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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181887 | Device for positionally securing and guiding rails for railway tracks A device for positional securing and guiding of rails for railway tracks for trains, in particular high-speed trains, includes guide plates. In general, rails are laid directly or indirectly by intermediate assembly of intermediate plates to fixed concrete track bed... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7744010 | Rail anchor isolator for railroad tie The present invention provides an isolator particularly adapted for use with a rail anchor utilized in an application where railroad rail is installed on concrete ties. The isolator protects the concrete tie from contact with the rail anchor caused by longitudinal m... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7744009 | Rail anchor isolator The present invention provides an isolator particularly adapted for use with a rail anchor utilized in an application where railroad rail is installed on concrete ties. The isolator protects the concrete tie from contact with the rail anchor caused by longitudinal m... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7669779 | Rail clip support shoulder Improved rail clip support shoulders are less expensive than conventional shoulders. The rail seat includes a concrete rail tie; a pair of rail clip support shoulders cast in place in said rail tie each said shoulder having a rail face between its external sides; a ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7389940 | Method and device for fixing a guide rail A method and a device for attaching an elevator guide rail to a substrate via a floating mount. The floating mount includes at least one of a base support, a side support, and a backside support. Each of the supports has a moveable part, a stop and a flexible elemen... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7374110 | Rail anchor isolator The present invention provides an isolator particularly adapted for use with a rail anchor utilized in an application where railroad rail is installed on concrete ties. The isolator protects the concrete tie from contact with the rail anchor caused by longitudinal m... | 05/20/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7147169 | Rail anchor isolator The present invention provides an isolator particularly adapted for use with a rail anchor utilized in an application where railroad rail is installed on concrete ties. The isolator protects the concrete tie from contact with the rail anchor caused by longitudinal m... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6954974 | Method of constructing a rail track on a concrete slab and a temporary tie plate for use in the method In a method of constructing a rail track on a concrete slab, the concrete slab is poured around anchor members for fixing tie plates supporting the rails of the rail track. The method includes the following steps: suspending the rails premounted on their tie plates ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6923381 | Railway rail fastening clip and assembly A railway rail fastening clip, for fastening a railway rail to an underlying rail foundation, is formed of an elongate plate shaped such that a central region of the plate has in profile the form of a letter C, a first end region of the plate extending from one side... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6830199 | Rail fixing clip A rail fixing clip of a railway for fixing a rail of the railway with respect to a rail support has an insertion portion and a support portion. The insertion portion includes a hinge portion of a straight line rod shape and a couple-of-force portion extended from on... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6758406 | Rail switch brace A brace assembly provides support to a railroad rail, such as for a switch. The rail is supported on a tie plate. A wedge block is secured to the tie plate adjacent the rail. A groove is located in the inner wall of the wedge block. The groove extends longitudinally... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6685100 | Rail clip fixing implement A rail clip fixing implement has a fixing portion having a fixing hole and an elongated hole with a horizontal cross-section length for insertion of insertion portions of a rail clip. An embedded portion extends downwardly from a lower portion of the fixi... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6655296 | Method of renewing damaged ties of a track Prior to renewing a damaged tie of a track, a fastening element (35) is inserted into an anchoring hole (49) in both portions of the base plate (39), disposed respectively adjacent to the rail base (52), and has a contact nose (51) for abutment against th... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6651897 | Suspended rail fastening assembly A railway rail fastening assembly, for suspending a railway rail (100) at discrete locations along its length above a rail foundation, comprises a pair of elastic members (5) for support the head of the rail (100), a pair of brackets (6) for applying a la... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6572027 | Concrete railroad tie two-piece insulator spacer and fastening system A system for securing a rail to a concrete railroad tie employing a two-piece insulator spacer that improves the resistance of the insulator spacer to the crushing deterioration induced by laterally-directed compressive forces during service. The insulato... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6517008 | Boltless adjustable rail brace assembly with external vertical restraint A rail brace assembly provides positive support for a stock rail mounted on a switch brace plate. The assembly includes a rail brace having a generally central opening that it is installed over a fixed clip housing attached to the brace plate. The clip ho... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6454181 | Subway rail anchor assembly An anchor assembly and a method of installing the same so as to secure an object to an underlying substructure comprises an insert member having an internally threaded bore, and an externally threaded headed bolt member for threaded engagement within said... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6454505 | Subway rail anchor assembly An anchor assembly and a method of installing the same so as to secure an object to an underlying substructure comprises an insert member having an internally threaded bore, and an externally threaded headed bolt member for threaded engagement within the ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6443363 | Support device for rails of railway tracks A support device which can be applied to rails (R) of railway or tram tracks includes a bracket (1) having two attachment parts (6) for attachment to the rail (R) on opposite sides of a sleeper (T), a resting part (4) which rests on the sleeper (T), and i... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6367704 | Rail fastening system constructed to allow pre-assembly of a rail clip and shoulder A rail fastening system including a cast shoulder and an elastic rail spring clip for applying a holding force to an insulator and a rail. The spring clip includes a pair of compressible arms for exerting a rail hold down force and a substantially horizon... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6343748 | Concrete railroad tie insulator spacer and fastening system A system for securing a rail to a concrete railroad tie employing an improved insulator spacer that improves the resistance of the insulator spacer to the crushing deterioration induced by laterally-directed compressive forces during service. The improved... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6308897 | Lateral and vertical rail brace assembly A rail brace assembly for bracing a rail with respect to a tie plate. The rail brace assembly includes a brace member, a locking member, a retention member and a spring clip fastener. The brace member has a top surface adapted to engage a head fishing sur... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6213407 | Two-piece rail seal clip and tool for installing same A clip for securing a rail seal element to a rail includes a generally L-shaped first clip member having a clamping arm and an elongate connector arm extending from one end of the clamping arm and capable of passing under the rail; a second clip member re... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6158666 | Vacuum fastened guide and method for supporting tooling on a component The present invention relates to vacuum fastened guide that supports and facilitates movements of a machining device along at least one component to be operated upon. The guide includes a primary rail that is vacuum coupled to the component. The primary r... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6149068 | Support of resilient material under compression attached to a rail anchorage This invention relates to rail anchorages that are used with all rails, but is particularly concerned with adjustable rail anchorages, which allow rail alignment to be adjusted, and which are installed on rails used by cranes. To reduce this rail movement... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6138921 | Mechanism for securing rails of railways on wooden sleepers A rail-to-wood sleeper fastening mechanism in railroads, consisted of a clamp having an upper and middle branch fixed to the lower face of a sleeper, and with a pair of lateral and hinged branches, constituting the clamp, going through the sleeper via chi... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5713518 | Railroad cross tie and track continuity detector systems A rail tie and track-tie connection includes a molded plastic body member having molded plastic cover pieces attached to the body member, with lip portions engaging and capturing bottom flanges on the track rails. The body member may be hollow with a fill... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5314115 | Rail cross-tie for LIM transit system A rail tie has a pair of rail supporting portions disposed on opposite sides of a central portion. The central portion is elevated relative to the central portion and supports a reaction rail of a linear induction motor used to propel a vehicle along the ... | 05/24/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5188036 | Suspension device for overhead tracks with L-shaped elastic clamps for engaging grooves on the rails and clamping the rails to the suspension device An assembly (10) for supporting suspended elements (14), such as the tracks of a monorail system for the suspended movement of powered trolleys. The assembly includes a supporting hanger (11) connected at one end to a supporting beam (12) and having at th... | 02/23/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5160084 | Method for adhesively bonding a rail-tie fastening assembly to a wooden railway tie 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. Th rail seat assembly is connectable to the tie and includes an anchor slot and a seat hook assembly. The seat hook assemb... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5104040 | Butt joint device Apparataus for butt joining hanging conveyor supports having a C-shaped rail section in which conveying hangers can travel back and forth along the rail section. The supports each have a hollow section above the rail section and trolley wires running alon... | 04/14/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4967954 | Rail fastening device An adjustable rail seating and fastening device that maintains and adjusts gauge of a rail and secures a rail to a rail support or tie plate, positively engages the rail support at both ends of the device, and provides a biasing element to maintain the en... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4946099 | Sleeper construction A concrete sleeper has an elongate metal insert having a T-slot containing a T-head of a retaining block which bears against a rail foot to retain rail gauge. The retaining block can be rotated by 180° and slid along the T-slot to abut an edge of the foo... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4940183 | Arrangement for fastening rails In an arrangement for fastening stock rails, wing rails or track rails (1) at the side being averted from the running edge, in which arrangement a strap (5) is pressed against the web of the rail with interposition of a leaf spring (9) or, respectively, o... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4934594 | Fastening railway rails An anchoring device (1) anchors a clip (60) to a foundation (50) for a railway rail (66). It has a head part (2) formed with a horizontal passageway (4) which is wider than it is high. In an upstanding wall section (5) there is a recess (6) and this recei... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4923118 | Anti-vibration support system for railroads The sole of each rail of a railroad track rests at regular intervals on a cushion of shock-absorbing material, the stiffness of each shock-absorbing cushion being such that the cushions form alternate resilient and rapid supports. Each cushion is placed i... | 05/08/1990 |
