Gondola carriage assembly
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1. A gondola carriage assembly for a gondola having at least two substantially parallel walls extending in a longitudinal direction, said two substantially parallel walls each having an upper edge, comprising:
- a carriage defined by a frame, said frame formed of a plurality of structures forming a support for a track-driven loading machine having an end-less track for self-propulsion of said loading machine;
said carriage further comprising a plurality of axle assemblies rotatably connected to said frame;
said axle assemblies each having an axle and a gondola wheel at ends of said axle, said gondola wheels positioned to engage said upper edges of said gondola and allow movement of said carriage and said loading machine along said gondola;
said axle assemblies further having engagement portions to interface with tracks of said track-driven loading machine and to cause rotation of said gondola wheels along said upper edges of said gondola.
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Abstract
The device pertains to a carriage which may be separate or integrated with a mobile, powered loading vehicle to load or unload railroad track materials to or from a gondola and a method thereof.
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24 Claims
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1. A gondola carriage assembly for a gondola having at least two substantially parallel walls extending in a longitudinal direction, said two substantially parallel walls each having an upper edge, comprising:
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a carriage defined by a frame, said frame formed of a plurality of structures forming a support for a track-driven loading machine having an end-less track for self-propulsion of said loading machine; said carriage further comprising a plurality of axle assemblies rotatably connected to said frame; said axle assemblies each having an axle and a gondola wheel at ends of said axle, said gondola wheels positioned to engage said upper edges of said gondola and allow movement of said carriage and said loading machine along said gondola; said axle assemblies further having engagement portions to interface with tracks of said track-driven loading machine and to cause rotation of said gondola wheels along said upper edges of said gondola. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A gondola carriage assembly for a gondola having a pair of longitudinally extending walls, said walls each having a forward end, a rearward end and an upper edge, comprising:
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a carriage movably positionable on said gondola having; a frame comprised of a plurality of beams; a plurality of axle assemblies rotatably connected to said frame and extending substantially transverse to said longitudinally extending walls; at least one of said plurality of axle assemblies having wheels capable of engaging said gondola; ends of each of said plurality of axle assemblies engaging said pair of longitudinally extending walls; a track-driven loading vehicle disposed on said carriage having; at least one end-less track having an outer surface engaging a track engaging surface of said at least one of said plurality of axle assemblies having said wheels wherein rotation of said at least one end-less track causes rotation of at least a portion said wheels; wherein said rotation of said at least a portion of said at least one of said plurality of axle assemblies causes movement of said carriage along said upper edges of said longitudinally extending walls. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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