Patent ID: 8777122

Claim:
A system for fixing a rail onto a foundation comprising: a guide plate for guiding the rail to be fixed on its long side, a spring element clamped against the foundation by a clamping element, the spring element sitting on the guide plate and when the system is finally mounted, with a free spring arm exerting a retaining force on a rail foot of the rail to be fixed, and a support plate extending transverse to the rail to be fixed over a width of the guide plate, the support plate arranged to compensate for height differences between the guide plate and the foundation, wherein the support plate has a rectangular base form and comprises a passage opening for the clamping element used to clamp the spring element, wherein the support plate is divided into two parts along a joint line guided starting from one long side of the support plate aligned transverse to the rail to be fixed, at a distance from the one short side, to the passage opening and from there intersecting the passage opening in the direction of the short side of the support plate.