Railway-rail support.

Application filed February 23, 1909. Serial No. 479,576.

To dll whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, August Neusus, citizen of the United States, residing at Winslow, in the county of Stephenson and State of 5 Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rail Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to railway rail sup10 ports, and particularly contemplates the provision of parallel rail supporting sills, having adjustable spacing and reinforcing members engaging through portions thereof, which members and said portions -are molded 15 with cement therearound to form the rail ties, said sills having through portions by which the rails are secured thereto, and the object thereof is to provide a simple and inexpensive construction which will be strong 20 and durable in its practical use.

Further objects and advantages of my present invention will appear in the course of the following description, in which reference is made to the accompanying drawing, 25 forming a part of this specification, in which like, numerals are used to designate like parts throughout the several figures, and in which,

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of the 30 skeleton metallic frame. Fig. .2 is a · top plan view of the complete construction and illustrating the rails secured thereto. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view thereof on the line 3—3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a perspective* 35 view of one of the supporting sills, showing the ends of the reinforcing members connected thereto.

In the practical embodiment of my invention, I provide a rail support comprising 40 spaced supporting sills 1, held in parallel relation and in the correct position by spacing reinforcing bolts 2, the sills 1 comprising flat metal plates 3 transversely slit for a short distance from their longitudinal 45 edges to provide central flanges 4 upturned to receive the rails a, and encl flanges 5 downturned and apertured to receive the ends 6 of the reinforcing bolts 2, said ends being adapted to be bent toward one an50 other to bear against the external surfaces of the outer downturned flanges 5 and with slots to receive taper pins 7 to bear against the external surfaces of the inner downturned flanges 5, thus locking the reinforcing rods at both sides of the sills 1. The up- 55 turned central flanges 4 are also provided with apertures 8 for the reception of bolts 9 having beveled enlargements 10 for engagement within openings in the web of the rail a, thereby securely holding said rail iri 60 place when the said bolts 9 are drawn tight by means of nuts 11 bearing against one of said flanges 4.

•The downturned flanges 5 of the supporting sills 1, and their reinforcing spacing 65 bolts 2, are entirely embedded within cemenr or concrete molded therearound to form elongated rectangular ties 12, the upper surfaces of which are level with the upper surface of the plate 3 of the said sills 1. It 70 will thus be understood that each spaced pair , of sills 1, are sectional portions of the entire railway supports, the next adjacent sills being, placed at a distance therefrom equal to the distance between the ties 12 75 thereof.