Rail switch arrangement
AssigneeHeinz Faigle
InventorManfred Menia
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Abstract
In a rail switch arrangement in which an elongated rail is fixedly mounted on supporting structure and an elongated rail blade is moved on the supporting structure toward and away from a position contiguously adjacent the fixedly mounted rail, a sheet member of synthetic resin composition is fixedly secured to a bottom face of the rail blade and slidingly engages the approximately horizontal top face of the supporting structure during the movement of the rail blade.
Claims10
In a rail switch arrangement including a support an elongated rail fixedly mounted on said support, and an elongated rail blade mounted on said support for movement toward and away from a position contiguously adjacent said fixedly mounted rail, said support having a substantially horizontal top face and said blade having a bottom face, the improvement which comprises:
- (a) a frame formed with an opening;
- (b) fastening means fastening said frame to said bottom face and
- (c) a sheet member of synthetic resin composition fixedly received in said opening and slidingly engaging said top face during said movement of the rail blade.
In a rail switch arrangement including a support, an elongated rail fixedly mounted on said support, and an elongated rail blade mounted on said support for movement toward and away from a position contiguously adjacent said fixedly mounted rail, said support having a substantially horizontal top face and said blade having a bottom face, the improvement which comprises:
- (a) a sheet member of synthetic resin composition fixedly secured to said bottom face and slidingly engaging said top face during said movement of the rail blade;
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- (b) a resilient wiper blade integrally joined to said sheet member, said wiper blade having a lip portion sweeping said top face during said movement of the rail blade.
In a rail switch arrangement including a support, an elongated rail fixedly mounted on said support, and an elongated rail blade mounted on said support for movement toward and away from a position contiguously adjacent said fixedly mounted rail, said support having a substantially horizontal top face and said blade having a bottom face, the improvement which comprises:
- (a) a receptacle defining a recess therein;
- (b) fastening means fastening said receptacle to said bottom face;
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- (c) a sheet member of synthetic resin composition fixedly secured in said recess and slidingly engaging said top face during said movement of the rail blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.