Railways – Track layers – Tie platers
Reexamination Certificate
2007-11-23
2010-11-09
Morano, S. Joseph (Department: 3617)
Railways
Track layers
Tie platers
C104S005000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07827916
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for positioning railroad tie plates along a railroad track comprises a carrier vehicle having a carrier conveyor, a roller conveyor formed of frame members and a plurality of idler rollers, the roller conveyor having an upper input end and a lower output end for gravity feeding the plurality of tie plates, the roller conveyor adapted to receive a plurality of tie plates at the input end and feed the tie plates toward the output end, the roller conveyor connected to the carrier vehicle and in feeding communication with the carrier conveyor adjacent an input end of the roller conveyor, the roller conveyor further comprising a rolling support adjacent the output end for movable support of the roller conveyor along the railroad track, an actuator positioned at the output end of roller conveyor, the actuator successively engaging each of the plurality of tie plates during feeding, a sensor adapted to detect an in-service railroad tie plate wherein the sensor signals a controller and the controller actuates the actuator to eject the plurality of tie plates from the roller conveyor in a preselected spaced apart manner.
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B & B Metals, Inc.
Cole James E.
Kuhfuss Zachary
Middleton & Reutlinger
Morano S. Joseph
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