Vertical Face Patents (Class 238/344)
  • Patent number: 5230469
    Abstract: A bolted rail fastening system for joint bar locations includes a rail mounted in a recessed area of a tie plate with the tie plate being secured to a cross-tie by means of coach screws extending downwardly therethrough. The rail is maintained in the recessed area by a pair of clips positioned at each side of the rail which each engage an upper surface of a joint bar, one joint bar positioned on each side of the rail. Rail connections may thus be secured to the cross-tie there underneath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Inventor: George K. Fisher
  • Patent number: 5148980
    Abstract: In a device for mounting in position guide rails (1), in which device the guide rail (1) is free of perforations and is seized by claws (3), which claws (3) are fixed in a mounting part, the mounting part has a mounting plate (2) extending in parallel relation to the longitudinal direction of the guide rail, noting that the claws (3) can be passed through perforations (16) in the mounting plate and can be braced against the mounting plate (2), in particular with the interposition of a spring (4), at the side, located opposite the guide rail (1), of the mounting plate (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Voest-Alpine Zeltweg Gesellschaft m.g.h.
    Inventors: Dieter Fritz, Heinz Ossberger, Johannes R. Oswald
  • Patent number: 5123596
    Abstract: A bolted rail fastening system comprising a rail mounted in a recessed area of a tie plate with the tie plate being secured to a cross-tie by means of coach screws extending downwardly therethrough. The rail is maintained in the recessed area by a pair of clips positioned at each side of the rail which will remain in position even if the nuts associated therewith become loose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Inventors: George K. Fisher, Thomas L. Wallace, William C. Thompson