A rail joint assembly is provided for joining abutting railroad rails with an electrically-insulated jaunt. The rail joint assembly comprises abutting railroad rails compressing an insulating gasket therebetween and rail joint bars secured through a plurality of holes by fasteners to the adjacent railroad rails. The rail joint bars comprise a body and an insulating spacer comprising a porous mesh screen and washer. A layer of epoxy is sandwiched between a rail joint bar and railroad rail and comprises a rigid epoxy on lateral portions of a first side of a rail joint bar and a flexible epoxy placed on a central portion of the first side of a rail joint bar, Rail joint bars are rectangular shaped and may have a cutout.
申请公布号
CA2466134(C)
申请公布日期
2012.12.18
申请号
CA20042466134
申请日期
2004.05.03
申请人
PORTEC RAIL PRODUCTS, INC.
发明人
URMSON, W. THOMAS, JR.;MOSPAN, JOHN W.;DOWNEY, JOHN M.