Improved Manufacture of Railway Spikes and a Process and Apparatus for Fixing the same.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 9th Apr., 1892
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Improved Manufacture of Railway Spikes, and a Process and
Apparatus for Fixing the same.
I, CARL SIGMUND, Ritter von Ilanor, See Villa, near Altersee, Austrian
Empire, do hereby declare the nature of my invention 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 the improved manufacture of railway spikes and a
process and apparatus for fixing the same whereby the spike is prepared to receive
a safety spike or nail which can be driven into the same by applying a specially
constructed apparatus.
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a sleeper with a spike and safety nail driven into
same and the apparatus used for such purpose.
Fig. 2 is a top view of the apparatus.
As will be evident from the accompanying drawing the spike a is securely held
in position by means of a second safety spike or nail b. The shaft of the spike a,
id est, that part of the spike which is driven into the sleeper, is provided with a
transverse boring a running either rectangularly or at an incline to the axis of
the spike.
The safety nail b of desired form and section which can also consist of an
ordinary wire nail of corresponding thickness is driven into the sleeper at a suitable
distance from and at an incline to the spike a so that the said nail meets the
boring a' of the spike a and passes through the same thereby altering its direction
and penetrating the sleeper at a curve so that a perfect securing of the spike a is
attained, the form of which depends on the direction of the boring a¹ and the
relative position of the same to the guide way c' of the apparatus or tongs or
pincers c.
The safety nail is driven in by means of a guide apparatus c with recess into
which the head of the spike a accurately fits and also provided with a further
recess c for guiding the safety nail b into the boring a' of the spike a.
In applying the apparatus the same is laid around the head of the spike a
driven into the sleeper and the safety nail so driven through the guide way c¹
into the sleeper until the said nail reaches the mouth of boring a' of the spike a,
when the guide apparatus is removed and the safety nail driven home. The guide
apparatus or tongs can be made of two parts instead of being attached by means
of a hinge whereby the two parts can be connected in any appropriate manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of iny said inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
1. The manufacture and application of spikes a with horizontal or inclined
boring a' so that by means of a novel apparatus or tongs c with guide way c¹ the
safety nail can be driven through the boring a¹ of the spike a substantially as
and for the purpose set forth.
2. The application of the tongs or apparatus c with recess for the head of the
spike a and guide way c for the safety nail barranged at such an incline that
the safety nail is guided into the boring a¹ of the spike a substantially as and for
the purpose specified.

page_text: 3. The process of securing rail spikes a with borings a' by means of the
apparatus e and safety nail 6 substantially as described.
Dated this 7th day of March 1892.
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.