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US 9,090,268 B2Granted
Point lug and rail mount connections for a railroad point machine apparatus
AssigneeSiemens Industry, Inc.
InventorRichard C. Bohme
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Abstract
New and improved point machine, point lug and rail mount connections for a railroad point machine apparatus. The new point machine and point lug connections overcome the problems associated with point run, lift and bounce of a point rail. Moreover, the rail mount provides for a generic, common platform that can be used with different sized stock rails.
Claims22
A connection assembly adapted to connect a point rail to a shaft of a point machine, said assembly comprising:
- a yoke having a top and a pair of sides extending from the top, the sides being spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance and having a slot;
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- a point lug assembly having a first end connected to a top surface of the top of the yoke and a second end adapted to be connected to the point rail,
- wherein the yoke is adapted to receive an end of the shaft within the space between the sides and the slots are adapted to receive a transverse connecting mechanism used to maintain the end of the shaft in a slidable arrangement within the space between the slots.
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A point machine apparatus comprising:
- a point machine having an adjustment rod;
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- a connection assembly adapted to connect a point rail to the adjustment rod, said connection assembly comprising:
- a yoke having a top and a pair of sides extending from the top, the sides being spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance and having a slot, and
- a point lug assembly having a first end connected to a top surface of the top of the yoke and a second end adapted to be connected to the point rail,
- wherein the yoke is adapted to receive an end of the rod within the space between the sides and the slots are adapted to receive a transverse connecting mechanism used to maintain the end of the rod in a slidable arrangement within the space between the slots.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.