Patent · US Expired

Straightened rail

US4755238A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 5, 1986
Grant dateJul 5, 1988
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB21D3/12
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The steel rail is submitted to a tensile stress exceeding the conventional 0.2% offset yield strength of the steel, up to a stress value corresponding to a total plastic deformation of the whole rail.

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