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(11) EP 0 040 533 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.12.1981 Bulletin 1981/50

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.11.1981 Bulletin 1981/47

(21) Application number: 81302188

(22) Date of filing: 18.05.1981
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL

(30) Priority: 19.05.1980 ZA 802969
19.05.1980 ZA 802971

(71) Applicant: Csontos, Imre
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(72) Inventor:
  • Csontos, Imre
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(54) Railway turnouts


(57) The invention provides a railway turnout including, singly or in combination, a crossing with wing rail inserts to raise the running surfaces of the wing rails in the region of the nose in the crossing, and a guard rail adjacent a shortened standard switch blade, the point of the curved switch blade being positioned opposite the guard rail so that the wheel flanges of car wheels traversing the turnout, are drawn away from the point by the guard rail.






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