Rail cutting apparatus
AssigneeRacine Railroad Products, Inc.
InventorsPaul Duff, Michael E. Beach
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Abstract
A rail cutting apparatus mountable on a rail and having a linkage structure which supports a rail saw in an upright position at either side of a rail. The linkage structure and rail saw have coacting structure including a mounting block and a mounting plate which securely lock the rail saw in either of its positions and which enable movement of the rail saw between these two positions without complete removal of the rail saw from the linkage structure.
Claims10
A rail cutting apparatus comprising in combination, a rail clamp and a linkage structure pivotally connected to said rail clamp and a rail saw:
- a mounting block, an offset arm pivotally mounting said mounting block to said linkage structure, a mounting plate carried by said rail saw, means rotatably mounting said mounting plate on the mounting block, and means for locking the mounting plate to the mounting block in either of two rotative positions each of which have an abrasive disc of the rail saw in the same vertical plane.
A rail cutting apparatus comprising, a rail clamp, a linkage structure pivotally connected to said rail clamp, a mounting block, an offset arm pivotally mounting said mounting block to said linkage structure, a mounting post extending upwardly from said mounting block, means defining a pair of openings in said mounting block one at either side of said mounting post and said openings and mounting post all centered on a common vertical plane, and a rail saw having a mounting plate having an opening to receive said mounting post and a downwardly projecting pin to fit into one of the openings in said mounting block, said mounting plate opening and downwardly projecting pin lying in the plane of an abrasive disc of the rail saw, said mounting post having a length greater than the downwardly projecting pin whereby said rail saw can be raised to free said pin from one of the mounting block openings for turning of the rail saw on said mounting post to align said pin with the other of said mounting block openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.