GB2341129A - Rail alignment clamp - Google Patents

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GB2341129A
GB2341129A GB9819075A GB9819075A GB2341129A GB 2341129 A GB2341129 A GB 2341129A GB 9819075 A GB9819075 A GB 9819075A GB 9819075 A GB9819075 A GB 9819075A GB 2341129 A GB2341129 A GB 2341129A
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Ian Moore
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B29/00—Laying, rebuilding, or taking-up tracks; Tools or machines therefor
    • E01B29/42—Undetachably joining or fastening track components in or on the track, e.g. by welding, by gluing; Pre-assembling track components by gluing; Sealing joints with filling components
    • E01B29/46—Devices for holding, positioning, or urging together the rail ends
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K37/00—Auxiliary devices or processes, not specially adapted to a procedure covered by only one of the preceding main groups
    • B23K37/04—Auxiliary devices or processes, not specially adapted to a procedure covered by only one of the preceding main groups for holding or positioning work
    • B23K37/0426—Fixtures for other work
    • B23K37/0435—Clamps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K2101/00—Articles made by soldering, welding or cutting
    • B23K2101/26—Railway- or like rails

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Abstract

An adjustable rail clamp which comprises a base beam 10 and an elevating beam 11 with jacking screws 12 also on the elevating beam there are two hooked traversing screws 13 to control the sideways movement of the rail.

Description

1 2341129 RAIL ALIGNMENT CLAMP This invention relates to an adjustable
clamp which enables the ends of railtrack to be perfectly affigned for welding.
The tradition ' al method of connecting one length of rail to another was by using fishplates and bolts. However with the development of high speed trains, welding the rail joints was introduced.
According to the present invention twe is provided an adjustable clamp, which by certain adjustrnents, the ends of each rail can be independently moved vertically, horizontally or tilted, so that a perfect alignment can be made before the welding process is started.
The clamp consists of a short beam which sits on the sleeper and acts as a carrier or base for a second adjustable beam which is hooked onto the underside of the rail and by a series of screw adjusters, horizontal, vertical and tilting movements can be exerted on the rail ends.
The rail is detached from the sleeper fastenings some distance either side of the welding point and two damps are used, one on eah rail end.
The damps are located in Pandror' holders on the sleepers which act as an anchor point. (A pandreA is a standard clip which attaches the rail- to the sleeper).
In order to appreciate the device more fully, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings.
Figire 1 is a front elevation showing the carrier bearn 10, the adjustable beam 11, the combiried vertical and tUt screws 12, the lateral screws 13, and the rail hook 14.
FWe 2 Shows a plan view of the adjusta ble beam 11, a set of two rail hooks 14, with adjusting screws 13. The scew guides 15, for the lateral screws 13, the position of the two lugs 16, which supports beam 10 on the sleeper, Figure 3 Section on A - AI (Figure 1) showing adjustable beam 11 with its connection to screw 12. Position of screw guide 15, also the on of carrier beam 10 and lugs 16.
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Claims (1)

1 An adjustable rail clamp wNch by certain adjustments the ends of the rail can be moved and held in position during the welding operation 2 A rail clamp as in claim 1 with a base beam which sits on the rail sleeper and an elevating beam which is in contact with the underside of the rail The beams are connected by two screw jacks and by adjusting the jacks the rail can be lifted lowered or tilted as required 3 An elevating beam as claimed in claim 2 which has two hooked traversing screws attached The hooks can be clipped to the foot of the rail and by turning the nuts against the end stops on the beam lateral adjustment of the rail can be carried out 1
GB9819075A 1998-09-03 1998-09-03 Rail alignment clamp Withdrawn GB2341129A (en)

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Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2403443A (en) * 2003-07-02 2005-01-05 George Moore Fixing a rail alignment clamp to a railway sleeper
GB2412622A (en) * 2004-03-30 2005-10-05 George Moore Portable welding frame for rails
CN105290677A (en) * 2015-11-18 2016-02-03 德马科起重机械有限公司 Welding, clamping and locating device for main beam of large crane
CN105436783A (en) * 2014-08-15 2016-03-30 瑞泰潘得路铁路技术（武汉）有限公司 Steel rail fixing system and corresponding steel rail fixing clamp
CN106624395A (en) * 2016-11-30 2017-05-10 湖州佳创自动化科技有限公司 Lifting type cutting clamp for round pipe

Citations (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4324048A (en) * 1980-01-16 1982-04-13 Chemetron Railway Products, Inc. Locator for rail aligning device
EP0132227A2 (en) * 1983-07-05 1985-01-23 Rail-Wel Inc. Device for the correct setting and end-to-end welding of two rail extremities
US4641818A (en) * 1980-07-30 1987-02-10 C. Delachaux Apparatus for adjusting two butt-ends of rails to be connected by welding

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4324048A (en) * 1980-01-16 1982-04-13 Chemetron Railway Products, Inc. Locator for rail aligning device
US4641818A (en) * 1980-07-30 1987-02-10 C. Delachaux Apparatus for adjusting two butt-ends of rails to be connected by welding
EP0132227A2 (en) * 1983-07-05 1985-01-23 Rail-Wel Inc. Device for the correct setting and end-to-end welding of two rail extremities

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2403443A (en) * 2003-07-02 2005-01-05 George Moore Fixing a rail alignment clamp to a railway sleeper
GB2403443B (en) * 2003-07-02 2005-07-06 George Moore Rail alignment clamp
GB2412622A (en) * 2004-03-30 2005-10-05 George Moore Portable welding frame for rails
GB2412622B (en) * 2004-03-30 2006-03-22 George Moore Portable aluminothermic welding base frame
CN105436783A (en) * 2014-08-15 2016-03-30 瑞泰潘得路铁路技术（武汉）有限公司 Steel rail fixing system and corresponding steel rail fixing clamp
CN105290677A (en) * 2015-11-18 2016-02-03 德马科起重机械有限公司 Welding, clamping and locating device for main beam of large crane
CN106624395A (en) * 2016-11-30 2017-05-10 湖州佳创自动化科技有限公司 Lifting type cutting clamp for round pipe

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