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US 9,428,867 B2Granted
Railroad tie plate dispenser
OwnerJeffrey Kyle Harmaninventor
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Abstract
A railroad tie plate dispenser includes a feed chute having a top portion for receiving a stack of railroad tie plates and a push tab at a bottom portion of the feed chute for stripping railroad tie plates from the feed chute through an opening in the feed chute to dispense railroad tie plates from a front side of the feed chute.
Claims19
A railroad tie plate dispenser, comprising:
- a feed chute having a top portion for receiving a stack of railroad tie plates;
- and
- a push tab at a bottom portion of the feed chute for stripping railroad tie plates from the feed chute through an opening in the feed chute to dispense railroad tie plates from a front side of the feed chute, wherein the push tab is on a chain.
A railroad tie plate dispenser, comprising:
- a feed chute for receiving a stack of railroad tie plates;
- a pair of drop paddles at a top portion of the feed chute for squarely dropping railroad tie plates into the feed chute;
- and
- a push tab on a chain at a bottom portion of the feed chute for stripping railroad tie plates from the feed chute through an opening in the feed chute to dispense railroad tie plates from a front side of the feed chute.
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A railroad tie plate dispenser, comprising:
- a feed chute having a top portion for receiving a stack of railroad tie plates;
- a first sprocket at the front side of the bottom portion of the feed chute;
- a second sprocket at a rear side of the bottom portion of the feed chute, which is opposite to the front side of the bottom portion of the feed chute;
- a chain on the first and second sprockets;
- a push tab on the chain at the bottom portion of the feed chute for stripping railroad tie plates from the feed chute through an opening in the feed chute to dispense railroad tie plates from a front side of the feed chute;
- and
- guide rails at the opening in the feed chute and protruding from the feed chute for squarely guiding railroad tie plates stripped from the feed chute.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.