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Class 238/361 - Wedges


Subclass of Class 238 - Railways: surface track
Definition: Wedges for fastening rails.
No. of patents: 4
Last issue date: 10/31/2000


NumberTitleIssue Date
6138921Mechanism 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
4821957Resilient material housing in the nose of a rail anchorage
A rail anchorage has a housing in which is received resilient material for bearing on the flange of a rail that the anchorage is to secure. The housing is formed to exert a wedging action on the resilient material when the material bears on the flange, an...
04/18/1989
4770342Adjustable rail brace
An adjustable rail brace assembly for buttressing the head of a rail includes a rail brace having surfaces for engaging the head and the base of the rail and a vertically extending wedging face, a cover plate for retaining the brace having a vertical wedg...
09/13/1988
4424935Spring rail fastener
A resilient rail fastener having a clip having a lower leg with a toe at one end and a heel at the other, an upstanding back portion between the heel and an upper leg, and a rectangular locating aperture in at least one of its legs which engages over a re...
01/10/1984
 
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