A resilient railway rail fastening clip (3) has successive first to seventh portions (31 to 37) where when the clip (3) is in a non operative configuration the first and seventh portions (31, 37) of the clip (3) form leg portions which lie in a first plane (P) the second and sixth portions extend substantially away ...

A railway rail fastening clip (1) for fastening a railway rail to an underlying rail foundation which clip (1) being formed of an elongate plate shaped such that a central region (11) of the plate has in profile the form of a letter C a first end region of the plate extends from one side of the central region (11) o...

An electrical insulator for use with a rail fastening clip comprises a contact member providing on one side a substantially flat rail contact surface for contacting a foot of a rail and on the opposing side a clip contact surface for contacting a rail bearing surface of a bearing portion of the clip, the insulator a...

In a railway rail pad (1) having a rail seat portion (2) for receiving a foot of a railway rail, the rail seat portion (2) is provided on at least one major face (4A, 4B) thereof with a plurality of protrusions (5) which are unevenly distributed across the face of the rail seat portion (2) such that the ratio of the...

A variable diameter fastener for a railway rail fastening assembly, wherein the fastener comprises a shaft, a first end of the shaft being configured for placement in an underlying foundation, a second end of the shaft being configured for engagement with the fastening assembly, wherein the shaft comprises a variabl...

In a concrete railway rail foundation (200; 250; 260), on which anchoring devices (4; 45) for retaining railway rail fastening clips (3) are to be located when the foundation (200; 250; 260) is in use, the face of the foundation (200; 250; 260) which is to be uppermost when the foundation (200; 250; 260) is in use h...

A sealing plate (2), for use with a rail clip anchoring device (1) having a head (1A) and a stem (100) which extends from the head (1A) into a concrete sleeper when the anchoring device (1) is in use, is adapted for extending over the underside of the head (1A) when the stem (100) of the device (1) is being set in a...

In a resilient railway rail fastening clip (9) comprising firstly a substantially straight first portion (1), then a bent second portion (2), then a substantially straight third portion (3) the axis of which makes an angle substantially more than 45° with the axis of the first portion (1), the two axes lying in the ...

An upper surface (10) of a precast concrete railway track panel (1, 1") to which railway rails (2) may be secured when the track panel (1, 1") is in use, is inclined with respect to the lower surface (20) of the track panel (1, 1") in a direction transverse to the intended direction of the longitudinal axes of the r...

A component (7) for use in a rail fastening assembly, the assembly comprising a railway rail fastening clip having a first part for bearing on a railway rail and a railway rail clip anchoring device for retaining the railway rail clip, comprises a first portion (71) adapted to receive a lateral load from the rail wh...

Railway rail fastening apparatus, for suspending a railway rail (1) at discrete locations along its length above a rail foundation (2), comprises two rail suspending assemblies (4A, 4B) located when in use one on each side of the rail (1) . Each assembly (4A, 4B) comprises an elastic member (6) for supporting the he...

A rail fastening apparatus for fastening an inner stock rail (2) in a railway slide chair assembly comprises a baseplate (100) having on one face thereof a rail seat region (110) on which the inner stock rail (2) sits when the slide chair assembly is in use, a resilient rail fastening clip (7) for restraining such a...

A resilient railway rail fastening clip (50), for fastening a railway rail to an underlying foundation, of the type having an anchoring leg (51) whereby the clip (50) is retained by a rail fastening clip anchoring device (500), has means for resisting unauthorised disengagement of the clip (50) from such an anchorin...

An anchoring device, for retaining a railway rail fastening clip which is formed of a rod of material bent so as to be approximately M-shaped in plan and is provided on at least one leg of the M with first locating means, which device is provided with second locating means for cooperating with said first locating me...

An anchoring device, for retaining a railway rail fastening clip suitable for holding down a railway rail, which clip is formed from a rod of resilient material bent so as to be approximately M-shaped in plan, the clip having, proceeding from one end of the rod to the other, a substantially straight first portion, a...

A shoulder (1) for use in retaining a railway rail fastening clip (3), comprising two interconnected spaced- apart walls (10), between which a portion (34) of the clip to be retained is held when the shoulder is in use, and clip-engaging means (11), supported by the walls, for engaging a portion of the clip to ...

A sealing plate (2), for use with a rail clip anchoring device (1) having a head (1A) and a stem (100) which extends from the head (1A) into a concrete sleeper when the anchoring device (1) is in use, is adapted for extending over the underside of the head (1A) when the stem (100) of the device (1) is being set in a...

A substantially M-shaped rail clip (3) is disclosed in which the clip is substantially flat when in its non-operative configuration, and, when the clip is in an operative configuration, the toe (34) of the clip lies substantially in a second plane and the legs (31, 37) of the clip lie substantially in a third plane,...

A method of manufacturing a resilient rail clip comprises bending a rod made of metal having a hardness value falling within a known hardness value range into a predetermined shape and then subjecting the bent rod to a cold setting process in order to induce in the bent rod a predetermined amount of permanent set (S...

A railway rail pad (1), for use beneath a railway rail in a rail fastening assembly as cushioning and/or electrical insulation, has first and second major faces (2, 3) , the first face (2) having a rail seat portion (20) on which a foot of a railway rail sits when the pad (1) is in use, and side members (4A, 4B) att...

A pad for a railway rail fastening assembly, the pad being configured for placement between a rail and an underlying foundation, such as slab track or a sleeper, wherein a cross-section of the pad comprises: a second resilient layer configured to face a railway rail; an intermediate rigid layer; and a first resilien...

A railway rail fastening clip (3), for fastening a railway rail (1) to an underlying rail foundation (2), is formed of an elongate plate shaped such that a central region (31) of the plate has in profile the form of a letter C, a first end region of the plate extending from one side of the central portion (3...

A device (6) for use between a flange (10) of a railway rail (1) and a toe (5c) of a railway rail fastening clip (5) bearing on the rail flange (10) has a surface (80), on which the toe (5c) of the clip (5) bears when the device (6) is in its operative position, which is manufactured so as to provide an abut...

An improved screwed fastening system for railway rails is proposed to allow rail fastening clips 2 2000 to be moved onto and off the rail 4 more easily facilitating track installation and maintenance. One improvement comprises providing in the screwed fastening system a clip guiding device 1000 for guiding the rail ...

The present invention relates in particular to a mold (M) for aluminothermic welding of a metal rail (1) which comprises at least two essentially identical parts or shells (4) that are configured so as to be temporarily assembled opposite one another and on either side of said rail (1) in order to enclose the head (...

A resilient railway rail fastening clip (3) has successive first to seventh portions (31 to 37) where, when the clip (3) is in a non-operative configuration, the first and seventh portions (31, 37) of the clip (3) form leg portions which lie in a first plane (P), the second and sixth portions extend substantially aw...

The present invention relates to a moulding assembly for aluminothermic welding of metal rails (30), comprising at least one mould part (1, 50) configured to come into contact with at least one other mould part (1, 50) and rails (30) to be welded in order to form a mould cavity (102) in which the ends (31) of the me...

A method of manufacturing a resilient rail clip comprises bending a rod, made of metal having a hardness value falling within a known hardness value range, into a predetermined shape and then subjecting the bent rod to a cold setting process in order to induce in the bent rod a predetermined amount of permanent set ...

An anchoring assembly (40) for fastening a railway rail (13) to an underlying foundation (16), comprising: • a base plate (12) configured to receive the rail (13); • a fastener (30) configured to fasten the base plate (12) to the underlying foundation (16); and • a rigid sleeve (50) defining a passage (52) through w...

The invention relates to a mould (1) for aluminothermic welding of two rails (30), said mould (1) comprising at least two side parts (2A, 2B) made of refractory material, configured to be mounted temporarily opposite one another on either side of the ends of the rails (30) to be welded so as to define a moulding cav...