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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7080791 | Abrasion assembly for supporting railroad ties An assembly for supporting a railroad rail on a tie includes an abrasion plate arranged to be positioned on a tie, and a pad disposed on the abrasion plate and adapted to receive the rail. The pad and plate have mating depressions and buttons arranged in complementa... | 07/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6471139 | Rail arrangement The invention relates to a rail arrangement for a rail superstucture such as a fixed railroad, comprising an elastic intermediate plate (3) which is located between the rail foot and a hard support (6) in the form of a concrete tie and has two through hol... | 10/29/2002 |
| 5628454 | Foot support modification for railroad rails A sole, ribbed or slide chair plate for a foot of a railroad rail provided with two spaced flat bearing surfaces between which is a concave surface allowing for non tipping of the rail when in place if the bottom of the rail has a convex surface and a shi... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5203502 | Ribbed elastomeric rail pad A rail fastening of the kind in which a rail, having a field edge and a gauge edge is fastened to a rail tie by a rail seat including a rail, a rail tie and a rail pad between the tie and the rail, a pair of rail clamp supports secured to the tie on eithe... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5123596 | Bolted rail fastening system A bolted rail fastening system comprising a rail mounted in a recessed area of a tie plate with the tie plate being secured to a cross-tie by means of coach screws extending downwardly therethrough. The rail is maintained in the recessed area by a pair of... | 06/23/1992 |
| 4971247 | Pad for placing under a railway rail and a rail-and-fastening assembly including the pad A pad has a base portion, which lies on a foundation and on which a flange of a railway rail lies, and upstanding side portions extending upwardly from opposite sides of the base portion and formed with a recess in which lies a part of a rail clip. The pa... | 11/20/1990 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
