Railways – Track layers – Tamper
Patent
1985-11-27
1986-08-19
Reese, Randolph A.
Railways
Track layers
Tamper
37142R, 172745, 172772, 403 16, E01B 2716
Patent
active
046062750
ABSTRACT:
Tamping tools for mounting in a ballast tamping apparatus such as the rail-mounted Canron, Plasser and Jackson ballast tamping machines designed for tamping ballast around railroad cross ties, which tamping tools each include a shaft adapted for mounting on a reciprocating mechanism in a respective ballast tamping machine, a shaped shank extending from the shaft, a weld ring or nut seated on the shank and welded to the shaft and a tool foot having a receptacle internally configured to receive the shaped shank, with the tool foot welded to the weld ring or nut for easy replacement. A blade is provided at the extending end of the tool foot in offset relationship for contacting and tamping the ballast and in a first embodiment the blade is formed integrally with the foot, while in a second embodiment the blade is bolted to the tool foot.
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Harrison John M.
Reese Randolph A.
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