Patent ID: 6196470
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: E01B,E01C

Abstract:
In combination, a railway track having two parallel rails, and a level cover for said track, wherein a space between the two rails is filled or bridged by slabs (5, 6) arranged in pairs which engage by at least one rim ledge (7) in fishing surfaces of the rails and are supported on the rails, bridging the distance between the rails self-supportingly, the two slabs of the slab pairs being assembled in a hinge-like manner and resting on each other at facing rims (15, 16) thereof extending in the longitudinal direction of the track, said rims defining carrying portions (17) and resting portions (18) interleaved with each other in an alternating fashion, the carrying portions being formed by downwardly sloped indentations (20) originating from a slab upper side (19) and extending to the rim facing the other slab, upwardly sloped indentations (22) originating from a slab lower side (21) being formed below the resting portions and shaped complementary to the indentations of the carrying portions, the resting portions of one slab resting on the carrying portions of another, facing slab, and vice versa.