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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2009
Donald Christopher Noll, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Bill Luoma, Franklin, WI (US);
Donald M. Treziak, Jr., Sturtevant, WI (US);
Mark A. Kappel, Brookfield, WI (US);
Daniel Brook, Mukwonago, WI (US);
Donald Christopher Noll, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Bill Luoma, Franklin, WI (US);
Donald M. Treziak, Jr., Sturtevant, WI (US);
Mark A. Kappel, Brookfield, WI (US);
Daniel Brook, Mukwonago, WI (US);
Nordco Inc., Oak Creek, WI (US);
Abstract
A workhead assembly for use with a rail maintenance machine having a workhead assembly for use with a rail maintenance machine having a rail lifter and configured for movement relative to a railroad track having a pair of rails, the workhead assembly constructed and arranged for positioning a tie plate predisposed on a rail tie, including a workhead body connected to the machine; a centering apparatus on the body constructed and arranged for centering the workhead over the rail tie; a squaring apparatus on the body constructed and arranged for squaring the tie plate on the rail tie; and a pusher assembly on the body for positioning the tie plate under a selected one of the rails being lifted by the rail lifter, and including at least one plate engaging finger constructed and arranged for engaging the tie plate.