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US 11,911,833 B2Granted
System and method of re-profiling locomotive railcar wheels
AssigneeHJR Real Estate Management, LLC
InventorHarold F. Ross
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Abstract
An apparatus reconfigures or configures a wheel associated with a train. The apparatus comprises a tool configured to engage the wheel a compound slide system for positioning the cutting tool in at least two axes. The compound slide system is controlled so that the wheel is configured in accordance with a profile. The slide system can be moved mechanically and/or pneumatically and/or can use a mechanical profile. The apparatus can have a low profile and a low weight.
Claims10
A low profile portable apparatus for profiling a first wheel, the apparatus comprising:
- a base
- a wedge coupled to the base and comprising a top surface, the top surface being acutely angled between 15 and 45 degrees with respect to the base;
- a cutter;
- a positioning system configured to move the cutter relative to the first wheel along at least two axes, the positioning system coupled to the wedge;
- and
- a computer control configured to control the positioning system, wherein the positioning system is controlled so that the first wheel is free to spin without contact with the portable apparatus except at the cutter, wherein the computer control, the wedge, the positioning system and the cutter are disposed below a center point of the first wheel and above a bottom of a first rail associated with the first wheel, the base being attached to the first rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.