US609123A - Metallic railway-tie - Google Patents

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H. A. SAATHOFF. METALLIC RAILWAY TIE.

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(Application filed May 29, 1897,)

Patented Aug. le, |898.

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HARM A. SAATHOFF,

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OF MENLO, KANSAS.

METALLIC RAILWAY-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,123, dated August 16, 1898.

Application led May 29, 1897. Serial No. 638,699. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HARM A. SAATHOFF, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Menlo, in the county of Sheridan and State of Kan-` sas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Railway-Ties; and I do hereby'declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains ,to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in metallic railway-ties and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out particularlyin the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a 'railway-tie of the character set forth that shall be cheap and simple of construction and one which has undercut portions for engagement with the outer'lianges of T-rails, said tie being so constructed that a securing-plate may be bolted upon its upper face for holding the lianges upon the inner sides of said rails, which object is attained by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through a railway-tie as made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a general perspective View of the tie, the rails being removed. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective of the securing-plate.

My improved tie is preferably stamped from sheet-steel for cheapness and lightness of construction, the ends thereof being raised so as to form ridges 2 2. The outer ends of said ridges gradually slope down, as shown in Fig. 2, until they meet the base-lines of the sides. The inner ends of said ridges are undercut at such an angle as to snugly fit the outer flange of the common T-rail.

The central portion of the tie is flattened at 3, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and provided with apertures 4 4 for a purpose hereinafter referred to. i

v The distance between the rails 5 5 when resting upon portion 3 of the tie with their outer iianges snugly fitted in the undercut of ridges 2 is such as to allow the iange of carwheels (not shown) to enter therebetween.

6 represents the securing-plate, which has its ends bent upward at such angles as to iit upon the flanges of the rails at the inner sides thereof. Said plate 6 is provided with perforations 7 7, which are in such position as to register with apertures 4 4 of the tie, and said plate is adapted to be secured upon said tie by passing bolts S 8` throughapertures 4 .and 7, said bolts receiving suitable nuts upon their lower threaded ends'. It will be seen that by thus locking the rails the gage or distance therebetween may be perfectly maintained.

It will thus be seen by reference to Fig. 2 that the ends of the tie extend downward below its main portion, and the inner extremities of said ends are cut in, so as to form prongs 9, for a purpose hereinafter referred to. Before the tie is pressed into the form shown the flat metal sheet of which it is composed lies in a plane with the central portion 3, and as the ridges 2 are forced upward V-shaped cuts are made at their inner ends, one side of each cut being raised to form the undercut end above referred to. Thus it will be obvious that the tie may be made bya single operation.

It will be understood that as this improved tie is laid upon a road-bed and pressure applied to its upper side the soil or material from such bed will have a tendency to crowd inward and upward as it sinks and not outward therefrom. Any Vibration of the rails secured upon this improved tie would have a tendency to pack the road-bed thereunder. It will also be seen that by reason of the direction in which the size of the tie extends 'transverse movement would be impossible,

as also would any longitudinal movement on account of prongs 9 9, which are so formed as to securely hold the tie from such movement in either direction.

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

1. Arailway-tie formed of sheet-steel, having its ends raised centrally to anapex, the

inner extremities of said ends beingundercut IOO so as to snugly iit upon the iianges of the outer sides of rails 5, the securing-plate 6 having its ends raised at such an angle as to bear upon the inner iianges of said rails, said plate plate being provided With apertures which are adapted to register, and the bolts and nuts for binding said plate upon said tie, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

HARM A. SAATHOFF.

Witnesses:

II. L. KORB, GROVER WALKER.

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