Railway rolling stock – Locomotives – With rack rail engaging drive
Patent
1994-11-17
1996-10-08
Morano, S. Joseph
Railway rolling stock
Locomotives
With rack rail engaging drive
105 96, 105127, 105133, 105144, 104106, 104119, B61C 1104, B61C 938
Patent
active
055620434
ABSTRACT:
A system for moving a work element along a work surface for performing work thereon includes an elongated track of flexible plastic material formed with gear teeth along one edge thereof. A carriage having a drive motor and a drive wheel driven thereby, is moved along the track by the drive wheel engaging the gear teeth. The drive wheel is connected to the drive motor by an eccentric cam mechanism. The work element is carried by the carriage and preferably is a high-pressure fluid cutting device. The track is formed of a flexible plastic material such as a linear high density polyethylene, enabling it to bend and conform to the work surface, and has a second elongated strip of plastic material movably secured to the track and extending longitudinally therealong. A series of magnets are mounted on the track for adhering the track to the work surface. The magnets are attached to the track by fasteners extending through slotted openings in the second strip of the track when conforming to the work surface. The carriage includes a spring-biased mechanism which biases the drive wheel through the eccentric cam mechanism into driving engagement with the track teeth which enables the drive wheel to compensate for any irregularities in the track teeth as it moves along the track.
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Morano S. Joseph
Valley Systems, Inc.
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