Tamping head

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1977-10-17

1978-12-19

Makay, Albert J.

Railways

Track layers

Tamper

E01B 2720

Patent

active

041300637

ABSTRACT:
A tamping head with a pair of vibratory and reciprocatory tamping tools mounted on a vertically adjustable carrier for immersion in the ballast in the cribs, with the ties positioned between the tools. Each tamping tool is constituted by a lever pivotal in a vertical plane about a transverse pivot, and stops are mounted on the carrier for setting at least three different reciprocating strokes for the tamping tools, with a remote-controlled multi-step drive for setting the stops.

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