Rail cover and clip system for embedded track systems
AssigneeL. B. Foster Company
InventorsMichael O'Connell, Robert Alsop
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Abstract
An assembly to hold a rail boot to a rail during embedded track construction comprising: a cover having a bottom surface, a first portion of the bottom surface generally conforming to a length of a top surface of a rail head; the bottom surface having a second portion defining a convex shape adjacent to and generally parallel to the length of the top surface of the rail head; the bottom surface further defining a hook to engage a gauge side of the rail boot; and a clip having first and second ends, wherein the first end engages a gauge side of the cover; and the second end engages a field side of the cover and/or the rail boot.
Claims16
An assembly to hold a rail boot to a rail during embedded track construction comprising:
- a cover having a bottom surface, a first portion of the bottom surface generally conforming to a length of a top surface of a rail head;
- the bottom surface having a second portion defining a convex shape adjacent to and generally parallel to the length of the top surface of the rail head;
- the bottom surface further defining a hook to engage a gauge side of the rail boot;
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- a clip having first and second ends, wherein the first end engages a gauge side of the cover;
- and the second end engages a field side of the cover and/or the rail boot.
A method for covering a rail and rail boot during the construction of embedded railway tracks comprising the steps of:
- wrapping a rail boot around, in-whole or in-part, a flange, field side web and/or gauge side web of a rail;
- laying a cover over a head of the rail;
- engaging the cover with a gauge side of the rail boot;
- engaging a clip to the cover and to the field side of the rail boot;
- pouring material around the rail boot;
- removing the clip;
- and removing the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.