Patent ID: 9096243
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: B61L,E01B

Abstract:
1. A railroad track switching apparatus for use with a railroad track system having first and second rails and first and second indicator bars associated with respective first and second moveable points, each of the first and second rails and each of the first and second points possessing a longitudinal dimension, the first and second moveable points being associated with first and second rails, respectively comprising: a. a tie, said tie sized to space from the first and second moveable points and the respective associated first and second rails; b. a support, said support interposed said tie and the first and second moveable points and the respective associated first and second rails, said support accommodating the positioning of the first and second indicator bars between said tie and at least one of the first and second rails; c. a first fastener for holding the first indicator bar relative to the first moveable point for traveling therewith during track switching, and a second fastener for holding the second indicator bar to the second moveable point for traveling therewith during track switching, said first fastener comprising a base fixed to the first moveable point, said base including a channel and a slider, said slider traveling relative to said channel of said base in a direction along the longitudinal dimension of the first rail associated with the first moveable point, upon the thermal expansion or contraction of the first rail, the first indicator bar being connected to said first slider, said first slider being linked to said support.