US 4,068,415 AGranted

Rail cutting apparatus

AssigneeRacine Railroad Products, Inc.

InventorWilliam P. McIlrath

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Abstract

A rail cutting apparatus including a base adapted to be disposed on the head of a rail. Opposed, inwardly directed fingers are located on the base for disposition about the head of the rail and the fingers on at least one side of the base are movable towards the opposed fingers. A clamp is provided to clamp the fingers about the head of a rail and a pair of links having adjacent ends pivotally interconnected for relative rotation about an axis generally parallel to the direction of elongation of the head of a rail are pivotally connected to the base for limited rotation about an axis parallel to the previously mentioned axis. A cutting tool is pivotally connected to one of the links remote from the base such that when the apparatus is clamped to a rail, the cutting tool may be swung to either side of the rail to cut the rail without removing the apparatus from the rail.

Claims3

Dependent claims

In a rail cutting apparatus, the combination of:

a base adapted to be disposed on the head of a rail;
opposed, inwardly directed fingers on said base for disposition about the head of a rail, the finger(s) on one side of the base being movable toward the opposed finger(s);
means for applying a clamping force to said fingers to clamp said base to the head of a rail;
a pair of links having adjacent ends pivotally interconnected for relative rotation about an axis generally parallel to the direction of elongation of the head of a rail;
means pivotally connecting an end of one of said links remote from said adjacent end to said base for limited rotation about an axis parallel to said one axis;
a cutting tool pivotally connected to the end of the other link remote from said adjacent end,
whereby when said apparatus is clamped to a rail, said cutting tool may be swung to either side thereof to cut the rail without removing said apparatus from the rail;
said base being an open-ended tube;
and further including an adapter plate adapted to be interposed between said base and a railhead to adapt said apparatus for cutting rail of differing weight;
and means for selectively securing said adapter plate in
a. a first position against the underside of said base, and
b. a second position stored within said tube.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 05/648,749Filed 12 Jan 1976
Granted: 17 Jan 1978
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B24B 23/08
Portable grinding machines, e.g. hand-guided; Accessories therefor: portable grinding machines designed for fastening on workpieces or other parts…
B23D 45/006
Sawing machines or sawing devices with circular saw blades or with friction saw discs: with means to attach the sawing device to the workpiece
B24B 27/085
Being portable: stands therefor
E01B 31/04
Working rail or other metal track components on the spot: sectioning or slitting, e.g. by sawing, shearing, flame-cutting