RAILWAY TRACK TOOL Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: railway track repair and maintenance equipment. SUBSTANCE: this is used in repair and routine maintenance of railway track. Tool has operating head which is attached to lower part of rod and which can be detached from it. Tool is provided with hand-driven pump secured on rod and kinematically linked with lever which is installed in upper part of rod and can be turned around horizontal axis within certain limits. Rod and operating head have passages for connecting respective hollows of pump with corresponding component of operating head. Railway track tool is provided with several interchangeable operating heads which are intended for use in such operations as unscrewing nuts of rail fastening, lubrication of fastening, cutting nuts, drawing out spikes. Wide potentialities of railway track tool are achieved due to possible application of various interchangeable operating heads. EFFECT: higher efficiency. 2 cl, 2 dwg