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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Herzog Railroad Services, Inc., St. Joseph, MO (US);
Inventors:
Stanley M. Herzog, St. Joseph, MO (US);
Ivan E. Bounds, St. Joseph, MO (US);
Assignee:
HERZOG RAILROAD SERVICES, INC., St. Joseph, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 31/06 (2006.01); E01B 29/17 (2006.01); B61D 47/00 (2006.01); B61D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 29/17 (2013.01); B61D 15/02 (2013.01); B61D 47/00 (2013.01); E01B 31/06 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 408/36 (2015.01);
Abstract
A drill station for a rail loading and unloading machine. The drill station is provided between primary and secondary drive units to enable adjacent ends of a pair of sections of rail to be driven independently by a respective drive unit to position the ends on the drill station for drilling. The drill station is raised from a stowed position below a walkway to conduct a drilling operation and retracted to provide workspace for an operator to install joining plates on segments of rail.