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US 4,351,465 AGranted
Apparatus for end-plating railroad ties
AssigneeMoehlenpah Industries, Inc.
InventorsWalter G. Moehlenpah, Gordon E. Matlock
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AssigneeMoehlenpah Industries, Inc.
InventorsWalter G. Moehlenpah, Gordon E. Matlock
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Apparatus for pressing nailing plates or the like into opposite ends of elongate members, such as wooden railroad ties, thereby to end-plate the ties. The apparatus comprises a press having upper and lower platens engageable with the top and bottom faces of a tie adjacent the ends thereof. The lower platens are movable through an upstroke for raising the tie while generally horizontal from a lowered position to an elevated position and for pressing the tie against the upper platens thereby to apply a vertical compressing force to the tie adjacent the ends thereof, and a downstroke for lowering the tie. Side platens are engageable with opposite side faces of the tie adjacent the ends thereof when the tie is in its elevated position. The side platens are movable toward and away from one another whereby a horizontal compressing force can be applied to and removed from the opposite side faces of the tie adjacent the ends thereof. A pair of end platens are engageable with nailing plates on opposite ends of the tie for pressing the nailing plates into the ends of the tie when the tie is elevated and while it is being compressed by the upper, lower and side platens.
Apparatus for pressing nailing plates into opposite ends of elongate members, such as wooden railroad ties, thereby to end-plate the ties, comprising a press having upper and lower platen means engageable with the top and bottom faces of a tie adjacent the ends thereof, said lower platen means being movable through an upstroke for raising the tie while generally horizontal from a lowered position to an elevated position and for pressing the tie against said upper platen means thereby to apply a vertical compressing force to the tie adjacent the ends thereof, and a downstroke for lowering the tie, side platen means engageable with opposite side faces of said tie adjacent the ends thereof when the tie is in said elevated position, said side platen means being movable toward and away from one another whereby a horizontal compressing force can be applied to and removed from the opposite side faces of the tie adjacent the ends thereof, and a pair of end platens engagable with nailing plates on opposite ends of the tie for pressing the plates into the tie ends when the tie is in said elevated position and while said compressing forces are being applied to the tie by said upper, said lower and said side platen means.
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