Rail fastening assembly

Details Rail fastening assembly Rail fastening assembly

1985-02-21

1989-04-11

Reeves, Robert B.

Railways: surface track

Fastenings

Clamps

238349, E01B 948

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048198706

ABSTRACT:
An assembly is disclosed for securing a railroad rail to a base plate with a resilient fastener clip. The base plate is heated, punched and reforged to provide a clip locking shoulder which includes an aperture through the base plate and an undercut in the shoulder formed by first and second clip engaging surfaces forming a generally V-shaped clip interlock. The fastener clip is of generally U-shape configuration having an upper limb and lower limb interconnected by a heel portion. The lower limb terminates in a clip lock of generally V-shaped configuration complementary to the clip interlock of the clip shoulder and the clip interlock terminates in a clip lead-in formed at an angle complementary to the angulation of the first clip engaging surface.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1888557 (1932-11-01), Kurkowski
patent: 1979825 (1932-12-01), Dalton
patent: 2357629 (1944-09-01), Cantrell et al.
patent: 2954169 (1960-09-01), Rigby

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