Method of attaching a rail and a tie plate to a cross tie

Details Method of attaching a rail and a tie plate to a cross tie Method of attaching a rail and a tie plate to a cross tie

1978-11-15

1980-05-20

Moon, Charlie T.

Metal working

Method of mechanical manufacture

With separating, localizing, or eliminating of as-cast...

85 21, 238366, 238371, B23P 1900

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042031931

ABSTRACT:
A spike retainer which may be forcibly driven through an aperture in a tie plate into a wood cross tie includes an upper lip for engaging a flanged base of a rail supported by the tie plate. A movable wedge attached to the spike retainer is forced between the cross tie and the tie plate when a spike is forcibly inserted into the spike retainer, thereby clamping the tie plate and the flanged base of the rail between the upper lip and the movable wedge. The spike retainer is initially inserted into a pre-drilled hole in the cross tie by means of an insertion tool having a channel which permits the spike retainer to be forcibly inserted into the hole without engaging the movable wedge.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1118431 (1914-11-01), McKently
patent: 1855329 (1932-04-01), Wagner
patent: 2719452 (1955-10-01), Jones
patent: 3367576 (1968-02-01), Suermann
patent: 3927467 (1975-12-01), Schoeman
patent: 3964680 (1976-06-01), Arthur
"The Arthur Railroad Spikelock", 1977.

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