Patent · US Expired

Method of making a railroad track insulator unit

US4679293A · kind A · utility

1Cited by
5References
7Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 5, 1985
Grant dateJul 14, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 5, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49906
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A railroad track insulator, part therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the railroad track insulator being adapted to hold a railroad rail against its foundation and comprising the combination of a metallic part and a polymeric part secured together so that the polymeric part is adapted to engage the rail. The metallic part has an open ended recess in one of the opposed sides thereof and is defined by a peripheral flange arrangement thereof. The polymeric part has a peripheral edge and is disposed and secured in the recess so as to have the peripheral edge thereof supported by the peripheral flange arrangement of the metallic part.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.