Machine for removing an old track and laying a new track
AssigneeFranz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegellschaft m.b.H.
InventorsJosef Theurer, Manfred Brunninger
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
In a machine for removing an old track and laying a new track, which comprises a device for receiving old ties, a first conveyor device arranged adjacent thereto for conveying the old ties away from the device for receiving the old ties, and a second conveyor device for conveying new ties to a device for laying new ties, a transfer device having a power-driven, vertically adjustable transfer element for selectively transferring old ties from the first to the second conveyor device is arranged.
Claims4
In a machine for removing an old track and laying a new track, which comprises a device for receiving old ties, a first conveyor device arranged adjacent thereto and extending along a first path for conveying the old ties away from the device for receiving the old ties, and a second conveyor device extending along a separate second path for conveying new ties to a device for laying new ties:
- (a) a transfer device having a vertically adjustable transfer element to selectively connect the first and second paths for transferring old ties from the first to the second conveyor device, or selectively disconnect the first and second paths so that old and new ties would travel in separate paths, and
- (b) drive means for vertically adjusting the transfer element.
In a continuous method for removing an old track and laying a new track, which comprises the steps of simultaneously removing old ties in one conveying path and conveying new ties to a tie laying device in a separate second conveying path:
- the step of selectively deflecting old ties being removed in the one conveying path to being conveyed in the second conveying path to the tie laying device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.