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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2002
John Phillip Porrill, Godalming, GB;
Stephen John Cox, Richmond, GB;
Pandrol Limited, Addlestone Surrey, GB;
Abstract
A railway rail fastening assembly, for suspending a railway rail ( ) at discrete locations along its length above a rail foundation, comprises a pair of elastic members ( ) for support the head of the rail ( ), a pair of brackets ( ) for applying a lateral clamping force to respective ones of the elastic members ( ), a baseplate ( ) having first and second shoulders ( ), and a pair of wedge members ( ), each wedge member ( ) being inserted between an associated one of the shoulders ( ) and an adjacent bracket ( ) thereby to maintain the said lateral clamping force, wherein at least one ( ) of the said first and second shoulders ( ) is removable from the said baseplate ( ) and is held in position on the baseplate ( ) by the said lateral clamping force.