Jeff T Rhode

US Patent:

20170298576, Oct 19, 2017

Filed:

Apr 11, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/484997

Inventors:

- Fairmont MN, US
Jeff Tyler Rhode - Anaheim Hills CA, US

International Classification:

E01B 27/20

Abstract:

The present disclosure generally relates to an improved railroad track ballast tamping tool. The tamping tool may be lowered into ballast underlying railroad tracks and between railroad track ties for performing ballast tamping operations. The tamping tool includes a shank and a paddle coupled to the shank. The paddle comprises a top ridge disposed on a top surface of the paddle and a bottom ridge disposed on a bottom surface of the paddle. The tamping tool additionally includes a top surface wear tile coupled to the top surface of the paddle and abutting a rear face of the top ridge, a bottom surface wear tile coupled to the bottom surface of the paddle and abutting a rear face of the bottom ridge, and a nose wear tile coupled to the top and bottom surfaces of the paddle and abutting a front face of both the top and bottom ridges.