DEVICE FOR ORIENTATION OF RAIL BASEPLATES BY RAIL CANTING Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: railway transport; track facilities. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to mechanization and automation of assembling of rail lengths at track machinery stations. Proposed device has baseplates translational displacement table and orientation mechanism. Table is made in form of head belt conveyor coupled with additional conveyor arranged in parallel. Orientation mechanism is made in form of cross frame installed over conveyors and secured on sides of conveyor frames, and transporter arranged under cross-bar of cross frame whose belt is furnished with catches. Clearance between edges of catches and belts of conveyors is smaller than thickness of baseplate at larger bead. EFFECT: dispensing with manual labor in orientation of rail baseplates by rail canting. 2 dwg