Patent ID: 6393644
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: E01B

Abstract:
A bridge joint for use with a railroad track having standard rail sections, said bridge joint comprising:a first and second planar base plates; a point section on said first base plate, said point section having a forward integral accepting portion with a point and flanges rearward of said accepting portion, said accepting portion having a pair of upward facing side-by-side cavities separated by said point; a body section on said second base plate, said body section having a forward interface portion adapted to be slidingly accepted in said cavities of said accepting portion, an accepting notch adapted to accept said point, and flanges rearward of said interface portion; and a plurality of fasteners secured to said base plates for engaging said flanges and securing said point section to said first base plate and said body section to said second base plate, each of said fasteners having a fastener base that is secured to one of the base plates and a lock member carried by the fastener base for locking one of the flanges to the base, the lock member having a lower end located above the base plate and being capable of being tightened and released entirely from an upper side of the base plate without requiring access to a lower side of the base plate.