DEVICE TO CONNECT I-SHAPED RAILS, ESPECIALLY FOR SINGLE RAIL SUSPENSION TRACKS

In the device for connecting I-shaped rails, having coupling elements assigned to the lower flange and the upper flange of the shaped rails, at least one element on the lower flange and at least one element on the upper flange protruding beyond the end-face plane of the shaped rail and interacting at regions on the corresponding other coupling element in the use position, it is intended to provide a solution by means of which a rail change is possible without demounting a multiplicity of rails, in particular a solution is intended to be provided by means of which the lateral swivelling of a rail piece into the coupling elements of the adjacent ready-mounted rails is possible. This is achieved in that a lower flange element (4) is equipped with a saddle element (20) and the corresponding other lower flange element (27) is equipped with a socket element (35) which covers the saddle (20) in a positive manner, and in that an upper flange element (3) is equipped with a saddle element (8) and the corresponding other upper flange element (26) is equipped with a socket element (30) which covers the saddle (8) in a positive manner.