Railway switches and signals – Vehicle-energy actuation – Continuous-rail frogs
Patent
1996-12-02
1998-07-21
Morano, S. Joseph
Railway switches and signals
Vehicle-energy actuation
Continuous-rail frogs
246391, 246468, E01B 714
Patent
active
057824371
ABSTRACT:
A spring rail frog is disclosed that includes a movable wing rail, a fixed wing rail and a nose rail. The movable wing rail is provided with a bendable portion and a non-bendable portion. The bendable portion can include any or all of a reduced width base portion, a reduced width head portion and an increased width web portion. The height of the movable wing rail can also be smaller in height than the height of the nose rail. A fixing plate can also be provided between a base plate and the movable wing rail to adjust the relative height of the movable wing rail and the nose rail.
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Morano S. Joseph
Yamato Kogyo Co., Ltd.
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