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US 5,221,044 AGranted
Rail fastening system with gage adjustment means
OwnerSergei G. Guinsinventor
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Abstract
There is disclosed a rail fastening system for wood or concrete ties having provisions for rail gage adjustment and including a pair of shoulders removably secured to a railway tie plate or a shoulder retaining in a concrete tie with provisions for lateral adjustment of the rails by the placing of a series of spacers between the flange base of the rail and the shoulders, with the dimensions of the spacers selected to provide constant deflection of the rail clips, if used, regardless of the adjusted position of the rail.
Claims4
A rail fastening and gauge maintaining system including in combination:
- (a) a tie;
- (b) a tie plate mounted to said tie, said tie plate having at least one shoulder retaining means provided therein, said shoulder retaining means including a slot portion for receiving a spacer therein, and a wedge-shaped socket portion, said wedge-shaped socket portion including a pair of inclined ramps converging in a direction away from a rail resting on said tie plate and diverging in a direction into said tie plate;
- (c) a shoulder including a wedge-shaped lug portion complimentary in shape to said wedge-shaped socket portion, said wedge-shaped lug portion slidably inserted in said wedge-shaped socket portion, wherein said shoulder is wedged in place in said wedge-shaped socket portion;
- (d) a rail resting on said tie plate adjacent said shoulder;
- (e) a spacer positioned between said rail resting on said tie plate adjacent said shoulder, and said shoulder, to maintain the gauge of said rail;
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- (f) a resilient clip extending from said shoulder and bearing on said spacer to hold said rail down on said tie plate.
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