Wood tie end plating machine

Details Wood tie end plating machine Wood tie end plating machine

1999-02-12

1999-12-28

Smith, Scott A.

Elongated-member-driving apparatus

With means to support member and/or work relative to driver

Work immobilizer

206343, 206428, B27F 702

Patent

active

060069767

ABSTRACT:
In an end plating machine for a wood tie having opposite ends comprising a frame including horizontally spaced-apart first and second end frames with the frame including tie in-feed and out-feed portions; a conveyor is provided for positioning a tie between the end frames. First and second tie dampers are positioned adjacent the first and second end frames for clamping the ends of a tie positioned therebetween. First and second power rams are mounted on the first and second end frames, respectively, for driving an end plate into the ends of the tie while the tie is being clamped by the first and second tie clampers. First and second end plate hoppers are positioned on the first and second end frames, respectively, for supporting a plurality of end plates therein. First and second end plate transporters are mounted on the first and second end frames, respectively, for successively transporting individual end plates from the hopper to a position adjacent the ends of the tie positioned in the tie clampers so that the power rams may drive the end plates into the ends of the tie. The end plates are stored and moved to the end plate hoppers in stacks secured by a flexible holding strap with a handle. The strap is cut once the end plates are in the hopper to allow the end plates to be transported individually.

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