Patent ID: 8602318
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: E01B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Method of covering the parts of a rail for railway vehicles, which parts are not in contact with the wheels of said vehicle, said method comprising: for a predetermined load exerted by said vehicle on said rail, determining a distribution of this load between a first fraction of this load exerted on a head of said rail and a second fraction of this load exerted on a base of said rail; responsive to the determining step, configuring a rubber jacket having external lateral flanks provided to extend along said rail, whereby each lateral flank of said rubber jacket has a geometry configured so as to form a non-rectilinear profile allowing said distribution between said first and second fractions and a transfer of said load along the perimeter of said jacket; and applying said rubber jacket to parts of said rail and fixing said rubber jacket to said rail.