Arrangement for fastening railroad rails to a sleeper

US8033480B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• BWG GmbH & Co. KG · DE
• VAE GmbH · AT
• Pandrol Limited · GB
• VAE Eisenbahnsysteme GmbH · AT

Inventors

• Hubertus Hohne · Rockenberg, DE
• Hans-Ulrich Dietze · Wusterwitz, DE
• Heinz Ossberger · Großlobming, AT
• Josef Leitner · Vöcklabruck, AT
• John Phillip Porrill · Godalming, GB
• David Seeley · Deloraine, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 28, 2005
• Grant date: Oct 11, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 13, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E01B7/22
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Fastening for a rail and arrangement for fastening of rails The invention relates to a fastening for a rail for securing a rail (10) whose foot is resting on a concrete sleeper (16), comprising at least one elastic clip (20) having several legs of which at least one leg extends inside a shoulder (42, 44) or channel of a holder (24) that is connected to the concrete sleeper, and at least one further leg rests on the rail foot. For securing a rail to the necessary extent with simple design means and in space-saving form, it is suggested that the holder (24, 26) is arranged detachably in the concrete sleeper (16) or in a plate element resting thereon and is connected to the concrete sleeper by a bolt element.