Portec Rail Products, Inc.

Koppers Delaware, Inc.

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Portec - Rmp Division

Protec Rail Products, Inc.

John M Downey

John W Mospan

W Thomas Urmson, Jr

Patrick J Boario

W Thomas Urmson

Richard Jarosinski

Thomas W Urmson

William Thomas Urmson, Jr

Aley Copley, Jr

William T Uramson, Jr

Aley Copley

A center support sleeve for a bonded rail joint bar that includes a body having a head portion, a web portion, and a base portion. The head portion depends from the web portion, which depends from the base portion. The head portion and the base portion are bent in the same direction thereby defining a recess area therebetween. The web portion of the body also defines a plurality of holes.

Center supported bond joint

A rail joint arrangement comprises two rails. The rails have adjacent rail ends separated and thereby forming a gap. The rails have a top end containing a rail head and a bottom end. The gap is defined between the top end and the bottom end of the rails, and the width of the gap is non-uniform throughout its entire length. In addition, the rail joint arrangement comprises at least one electric insulator positioned within the gap. The rail joint arrangement is fastened together by a rail joint bar attaching the two rails together.

Method and arrangement to insulate rail ends

A rail joint assembly is provided for joining abutting railroad rails with an electrically-insulated joint. The rail joint assembly comprises abutting railroad rails compressing an insulating gasket therebetween and rail joint bars secured through a plurality of holes by fasteners to the adjacent railroad rails. The rail joint bars comprise a body and an insulating spacer comprising a porous mesh screen and washer. A layer of epoxy is sandwiched between a rail joint bar and railroad rail and comprises a rigid epoxy on lateral portions of a first side of a rail joint bar and a flexible epoxy placed on a central portion of the first side of a rail joint bar. Rail joint bars are rectangular shaped and may have a cutout.

Rail joint bars and rail joint assemblies

An electrically-insulated tie plate for electrically isolating parts of a railroad rail system from each other. The electrically-insulated tie plate includes a base plate having a recessed area for receiving a railroad rail and a layer of electrically-insulating material covering portions of the base plate.

Tie plate

Wrap-around joint bar sleeve insulator

A rail joint made from a metallic profiled bar that is rolled or forged and is used for connecting adjacent railroad rails to each other. The rail joint is configured to provide increased wheel flange clearance while maintaining the integrity of joining two rails together.

Profiled bar

The present invention generally relates to a railway or railroad track joint, and more particularly, to an improved electrically insulated bonded rail joint incorporating a non-conductive spacer in or associated with a rail bonding adhesive. The present invention also relates to a method for bonding such electrically insulated rail joints. The present invention provides more control over the spacing of the adhesive layer to achieve a stronger joint and more predictable and stable electrical insulation of a track circuit with improved bonding.

Insulated rail joint incorporating spacer-impregnated adhesive and

A syringe for withdrawing fluids which consists of novel new one-handed operated syringe. Said one-handed or therapeutic syringe is described as a therapeutic syringe comprising a double compartmented housing, a piston disposed in one of said compartments, a piston rod connected to said piston controlling the movement of said piston in a barrel, vent means associated with said piston compartment, said other non-piston compartment being formed with needle hub for supporting a needle and having an opening in fluid communication with said piston compartment whereby when said piston is moved forward in said barrel in said piston compartment, air will be discharged therefrom while drawing liquid into said other compartment.

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Ashland, KY, United States of America

John M Downey