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POWER RAIL SUPPORT AND SHIELD

  • US 3,575,576 A
  • Filed: 04/01/1969
  • Issued: 04/20/1971
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1969
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A support member for supporting a power rail and a rail shield and being adapted to be secured to a railway crosstie or the like base structure, the member including a web having a pair of spaced-apart first and second limbs each having a free end and interconnected at the opposite end by an intermediate portion, the intermediate portion extending between opposed surfaces of the first and second limbs, the first limb having a face adapted to contact the railway crosstie or the like base structure and further having a power rail receiving element, the intermediate portion having an exterior groove, the longitudinal axis of which is disposed normal to the plane of the web, the second limb having an aperture formed in proximity to the free end thereof and further having an outwardly extending flange spaced apart from said aperture and extending about at least a portion of said aperture, said aperture adapted to receive a pin, the groove in said intermediate portion together with the space between the outwardly extending flange and the pin when received in said aperture both adapted to accommodaTe portions of said rail shield, and cooperating to removably secure the rail shield to the support member.

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