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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thyssen Stahl AG, Duisburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148581 ; 148639 ;
Abstract
This invention concerns a method of reducing the gaping values of railway tracks made of steel to less than 3.6 mm. It is characteristic of this invention that the rolled and leveled rails are heated briefly, i.e., for approx. 10 to 25 sec, until reaching a maximum temperature of 100.degree. C. in the rail head and a maximum of 260.degree. C. in the web, and then they are allowed to cool again immediately.