Patent ID: 8757510

Claim:
A fastening to fasten a rail to a tie or rail bed that allows for track width adjustment, the rail having a rail foot, said fastening comprising: a support plate ( 1 , 100 ) receiving the rail in transverse orientation thereto, said support plate having a pair of juxtaposed ribs ( 16 , 17 , 116 , 117 ) extending in parallel, one on either side of said rail foot and adjacent thereto, said support plate ribs extending at an oblique angle relative to a longitudinal direction of the rail and at an angle to said rail foot; a pair of wedges ( 24 , 224 ) extending in opposite directions, one each between a respective rail foot and a support plate rib adjacent thereto; wherein the rail foot is fastened to said support plate with a spring tension clamp ( 2 , 200 ) having a loop end pressing said rail foot downward and wherein each said wedge is positioned between a respective support plate rib and said rail foot having been such positioned in a stepless manner to steplessly horizontally adjust the rail foot location on the support plate.