SWITCHING UNIT OF RAILWAY SWITCH Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: railway construction technology. SUBSTANCE: switching unit has two pairs of moving rails 1, 2 and 3, 4 which are installed on metal bridges 5, 6 at points of their joining with adjacent rails with possibility of their sliding along surface of metal bridges at switching of moving train from one track line to another track line. Also provided are bars 9, 10, 11, 12 installed on base of railway switch and rigidly connected with metal bridges. There are bars with metal liners on their upper surface for sliding of moving rails on section between bridges. Ends of bars with metal liners on aforesaid section are rigidly connected to each other by at least two beams 15, 16. Application of aforesaid embodiment of switching unit allows for reducing capital input for installing and maintenance of railway switch. EFFECT: higher efficiency. 1 dwg