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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2008
Ilia Petkov, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Ilia Petkov, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Other;
Abstract
A rail-tie connecting clip engagement/disengagement apparatus for slidably attaching opposite bottom portions of a rail to a tie thereunder with clips each having an outer portion having opposite lateral openings; wherein a first rail side of said apparatus, used to engage/disengage one bottom side of the rail to the tie with one clip, comprises: a) a pair of similar opposite lateral arms, each having an inner hooked end portion to engage one of the lateral openings, a central pivot portion, and an outer end portion carrying one of a cam and a cam follower; b) the other of the cam and the cam follower, being an actuating arm, motivated by the outer end portion thereof to cause appropriate engagement/disengagement of the hooked end portions in the opposite lateral openings of the clip; c) bias means to maintain the cam in contact with the cam follower; and, d) lateral arm longitudinal movement means to jointly move the arms to and away from the rail, to thereby push/pull the clip when engaged by the hooked end portion of the arms. After the hooked end portions of the pair of arms jointly engage the U shaped clip, the clip may be alternatively pushed over engaging the bottom portion of the rail, or alternatively pulled therefrom, disengaging the bottom portion of the rail from the tie.