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Superstructure device

US9243370B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

VOESTALPINE BWG GMBH & CO. KG · DE
VOESTALPINE VAE GMBH · AT

Inventors

Thomas Christ · Auburn Hills, US
Thomas Bergk · Gotha, DE
Jürgen Hellbach · Ohrdruf, DE
Harald Kopilovitsch · Hetzendorf, AT

Key dates

Filing date	May 12, 2011
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 17, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE01B7/24
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A superstructure device (10) for a set of points having a switch support which is composed of a block of high-strength steel and which has stock and short point rails which delimit said switch support and are formed integrally from the block, wherein the block is connected to a lower part composed of a material other than the high-strength steel, such as mild steel, and is in particular connected in a materially joined fashion, wherein the block extends essentially over the entire length of a switch rail device as the superstructure device on both sides beyond the switch support, and the lower part is a means of supporting the block in the form of at least two supports which are spaced apart from one another.

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