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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2006
Applicant:
Maurizio Biagiotti, Pisa, IT;
Inventor:
Maurizio Biagiotti, Pisa, IT;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a railroad switch for use with intersecting railroad rails and having two switch points interconnected by a switch machine between two switch point assemblies and connected thereto by an operating rod at each end of the switch machine, a system for a greaseless switch point assembly having a mounting clip and a pivot pin for connecting each operating rod to its associated switch point, the greaseless switch point assembly having a bushing proximate a part of the pivot pin that fits within an opening in the mounting clip, and an insertion device extending into the opening proximate the bushing.