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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
May. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Nordco Inc., Oak Creek, WI (US);
Inventor:
Allan Irion, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Assignee:
NORDCO INC., Oak Creek, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 29/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 29/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rail plate dropping apparatus is provided, including a plate magazine having an upper end and a lower end and constructed and arranged for retaining at least one rail tie plate, a locating portion connected at the upper end and constructed and arranged for reciprocally positioning the magazine between a raised, travel position and a lowered work position, and an ejector mounted in operational relationship relative to the lower end of the magazine and configured for ejecting the plates sequentially from the magazine.