Railroad pin removal system

• US 8,375,544 B1
• Filed: 10/17/2008
• Issued: 02/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Portaco, Inc. (Vermögensverwaltung Erben Dr. Karl Goldschmidt GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Portaco, Inc. (Vermögensverwaltung Erben Dr. Karl Goldschmidt GmbH)
• Inventors: Wilson, Timothy R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Lee D
• Assistant Examiner(s): DANIEL, JAMAL D
• Application Number:
  US12/253,407
• Time in Patent Office: 1,586 Days
• Field of Search: 292/29, 294/266, 292/435.6, 238/338, 238/310, 238/315, 238/316, 238/336, 238/351, 238/378, 254/18, 254/19, 254/20, 254/25
• US Class Current: 29/243.56
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 31/00 Hand tools for applying fasteners nailing or stapling tools B25C
• CPC Class Codes: E01B 29/24 Fixing or removing detachable fastening means or accessories thereof; Pre-assembling track components by detachable fastening means E01B29/02, E01B31/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49824 to elastically deform work part or connector
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53783 Clip applier

Abstract

A railroad pin removal system for efficiently removing a pin from a base plate of a railroad system so as to free the rail from the base plate. The railroad pin removal system generally includes a frame, an actuator secured to the frame and a clamping mechanism at least partially secured to the actuator, wherein the clamping mechanism is operable via the actuator. The clamping mechanism includes a movable jaw and a fixed jaw to slidably move a railroad pin away from a rail so as to be released from a base plate.

Claims

1. A railroad pin removal system, comprising:

a frame, wherein said frame includes a trigger, wherein said frame includes a lower enclosure;

an actuator secured to said frame; and

a clamping mechanism at least partially secured to said actuator, wherein said clamping mechanism is operable via said actuator;

wherein said clamping mechanism includes a movable jaw and a fixed jaw to slidably move a railroad pin away from a rail so as to be released from a base plate, wherein said movable jaw is comprised of an “

S”

shape, wherein said movable jaw is installed under said actuator, wherein said actuator is adapted to force a first end of said movable jaw away from said fixed jaw and a second end of said movable jaw toward said fixed jaw.

2. The railroad pin removal system of claim 1, wherein said movable jaw includes a receiving portion.

3. The railroad pin removal system of claim 2, wherein said receiving portion is comprised of a curved configuration.

4. The railroad pin removal system of claim 1, wherein said fixed jaw is comprised of a pair of outer plates.

5. The railroad pin removal system of claim 1, wherein said trigger includes a trigger lock.

6. The railroad pin removal system of claim 1, including a handlebar extending from said frame near an upper end of said frame.

7. The railroad pin removal system of claim 6, including a lower handle extending from said frame below said handlebar.

8. The railroad pin removal system of claim 1, wherein said frame includes a vertical member proximate an upper end of said frame.

9. The railroad pin removal system of claim 8, wherein said vertical member angles outwardly.

10. A railroad pin removal system, comprising:

a rail;

a base plate to receive said rail, wherein said base plate includes a pair of spaced apart retainers in which said rail is positioned between;

wherein said retainers each include an opening;

a pin extending within said opening and over a lower portion of said rail to clamp said rail to said base plate;

a device for removing said pin from said base plate, wherein said device includes a lower enclosure;

an actuator secured to said device, wherein said actuator is fully enclosed within said lower enclosure;

a valve fluidly connected to said actuator by one or more connecting hoses, wherein

said one or more connecting hoses each extend into said lower enclosure;

a hydraulic pump fluidly connected to said valve; and

a clamping mechanism secured to said device, wherein said clamping mechanism is operable via said actuator;

wherein said clamping mechanism includes a movable jaw and a fixed jaw to slidably move said pin away from said rail so as to release said rail from said base plate, wherein said movable jaw is comprised of an “

S”

shape, wherein said movable jaw is installed under said actuator, wherein said actuator is adapted to force a first end of said movable jaw away from said fixed jaw and a second end of said movable jaw toward said fixed jaw.

11. The railroad pin removal system of claim 10, wherein said movable jaw includes a receiving portion.

12. The railroad pin removal system of claim 11, wherein said receiving portion is comprised of a curved configuration.

13. The railroad pin removal system of claim 10, wherein said fixed jaw is comprised of a pair of outer plates.

14. The railroad pin removal system of claim 10, including a trigger to activate said actuator.

15. A railroad pin removal system, comprising:

a frame;

wherein said frame includes a vertical member positioned proximate an upper end of said frame, a center support extending from said vertical member and a lower enclosure extending from said center support;

a handlebar connected to said vertical member;

a trigger positioned proximate said handlebar;

an actuator secured to said frame fully enclosed within said lower enclosure;

a valve fluidly connected to said actuator by one or more connecting hoses, wherein said one or more connecting hoses each extend into said lower enclosure;

a connecting member extending within said vertical member, wherein said connecting member connects said trigger to said valve; and

a clamping mechanism at least partially secured to said actuator, wherein said clamping mechanism is operable via said actuator;

wherein said clamping mechanism includes a movable jaw and a fixed jaw to slidably move a railroad pin away from a rail so as to be released from a base plate, wherein said movable jaw is comprised of an “

S”

shape, wherein said movable jaw is installed under said actuator, wherein said actuator is adapted to force a first end of said movable jaw away from said fixed jaw and a second end of said movable jaw toward said fixed jaw.