Machine for remving an old track and laying a new track
AssigneeFranz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorsJosef Therurer, Manfred Brunninger
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Abstract
In a machine for removing an old track and laying a new track, which comprises a device for receiving old ties, a first conveyor device arranged adjacent thereto for conveying the old ties away from the device for receiving the old ties, and a second conveyor device for conveying new ties to a device for laying new ties, a transfer device having a power-driven, vertically adjustable transfer element for selectively transferring old ties from the first to the second conveyor device is arranged.
Claims4
In a machine for removing an old track and laying a new track, which comprises a device for receiving old ties, a first conveyor device arranged adjacent thereto for conveying the old ties away from the device for receiving the old ties, and a second conveyor device for conveying new ties to a device for laying new ties:
- (a) a transfer device having a vertically adjustable transfer element for selectively transferring old ties from the first to the second conveyor device, and
- (b) drive means for vertically adjusting the transfer element.
In a continuous method for removing an old track and laying a new track, which comprises the steps of simultaneously removing old ties in one conveying direction and conveying new ties to a tie laying device in the opposite conveying direction:
- the step of selectively deflecting old ties being removed in the one conveying direction to being conveyed in the opposite conveying direction to the tie laying device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.