RAIL TRACK WITH RIGID INTER-RAIL FILLERS-COUPLERS Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: street car and railway tracks. SUBSTANCE: proposed rail track has rails mounted on support structures through baseplates, rigid couplers in form of rods arranged at nonright angles relative to rails. Ends of rods are connected to vertical ribs welded to gusset curved to suit rail contour and connected by high strength bolts to wall of rail at level of its gravity center together with vertical rib. EFFECT: provision of stability of rail gauge in horizontal and vertical positions of both rails. 3 dwg