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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
May. 09, 2002
VAE Aktiengesellschaft, Vienna, AT;
Abstract
A device for switching and elastically locking the end positions of movable switch parts, in particular switch tongues of grooved rail switches, including an axially displaceable rod ( ) and a tube ( ) surrounding the rod, in which a spring ( ) encompassing the rod is braced against stops and locking members ( ′) capable of being displaced radially outwards are arranged, wherein the rod ( ) has axially spaced-apart control stops ( ) for a radially inward position of the locking members ( ′) and the tube ( ) has stops ( ) for the outward position of the locking members ( ′), wherein at least one ( ) of the control stops ( ) of the rod ( ) is displaceable relative to at least another one ( ) of the control stops ( ) in the axial direction of the rod ( ) and is capable of being fixed in the respective displaced position.