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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
MILO A. MORTON. OF BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J. W. WHATLEY,
OF BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS.
BUILDING STRUCTURE.
No. 887,008. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 5, 1908.
Application filed August 9, 1907. Serial No. 387,875.
To all whom it may concern: caps or tie members may be of any suitable 55
Be it known that I, Mr.o A. MowroN, a size adapted for the reception of head por-
citizen of the United States of America, re- tions of any suitable number of the stringer
siding at Brownwood, in the county of Brown members. Where the structure is a bridge,
5 and State of Texas, have invented new and trestle or the like, as here shown, said stringer
useful Improvements in Building Structures, members are provided in their upper sides 60
of which the following is a specification. I with recesses 6 to receive the lower sides of
My invention relates to improvements in cross ties 7 for the support of the railroad
building structures,'such as trestles, bridges, rails.
10 buildings, dams and the like, to effect inter- The caps or tie members 2 are provided on
locking connections between stringers or their undersides with countersunk depending 65
beam members and caps, whereby such bosses or socket portions 8 to receive the up-
stringers or beam members are firmly tied to per ends of supporting columns, piles or the
such caps, and the said invention consists in like supporting elements 9 and thereby en-
15 the construction, combination and arrange- able the said cap or tie elements to become
ment of devices hereinafter described and firmly attached to the said columns or sup- 70
claimed. porting members and to connect the latter
In the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 together so that they mutually brace and
is a side elevation of a trestle illustrating a sustain one another and hence greatly in-
20 practical embodiment of my invention. Fig. crease the strength and stability of the struc-
2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a ture. 75
detail inverted plan of one of the caps. Fig. In connection with the supporting piles or
4 is a detail transverse sectional view taken columns 9 I also employ reinforcing piles or
on the plane indicated by the line 4-4 of columns 10, the upper ends of which are
25 Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail vertical transverse placed in sockets 11 in the brace arms 5.
sectional view taken on the plane indicated Reinforcing stringers 12 are also provided, so
by the line 5-5 of Fig. 1. which have their head or end portions gained
In the embodiment of my invention I pro- in recesses 13 in the upper sides of the end
vide stringers or beam members 1 and caps 2 portions of the brace arms 5 and are disposed
30 to which such stringers or beam members are below the stringers 1 and at points midway
detachably connected. Such stringers or between the vertical planes of such stringers. 85
beam members are formed at their ends with In structures of this character I also em-
enlarged heads 3 which are here shown as ploy reinforce brackets 14 to connect the
substantially cylindrical in form, but which stringers 1 and the reinforce stringers 12.
35 may be of other suitable shape. The caps 2 Such brackets have openings 15 in their
are here shown as circular in form, but may lower ends to receive the reinforce stringers 90
be of other suitable shape, and the same are and have notches 16 in the upper ends of
provided in their upper sides and inner oppo- their arms, to receive the stringers 1. Chair
site side edges with recesses 4 which corre- blocks 17 have their lower sides seated in
40 spond in size and shape with the head or end transverse recesses in the upper sides of the
portions of such stringers or beam members caps and are provided-in their upper sides 95
and are adapted to receive such head or end with seats 18 for the reception of the bases
portions of such stringer or beam members to of railway rails, such seats providing flanges
effect tight connections between such mem- 19 to bear on the base flanges of such rails.
45 bers 1, 2. The depth of the said recesses 4 It will be understood from the foregoing
corresponds with the thickness of such string- and by reference to the drawings that the 100
ers or beam members so that the head or end structure embodying my invention is ex-
portions of the latter are gained in thesaid ceedingly strong and durable, is secure
recesses, and the upper sides of said stringers against injurious vibration and may be read-
50 or beam members are disposed flush with the ily erected, since bolts and other like devices
upper sides of such caps or tie members 2. are not employed in securing a cap or tie 105
Such caps or tie members are further pro- members on the supporting column, nor in
vided with brace arms 5 which are inclined securing the stringer or beam members to
and extend downward therefrom. The said such cap or tie members.
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Morton, Milo A. Building Structure, patent, May 5, 1908; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513712/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.