Support point and fastening for rails on a wooden tie
AssigneeWirthwein AG
InventorsUdo Wirthwein, Joachim Süss
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Abstract
The invention relates to a rail support point for a rail-guided vehicle for anchoring in a wooden tie, including a plate as a support for the rail, which plate is anchored on both sides of the rail by means of fastening bolts that pass through the plate, the plate having on its bottom side collars that surround the fastening bolts and that engage in correspondingly shaped depressions in the wooden tie, the plate being configured as a ribbed plate having raised ribs that are arranged lateral to the rail foot and that guide the latter and being made of plastic, and the collar being embodied as a slitted ring. Also disclosed is a rail fastening using the rail support.
Claims18
Rail support point for a rail-guided vehicle for anchoring in a wooden tie (2), including:
- a) plate (1) as a support for the rail (S),
- b) the plate (1) is anchored on both sides of the rail (S) by means of fastening bolts (5) that pass through the plate (1),
- c) the plate (1) having on its bottom side collars (14),
- d) the collars (14) surround the fastening bolts (5),
- e) the collars (14) engage in correspondingly shaped depressions in the wooden tie (2),
- f) the collars (14) are embodied as rings having a slit (16),
- g) the plate (1) is configured as a ribbed plate (1) having raised ribs (11) on its upper side,
- h) the ribs (11) are arranged lateral to the rail foot (SF),
- i) the ribs (11) guide the rail foot (SF), and
- j) the ribbed plated (1) is made of plastic.
A rail support having a pair of support points, for anchoring a rail-guided vehicle rail to a tie, said tie having a bore there through at each support point and a depression in the top of said bore, comprising:
- a support plate for supporting said rail, said plate having a pair or collars on its bottom side, said plate collars extending one each into a respective depression;
- upstanding ribs on the top side of said plate, said ribs arranged lateral to the rail foot on the back part of said plate;
- an anchor received within each said bore below each of said depressions, said anchor having a collar adjacent said depression;
- a spring engaging the rail foot and a rib on said plate back part;
- a fastening bolt holding said spring to said rail foot and extending through said plate to engage said anchor;
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- wherein when said bolt is tightened said plate collar is drawn into a friction fit in said depression.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.