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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7261244 | Tie plate An electrically-insulated tie plate for electrically isolating parts of a railroad rail system from each other. The electrically-insulated tie plate includes a base plate having a recessed area for receiving a railroad rail and a layer of electrically-insulating mat... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7156319 | Concrete railroad tie with guide plates for the rail base A concrete railroad tie, especially a two-block railroad tie, with an elastic rail support for ballast and solid tracks, with guide plates with twisting-prevention devices disposed in the supporting region between the base of the rail and the lateral, raised shoulde... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7104639 | Apparatus for refilling ink cartridges The Invention is an apparatus for refilling ink cartridges, such as ink cartridges for ink jet printers. The cartridge is attached to a table. The table is rotatable with respect to a base through a series of stations. The stations include guides to locate an apertu... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7063269 | Rail support plate and related system A rail support plate for use in a rail support system. The plate has an open slotted hole on one side and a hole on its other side. This plate is placed over a set of opposed holes in a support structure. One of these opposed holes has a fixedly secured anchor bolt ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6974087 | Railway tie plate A tie plate is provided for securing a rail to a railway tie. The tie plate has a base with a tie face opposite a rail face, opposite end faces extending between the tie and the rail faces, a gauge side opposite a field side with said gauge and field sides extending... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6880764 | Fixing device for railway rails Fixing device for railway rails, including a ribbed plate which supports the rail, is to be fixed on a rail substructure, and has ribs between which the rail is accommodated with its rail base, with the ribbed plate being a drawn sheet member. ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6860433 | Bearing for a section of a track A bearing for a section of a track includes, along the track sections, profile sections which deviate from each other, especially in the form of points. A plurality of supporting points is provided with a ribbed plate, in addition to an intermediate layer made of an... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6651896 | Rail mounting system A rail mounting system for mounting a rail (31), to a rail bearing (20), the mounting system comprising a tapered baseplate (26, 27) for supporting the base flange of a rail (30) on the rail bearing at an inclination thereto, and clamp devices (34, 35, 36... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6604690 | Concrete rail tie A concrete railroad tie is provided which utilises a tie 1 having a peripheral rib 5, 1 mm high, around the rail seat to contain adhesive 12 to bond a thick wear plate 8 to the tie. The surface of the tie is well below the top of the plate to reduce the p... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6431463 | Rail fastening devices A rail tie plate suitable for attachement to a wood tie has a pair of upstanding abutment members to accommodate a rail flange, each having an opening allowing insertion of a rail clip. The tie plate tapers on thickness and has an upper side canted with r... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6305613 | Rail fastening devices A rail tie plate suitable for attachment to a wood tie has a pair of upstanding abutment members to accommodate a rail flange, each having an upwardly facing lower ramp surface inclining from a laterally outer side of the abutment member upwardly inwardly... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5823426 | Railway plate and method of manufacture A rail fastening plate used to secure a railway rail to a sleeper or other rail foundation uses a spring clip. The plate includes a base section adapted to be secured to a rail foundation by securing bolts passing through each of a plurality of apertures ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5449116 | Tie plate for mounting rails A tie plate with posts is designed for easy insertion of the foot of the rail cooperates with pins through the posts to rigidly affix the rail to the tie plate and to railroad ties or roadbed. The posts may be made of flexible material in which case the r... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5288016 | Rail-tie fastening assembly with rocking bearing seat A rail-tie fastening assembly for connecting a rail to a tie including a rail seat assembly and a rail anchor. The rail seat assembly is connectable to the tie and the rail seat assembly includes a seat hook assembly which extends over a portion of the ra... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5165599 | Rail-tie fastening systems A rail-tie fastening assembly for connecting a rail having a rail flange to a tie comprising a rail seat assembly and a rail anchor. The rail seat assembly is connectable to the tie and includes an anchor slot and a seat hook assembly. The seat hook assem... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5110046 | Rail fastening system A rail seat resistant to abrasion of the concrete rail tie incorporates a thin metal plate between the rail tie and the elastomeric rail pad which insulates the rail from the rail tie. The plate may be bonded to the rail tie or a resilient gasket can be i... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5078319 | Rail-tie fastening systems A rail-tie fastening assembly for connecting a rail having a rail flange to a tie comprising a rail seat assembly and a rail anchor. The rail seat assembly is connectable to the tie and includes an anchor slot and a seat hook assembly. The seat hook assem... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4921168 | Support plate for mounting rails of railroad tracks and track switches on wooden sleepers A support plate, particularly a ribbed plate for fastening rails of railroad tracks and track switches on wooden sleepers. The support plate is connected in the vicinity of its ends, in each instance, with the wooden sleeper by means of screws or the like... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4874128 | Rail-tie fastening assembly A rail-tie fastening assembly for connecting a rail having a rail flange to a tie comprising a rail seat assembly and a rail anchor. The rail seat assembly is connectible to the tie and includes an anchor slot and a seat hook assembly. The seat hook assem... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4723706 | Rail support A rail support comprises a ribbed plate having smaller and greater sides and predetermined width and length, the width of the ribbed plate being measured in a direction transverse to the direction of elongation of rails to be supported while the length of... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4715533 | Rail fastener assembly with horizontal flanges An upper rail supporting plate is interconnected by resilient material to a lower foundation plate for lateral and vertical movement. Lateral movement of the upper plate transverse to the rail direction is limited by reinforced upstanding flanges upon a f... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4583685 | Rail anchoring A rail anchoring clip and sleeper assembly comprising a sleeper and at least one rail anchoring clip arranged in use to longitudinally anchor a rail across the sleeper, the sleeper having means to locate the rail in a direction longitudinal of the sleeper... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4415120 | Device for sleepers for railway tracks A device for sleepers for railway tracks, which sleepers (6) are adapted to support a number of rails (5) which are situated in a crossover point with an adjacent roadway. The device includes an element (28) with an underside which is adapted to rest, pre... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4382547 | Railroad tie plate and correctable shim A railroad plate and connectable shim are disclosed for fastening railroad tracks over ground having a flat or raised topography in an economically feasible manner. The instant system provides a base plate with a sloping grooved channel for reception of t... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4349150 | Concrete sleeper with the fastening housing A fastening housing for a rail clamp comprising a carrier plate and a superstructure having cavities for accommodating an end part and a rail clamp, said carrier plate having substantially vertically directed anchoring members extending in a concrete slee... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4327865 | Assembly for securing a rail to a supporting tie An assembly is provided for securing a rail to a supporting tie and includes upper and lower plate members engaging corresponding tie surfaces. The upper plate member is interposed the base of the rail and the tie upper surface. A portion of the upper pla... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4316578 | Direct fixation rail fastener utilizing a pad of elastomer A rail fastener includes a rail plate, a pad of elastomeric material between the plate and a support structure, a pair of clips for resiliently clamping the rail to the rail plate. The rail plate includes a pair of channels in which the clips occupy a fir... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4307837 | Adjustable spring clip A laterally adjustable rail clip fastening means is provided by the present invention for securing a resilient rail clip such as a Pandrol clip to a direct fixation rail mounting assembly, and, in turn, into engagement with a rail. The rail clip fastening... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4260105 | Railroad tie plate and correctable shim A railroad plate and connectable shim is disclosed for fastening railroad tracks over ground having a flat or raised topography in an economically feasible manner. The instant system provides a base plate with a sloping grooved channel for reception of th... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4231908 | Composition for use between polymeric tie plates and cross ties A gap-filling, adhesive composition is provided which is used between polymeric tie plates and the dapped area of a wood, concrete or polyethylene cross tie. This composition contains 65 to 75 wt. % of an asphalt having a softening point in the range of 7... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4175700 | Support and/or locating means for rails in rail tracks A rail pad made of substantially rigid electrically insulating material which is chosen to by yieldable to a predetermined extent, the pad having upstanding rail locating formations on its rail engaging face and oppositely directed pad locating formations... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4155507 | Tie plate arrangement for railroad track A tie plate for mounting railroad track rails on track ties in which the tie plate is formed from a corrosion resistant resilient polymer of dry self-lubricating characteristics, in which the tie plate has its upper side shaped to define along either side... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4141500 | Railway tie plate and a method of making a railway tie plate A railway tie plate has at least one rib to locate a railway rail and two arches under which parts of rail clips can be driven parallel to the rib. It can be made by deformation of a conventional tie plate designed for use with fastening devices for holdi... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4060197 | Rail fastener assembly A rail fastener assembly includes a restraining block to resist rail overturning and which is disposed atop a tie plate having a raised shoulder adjacent a rail seat section. The curved upper surface of the shoulder is engaged by a mating curved lower sur... | 11/29/1977 |
| 3987962 | Multi position rail fastenings The invention relates to a rail fastening arrangement for securing a flat bottom rail on a foundation having preformed holes therein. There is provided a base plate on which the flat bottom of the rail rests and anchors for securing the base plate to the prefo... | 10/26/1976 |
