Portec Rail Products, Inc.

Koppers Delaware, Inc.

Other

Protec Rail Products, Inc.

Patrick J Boario

John W Mospan

W Thomas Urmson, Jr

John M Downey

Richard Jarosinski

W Thomas Urmson

William T Urmson

Aley Copley, 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

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

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Allegheny Township, PA, United States of America

Patrick J Boario