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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6955326 | Tongue switch A modular tongue switch assembly comprises a tongue pivotally connected to a slide surface, held down by a pivot retainer. The slide surface consists of slide plate sections removably attached to corresponding bed plate sections, which are in turn welded onto a base... | 10/18/2005 |
| 5577691 | Switch blade device in a turnout on a tram-or streetcar-type line In a switch blade (point-rail) device in a grooved-rail turnout on a tram- or streetcar-type line, switch blades (2) are detachably mounted, using a clamping wedge (5) which is fastened to a support part (6) by means of a screw (12) in an essentially perp... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5509626 | Railroad track switch A railroad track switch has tongue rails which pivot relative to fixed stock rails and rolls onto which the tongue rails move when pivoted away from the stock rails. The rolls are carried at opposite ends in spring supports and each roll is mounted for le... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5499786 | Device for facilitating the re-positioning of moveable rails or rail components In a device for facilitating the re-positioning of moveable rails or rail components, in particular of tongue rails (7), in which the rails (7, 7'), during the re-positioning operation are supported on rollers (10, 10') forced against the underside of the... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5451018 | Railway tongue and rail juncture A railway tongue and junction rail assembly including a mounting fixed to the junction rail. The tongue abuts the junction rail at an inclined junction and is releasably secured within the mounting with the mounting being the sole means of joining the ton... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5222700 | Device for locking a switch blade A device for locking a switch blade with a stock rail which includes a locking piece connected to the stock rail. The locking piece has an opening through which the longer leg of an L-shaped locking clamp extends. A switch element also extends through the... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5195703 | Device for locking a switch blade with a stock rail A device for locking a switch blade (10, 12) with a stock rail (14, 16) is proposed, whereby the switch blade is held down on a supporting surface only when it is in locked and unlocked positions. When the switch blade (10, 12) is in the locked position i... | 03/23/1993 |
| 4251042 | Railway double tongue switch A double tongue switch comprises a pair of identical and interchangeable switch assemblies, each of which has a rectangular body with vertical outer walls. Each switch tongue includes a pair of full-width railheads of increased thickness. Each body includ... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4174820 | Method for moving a railway switch and equipment for implementing the method This invention relates to an improvement in an apparatus and method for moving a railway switch composed of travel rail sections of a main track which are pivoted by positioning elements to rail sections of a branch-off track and locked by closing element... | 11/20/1979 |
