US3134339A - Track aligning apparatus - Google Patents

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US3134339A
US3134339A US86702A US8670261A US3134339A US 3134339 A US3134339 A US 3134339A US 86702 A US86702 A US 86702A US 8670261 A US8670261 A US 8670261A US 3134339 A US3134339 A US 3134339A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B35/00—Applications of measuring apparatus or devices for track-building purposes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B27/00—Placing, renewing, working, cleaning, or taking-up the ballast, with or without concurrent work on the track; Devices therefor; Packing sleepers
    • E01B27/12—Packing sleepers, with or without concurrent work on the track; Compacting track-carrying ballast
    • E01B27/13—Packing sleepers, with or without concurrent work on the track
    • E01B27/16—Sleeper-tamping machines
    • E01B27/17—Sleeper-tamping machines combined with means for lifting, levelling or slewing the track
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B2203/00—Devices for working the railway-superstructure
    • E01B2203/10—Track-lifting or-lining devices or methods
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B2203/00—Devices for working the railway-superstructure
    • E01B2203/16—Guiding or measuring means, e.g. for alignment, canting, stepwise propagation

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  • An important object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus capable of adjusting not only the vertical but also the horizontal position of tracks transversely of the usual direction of vehicle movement.
  • Another object is the provision of such apparatus the operation of which may readily be controlled by reference to a fixed line.
  • a known type of track aligning apparatus includes a carriage equipped with wheels for movement along the track to be aligned.
  • the front end of the known apparatus is equipped with track lifting devices for vertical adjustment of a track portion just ahead of the wheels.
  • the present invention in its more specific aspects, combines the known arrangement with means for transversely moving the tracks while in the lifted condition.
  • the apparatus may additionally include track tamping means for securing the tracks in their adjusted position.
  • Index means for determining the spatial relationship between the track section which is being aligned and a reference line are preferably also mounted on the forward portion of the carriage in vertical alignment with the working range of the track lifting and track shifting devices.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a preferred embodiment of the track aligning apparatus of the invention, in position on a section of track;
  • FIG. 2 shows the apparatus of FIG. 1 in a somewhat schematic plan view on a reduced scale
  • FIG. 3 is a front elevational sectional view of the apparatus of FIG. 1, taken on the line III-III on an enlarged scale.
  • FIG. 1 there is seen the carriage frame 1 of a track aligning machine mounted on two sets of wheels 1 arranged on the rear portion of the frame 1.
  • the direction of movement of the machine during normal operation is from the right toward the left, as viewed in FIG. 1, that is, in the direction of the longitudinal machine axis.
  • the wheels 1' rest on track 2.
  • the track section under the rear portion of the machine has been previously aligned and the machine is in position for alignment work on the track section underlying the front portion 5, which may include raising the track 2 with ties 3, and then tamping ballast under the raised ties.
  • a conventional vibratory ballast tamping device 4 for instance of the type disclosed in United States Patent 2,876,709, is mounted just ahead of the front wheels.
  • ICC hydraulic jack 6 is arranged forwardly of thegtamping device 4.
  • the jack 6 includes a hydraulic cylinder 61 mounted on the front portion 5 of the carriage frame 1.
  • a piston 62 is vertically slidable in the cylinder 61 under the pressure of hydraulic fluid admitted to the cylinder from a hydraulic circuit, not illustrated, in which a pump forces fluid under pressure alternatively into the cylinder chambers above and below the piston 62.
  • the circuit will be understood tor include customary valves for connecting the pump to one of the cylinder chambers while venting the other space to a sump from which the fluid is returned to the circuit by the pump.
  • the piston 62 carries a cylinder 11 the axis of which is horizontal.
  • the cylinder 11 moves with the piston 62 in a vertical direction and is guided in slots 51 of the frame portion 5.
  • a piston 13 horizontally moves in the cylinder 11 and divides the cylinder space into two chambers which respectively communicate with the afore-mentioned pump (not shown) by conduits 14' and 14". It will be understood that suitable control valves (not shown) are arranged in the conduits 14' and 14 to control the movement of the piston 13.
  • the piston rod 13 of the piston 13 projects from both ends of the cylinder 11 laterally of the direction of carriage movement.
  • the free ends of the piston rod 13 each carry a heavy gripping claw 10 of approximately U-shaped cross section which fits over the head of each rail of the track 2.
  • a roller 10' is mounted on the inside of the claw 10. It is rotatable about a horizontal axis and permits the claw to move along the track over a limited distance when the position of the carriage frame 1 is shifted.
  • a latch member 10 is pivotal on a free edge of the claw 10 into engagement with the underside of the head of the rails, thus preventing the rail heads from slipping out of the claw.
  • An adjustable index element 7 is mounted on the left claw 10, as seen in the direction of normal carriage movement. It has two vertically telescoping members 71 and 72.
  • the tubular member 71 is fxedly fastened to the claw 10.
  • the height of the rod member 72 can be adjusted in the member 71 and the overall height of the device may then be secured by a set screw in the tubular member 71 (not shown).
  • the rod member 72 carries a cross piece 73 which normally extends transversely of the direction of carriage movement and may be provided with longitudinal gradation marks if so desired.
  • the rod member 72 may equally be provided with marks to indicate the overall height of the device.
  • FIG. 2 shows in a plan view on a reduced scale how the wire 8 provides a reference line for track alignment by the apparatus of FIG. 1.
  • a small car 12 is stationary on the track 2 ahead of the aligning apparatus in such a manner that the distance from the cross piece 73 to the pulley 9 is but a small fraction of the distance between the cross piece and the car 12.
  • the free end of the wire 8 is mounted on the car 12 at the same height as the face of the pulley 9 tangentially engaged by the other end portion of the wire.
  • the car 12 stands on a portion of the track 2 the position of which has not yet been adjusted, the wire 8 gives an accurate reference line representative of the proper location of the track under the cross piece 73. As best seen in FIG. 3, this reference line may deviate from the center of the cross piece 73. This deviation is a measure of the necessary vertical and/ or lateral movement of the track 2.
  • the relative position of the wire 8 and the marks on the cross piece 73 and the rod member 72 provide guidance to the operator of the machine for the required adjustment of the track 2. He admits pressure fluid to the cylinders 61 and 11, as required, so as to shift both rails in a Vertical and a horizontal direction. With the track still held in the claws 10, the carriage frame 1 is advanced by the distance between two adjacent ties and the track is secured in the adjusted position by tamping ballast under the tie adjacent the freshly aligned track section. The aligning operation may then be repeated on the next track section.
  • a track aligning apparatus comprising, in combination:
  • (g) means defining a line of reference Aextending along said forward portion and passing through a point xed with respect to said rear portion;
  • index means in fixed spatial relationship to the gripping means vfor indicating the position of the gripping means in respect to the reference line in said vertically and horizontally extending direction.
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US3380394A (en) * 1965-08-27 1968-04-30 Matisa Materiel Ind Sa Equipment for determining the geometric condition of a track and controlling the slew or lift thereof
US3381625A (en) * 1964-08-07 1968-05-07 Plasser Franz Track raising apparatus
US3391648A (en) * 1965-03-16 1968-07-09 Tamper Inc Method and apparatus for track working
US3494298A (en) * 1968-03-22 1970-02-10 Tamper Inc Apparatus for aligning curves
US3568604A (en) * 1967-01-20 1971-03-09 Matisa Materiel Ind Sa Railroad track alignment method and apparatus
US3690263A (en) * 1969-04-03 1972-09-12 Plasser Bahnbaumasch Franz Track lining apparatus
US4399753A (en) * 1980-06-02 1983-08-23 Franz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen Industriegesellschaft Mbh Mobile track correction machine
US4744302A (en) * 1985-06-28 1988-05-17 Franz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft Mechanism for bending abutting rail section ends at rail joints in the operation of a track working machine
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US3318259A (en) * 1963-03-18 1967-05-09 Matisa Materiel Ind Sa Device for shifting a section of railway track laid on its bed of ballast
US3381625A (en) * 1964-08-07 1968-05-07 Plasser Franz Track raising apparatus
US3391648A (en) * 1965-03-16 1968-07-09 Tamper Inc Method and apparatus for track working
US3380394A (en) * 1965-08-27 1968-04-30 Matisa Materiel Ind Sa Equipment for determining the geometric condition of a track and controlling the slew or lift thereof
US3568604A (en) * 1967-01-20 1971-03-09 Matisa Materiel Ind Sa Railroad track alignment method and apparatus
US3494298A (en) * 1968-03-22 1970-02-10 Tamper Inc Apparatus for aligning curves
US3690263A (en) * 1969-04-03 1972-09-12 Plasser Bahnbaumasch Franz Track lining apparatus
US4399753A (en) * 1980-06-02 1983-08-23 Franz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen Industriegesellschaft Mbh Mobile track correction machine
US4744302A (en) * 1985-06-28 1988-05-17 Franz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft Mechanism for bending abutting rail section ends at rail joints in the operation of a track working machine
US5191839A (en) * 1991-01-31 1993-03-09 Pandrol Canada Limited Rail handling apparatus

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