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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2023
Herzog Railroad Services, Inc., St. Joseph, MO (US);
Matthew L. Combs, Agency, MO (US);
Daniel L. Wilcoxson, Savannah, MO (US);
Alex Jensen, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Herzog Railroad Services, Inc., St. Joseph, MO (US);
Abstract
A rail tie plate singulating machine comprises a lift conveyor sloping upward and adjacent to a singulating conveyor. The lift conveyor extends below the singulating conveyor from a lift conveyor inlet end to a y-axis intercept between the conveyors and above the singulating conveyor past the y-axis intercept. A transfer guide extending above the lift conveyor redirects rail tie plates laterally off the lift conveyor onto the singulating conveyor past the y-axis intercept. A singulating guide extending in spaced relation above the singulating conveyor redirects tie plates thereon toward an edge adjacent the lift conveyor in a spacing that allows rail tie plates oriented longitudinally to advance therealong. A driven roller supported over the reduced width section engages a rail tie plate supported on top of another rail tie plate to advance the engaged rail tie plate laterally onto the lift conveyor.