Single Ral Patents (Class 246/418)
  • Patent number: 5366184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a seat for the movable point in a cradle of a crossing frog incorporated in long welded rails and the process for production of such a seat. The seat is characterized in that the connection between the movable point (1) and the element (2") of the cradle constituted by two rails (3 and 4) is effected by an essentially mechanical assembly. The invention is more particularly applicable to the field of the construction of railway equipment, particularly, crossing frogs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignee: Cogifer-Compagnie Generale d'Installations Ferroviaires
    Inventors: Gerard Testart, Frederic Hege
  • Patent number: 5193767
    Abstract: A switch track apparatus for a girder type track comprises a movable girder composed of at least one girder portion shiftable between a plurality of positions on a fixed supporting member and of at least one drive device for driving the movable girder. The drive device is supported on a side surface of the movable girder substantially within a thickness of the movable girder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: HSST Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Mihirogi