US 11,001,973 B2 · Apparatus and components for turnout/crossover section for railway track

Abstract

A gauge spacing apparatus for positioning pot sleepers with respect to existing sleepers of a railway track has a pair of turnout rails, which are separated from one another by a desired gauge distance. The gauge spacing apparatus includes a first guide member aligned with and secured with respect to a portion of the existing rail; and a second guide member angled with respect to the first guide member at a turnout angle. The second guide member is aligned with a portion of a turnout rail to allow the turnout rail to be provided with supporting pot sleepers, such that the desired gauge between the turnout rails is maintained. Also provided are a rectangular gauge spacing apparatus, a shear plate arrangement for providing supported engagement between first and second sections of rail, and a support framework for supporting a planar supporting member spanning over an existing rail.

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Dependent claims

Gauge spacing apparatus for positioning a plurality of pot turnout sleepers with respect to existing sleepers of an existing railway track provided with a pair of turnout rails which are separated from one another by a desired gauge distance, the gauge spacing apparatus comprising:

a first guide member substantially aligned with and secured with respect to a portion of existing rail;
and
a second guide member which is angled with respect to the first guide member;
wherein at least one of the first and second guide members is provided with at least an adjustable sleeper engagement bracket adapted in use to selectively translate along at least a portion of the respective first or second guide members and to connect to a respective existing sleeper of the existing railway track or to a pot turnout sleeper of the turnout rails;
and
wherein the first guide member extends in a first longitudinal direction and the second guide member extends in a second longitudinal direction, and wherein the adjustable sleeper engagement bracket is adapted in use to selectively translate in the respective first or second longitudinal directions.

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Gauge spacing apparatus for positioning pot turnout sleepers for turnout rails having a desired gauge distance and which are provided between a pair of railway tracks which are separated from one another by a rail spacing distance, the gauge spacing apparatus comprising:

a first guide member adapted to be substantially aligned with and secured to pot turnout sleepers of a first turnout rail;
and
a second guide member adapted to be substantially aligned with and secured to pot turnout sleepers of a second adjacent turnout rail and at least a spacing member between the first and second guide members such that said desired gauge distance between the turnout rails is maintained and wherein at least one of the first and second guide members is provided with adjustable sleeper engagement brackets which are adapted to selectively translate along at least a portion of the first or second guide members which in use allow the sleeper engagement brackets of the first guide member to be secured to pot turnout sleepers which are interstitially positioned between existing sleepers of a first railway track in the pair of railway tracks and for the sleeper engagement brackets of the second guide member to be secured to pot turnout sleepers which are interstitially positioned between existing sleepers of a second railway track in the pair of railway tracks.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Apparatus and components for turnout/crossover section for railway track

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Apparatus and components for turnout/crossover section for railway track

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