Patent ID: 9334611
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: B25B,E01B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. Applicator for removing and fixing a contact clip to a train rail, wherein the contact clip forms a first hook-shaped end suitable for being forced onto a foot of the rail, and a second end with an abutment surface facing towards the first end and suitable for abutting against the foot of the rail on a side opposite the first end, wherein the applicator comprises: an applicator body forming a clip seat suitable for receiving the contact clip, a thrusting jaw connected with the applicator body and arranged on a thrusting side of the clip seat, said thrusting jaw being suitable for engaging the contact clip received in the clip seat, a contrast jaw connected with the applicator body and arranged on a contrast side of the clip seat opposite the thrusting side, said contrast jaw being suitable for engaging the foot of the rail, a thrusting device connected to the applicator body and suitable for moving the thrusting jaw relative to and towards the contrast jaw so as to thrust the contact clip received in the clip seat in a thrusting direction towards the contrast side, wherein the applicator can be positioned in a use position at the rail in which the clip seat facing the foot of the rail receives the contact clip and the contrast jaw engages the foot of the rail on a first side of the rail whereas the thrusting jaw engages an end of the contact clip on a second side of the rail opposite the first side, wherein, in said use position, the movement of the thrusting jaw relative to and towards the contrast jaw moves the contact clip relative to the contrast jaw and relative to the foot of the rail so as to connect or disconnect the contact clip and the foot of the rail to/from one another, wherein the clip seat is suitable for supporting the contact clip transversally to the thrusting direction in an area between the thrusting jaw and the contrast jaw, and wherein the applicator body comprises two side walls that are substantially parallel and connected together through one or more bridge elements, the side walls having inner surfaces facing one another that laterally define the clip seat, and upper edges facing towards an upper side of the applicator and defining a support seat for the foot of the rail, in which the contrast jaw is formed directly by said side walls.