Fish plate clamp for unloading rails

A fish plate clamp (10) for unloading rails (1), the fish plate clamp (10) comprising:

• support elements (30, 40) including a first piece (11) and a second piece (12) adapted so that each piece (11, 12) is located on a face of a rail (1) at an end of the rail (1), characterized in that:
• each of the first piece and the second piece includes an internal mortise (13) on a face of the piece destined to be placed adjacent to the rail (1), each of the internal mortises (13) being adapted to be placed facing the area of the web (3) of the rail (1);
• and
• first and second gripping elements (14) located in respective internal mortises (13) in such a way that the gripping element (14) is movable with respect to the respective support element (30, 40) in the longitudinal direction of the rail (1),
• wherein each of the internal mortises (13) includes an inclined surface (15) in a manner that the internal mortise (13) longitudinally decreases in depth towards the end of the fish plate clamp (10) destined to lodge the end of the rail (1), the gripping elements (14) and the internal mortises (13) being configured in a manner that, when the gripping element (14) moves along the length of the inclined surface (15) of the internal mortise (13) in the direction in the pulling of the rail (1), the gripping element (14) latches onto the web (13) of the rail (1), and
• wherein the support elements (30, 40) are in a symmetrical arrangement with respect to a transversal axis, so that one of the support elements (30) is adapted for clamping a first rail (1), and the other support element (40) is adapted for clamping a second rail (1) located in line with the first rail (1).