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US 4,967,954 AGranted
Rail fastening device
AssigneeAmerican Track Systems, Inc.
InventorHans von Lange
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Abstract
An adjustable rail seating and fastening device that maintains and adjusts gauge of a rail and secures a rail to a rail support or tie plate, positively engages the rail support at both ends of the device, and provides a biasing element to maintain the engagement between the device, the rail support and the rail.
Claims17
A device for maintaining and adjusting gauge and for fastening a rail to a rail support having oppositely disposed sides comprising:
- a base having an aperture and first and second surfaces, said first surface having a first engaging member projecting substantially vertically threrefrom and said second surface having at least two separate sets of serrations such that the first set engages one rail support side and the second set projects from said second surface an engages the other side of the rail support, and
- a biasing member having first and second ends, said first end being fixed in said aperture, said second end being in connection with the rail and exerting a force, said biasing member being in connection with said first engaging member between said first and second ends and exerting a force thereon.
A device for maintaining and adjusting gauge and fastening a rail, comprising:
- a rail support having oppositely disposed sides, each of said sides having serrations,
- a base having an aperture and first and second surfaces, said first surface having a first engaging member projecting substantially vertically therefrom and said second surface having at least two separate sets of serrations such that the first set engages one rail support side and the second set projects from said second surface and engages the other side of the rail support, and
- a biasing member having first and second ends, said first end being fixed in said aperture, said second end being in connection with the rail and exerting a force, said biasing member being in connection with said first engaging member between said first and second ends and exerting a force thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.