Patent ID: 6871791
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: E01C

Abstract:
1. A railroad grade crossing for extending a roadway across a pair of parallel, spaced-apart rails which are supported upon spaced-apart ties, comprising: a concrete gauge panel extending substantially between the rails; said gauge panel having a top surface which is substantially coplanar with the roadway; said gauge panel having opposite sides and opposite ends; said gauge panel having elongated gauge seals on each side thereof which are positioned adjacent the rails; each of said gauge seals having inner and outer sides and opposite ends; each of said gauge seals having an elongated cavity formed therein inwardly of the inner side thereof which extends between the ends thereof; said gauge panel having metal angle members case in said upper opposite sides; each of said metal angle members including a vertical leg portion; each of said vertical leg portions of said metal angle members having a plurality of horizontally spaced-apart bolt members secured thereto and extending therefrom through the inner side of the respective seal and into said cavity thereof; at least one elongated metal retainer positioned in each of said cavities; each of said retainers having inner and outer sides; each of said retainers having a plurality of horizontally spaced-apart openings formed therein; each of said retainers having a plurality of internally threaded nuts welded thereto at each of said openings and in alignment therewith; said bolt members being threadably secured to said nuts.