Patent ID: 7854392

Claim:
A system for fastening a rail, comprising: a sleeper which has a supporting face intended to support a flange of the rail, the supporting face merging, at legs which extend parallel to a longitudinal extent of the rail to be fastened to the legs, into respective levelling faces which are situated at a higher level than the supporting face, an angled mounting plate which has, in each case, a central portion, on an underleg of which is formed a support surface by which the angled mounting plate can be placed down on the respective levelling face, and a supporting portion which is formed onto the central portion and points downwards from the underleg of the central portion and which, when the system is fully fitted, bridges a clear space between the flange of the rail and the respective levelling face, a resilient member which can be placed down on the angled mounting plate and which has, in each case, two holding arms by which, when the system is fully fitted, the resilient member exerts a holding force on the rail, and a clamping member which, when the system is fully fitted, exerts a clamping force on the resilient member, wherein, when the system is fully fitted, an axis along which the clamping force exerted by the clamping member acts passes through the respective levelling face.