Machine to retrieve and install a rail anchor
AssigneeTransportation IP Holdings, LLC
InventorRyan Matthew Holschbach
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Abstract
A machine for applying rail anchors is disclosed. The machine includes a frame, a workhead pivotably mounted to the frame, a pivot arm pivotably mounted to the workhead, an anchor delivery chute mounted to the frame and dimensioned to hold an anchor, an actuator actuatable to release the anchor from the anchor delivery chute, a jaw pivotable by the pivot arm toward the anchor delivery chute, and a clamp to releasably clamp the anchor to the jaw to retrieve the anchor from the anchor delivery chute.
Claims20
A machine for applying rail anchors, the machine comprising:
- a frame;
- a workhead pivotably mounted to the frame;
- a pivot arm pivotably mounted to the workhead;
- an anchor delivery chute mounted to the frame and dimensioned to hold an anchor;
- an actuator actuatable to release the anchor from the anchor delivery chute;
- a jaw pivotable by the pivot arm toward the anchor delivery chute;
- and
- a clamp to releasably clamp the anchor to the jaw to retrieve the anchor from the anchor delivery chute.
A machine, comprising:
- an anchor delivery chute, comprising:
- a first sidewall;
- a second sidewall;
- a track positioned between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, which is configured to facilitate an anchor to slide into a loaded position in the anchor delivery chute under gravitational forces;
- and
- a release door pivotably coupled to the first sidewall;
- and
- an actuator to pivot the release door relative to the first sidewall to release the anchor from the loaded position.
A machine for applying an anchor, the anchor comprising a head, a tail, and a belly extending between the head and the tail, the machine comprising:
- a frame movable along a longitudinal rail axis;
- a workhead pivotably mounted to the frame, the workhead pivotable in a plane transverse to the longitudinal rail axis;
- a pivot arm pivotably mounted to the workhead;
- an anchor delivery chute dimensioned to hold at least one anchor;
- a jaw pivotable by the pivot arm toward the anchor delivery chute;
- and
- a clamp to releasably clamp the head of the anchor to the jaw to retrieve the anchor from the anchor delivery chute.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.