REINFORCED RAIL BRACE Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC E01B9/00 E01B9/48 E01B9/60 

FIELD: construction.

SUBSTANCE: reinforced rail brace comprises an anchor fixed on a sleeper, a tie plate, a spring clip, which elastically presses a cranked fish plate. It is also equipped with a wedge spacer installed between the cranked fish plate and the anchor with the possibility to install rails in the horizontal plane. The cranked fish plate is made as a whole with the spring clip, from electric insulation material, with an additional stop at one side or two sides of a rail journal, and is installed on the anchor at the distance of the upper surface of the additional stop from the lower surface of the rail head, providing for passage of the devices for gripping the rail head during track repair. The cranked fish plate is arranged with a ledge for its fixation relative to the wedge spacer or the anchor. The wedge spacer is arranged with vertical slots in the upper part for its fixation with the spring clip relative to the anchor.

EFFECT: reduced labour intensiveness of servicing rail braces in a track, higher reliability and efficiency of rail brace operation.

2 cl, 2 dwg