Patent ID: 7954727

Claim:
An anchoring device for use in retaining a railway rail fastening clip, the device comprising two interconnected spaced-apart walls, between which a portion of the clip to be retained is held when the anchoring device is in use, and clip-engaging means supported by the said walls, said clip engaging means defining contact regions which project downwardly, said contact regions engage a leg of the clip to be retained when the clip bears on a railway rail, the device only engaging the clip leg at the contact regions when the clip is bearing on the rail in normal operation, said device comprising a cast piece, said cast piece without a floor adapted for supporting said clip, characterised in that none of the said contact regions of the device can be seen when the anchoring device is viewed from above when in its operative orientation in which it will be used when adjacent to a railway rail and in that all of the said contact regions of the device can be seen when the anchoring device is viewed from below when in the said operative orientation.