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US 2024/0183114 A1Published application
Cribbing system and method
AssigneeTransportation IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsNathan Felix, Nathan Wells
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Abstract
A cribbing vehicle is provided that includes a vehicle frame and a primary cribbing device coupled to the vehicle frame and having a work head may move between rails of a track. The cribbing vehicle may include an auxiliary cribbing system removably coupled to the vehicle frame in spaced relation to the primary cribbing device and having a push arm may move between a first tie and second tie of the track.
Claims20
A cribbing vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle frame;
- a primary cribbing device coupled to the vehicle frame and having a work head configured to move between rails of a track;
- and
- an auxiliary cribbing system removably coupled to the vehicle frame in spaced relation to the primary cribbing device and having a push arm configured to move between a first tie and second tie of the track.
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A system comprising:
- a kicker frame;
- a first actuating member coupled to a vehicle frame at a first actuating member first end, and coupled to the kicker frame at a first frame pivot at a first actuating member second end;
- and
- a second actuating member coupled to the kicker frame between a second actuating member first end and a second actuating member second end, and coupled to a push arm at the second actuating member second end;
- and
- wherein the push arm is configured to move from a travel position where the push arm is coupled to the vehicle frame at a push arm first end and at a push arm second end, to a ready position where the push arm is coupled to the vehicle frame at only the push arm first end, and to a working position wherein the push arm is configured to be at least partially under a rail of a track.
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A method comprising:
- performing, with a primary cribbing device, an initial cribbing between a first tie of a track and a second tie of the track between rails of the track;
- and
- after the initial cribbing, performing a supplemental cribbing between the first tie of the track and the second tie of the track with an auxiliary cribbing device, including cribbing under a rail of the rails of the track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.