Device for aligning and retaining two rails whose ends are to be welded together
AssigneeFranz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorsFriedrich Oellerer, Heinz Muhlleitner
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Abstract
A device for aligning and retaining two rails having abutting ends to be welded together comprises a rigid frame, abutments on the frame for the rail head tread and one of the rail head sides spaced from each in a longitudinal direction along the rails, the abutments for the rail head tread being adjustable relative to the frame for engaging the rail head tread, and retaining yokes for frictionally engaging the rails and clamping the device to the rails, the retaining yokes being associated with the frame and extending in a direction extending perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
Claims12
A device for aligning and retaining two rails having abutting ends to be welded together, the rails comprising a rail head having a tread, an underside and sides connecting the tread and underside, a rail foot and a web connecting the rail head and foot, which comprises
- (a) a rigid frame,
- (b) abutments on the frame for the rail head tread and one of the rail head sides spaced from each in a longitudinal direction along the rails,
- (1) the abutments for the rail head tread being adjustable relative to the frame for engaging the rail head tread, and
- (c) retaining yokes for frictionally engaging the rails and clamping the device to the rails, the retaining yokes being associated with the frame and extending in a direction extending perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.