Curving Chute Apparatus and Method for Positioning Railroad Ties (Patent No: 924186)

Inventor: Berg, Lorne D.

Location: Calgary

Comments: N/A

Description: Lome D. Berg and John E. Rymex, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Granted to Mazmix Co. Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Application No. 090,248, Filed Aug. 7,1970.
6 Claims

A tie delivery system for use in an apparatus for continuously constructing railroad tracks and the like comprising a support structure including a conveying path, means for conveying a plurality of longitudinally spaced ties along said path and a pair of laterally spaced rails above said ties, power actuated means for sequentially securing fastening means to the ties and rails and means for delivering an assembled track section from said path, the combination which includes a tie storage area mounted on said support structure at an elevation higher than the conveying means and arranged to hold ties in a position parallel to the rails, a downwardly inclined curving chute arranged to receive a tie from said tie storage area in a position substantially parallel to the rails and deliver the tie beneath the rails on the conveyor at right angles to the rails.