Tetsudo Kizai Kogyo Company Limited

Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.

Kentaro Matsubara

Yoshio Matsuo

A rail fastening device comprises a curved tapered spring having free ends adapted to engage a rail flange for preventing lateral and tilting motion of the rail. The spring is secured by a fastening element having a detent which is rotated and slid into a shaped hole in an anchor embedded in the tie on which the rail is supported.

Rail fastening device

An elastic rail fastening device for securing a rail to a concrete tie having a spike secured therein. A top pressing spring engages the top surface of the rail flange for holding the rail against the tie. One end of the spring is supported beneath a shoulder on the metal spike. A spring receiver is fitted to the tie, and the other end of the top spring bears thereagainst. A side spring is inserted between the side of the rail flange and the spring receiver to receive transverse pressure working on the rail.

Elastic rail fastening device

An elastic rail fastening device which uses a metal spike having a projecting jaw, the lower part of the spike being buried in a concrete support. A deformed S-shaped plate spring is provided with one end contacting the upper surface of a spring receiver, a first bent-down portion urged downwardly for depressing the upper surface of the rail flange as laid on the concrete support, a middle portion having the upper surface contacting the projecting jaw, a second bent-down portion for contacting the side of the spring receiver, and the other end contacting the side of the rail flange. The spring receiver is interposed between a guide on the concrete support and the second bent-down portion, whereby the spring receiver pushes up the one end of the spring.

A tie-pad assembly is disclosed which includes a rail; a tie and a rectangular tie-pad plate made of relatively soft elastic rubber material having a plurality of longitudinal grooves provided on upper and lower surfaces thereof. A first pair of cutaway portions are formed in lower side edges of the plate in the longitudinal direction of the rail. The tie-pad plate is disposed between the rail and the tie and is provided with a first pair of reinforcement members made of relatively hard elastic rubber material. These members are each formed with an extending portion to be inserted into the first cutaway portions, and a pressure receiving portion having a height somewhat lower than the maximum thickness of the tie-pad plate. The members are integrally coupled to the tie-pad plate by vulcanization; and an aerial gap is formed between the members and the tie-pad plate when assembled, the gap extending along the top surface of the assembly.

Tie-pad assembly

A rail fastening apparatus for cooperation with a rail which is supported on and extends transversely across a tie. The apparatus comprising a steel support positioned adjacent one side of the rail and having a leg portion which is buried in the tie and an upper portion which projects upwardly above the tie. A lever is pivotally supported on the upper portion for swinging movement about an axis which extends substantially parallel with the longitudinally extending direction of the rail. The lever has a cam associated therewith. A spring-receiver structure is mounted on the tie and positioned on the opposite side of the axis from the rail, and an elongated plate-like spring extends between the spring-receiver structure and the rail. The spring has one end supported on the spring-receiver structure and the other end supported on a flange of the rail. The spring is disposed below the lever and positioned so that the cam is adapted for engaging a central portion of the spring, whereby rotation of the lever causes the cam to engage the spring and resiliently deflect same downwardly to thereby press the rail securely against the tie.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kentaro Matsubara