US3549032A - Tie handlers - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
- B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
- B25J5/00—Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages
- B25J5/02—Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages travelling along a guideway
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
- B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
- B66C1/00—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles
- B66C1/10—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means
- B66C1/42—Gripping members engaging only the external or internal surfaces of the articles
- B66C1/58—Gripping members engaging only the external or internal surfaces of the articles and deforming the articles, e.g. by using gripping members such as tongs or grapples
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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
- E01B29/00—Laying, rebuilding, or taking-up tracks; Tools or machines therefor
- E01B29/06—Transporting, laying, removing or renewing sleepers
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- the head is rotatable about an upright axis and is also rotatable, in relation to the boom, about a horizontal axis.
- the boom as a whole, is rotatable about a vertical axis, through an arc of 360, and is also rotatable about a horizontal axis.
- the engine and a liquid [54] TIE HANDLERS tank on the upper carriage counterweight the boom.
- the main 5 Claims, 15 Drawing Figsengine drives hydraulic motors and cylinders to perform the 521 U.S. Cl. 214/147, following unc s 214/141; 294/88 1. To move the chassis along the track.
- the invention relates to an improvement in material handling equipment and has for one purposeto provide a means for handling railroad ties for track laying and other track work.
- Another application is to handling, loading and unloading boxes, crates andother objects; for example, their positioning upon or in, or removal from, railroad cars, platforms, storage zones,orthe like. 1
- Another purpose is to provide handling equipment which is movable on or alongthe rails of atrack, and which has a subwhich includes 'a readily-extensible boom-whereby to grasp,
- Another purpose is to' provide an improved boom structure.
- Another purpose is toprovide ani-improved remote controlled operating system for material'handling equipment.
- Another purpose is to provide improved-control means for material handling booms and heads.
- FIGS. 1 and la together provide aside-elevation
- FIG. 2 is a plan view of the right end of the structure of FIG.
- FIG. 3 is an end view of the structure of FIG. 2;
- FIG. 4 is a side elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the turntable and boom support of FIG. I; g I
- FIG. 5 is a side elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the end portion of the boom, with the inner boom member in retracted position;
- FIG. 6 is a partial sideelevation of the inner boom section
- FIG. 7 is a plan view of the structure of FIG; 5
- FIG. 8 is a partial plan view of the structure of the inner boom member
- FIG. 9 is a side elevation, in partial section, of the lifting '1 FIG. lllis an endelevation of the structure of FIG. 9 and FIGS. 11, ,12, 13 and 14 are sections taken along the corresponding lines of FIG. 9.
- FIGS. 1, I2 and 3 track rails and ties are indicated at l and 2;
- a chassis or lower vehicle body or frame 3 is supported on the rails by flanged wheels4'.
- 5 generally indicates a movable upper carriage or deck whichincludes a turntable portion, generally indicated at 6.
- 7 indicates a pivot unit or as sembly which may be a two-way hydraulic swivel joint. It will be understood that the details thereof are notof themselves battery box and l6 a tool box. It will be understood that a system of hydraulic ducts, tubes, hoses or pipes is provided, which need not be described in full detail, but is suitably connected to the tank or supply member ll of hydraulic fluid, and
- a major characteristic of the invention is the provision of an extensible boom which rotates, with the upper deck 5, about a vertical axis, through an arc of 360. It rotates also about a horizontal axis, and can be suitably locked in adjusted position when necessary.
- posistructure. 11 indicates a'tank or supply member for the oil of a hydraulic actuating system. It also assists in the counterweighting function.
- I 1 v An operator seat is positioned on the deck 5 being shown at v 12 in FIGS. 1 to 3.
- cylinder 30 is a lift rod or piston rod, having a piston slidable in the cylinders 26 and pivoted as at 31 to the forward boom stirrup '25.
- the cylinder 26 and the piston rod30 are suitably actuated by hydraulic pressure which can be supplied to the cylinder 26 at either side of the enclosed piston.
- the hydraulic pressure thus available is employed to rotate the boom about the center 24, for example, between-anupper position A and a lower position B, indicated in dotted line in FIG. 1.
- the hose connections for the cylinder 26 are-not indicated, since they form no part of the present invention. 1
- the main or outer boom body 23 is hollow and houses an inner boom or extension 35 which is telescoped into the outer boom body. It carries at its inner end wheels 36 suitably mounted on a shaft 37 in a bracket or support 36a, as shown, for example, in FIG. 8.
- the outer boom 23 carries, at its outer end, brackets or plates 38 in which are pivoted upper and lower guiding and supporting rollers or flanged wheels 39.and 40.
- the inner boom 35 may readily be made to slide or telescope into or out of the outer boom 23 by the hydraulic tension of the cable or chain.
- This cable or chain 45 may be connected to the inner boom 35, as by any suitable connector 49 illustrated, for example, in FIGS. '6 and 8. Top or securing plates 49amay be used to complete'the connection.
- Suitable cushioning means may be employed to cushion the full penetration of the inner boom into the outer boom, or to cushion the full movement of the outer boom to :its outer limits.
- Such cushioning means or spring stops are in- ;dicated, for example, at 52 and 53 in FIG. 5.
- Side plates 57 may extend upwardly from the outer end of the inner boom 35, and between them is pivoted, as at 58, the head tilt cylinder 59.
- Its piston rod extension 60 is pivoted, as at 61, to the levers 62, which is connected to the head assembly, for example, through ear 63, and which, when tilted by the operation of the piston of the cylinder 59, tilts the head assembly about the center 55.
- the head rotating hydraulic motor 65 is Attached to, and forming part of, the head assembly X. While the details them- 'selves are not critical, the head includes an upper, outer, generally cylindrical body portion 66 to which the motor 65 is secured, these parts tilting with the lever 62. Within the body portion 66 are bearing and seal assemblies 67, 68, within which rotates the ported head stem 69 which, however, is held against axial movement in relation to the body portion 66. It is formed with generally vertical fluid passages 70 and 71 which communicate with flexible pipes or hoses 72 and 73, the purpose of which will later appear. As will be clear from FIG. 9, and FIGS.
- the stem 69 not merely is longitudinally ported, as at 70 and 71, but is provided with suitable circumferential passages 69a, whereby to insure a supply of fluid, at all positions of the stem 69, to the hoses 72 and 73.
- the jaws may conveniently be formed with overlapping arcuate reinforcing or guiding webs 76b and 77b.
- a head clamp cylinder 80 is pivoted to one jaw, as shown at 760 in FIG.
- flexible hoses or pipes are provided which freely permit the' described relative movements of the jaws and head in relation to the boom, they being operative at all normal positions of the inner boom 35 and at all normal positions of rotation of the head, either about its upright axis or about its horizontal axis.
- An extension hose assembly is provided between the two boom sections and between the inner boom 35 and the head assembly. This is shown, for example, in FIGS. and 7. The passage of fluid through these hoses is controlled by the operator from his seat 12 through foot pedals or through the indicated manual levers 14a through 14].
- a boom extension lever there may, for example, be a boom extension lever, a boom lift lever, a head rotation lever, a head tilt lever, a head jaw lever, and a set off turntable lever. It is, of course, a matter of choice whether specific controls are positioned as levers or asfoot pedals, but the foregoing will illustrate how the operation of the machine can conveniently be controlled.
- hoses I01, 102 extend to the head-rotating motor 64.
- Hoses 103, 104 extend to the head body 66, and thus to the ported member 69, and the hoses 72 and 73 to the head clamp cylinder 80.
- Hoses 105, 106 extend to the pivoted head tilt cylinder 59 at the outer end of the inner boom 35.
- These six hoses are shown as mounted at their inner ends on the support or connector 107 and pass thence by extensions into the interior of the outer boom 23.
- the general hydraulic system which includes a suitable source of pressure, actuated by the engine 10, and, of course, the liquidreservoir 11.
- the above described fluid system permits complete freedom of extension and retraction of the boom parts, since the extension hose assembly above described is unconstrained and can flex freely, and is long enough to permit a predetermined desired boom extension. This leaves the operator in the chair 12 complete freedom to extend or retract the inner boom 35, to rotate the head about its horizontal axis at any degree of extension of the boom, to rotate the clamp or jaws throughout an arc of 360, and, in generaLto do whatever is necessary to pick up, move and drop heavy objects within the radius of the boom at its greatest extension.
- the chassis or vehicle may advantageously be carried by flanged wheels, on the track rails, but may also be positioned on endless track or on other conveying means, for movement along the right-of-way.
- the dual boom structure with its inner extensible and retractable component, permits the tool to cover a wide area about the upright axis of the boom. It can operate about an arc of 360.
- the boom is counterweighted by the power plant, which rotates with it.
- the head, at the outer end of the extensible boom component can be rotated about its upright axis, through an arc of 360.
- the extension hose assembly maintains the driving or actuating connection for the head and clamp at all positions of boom and head, and at all extensions of the inner boom.
- a single hydraulic system actuates boom, boom extension and head, and also rotates the upper carriage, conveys the chassis along the track, and actuates the breaking system.
- the boom may be locked in upper position, for example, by dropping a slotted limiting sleeve over the boom lift piston rod. All actions above described can be controlled by the operator in his normal seat on the chassis.
- a chassis movable along a track, a platform mounted on the chassis for rotation about a generally upright axis through an arc of the order of 360, hydraulic means for rotating such platform about such axis through such an arc, a boom pivoted to such platform about a generally horizontal axis, hydraulic means for rotating the boom about the horizontal axis through a substantially smaller are, including a piston and cylinder assembly pivoted at one end to the platform and at the other end to the boom in spaced relation to the pivot between the boom and platform, the boom including a first boom component pivoted to the platform about the horizontal axis, and a second boom component telescopically adjustably mounted in relation to the first boom component, a head assembly on the boom component connected to the second boom component and constructed to extend or retract the second boom component upon operation thereof, and a fluid motor on the first boom component adapted to operate the cable and sheave mechanism.
- the structure of claim 1 further characterized in that the head assembly is pivoted on the outer end of the second boom component about a generally horizontal axis, and further including hydraulic power means at the outer end of the second outer end of the second boom component, including a pair of 10 boom component connected between the head assembly and opposed movable jaws having faces defining between them, in their closed position, a generally square-cross section space for grasping a railroad tie, hydraulic power means for opening and closing the jaws, and a hydraulic motor in the head assembly for rotating the jaws, as a unit, about an axis generally at right angles to their opening and closing movement so that the jaws may be swiveled to a number of grasping positions relative to the boom direction, and a fluid motor and tank mounted on the platform for supplying hydraulic fluid to the piston and cylinder assembly for raising and lowering the boom and to the various hydraulic means and motors.
- the structure of claim 1 further characterized by and including a cable and sheave mechanism mounted on the first the second boom component for rotating the head assembly through a limited are about such axis.
- the structure of claim 1 further characterized in that the fluid motor and tank are mounted on a platform at one side of its upright axis and the boom extends outwardly from the platform from the opposite side of such axis so that the fluid motor and tank constitute a counterweight for holding the platform against bodily tilting movement.
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Cited By (8)
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US3664527A (en) * | 1969-11-10 | 1972-05-23 | Clark Equipment Co | Material handling apparatus |
US3860282A (en) * | 1971-01-07 | 1975-01-14 | Norman Allen Johnson | Log skidder grapple |
US4276918A (en) * | 1978-06-22 | 1981-07-07 | Roger Sigouin | Tree processing unit |
US4285629A (en) * | 1978-05-18 | 1981-08-25 | Elliston Thomas L | Fire fighting boom assembly for service vessel |
US5088873A (en) * | 1988-12-06 | 1992-02-18 | Yellow Freight System, Inc. | Manipulator mixed freight handling system |
FR2728285A1 (en) * | 1994-12-20 | 1996-06-21 | Sud Ouest Travaux | Method of depositing or unloading rows of new railway sleepers stacked on pallets |
US5568829A (en) * | 1994-12-16 | 1996-10-29 | Lake Shove, Inc. | Boom construction for sliding boom delimeers |
US20090134106A1 (en) * | 2007-11-26 | 2009-05-28 | Vernon Martin | Lifting device |
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Cited By (9)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3664527A (en) * | 1969-11-10 | 1972-05-23 | Clark Equipment Co | Material handling apparatus |
US3860282A (en) * | 1971-01-07 | 1975-01-14 | Norman Allen Johnson | Log skidder grapple |
US4285629A (en) * | 1978-05-18 | 1981-08-25 | Elliston Thomas L | Fire fighting boom assembly for service vessel |
US4276918A (en) * | 1978-06-22 | 1981-07-07 | Roger Sigouin | Tree processing unit |
US5088873A (en) * | 1988-12-06 | 1992-02-18 | Yellow Freight System, Inc. | Manipulator mixed freight handling system |
US5568829A (en) * | 1994-12-16 | 1996-10-29 | Lake Shove, Inc. | Boom construction for sliding boom delimeers |
FR2728285A1 (en) * | 1994-12-20 | 1996-06-21 | Sud Ouest Travaux | Method of depositing or unloading rows of new railway sleepers stacked on pallets |
US20090134106A1 (en) * | 2007-11-26 | 2009-05-28 | Vernon Martin | Lifting device |
US8646628B2 (en) * | 2007-11-26 | 2014-02-11 | Vernon Martin | Lifting device |
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Owner name: RAILWAY MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT COMPANY, 3073 SOUTH Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:REXNORD INC.;REEL/FRAME:004709/0228 Effective date: 19870407 |
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Owner name: OAK INDUSTRIES INC., A DE. CORP.,CALIFORNIA Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:RAILWAY MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT COMPANY, A DE. CORP.;REEL/FRAME:004831/0457 Effective date: 19880126 Owner name: OAK INDUSTRIES INC., 16935 WEST BERNARDO DRIVE, RA Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:RAILWAY MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT COMPANY, A DE. CORP.;REEL/FRAME:004831/0457 Effective date: 19880126 |