Improvements in and connected with Railroad-ties or Sleepers.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application (in United Kingdom). 23rd Dec.. 1890
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Dec., 190-Accepted, 7th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Dec., 1890-Accepted, 7th Mar., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Railroad-ties or Sleepers.
I, HIRAM D. DASHER, of Middletown, in the County of Dauphin and State of
Pennsylvania, United States of America, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH RAILROAD-TIES
AND SLEEPERS, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in metallic railroad-ties.
The object of the invention is to provide a railroad-tic which can be made up
of cast or wrought metal and which is so shaped that the rail will be held thereon
by a locking-bar; and it consists in the construction and combination of the
parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the
claims.
In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this Specification,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a railroad-tie constructed in accordance with
my invention, one of the covering-plates being removed and a part of the side being
broken away at one end.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view;
Fig. 3, is a plan view.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the locking-bars.
The
A refers to a metallic box of suitable construction for the purpose intended,
which consists of a straight base A', side pieces B, and end cross-pieces C, the
sides and bottom being connected to each other by a central lug D, having inclined
ends and raised portions d adjacent thereto. On a line with these raised portions
the sides B B have perforations, through which pass bolts or locking-pins e.
upper cross-pieces CC have formed thereon or rigidly attached thereto projecting
portions e, which are adapted to lie over the outer flange of the rail, and inwardly
from these blocks are recesses having an outer straight edge and an inner beveled
edge, in which are adapted to be placed blocks of wood E, upon which the rails
will rest, so as to do away with the objectionable features of a solid unelastic tie.
If desirable, a packing or strip of rubber may be placed under the wooden blocks
to give greater clasticity thereto. The ends of the ties are re-enforced by
increasing the thickness of the metal, and an opening is provided through which
water which may collect in the boxes on each side of the lug D may escape.
F refers to the locking-bars, the outer ends of which are enlarged and provided
with projections fand, the upper projecting portion being adapted to engage
with the inner flange of the rail, while the lower projecting portion abuts against
the transverse web y, located beneath the wooden block E. The inner end of the
locking-bar F is beveled to contact with the tapered portions of the lug D, and is
held down by the locking pins or bolts e, which pass through perforations in the
side pieces, as shown. These locking-bars may be provided with an eye, so that
they can be readily raised when the bolts are removed and it is desired to remove
the rails.
If necessary, covering-plates may be provided.

page_text: The tie proper, hereinbefore described, may be formed of a single casting, or be
made of malleable metal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A metallic railroad-tie- having recesses for the reception of wooden blocks,
permanent projecting portions for engaging with the outer flange of the rail,
a central beveled portion D, and a locking-bar, substantially as set forth.
2. A metallic railroad-tie consisting of bottom and sides connected to each other
by end portions having openings for the escape of moisture and a central transverse
portion, the upper portion of said tie being recessed for the reception of
wooden blocks, said recesses being beveled at their inner vertical edges, substantially
as set forth.
3. In a metallic railroad-tie constructed substantially as shown and provided with
a central portion D, having tapered sides, locking-bars F, adapted to engage
therewith and with the inner flange of the rail, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
4. The combination, with a railroad-tie constructed substantially as shown and
provided with a transverse portion beneath the rail and an inclined central block,
of a locking-bar having one end beveled, the opposite end being provided with
projections and f, substantially as set forth.
5. The combination, with a cast or metallic railroad-tic, of the bottom, side, end
portions and central inclined block, formed integral with each other, recesses for
the reception of blocks E, portion C, for engaging the outer flange of the rails,
locking-har F, having projections formed on one end, which engage with the
transverse webs of the tie and with the inner flange of the rails, and bolts which
pass through the sides of the tie for holding the opposite ends of the locking-bar
down, substantially as set forth.
6. In combination with a metallic railroad-tie constructed substantially as shown
and provided with locking-bars with raised projecting ends, covering-plates H, cut
away so that the ends of the locking-bar can pass between them, substantially as
set forth.