Welding assembly for welding two rails of a track

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11235416-B2
Application number	US-201716079869-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2017
Priority date	Apr 1, 2016
Publication date	Feb 1, 2022
Grant date	Feb 1, 2022

Abstract

A welding assembly (1) for welding two rails (2) of a track includes two rail clamping units (5) movable towards one another in an assembly longitudinal direction (4). A power rail (10) provided for power transmission is configured as an assembly guide (3), extending in an assembly longitudinal direction (4), which is spaced from displacement drives (11) and connects both rail clamping units (5) to one another. The power rail (10) is equipped with a cooling device and displaceable in the assembly longitudinal direction (4) relative to the rail clamping unit (5) equipped with the power rail contacts (8).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A welding assembly for welding two rails of a track, comprising:
two rail clamping units;
a plurality of displacement drives, wherein said two rail clamping units are movable towards one another in the assembly in a longitudinal direction by means of said displacement drives,
a drive,
a power line;
a power rail configured to transport electrical energy;
a power supply;
a plurality of clamping jaws, wherein each rail clamping unit has clamping jaws designed to be applied to a corresponding rail in pairs by means of said drive, wherein the clamping jaws provided for power transmission are connected—with regard to one of the two rail clamping units—by said power line to power rail contacts which are designed to be applied to said power rail by means of a fixing drive and is displaceable relative thereto,

comprising the following features:
a) the power rail is configured as an assembly guide, extending in the assembly longitudinal direction, which is spaced from the displacement drives and connects said two rail clamping units to one another,
b) the power rail is displaceable in the assembly longitudinal direction relative to at least one rail clamping unit of said two rail clamping units which is equipped with the power conductor rail contacts;
the power rail is powered by the power supply, wherein the power supply is coupled to the power rail;
wherein two of the power rail contacts are arranged on a common contact carriage and designed to be applied to the power rail by means of the xxx fixing drive.

2. The welding assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping jaws provided for power transmission are separate from the clamping jaws provided for rail clamping and for contacting a rail are adjustable perpendicularly to the assembly longitudinal direction by means of a separate clamping drive.

3. The welding assembly as in claim 1 , further comprising at least one transformer coupled to said power supply.

Assignees

• Plasser & Theurer Export Von Bahnbaumaschinen Gmbh

Inventors

• Muehlleitner Heinz

Classifications

• B23K11/046 Primary

  Apparatus therefor · CPC title

• B23K35/0255

  for use in welding (B23K35/0205 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B23K37/0435

  Clamps · CPC title

• B23K37/003

  Cooling means for welding or cutting · CPC title

• E01B29/42

  Undetachably joining or fastening track components in or on the track, e.g. by welding, by gluing; Pre-assembling track components by gluing; Sealing joints with filling components (E01B31/26 takes precedence; independent heating means E01B31/18; welding in general B23K; gluing metal parts in general F16B11/00) · CPC title