Railroad material cart
AssigneeERS Industries, Inc.
InventorsRobert P. Rude, James D. Stuart, Zigmunt Weglarz
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Abstract
A railroad vibratory system having a hopper, a shaker, a conveyor assembly and a handling device that fastens railroad material to secure a railroad track onto a railroad track system. The hopper releases the railroad material, through an aperture. The shaker oscillates the hopper so the railroad material releases, controlled and orderly, through the aperture. The conveyor assembly receives the railroad material through the aperture and transports the railroad material to the handling device.
Claims14
A railroad vibration system comprising
- a hopper interconnected to a chute and being equipped to release at least one railroad material through an adjustable aperture;
- a shaker that controllably oscillates the chute so the at least one railroad material releases, controllably and orderly, through the adjustable aperture;
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- a conveyor assembly that receives the at least one railroad material through the adjustable aperture and transports the at least one railroad material to a handling device.
A method of using a vibratory system comprising of the steps of:
- oscillating a chute equipped to release at least one railroad material through an adjustable aperture by a shaker that ensures the at least one railroad material is controllably and orderly released from the adjustable aperture;
- receiving the at least one railroad material through the adjustable aperture onto a conveyor assembly;
- and delivering the at least one railroad material by the conveyor assembly to a handling device.
A railroad vibration system comprising:
- a hopper interconnected to a chute and designed to release at least one railroad material through an aperture;
- a shaker interconnected to the chute by a thrust arm that vibrates the chute back and forth and a rotary drive that vibrates the chute in a circular motion, wherein the at least one railroad material is re-distributed to ensure passage through the aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.