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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
JAMES E. CRAWFORD AND BENJAMIN P. HARDY, OF SILVERTON, TEXAS.
RAIL TIE AND FASTENER.
988,627. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 4, 1911.
Application filed August 6, 1910. Serial No. 575,889.
To all whom it may concern: is arranged transversely within the tie body
Be it known. that we, JAMES E. CRAWFORD and intersects each opening 4, said seat be-
and BENJAMIN P. HARDY, citizens of the ing provided with longitudinal flanges 6
United States, residing at Silverton, in the along the upper portion thereof so as to pre- 60
5 county of Briscoe, State of Texas, have in- sent a broad upper face on which the rail 7
vented a new and useful Rail Tie and Fas- is adapted to rest. The upper face of the
tener, of which the following is a specifica- seat is flush with the corresponding face of
tion. the tie body. The said seat has a web por-
This invention relates to railway ties and tion 8 extending downwardly from the up- 65
10 fasteners for use in connection therewith, per or bearing portion thereof and the said
one of the objects of the invention being to bearing portion, which is formed by the
provide a tie body formed of plastic. mate- flanges 6 and the adjacent part of the block
rial and in which are arranged metallic rail 5, extends at its ends beyond the web 8
seats having novel forms of fasteners com, and rests on the upper reinforcing rod 3. 70
15 bined therewith. Stepped projections 9 extend from the ends
Another object is to provide interengag- of the web 8 at the bottom of said web and
ing fasteners cooperating with the seat for project under the lower reinforcing rods 2.
binding the rail thereon, there being means It will thus be seen that after the tie has
located within the tie and engaging the fas- been molded with the rods 2 and 3 and the 75
20 teners for securing them to the seat. metal seat in position, it. becomes impossible
Another object is to provide novel means for said seat to be loosened relative to the
for anchoring the seats within the tie so as tie body because it is securely held by the
to prevent said seats from working loose and rods 2 and 3. A recess 10 is formed in the
becoming disconnected from the tie body. lower face of the seat and is for the purpose 80
25 With these and other objects in view the hereinafter set forth.
invention consists of certain novel details Each of the seats 5 has a pair of fasten-
of construction and combinations of parts ing devices combined therewith and which
hereinafter more fully described and pointed serve to securely attach the rail to the seat.
out in the claims. One of these fastening devices is in the form. 85
30 In the accompanying drawings the pre- of a metal strip 11 having a rail engaging
ferred form of the invention has been shown. head 12 at its upper end and which is bent
In said drawings:-Figure 1 is a plan so as to overhang the adjoining flange 6 and
view of a tie constructed in accordance with to fit snugly against the lower surface of
the present invention, the middle portion of said flange. An opening 13 is formed 90
35 the tie being removed. Fig. 2 is a central within the strip 11 and a tongue 14 extends
longitudinal section through the tie, rails from the lower end of the strip and is
being shown in position thereon. Fig. 3 is adapted to project into the recess 10, this
a section on line A-B Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an tongue being formed with an opening 15 ad-
enlarged perspective view of one of the me- jacent its free end. The other fastening 95
40 tallic rail seats and showing the fasteners device consists of a metal strip 16 having
combined therewith. a head 17 at its upper end corresponding
Referring to the figures by characters of with the head 12 and an opening 18 is
reference 1 designates a tie body formed of formed in this strip and corresponds with
concrete or other plastic material and which the opening 13. A hooked extension 19 is 100
45 is reinforced by longitudinally extending provided at the lower end of the strip 16
rods 2 located adjacent the sides of the bot- and is adapted, when the fasteners are as-
tom thereof, and by upper longitudinally sembled, to project into the opening 15
extending reinforcing rods arranged adja- within the tongue 14.
cent the upper longitudinal edges of the An opening 20 extends through the web 105
50 body. portion 8 of the seat 5 and, when the fasten-
Openings 4 are formed within the tie body ers are assembled upon the seat, this open-
adjacent the ends thereof, these openings ing registers with the openings 13 and 18 so
being arranged along the longitudinal cen- I as to permit a bolt 21 to be inserted throughter of the body and having their end and them. By providing a nut 22 upon the bolt, 110
55 side walls converging downwardly as clearly the fastening strips 11 and 16 can be tightly
indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. A rail seat 5 clamped against opposite faces of the seat 5.
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Crawford, James E. & Hardy, Benjamin P. Rail Tie and Fastener., patent, April 4, 1911; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509043/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.