Patent ID: 8827174

Claim:
A sleeper for supporting rails within a section of a track for rail vehicles, the sleeper comprising: at least one outer face; and elongated reinforcing elements extending along a longitudinal axis of the sleeper and formed as a solid material sleeper having a cavity that extends between the reinforcing elements and from the at least one outer face of the sleeper into an interior of the sleeper, wherein the sleeper is configured for use with at least two different measured value pickup systems, wherein one of the measured value pickup systems is a temperature measured value pickup system having an infrared sensor which is accommodated by insertion into the cavity, and wherein the infrared sensor is disposed in a fixed position within a sheathing unit, the sleeper further comprising a base plate, which has a first fixing component accessible from the outer face of the sleeper at least when the sheathing unit has been removed from the cavity, is fixed around the cavity on the outer face of the sleeper, from which the cavity extends, wherein the sheathing unit includes a second fixing component, and wherein the first and second fixing components interact to form a repeatedly detachable, position fixing system, wherein a portion of the sheathing unit extends out of the cavity to an outside of the sleeper, the portion of the sheathing unit that extends outside of the sleeper containing the second fixing component.