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Grinding machine for reprofiling railheads

CA 1313050 C · Owner: Fils D'Auguste Scheuchzer S.A. (Les) · Inventors: Buhler, Fritz

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The machine which comprises several grinding heads per stretch of rail and which may be moved in respect of height by means of lifting devices is equipped with an installation for automatically lifting grinding wheels (M1 to M8) in the critical zones of switches namely, frog and blade zones. This installation comprises on either side of each, stretch of rail (R1 R2), a pair of sensors (C1, C2, C3, C4) at the front and a pair of sensors (C'1 C'2, C'3, C'4) at the rear, detecting the starts of critical zones therefore the widening of the running tread in the zone of a switch and/or their auxiliary parts adjacent to the rails; a computation unit connected, on the one hand to the sensors and, …

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  • Granted January 26, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 26, 2010.
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FiledNovember 7, 1988
GrantedJanuary 26, 1993
Term endedJanuary 26, 2010
Patent numberCA 1313050 C
Classification (IPC)E01B31/17

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19891992199519982001200420072010Application filedNov 7, 1988Patent grantedJan 26, 1993Term endedJan 26, 2010

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