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(11) | EP 1 445 833 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Apparatus and process for electrically joining rail sections |
| (57) It is provided at least one fish-plate (2) adapted to directly engage ends of rails
(4) disposed close to each other and to delimit at least one space (9) together with
said rails, mechanical means (3) for tightening the fish-plate (2) to the rails (4)
and electrical connection elements comprising at least one conductive element (11)
placed in the space (9) between the fish-plate (2) and the rails (4) and susceptible
of engagement with the rails (4) by the same mechanical tightening system to be used
for the fish-plate (2), between the conductive element (11) and the fish-plate (2)
being also interposed an elastically deformable pressure body (12) to enable the mechanical
tightening intensity of the fish-plate (2) to be at least partly independent of the
tightening intensity of the conductive element (11). |