie plate behind which said head engages.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK J. HARRIGAN. WVitnesses:

" THOMAS QUINN,

W. W. WHEATLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

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