Railroad tie plugging system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9920488
APP PUB NO 20150284912A1
SERIAL NO

14681686

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Systems and methods for automated repair and maintenance operations on a railroad track comprise a work head that is automatically moved over the railroad track according to a predetermined pattern, such as the movement of an applicator for tie plugging compound according to a predetermined pattern of spike holes. The automated repair and maintenance operations may be coupled to systems and methods for automatically detecting a feature on a railroad track that comprise two or more distance measurement sensors that travel over the railroad track. Features on the railroad track are detected where the distance measured by each sensor falls within two different predetermined distance ranges.

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ENCORE RAIL SYSTEMS INC6235 S OAK PARK AVENUE CHICAGO IL 60638

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Delmonico, Douglas Commerce City, US 7 29
Epps, Stephen R Arvada, US 3 39
Long, Brandon H Arvada, US 2 25
Schmidt, Jacob Denver, US 5 30

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