Back to results
US 2018/0080178 A1Published application
Method for Constructing a Ballastless Railway Track
AssigneesTop Off Corp., Sleepers BVBA
InventorsJohn Vastmans, Frans de Jonge
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for the construction of a ballastless railway in which a concrete bedding can be constructed in a correct, well-aligned and finished way, regardless of the location where the concrete bedding must be constructed.
Claims15
Method for constructing a railway, which method includes the following steps:
- a. the provision of a first concrete layer (3) on a ground (2), which first concrete layer includes a lower surface that is in contact with the ground and an opposite upper surface;
- b. the removal of at least a part of an upper part of the first concrete layer, which upper part extends from the upper surface of the concrete layer to the lower surface;
- c. the provision of two temporary rails (6) on the first concrete layer of which at least a part of the upper part has been removed;
- d. the provision of concrete on the first concrete layer by means of a vehicle (12, 13) that drives on the temporary rails, as a result of which a second concrete layer (11) is formed on the first concrete layer;
- e. the displacement of the temporary rails from the first concrete layer to the second concrete layer, at which the rails are permanently attached to the second concrete layer by means of permanent attachment means (14),
- wherein a planned horizontal and vertical alignment of the railway to construct, is measured, taking into account the horizontal and vertical alignment of the first concrete layer, in which the at least partially to be removed upper part of the first concrete layer is adjusted according to the planned alignment so that at least a part of the upper surface of the first concrete layer corresponds to the planned alignment.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.