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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2003
Dieter Fritz, Fohnsdorf, AT;
Hermann Orasche, Zeltweg, AT;
Dieter Fritz, Fohnsdorf, AT;
Hermann Orasche, Zeltweg, AT;
VAE Eisenbahnsysteme GmbH, Zeltweg, AT;
VAE GmbH, Vienna, AT;
Abstract
In a switch including a main track and a branch track, wherein one rail of each track is each configured as a tongue rail and movable into abutment on the respective stock rail, at least one stock rail (), in its region of abutment on the tongue rail (), is designed to have a reduced rail head width as compared to the region located outside said region of abutment, wherein the rail head width, starting from the tip () of the tongue, decreases as far as to a point () at which the carrying wheel comes into lateral contact with the tongue rail () and increases in the region following thereupon, and that the tongue rail () is designed to be reinforced in cross section towards the stock rail () according to the reduction in the width of the stock rail head.