Anchoring devices for rail fastening clips
AssigneePandrol Australia Pty Ltd.
InventorsSteven Harkness, Brenton Keast, Pierre Barthram, Jozef Nevidal
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Abstract
This invention relates to an anchoring device for use in retaining a railway rail fastening clip, the device comprising a stem for embedding in a rail support member, a head extending from the stem and comprising a generally hook-shaped portion for extending over a portion of the clip to effect retention and terminating at an end apart from the stem, and wherein in use, said end terminates at a sealing plate for bridging the end of the hook-shaped portion and the stem. An associated anchoring device assembly and railway rail fastening assembly are also disclosed.
Claims15
An anchoring device for use in retaining a railway rail fastening clip, the device comprising a stem for embedding in a rail support member, the stem comprising a means for engaging a sealing plate, a head extending from the stem and comprising a generally hook-shaped portion for extending over a portion of the clip to effect retention and terminating at an end apart from the stem, where the end comprises a means for engaging the sealing plate, and wherein in use, said end terminates at the sealing plate when the sealing plate bridges the engaging means on both the end of the hook-shaped portion and the stem.
An anchoring device for use in retaining a railway rail fastening clip, the device comprising a stem for embedding in a rail support member, the stem comprising a means for engaging a sealing plate, a head extending from the stem and comprising a generally hook-shaped portion for extending over a portion of the clip to effect retention, and terminating at an end apart from the stem, where the end comprises a means for engaging the sealing plate, wherein in the region where the stem transitions into the hook-shaped portion a shape of the stem is varied, and wherein in use, said end terminates at the sealing plate when the sealing plate bridges the engaging means on both the end of the hook-shaped portion and the stem.
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