Abstract: An accessory includes a blade, a coupling, and a guide. The blade includes a cutting edge. The coupling includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is attachable to and detachable from the power tool. The second portion is connected to the blade. The guide is structured to guide the blade along a work piece by interacting with a surface of the work piece as the blade moves in an advancing direction. The guide is structured to provide a locked state and an unlocked state. In the locked state, the guide is engaged with the coupling such that the guide is attached to the coupling. In the unlocked state, the guide is disengaged from the coupling such that the guide is detached from the coupling.

Abstract: A hand tamper for tamping ballast of a track includes a drive motor for rotation of an imbalance or unbalanced weight and a barrel tip which is approximately V-shaped in longitudinal section and is fastened to a lower end of a barrel connected to the drive motor. A plurality of barrel fins extending in a longitudinal direction of the barrel are disposed on a lower barrel section adjoining the barrel tip. The barrel fins are spaced from one another relative to a barrel cross-section, extend radially from a barrel surface and are elongated into the barrel tip.

Abstract: A hand-held tamper for underfilling ballast of a track. The tamper has a drive motor for the rotation of an unbalance and a tamping shovel fastened to a lower end of a shaft which is joined to the drive motor and has a longitudinal axis. The shovel consists of two shovel halves each joined to the shaft. Each shovel half has an upper shovel part nearer to the drive motor and a lower shovel part positioned at a first angle <180° in relation thereto. Both shovel halves are disposed at a second angle <180° relative to one another when viewed in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the shaft.

Abstract: A hand-held tamper for underfilling ballast of a track. The tamper has a drive motor for the rotation of an unbalance and a tamping shovel fastened to a lower end of a shaft which is joined to the drive motor and has a longitudinal axis. The shovel consists of two shovel halves each joined to the shaft. Each shovel half has an upper shovel part nearer to the drive motor and a lower shovel part positioned at a first angle <180° in relation thereto. Both shovel halves are disposed at a second angle <180° relative to one another when viewed in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the shaft.

Abstract: A hand tamper for tamping ballast of a track comprises a shaft tube (3) in which a shaft (9) is supported which, at a lower end (4), is equipped with an imbalance (11). At least 30% of an overall height hu, extending in the longitudinal shaft direction (12), of the imbalance (11) is arranged below the upper edge (6) of a tamping blade (5).

Abstract: Prior to immersion into the ballast, a hand tamper (1) for tamping a track is detachably connected to an anchor element (10), fixed to the track (9) and lying opposite with regard to a tamping motion (18), by means of a fixing member (15) fastened to a tamper section (6) situated between a drive motor (3) and a tamping blade (5). Thus, an improved compaction effect can be achieved.

Abstract: A railway-rail-lifting device for lifting a railway rail comprises an arm (105) and a roller (110) rotatably mounted to the arm (105). The arm (105) is operable to be rotated to bring the roller (110) to bear on the rail such that the roller (105) exerts a lifting force thereon. Securing means are operable to releasably secure the device to a rail fastening assembly.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a tamping tool comprising a shank and a blade, with the blade having various arrangements of wear-resistant material affixed to the face of the blade by means of brazing, soldering, gluing or other method. Additionally, some arrangements of the tamping tool have a wear-resistant tip inserted into a groove in the end of the blade. The tamping tool of the present invention reduces wear, providing an increased life and increasing the time intervals at which it becomes necessary to replace the tamping tool.

Abstract: A railroad clip applicator system for efficiently securing a fastening clip to a receiver bracket of a crosstie. The railroad clip applicator system includes a housing, a handle structure attached to the housing, an actuator secured within the housing, an engaging structure attached to the actuator for engaging a fastening clip, and a pair of lower arms extending from the housing to engage a lower side of a rail. The engaging structure is comprised of a pair of guide pins slidably positioned within the housing, and an engaging member having a center member and a rear member for engaging the rear portion of the fastening clip. The actuator forces the engaging structure forwardly thereby causing the fastening clip to slide within the tapered slot of the receiver bracket until the fastening clip is fully secured upon the receiver bracket.

Abstract: A railroad clip removal system for efficiently removing a fastening clip from a receiver bracket of a crosstie. The railroad clip removal system includes a frame structure having a center cutout and a pair of opposing slots, an actuator, a pair of engaging arms pivotally attached to the actuator and slidably positioned within the opposing slots. The engaging arms have a catch portion that engages the fastening slip while the engaging arms simultaneously compress the prongs of the fastening clip thereby removing the fastening clip from the receiver bracket of a crosstie.

Abstract: A conversion device that is structured to be coupled to the rotating axle of a motor and to an output assembly. The output assembly has an elongated shaft with an axis extending generally perpendicular to the axis of the motor axle. The output assembly further is coupled to a frame to resist movement in an axial direction. The conversion device includes an eccentric hub having a disk with a sidewall extending from the perimeter thereby forming a recess and a yoke having a shaft and an attachment pin. The disk is coupled to the motor axle. The yoke shaft is disposed within the eccentric hub recess and the attachment pin is pivotally coupled to the output assembly. As the eccentric hub is rotated by the motor, the hub causes the yoke moves in a circular path. The circular path of the yoke has directional components that are parallel to the axis of the output assembly shaft and perpendicular to the axis of the output assembly shaft.

Abstract: A split tool tamper having a motor, a frame, a single tool shaft, and a tamping tool. The motor is coupled to the frame and the tool shaft is coupled to the motor. The tool shaft is further coupled to a single tamping tool.

Abstract: A self-propelled inspection vehicle for piping systems includes a vehicle body in the form of a rigid, tightly-sealed housing having forward and rearward end faces as seen in a given insertion direction of the vehicle into the piping, a power supply disposed in the housing, a propulsion mechanism for resiliently bracing the housing against the inner surface of the piping, at least one motor connected to the power supply and to the propulsion mechanism for driving the propulsion mechanism, a television camera optical system having a given field of view being supported on the forward end face of the housing, and at least one light source associated with the given field of view being supported on the forward end face of the housing.

Abstract: The handle of a tie tamper is connected to its vibration generating motor, to which a beater is rigidly fixed to be vibrated thereby, by a combination of a Neidhart damper fixed to one end of the handle, a shackle-link pair fixed at one end to the square shaft of the damper, and an arcuate leaf spring pin-connected at its one end to the link pair and at its other end to the motor and by a two-bar linkage connected at its two ends via Neidhart dampers respectively to an intermediate part of the handle and to the motor, and a balance weight is provided at the pin joint between the two links of the two-bar linkage. This construction greatly reduces the vibration transmitted from the motor to the handle.

Abstract: The handle of a tie tamper is connected to its vibration generating motor, which vibrates a beater fixed thereto, by a combination of a Neidhart damper secured to one end of the handle, a shackle-like link pair fixed at its one end to the damper, and an arcuate leaf spring pin-connected at its one end to the other end of the link pair and at its other end to the motor and by a two-bar linkage connected at its two ends via Neidhart dampers respectively to an intermediate part of the handle and to the motor, a balance weight being provided at the pin joint between the two links of the two-bar linkage, and a strap connected at its ends to the handle and motor limits the extension of the two-bar linkage.