Flange-supported Wheel Patents (Class 246/457)
  • Patent number: 5845881
    Abstract: A railroad trackwork intersection assembly such as a crossing intersection or a turnout intersection is provided with at least one flange-bearing frog subassembly which has railcar wheel flangeways of uniform depth throughout the frog planform that co-operate with trackwork traffic rails, with easer subassemblies that are positioned exterior to but abut the frog subassembly, that have sloping flange support surfaces, and that may be removed from or adjusted in the assembly without moving or adjusting either the frog subassembly or the co-operating trackwork traffic rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: ABC Rail Products Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Young, Stephen R. Kuhn, Joan Q. Xia, Thomas S. Baker, Jr.