Railway track mounting arrangement

• US 5,158,253 A
• Filed: 05/14/1991
• Issued: 10/27/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tiefenbach GmbH
• Original Assignee: Tiefenbach GmbH
• Inventors: Wolber, Rainer, Burghoff, Jurgen, Heesen, Werner
• Primary Examiner(s): Huppert, Michael S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): KATZ, ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US07/699,770
• Time in Patent Office: 532 Days
• Field of Search: 246/193, 246/246, 246/247, 246/249, 246/248, 246/250, 246/169 R, 246/182 R, 246/167 A, 246/202, 238/310, 238/338, 238/1, 248/295.1, 248/297.2, 248/296, 248/298, 74/89.15, 403/4, 403/408.1, 403/388
• US Class Current: 246/246
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 1/08 magnetically actuated; electrostatically actuated

Abstract

An apparatus is disclosed for adjusting the height of a monitor with respect to the rail head of a rail having a first bracket adapted to be connected to the rail and a secured bracket adapted to be connected to the monitor, the brackets are releasably connected to each other by a vertically movable slide arrangement comprising mating surfaces one of them having an elongate recess and the other having a complementary protrusion to prevent relative tilting or canting of the brackets.

Claims

1. An apparatus for aligning monitoring means relative to the rail head of a rail, comprising:

bracket means having an opposite end portion provided with a first surface positioned in a substantially vertical plane;

means for supporting said monitoring means and which includes a second vertical surface;

a substantially vertically disposed recess of predetermined cross-sectional configuration in one of said first and second surfaces;

a protrusion having a cross-sectional configuration complementary to that of said recess in the other of said first and second surfaces;

means for releasably securing said bracket means to said supporting means with said first and second surfaces in contacting and mating engagement; and

means for moving said supporting means vertically relative to said bracket means and comprising vertically disposed means rotatably mounted to and secured against axial movement relative to one of said bracket means and supporting means and threadedly connected to the other of said bracket means and supporting means.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the horizontal cross-sections of said recess and said protrusion each comprise three sides of a trapezoid, with the two opposite sides each being disposed at an acute angle relative to the third side.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said recess and said protrusion comprise a dovetail connection.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said securing means comprises a vertically disposed elongate slot in one of said bracket means and said supporting means and threaded means penetrating through said slot and connected to the other of said bracket means and supporting means.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the threaded connection of the vertically disposed means comprises thread locking means.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said securing means comprises a pair of laterally spaced apart and vertically disposed slots extending through one of said bracket means and said supporting means, and a threaded member extending through each of said slots and threadedly engaging the other of said bracket means and said supporting means.

7. The apparatus in claim 6 wherein said vertically disposed means is positioned between said pair of slots.

8. An apparatus for aligning monitoring means relative to the rail head of a rail, comprising:

bracket means having a first end portion affixed to said rail and having an opposite end portion provided with a first vertical surface positioned in a substantially vertical plane;

means for supporting said monitoring means and which includes a second vertical surface;

a substantially vertically disposed recess of predetermined cross-sectional configuration in one of said first and second surfaces;

a protrusion having a cross-sectional configuration complementary to that of said recess in the other of said first and second surfaces;

means comprising a movable member interconnected between said supporting means and said bracket means for moving said supporting means vertically relative to said bracket means in response to movement of said movable member; and

said movable member comprises a vertically disposed threaded member which is rotatably mounted to and secured against axial movement relative to one of said bracket means and supporting means and threadedly connected to the other of said bracket means and supporting means.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said securing means comprises a pair of laterally spaced apart and vertically disposed slots extending through one of said bracket means and said supporting means, and a threaded member extending through each of said slots and threadedly engaging the other of said bracket means and said supporting means, and wherein said movable member is positioned between said pair of slots.