Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rail plate inserter
- Patent Title (中): 轨板插入器
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Application No.: US12566988Application Date: 2009-09-25
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Publication No.: US08171855B2Publication Date: 2012-05-08
- Inventor: Donald Christopher Noll , Bill Luoma , Donald M. Treziak, Jr. , Mark A. Kappel , Daniel Brook
- Applicant: Donald Christopher Noll , Bill Luoma , Donald M. Treziak, Jr. , Mark A. Kappel , Daniel Brook
- Applicant Address: US WI Oak Creek
- Assignee: Nordco Inc.
- Current Assignee: Nordco Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Oak Creek
- Agency: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
- Main IPC: E01B3/00
- IPC: E01B3/00

Abstract:
A workhead assembly for use with a rail maintenance machine having a workhead assembly for use with a rail maintenance machine having a rail lifter and configured for movement relative to a railroad track having a pair of rails, the workhead assembly constructed and arranged for positioning a tie plate predisposed on a rail tie, including a workhead body connected to the machine; a centering apparatus on the body constructed and arranged for centering the workhead over the rail tie; a squaring apparatus on the body constructed and arranged for squaring the tie plate on the rail tie; and a pusher assembly on the body for positioning the tie plate under a selected one of the rails being lifted by the rail lifter, and including at least one plate engaging finger constructed and arranged for engaging the tie plate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110072998A1 RAIL PLATE INSERTER Public/Granted day:2011-03-31
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