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US 2022/0176409 A1Published application
Device and method for separating other track material
AssigneeB & B Metals, Inc.
InventorCoty T. Coots
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Abstract
Various embodiments provide devices and methods for separating other track material (OTM) which is generated during railroad maintenance or replacement procedures. More specifically, but without limitation, embodiments provide devices and methods for separation of materials to desired groups of specific materials.
Claims15
An other track material (OTM) separator, comprising:
- a rotatable receiver having a first feed location at one axial end where said rotatable receiver receives a mixture of railroad parts and a second location at a second axial end which discharges part of said mixture of railroad parts;
- said rotatable receiver having an exterior surface and an interior surface;
- a plurality of holes extending through said rotatable receiver from said exterior surface to said interior surface and spaced circumferentially;
- a plurality of pans extending from said exterior surface of said rotatable receiver, each pan of said plurality of pans aligned with one of said plurality of holes;
- each pan of said plurality of pans defining a pathway and each pathway defining a direction change;
- wherein at least one of the parts of the mixture of railroad parts is incapable of passing through said direction change.
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A method of separating track materials, comprising the steps:
- rotating a receiver;
- feeding track materials to the receiver;
- moving said track materials through holes and pans of said receiver;
- changing direction of one part of the track materials;
- retaining a second part of the track materials within said pans;
- depositing said one part outside the receiver through the pans;
- and,
- moving said second part to a longitudinal end of said receiver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.