Track loading tool
AssigneeActuant Corporation
InventorsMatt Fritsch, Jeremy Ogorzalek, Tom Waterworth, Kevin Rogers, Eric Schwert, Arnold Decker, Tyler Jeffrey Johnson
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Abstract
A track loading tool including a pump, a body including a main portion extending along a first axis, a first contact portion supported by the body and configured to engage a first rail, and a second contact portion supported by the body and configured to engage a second rail spaced apart from the first rail. The first contact portion and the second contact portion are positioned on a second axis offset from the first axis.
Claims21
A track loading tool comprising:
- a pump;
- a body including a main portion extending along a first axis;
- a first contact portion supported by the body and configured to engage a first rail;
- and
- a second contact portion supported by the body and configured to engage a second rail spaced apart from the first rail, the first contact portion and the second contact portion positioned on a second axis offset from the first axis.
A tool for applying a lateral force on a portion of a track, the tool including:
- a pump;
- a body including a main portion and a pair of legs protruding from the main portion, the main portion oriented along an axis, each of the legs including an end offset from the axis of the main portion;
- a first contact portion supported adjacent an end of one of the legs and configured to apply a force on a first rail of the track;
- and
- a second contact portion supported adjacent an end of the other of the legs, the second contact portion configured to apply a force on a second rail of the track.
A method for applying a lateral loading on a portion of a track, the method comprising:
- positioning a first contact portion adjacent an inner side surface of a first rail;
- positioning a second contact portion adjacent an inner side surface of a second rail, a line of action extending between the first contact portion and the second contact portion, the first contact portion and the second contact portion being connected to one another by a body that is offset from the line of action;
- and
- actuating a ram to cause the first contact portion and the second contact portion to exert a force on the first rail and the second rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.