Railroad communication tie
AssigneeTie & Track Systems, Inc.
InventorAlan Briggs
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Abstract
A railroad communication tie for use in a railway track system is positionable in ballast. The tie includes an elongated unitary steel channel body having a web and a pair of sidewalls formed integral with opposite edges of the web. The channel body has a pair of opposed ends. A flared spade is formed integral with each end of the body. The flared spade has a communications conduit aperture. An elongated communications conduit is movably mounted in the communications conduit apertures and said conduit is free to move relative to the spades.
Claims13
A railroad communication tie positionable in ballast for use in a railway track system comprising:
- an elongated unitary steel channel body having a web and a pair of sidewalls formed integral with opposite edges of the web, said channel body having a pair of opposed ends, a flared spade formed integral with each end of the body, each flared spade having a communications conduit aperture, and an elongated communications conduit movably mounted in the communications conduit apertures having freedom of movement relative to the spades.
A railroad communication tie positionable in ballast for use in a railway track system comprising:
- an elongated unitary steel channel body having a web and a pair of sidewalls formed integral with opposite edges of the web, said channel body having a pair of opposed ends, said web having an elongated substantial level center portion, said web having an inclined portion extending away from each end of the central portion, an integral rail seat formed in each of the inclined portions and being adapted for connecting a rail to the web, said channel body having a pair of opposed ends, a flared spade formed integral with each end of the body, each flared spade having a communications conduit aperture, an elongated communications conduit movably mounted in the communications conduit apertures having freedom of movement relative to the spades, a communications web aperture formed in the web at each end of the level central portion, a stop adjacent to each end of the conduit preventing extensive movement of the conduit relative to the spades, and a pair of tubules communicating with the interior of the conduit, each tubule communicating with a respective communications web aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.