Patent ID: 7654491

Claim:
A device for displacing a switch blade between a position adjacent a stock rail and a position at a distance from the stock rail, the device comprising: a) a locking bearing coupled to the switch blade and connected to a locking catch by means of an axle; b) a locking rod arranged to guide the locking catch against a locking support coupled to the stock rail, the locking rod further arranged to lock the locking catch to the support and then unlock the locking catch and guide it away from the locking support; c) the locking support being tightly fitted to a foot of the stock rail on the side of the stock rail opposed to the switch blade for fastening to the stock rail, the locking support additionally being connected to a thrust bearing that is arranged on a fixed superstructure component including at least one of a switch blade slide chair and a rising edge of a cross-tie member having a u-shaped profile on a side of the stock rail facing the switch blade.