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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert V Norby, Munster, IN (US);
Stefan T Pendrick, Hammond, IN (US);
Assignee:
Holland Company, Chicago Heights, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73786 ; 73146 ; 1052152 ; 105 722 ;
Abstract
A motor vehicle body is adapted for use on railroad tracks by being elevated by 'high rail' unit steel wheels, but with the motive force being supplied by the vehicle's road wheels, a loaded gage axle assembly having vertical loads imposed by hydraulic rams, and horizontal loads being supplied by horizontal rams through split axles and steel wheels to the railroad tracks is calibrated to measure track strength and adapted to be operatively connected to electronic data recording and comparing apparatus.