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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
HENRY T. ARMSTRONG, OF JOSHUA, TEXAS.
RAILROAD-TIE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,188, dated Nay 17, 1898.
Application filed May 14, 1897, Serial No. 636,594. (No model.)To aZl whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, HENRY T. ARMSTRONG,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Joshua, in the county of Johnson and State
5 of Texas, have invented certain new and use-
ful Improvements in Railroad-Ties; and I do
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
io it appertains to make and use the same.
This invention relates to improvements in
metallic railroad-ties, and more particularly
to that class of which patent to W. H. Ad-
dicks, No. 539,210, dated May 14, 1895, may
15 be taken as a type; and the object of the pres-
ent invention is to simplify the construction
and reduce the cost without impairing the effi-
ciency of the device.
To this end the invention consists in the con-
20 struction, combination, and arrangement of
the device as will be hereinafter more fully
described, and particularly pointed out in the
claim.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
25 a perspective view of my improved tie. Fig.
2 is a perspective view of one end of another
form of tie. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the
line x x of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detail per-
spective view of one of the rail-fastening
30 blocks.
In the drawings, 1 denotes the body of the
tie, which is provided at its sides with sup-
porting-flanges 2, the adjacent faces of which
are beveled, and 3 denotes a longitudinal web
35 formed integral therewith.
In constructing railroads I use the tie shown
in Fig. 1, in which the web 3 is shown as pro-
vided with slots a a, corresponding to the base
and web of the rails. A tie thus constructed
40 is slipped onto the ends of the rails and slid
along to the desired point.
In the construction shown in Figs. 2 and 3
I have cut away the outer end of the innersection of the web 3, so that the tie may be
placed under the rails and the rails lowered 45
into the slots a a in the web 3. To close this
opening, I employ fastening-blocks 4, which
abut against the web and base of the rail and
hold the same in position. These blocks are
secured to the middle section of the web 3 of 50
the tie by bolts 5, and in order to relieve the
bolts of any undue strain incident to the jar-
ring of the rails I provide the blocks with a
locking-toe 8, which is inserted through an
orifice 9 in the tie 1 and projects under the 55
base of the rail, while the base of the block
forms a key 10, which fits into a longitudinal
recess 12 in the tie. I further provide the
block 4 on its inner side with a lateral rib 6,
which takes into a longitudinal groove 7, 6o
formed in the side of the cross-bar of the tie.
By this construction the strain is equally dis-
tributed and is removed from the bolt used to
secure the block in position.
From the foregoing description, taken in 65
connection with the accompanying drawings,
the construction and operation of the device
will be readily understood without requiring
an extended explanation.
Having thus described my invention, what 70
I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-
ent, is--
The combination with the tie 1, formed with
the orifice 9 and the longitudinal groove 7
communicating therewith, and the integral 75
slotted longitudinal web 3, of the block 4
formed with the integral toe 8 and lateral rib
6, and the bolt 5 adapted to detachably se-
cure said block to said web 3, substantially
as shown and described. 8o
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my
signature in presence of two witnesses.
HENRY T. ARMSTRONG.
Witnesses:
0. S. HALL,
J. W. REDEKER.
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Armstrong, Henry T. Railroad-Tie., patent, May 17, 1898; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510717/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.