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Apparatus for installing and removing rail clips

US5586502A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 14, 1995
Grant dateDec 24, 1996
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE01B29/24
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An apparatus for installing and removing rail clips from a rail, the apparatus constructed and arranged to be mounted on a railway maintenance vehicle having a frame, and including an applicator/remover configured to perform one of installation and removal of the rail clips relative to a rail, an actuator configured for reciprocating the applicator/remover in a direction substantially transverse to the rail so that rail clips are moved one of towards the rail or away from the rail.

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