摘要:
The invention relates to a rail fixing, for securing a rail (10), the bottom flange of which is supported on a concrete sleeper (16), comprising at least one elastic tensioning clamp (20) with several ears, of which at least one ear extends within a collar (42, 44) or channel of a retainer (24), connected to the concrete sleeper and at least one further ear rests on the bottom flange of the rail. According to the invention, a securing of the rail with constructively simple means and saving of space with regard to the dimensions necessary may be achieved, whereby the retainer (24, 26) is detachably arranged in the concrete sleeper (16), or in a plate element supported thereon and connected to the concrete sleeper by means of a screw element.
摘要:
A railway baseplate assembly comprising a baseplate (30), a cushioning pad (20) for lying beneath the baseplate (30), and means (10) for securing the baseplate (30) to an underlying rail foundation when the assembly is in use, wherein the said securing means (10) comprise a non-screw-threaded post member (12), which post member (12) extends, when in use, through holes (21, 31) provided in the baseplate (30) and cushioning pad (20) in such a way as to engage the said baseplate (30). The post member (12) and baseplate (30) may be such that engagement of the baseplate (30) with the post member (12) can be brought about by movement of the baseplate (30) relative to the post member (12) firstly in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the baseplate (30) and towards the post member (12) so that the post member (12) extends through the hole (31) in the baseplate (30) and secondly in a direction substantially parallel to the plane of the baseplate so that the post member (12) engages the baseplate (30). The post member (12) is fastened, directly or indirectly, to the rail foundation and the post member (12), cushioning pad (20) and baseplate (30) may be such that the cushioning pad (20) and baseplate (30) can be brought into engagement with the post member (12) while the post member (12) is fastened to the rail foundation.
摘要:
A railway rail fastening assembly, for suspending a railway rail (100) at discrete locations along its length above a rail foundation, comprises a pair of elastic members (5) for supporting the head of the rail (100), a pair of brackets (6) for applying a lateral clamping force to respective ones of the elastic members (5), a baseplate (1) having first and second shoulders (3, 4), and a pair of wedge members (7), each wedge member (7) being inserted between an associated one of the shoulders (3, 4) and an adjacent bracket (6) thereby to maintain the said lateral clamping force, wherein at least one (4) of the said first and second shoulders (3, 4) is removable from the said baseplate (1) and is held in position on the baseplate (1) by the said lateral clamping force.
摘要:
A railway rail anchoring device (300), for use with a railway rail-fastening clip (1') which is approximately M-shaped in plan and has first and second leg portions and a rail-bearing portion, comprises first and second clip-retaining members (304), connected together by a base member (301), each of which define a passageway (309) for receiving one of the leg portions of such a clip (17). A boundary surface (314) of at least one of the passageways (309) includes first locating means (305) for engagement with a first region of the leg portion of the clip (1') located in that passageway such that the clip (1') can be held in a non-rail-bearing pre-assembly position in which the clip (1') is retained by the device (300) such that the clip (1') cannot move out of the said pre-assembly position towards a rail unless driven in a first direction. The first locating means (305) are provided at a location intermediate respective ends of the passageway (309), so as to allow the device to be manufactured without an expendable core.
摘要:
An elastic rail clamp 10, for fastening a rail to an underlying rail plate or rail tie 1, of the type comprising a pair of substantially parallel members 19 folded into a D configuration so as to have a front toe portion 16 adapted to seat on a flange of the rail, which toe portion 16 is formed by respective free ends 18 of the substantially parallel members 19, and a base portion 11 adapted to seat in a slot 4 in the rail plate or rail tie 1, is shaped such that the parts 14 of the substantially parallel members 19 between the base portion 11 and the toe portion 16 are tapered in external dimensions towards the toe portion 16 of the clamp 10, and the free ends 18 of the substantially parallel members 19 are turned back toward a rear portion 13 of the clamp 10 and project outwardly so as to abut a portion of the rail plate or rail tie 1 when the clamp 10 is in use, thereby to prevent the rail clamp 10 sliding off the rail flange. Alternatively or in addition, the pair of substantially parallel members 19 are joined together between the curved rear portion 13 of the members 19 adjacent the base portion 11.
摘要:
Scaffolding couplers (19, 30, 33, 33′) for coupling together two scaffolding tubes (2) include a coupling element (20, 30a, 34, 34′) for engaging a scaffolding tube (2), the coupling element (20, 30a, 34, 34′) comprising a central region (23, 31a, 35, 35′) which lies between first (24, 24′) and second (25, 25′) connecting regions of the coupling element (20, 30a, 34, 34′). The connecting regions (24, 24′, 25, 25′) are adapted for connecting the coupling element to another component, that is a flap 21, of the coupler, each of the connecting regions (24, 24′, 25, 25′) having a pair of substantially planar supporting portions (26) connected to said central region (23, 31a, 35, 35′) by means of a further portion (27) of the connecting region (24, 24′, 25, 25′) which extends between them and projects outwardly from the said central region (23, 31a, 35, 35′). The said supporting portions (26) of each connecting region (24, 24′, 25, 25′) project approximately perpendicularly to at least part of said further portion (27) to provide respective supporting edges for contacting said scaffolding tube and extend beyond a boundary of the said further portion (27) which is remote from the said central region (23, 31a, 35, 35′) so as to form the walls of a slot (28). The ends of the walls are formed, on respective edges thereof opposed to said supporting edges, with respective hook-like retaining projections (29a, 29b), the said slot (28) and the said retaining projections (29a, 29b) being for use in connecting the coupling element (20, 30a, 34, 34′) to the flap 21. Such couplers can be stronger, and easier to manufacture, than some prior art couplers.
摘要:
A device to be placed on a railway sleeper (1) or some other foundation for a railway rail (3) includes a pad (2) and two upstanding portions (6A). The pad (2) is of resilient and electrically insulating material and the upstanding portions (6A) are of stiffer electrically insulating marterial. At least two-thirds of the area of the pad (2) has none of the stiffer material above or below it. Preferably the upstanding portions (6A) are at least 150 mm. long and are on elongate members (6) which have ears (6B) at opposite ends which extend under only corners of the pad (2), where they are secured by spigots (2E) projecting into holes (6C).
摘要:
A device to be placed on a railway sleeper (1) or some other foundation for a railway rail (3) includes a pad (2) and two upstanding portions (6A). The pad (2) is of resilient and electrically insulating material and the upstanding portions (6A) are of stiffer electrically insulating marterial. At least two-thirds of the area of the pad (2) has none of the stiffer material above or below it. Preferably the upstanding portions (6A) are at least 150 mm. long and are on elongate members (6) which have ears (6B) at opposite ends which extend under only corners of the pad (2), where they are secured by spigots (2E) projecting into holes (6C).
摘要:
An apparatus for use in measuring relative movement between two structures is described. A support (7) having bores for receiving input and output optical fibres (2, 10) is mounted on a mounting element (24), secured to one of the structures, at a predetermined position using alignment means (50). A filter (8) is fixed relative to the other structure so that light passing down the input fibre (2) passes through the filter (8) to the output fibre (10). The filter comprises a split field filter so that when light of two wavelengths is transmitted via the input fibre (2), the intensity of light at each wavelength transmitted through the filter (8) depends on the position of the filter relative to the support. An analogue output proportional to the displacement is provided using the transmitted intensities. The invention is particularly applicable to measuring displacement of a railway rail with respect to an underlying structure, and a method and installation for this are described.