Patent ID: 8286891
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: E01B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for use in a railway rail fastening assembly, which apparatus comprises: a railway rail clip anchoring device for retaining a railway rail fastening clip of a railway rail fastening assembly, the clip having a first part for bearing on a railway rail and a heel portion, the clip being separable from the anchoring device, the anchoring device having a head and a stem, the stem extending from the head for securing the anchoring device to a concrete sleeper, the head comprising a substantially upright front face configured for location adjacent to a foot of a railway rail, and two interconnected spaced-apart walls adapted to hold between them a portion of the clip to be retained, and clip-engaging means comprising a downwardly-projecting projection, provided by the walls, for engaging an upwardly-facing surface of a portion of the rail fastening clip to be retained, wherein the device does not have any feature or surface which engages a downwardly-facing surface of that clip portion; and a component comprising a first portion, a second portion and a connection portion interconnecting and spacing apart the first and second portions, the first portion being adapted for location between the front face of the rail clip anchoring device and a side of the foot of the railway rail and to receive a lateral load from the a railway rail, and the second portion being adapted for location on an opposite side of the anchoring device to its front face, and serving as a heel seat portion configured to receive the heel portion of the rail fastening clip.