US 12,215,465 B2
Rail junction assembly
Charles Penny, Derby (GB); and Andrew Foan, Nuthall (GB)
Assigned to EMBEDDED RAIL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Derby (GB)
Appl. No. 16/772,086
Filed by EMBEDDED RAIL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Derby (GB)
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/085206
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/115826, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1721070 (GB), filed on Dec. 15, 2017; and application No. 1806885 (GB), filed on Apr. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0140121 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. E01B 21/00 (2006.01); E01B 7/00 (2006.01); E01B 7/02 (2006.01); E01B 7/08 (2006.01); E01B 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC E01B 21/00 (2013.01) [E01B 7/00 (2013.01); E01B 7/02 (2013.01); E01B 7/08 (2013.01); E01B 21/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rail junction assembly comprising:
a fixed rail portion and a movable switch rail portion;
the fixed rail portion having a transfer region which can be engaged by the switch rail portion to effect transfer of a rail vehicle between the fixed and switch rail portions;
wherein the switch rail portion has an end region movable into engagement with the transfer region of the fixed rail portion; and
wherein the transfer region of the fixed rail portion comprises an embedded rail portion embedded within an embedment;
wherein the switch rail portion has first and second faces extending from the end region of the switch rail portion, the first face of the switch rail portion facing towards the transfer region of the fixed rail portion, and the second face of the switch rail portion facing away from the transfer region of the fixed rail portion.