Apparatus for lifting and moving a rail
AssigneeW & D Mcculloch Ltd.
InventorWilliam Francis MCCULLOCH
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Abstract
A rail lifting head (10) comprises a head gate member (20) defining a gate aperture (22), a rail support member (24) removably secured to the gate member (20) and adapted to support a rail vertically within the gate aperture (22), and a head cartridge (100) which is removably secured to the head gate member (20). The head cartridge (100) includes two opposed vertical rollers (128) which support a rail laterally within the gate aperture and a fixing (112) which secures the head cartridge (100) to the head gate member (20). The rail support member (24) is removable from the head gate member (20).
Claims19
A rail lifting head comprising:
- a head gate member defining a gate aperture;
- a rail support member removably secured to the gate member and adapted to support a rail vertically within the gate aperture;
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- a head cartridge adapted to be removably secured to the head gate member, wherein the head cartridge includes two opposed vertical rollers adapted to support a rail laterally within the gate aperture and a fixing adapted to removably secure the head cartridge to the head gate member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.