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Fastening railway rails

US5735458A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 30, 1996
Grant dateApr 7, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE01B2205/00
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A railway rail anchoring device, for use with a railway rail-fastening clip which is approximately M-shaped in plan and has first and second leg portions and a rail-bearing portion, comprises a base member and first and second clip-retaining members connected together by the base member such that the first clip-retaining member is spaced apart from the second clip-retaining member so as to define between the first and second clip-retaining members an opening for receiving the rail-bearing portion of such a clip. Each of the first and second clip-retaining members defines a passageway for receiving one of the leg portions of such a clip, and a boundary surface of at least one of the passageways includes, at a location intermediate respective ends of the passageway, first locating part for engagement, when the device is in use with such a clip, with a first region of the leg portion of the clip located in the passageway such that the clip can be held in a pre-assembly position in which the is retained by the device but the rail-bearing portion of the clip does not bear on a rail. Second locating part is also provided on a boundary surface of at least one of the passageways for engage…

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