Rail assembly for rail vehicles having flanged wheels

A rail assembly (1) for rail vehicles with flanged wheels (22), comprising:

• a) at least one rail (2) of the Vignol type with a rail head (3), having a running surface (6) for a flanged wheel (22), a rail web (4) and a rail foot (5),
• b) a support structure (7), flanking the rail (2) laterally in the longitudinal direction of the rail, for a cover (9) covering the space (8) directly alongside the rail (2), which cover (9):
• aa) is detachably connected to the support structure (7), such that in the installed state the cover (9) can be reversibly removed from the support structure (7),
• bb) has an essentially horizontal surface, which is essentially flush with the running surface (6) of the rail head (3), and
• cc) has an edge region (11) directed towards the rail (2), which forms a guide rail,
• c) an angled profile (10) which is generally L- or J-shaped in cross-section and is fixedly connected to the cover (9), or formed integrally with the cover (9), wherein the angled profile (10) has a first leg (19) extending in the direction of the rail foot (5), and a second leg (20) extending in the direction of the rail web (4), wherein the support structure (7), the cover (9) and the angled profile (10) are not attached to the rail (2), and
• d) a strand-shaped profiled filling element (100, 200, 220),
• wherein the profiled filling element (200, 220) is generally L- or J-shaped in cross-section and has a first profile leg (202, 222) extending in the direction of the rail foot (5), and a second profile leg (203, 223) extending in the direction of the rail web (4), and wherein the first profile leg (202, 222) contains at least one hollow channel (201, 221) extending in the longitudinal direction of the strand-shaped profiled filling element (200, 220), which is surrounded transversely to the longitudinal direction of the strand-shaped profiled filling element (200, 220) by a wall of profile material, and the second profile leg (203, 223) of the profiled filling element (200, 220) is of solid construction and forms a profiled filling element base.

A profiled filling element (200, 220) for a rail assembly (1) for rail vehicles with flanged wheels (22), the rail assembly (1) comprising:

• a) at least one rail (2) of the Vignol type with a rail head (3), having a running surface (6) for a flanged wheel (22), a rail web (4) and a rail foot (5),
• b) a support structure (7), flanking the rail (2) laterally in the longitudinal direction of the rail, for a cover (9) covering the space (8) directly alongside the rail (2), which cover (9):
• aa) is detachably connected to the support structure (7), such that in the installed state the cover (9) can be reversibly removed from the support structure (7),
• bb) has an essentially horizontal surface, which is essentially flush with the running surface (6) of the rail head (3), and
• cc) has an edge region (11) directed towards the rail (2), which forms a guide rail,
• c) an angled profile (10) which is generally L- or J-shaped in cross-section and is fixedly connected to the cover (9), or formed integrally with the cover (9), wherein the angled profile (10) has a first leg (19) extending in the direction of the rail foot (5), and a second leg (20) extending in the direction of the rail web (4), wherein the support structure (7), the cover (9) and the angled profile (10) are not attached to the rail (2),
• wherein the profiled filling element (200, 220) has a strand-shaped form, and generally has an L- or J-shaped cross-section, and wherein a first profile leg (202, 222) contains at least one hollow channel (201, 221) extending in the longitudinal direction of the strand-shaped profiled filling element (200, 220), which is surrounded by profile material transversely to the longitudinal direction of the extruded profiled filling element (200, 220), and a second profile leg (203, 223) of the profiled filling element (200, 220) is of solid construction.