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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1996
Francis Carmes, Voisins le Bretonneux, FR;
GEC Alsthom Transport SA, Paris, FR;
Abstract
In a locking apparatus for locking a point of a rail switch, a control bar and locking bars are disposed side-by-side, touching, and parallel to one another; first and second notches are provided in the same side of the control bar and of each of the locking bars; and the inside of the slideway and the outside of the assembly comprising the control bar and the locking bars are disposed side-by-side and touching, and are of complementary overall shapes so as to enable the control bar and the locking bars to slide relative to the slideway. The present invention also relates to an apparatus for operating and locking a point, to a method of installing this apparatus, and to an apparatus for operating and locking a rail switch.