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US 2015/0191876 A1Published application
Rail arrangement
AssigneeDaetwyler Sealing Technologies Deutschland GmbH
InventorsBernd Pahl, Tobias Toczkowski
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Abstract
A rail arrangement for rail vehicles furnished with flanged wheels. To reduce the risk of accident existing in connection with grooved rails, particularly for cyclists and pedestrians, a rail arrangement is provided including a. a rail (2) having a rail head (3), a rail web (4) and a rail base (5), the rail head (3) having a drive rail (6), a guide rail (7) and a rail groove (8) lying therebetween; and b. a filler profile (9) arranged in the rail groove (8).
Claims20
A rail arrangement (1) for rail vehicles furnished with flanged wheels, comprising
- a. a rail (2) with a rail head (3), a rail web (4) and a rail foot (5), wherein the rail head (3) comprises a running rail (6), a guide rail (7) and a flange groove (8) lying in between, and wherein the rail (2) has a rail height HS, the flange groove (8) has a groove depth TR and the groove depth TR amounts to at least 35% of the rail height HS, and
- b. a filler profile (9) arranged in the flange groove (8), wherein the filler profile (9) features a part A that points toward the rail head (3) and a part B that points toward the rail foot (5), and wherein the part B pointing toward the rail foot (5) can be elastically deformed and the part A pointing toward the rail head (3) has a greater hardness and/or rigidity than the part B pointing toward the rail foot (5).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.