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US 9,562,331 B2Granted
Drain channel for a tramway track
AssigneeAco, Inc.
InventorsJérôme Dubois, Didier Ollivier, Joseph Miquel, Cyril Leguy
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Abstract
A tramway track drainage device includes a drain channel section (5, 6) provided with two ends, at least one end being provided with a wall (14, 16) closing the end. The device further includes an opening (41) created in the wall (14, 16) to form an inspection window for a cable connection (80) with a rail (2) and a plug (60, 70) for closing the opening (41), removable from inside the drain channel section (5, 6).
Claims16
A drainage device for a tramway track, the drainage device comprising:
- a drain channel section having two ends, at least one end being provided with a wall closing said end;
- an opening defined in the wall and configured to form an inspection window for a connection of a cable with a rail;
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- a plug configured to close the opening, the plug being configured to be removed from inside the drain channel section,
- wherein the plug further forms a core, the core projecting from the wall on the side opposite the drain channel section, the core occupying a space between the opening of the wall and the connection of the cable with the rail.
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A drainage kit for a tramway track, the drainage kit comprising:
- at least one first section and at least one second section, each of the sections having two ends, at least one end being provided with a wall closing said end, an opening defined in the wall and configured to form an inspection window for a connection of a cable with a rail, and a removable plug configured to close the opening, the sections each being configured to be mounted substantially perpendicularly and facing one another on either side of the rail so that each opening forms the inspection window for the connection of the cable with the rail,
- wherein the removable plug further forms a core, the core projecting from the wall on the side opposite the respective section, the core occupying a space between the opening of the wall and the connection of the cable with the rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.