Patent ID: 9212456
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: E01B

Abstract:
1. A rail fastener orienter for orienting rail fasteners to a desired orientation, the fasteners having a head, an opposite tip and a shank connecting the head to the tip, and being sequentially provided to said orienter in one of a head right, head left, head up and head down orientation of the head, said orienter comprising: a frame having an upper end and an opposite lower end, and defining a track with an inlet adjacent said upper end, and an outlet adjacent said lower end, said track dimensioned for slidingly and rotatingly accommodating the shank, the shank having a longitudinal axis that is transverse to a direction of travel of each spike through said passageway; at least one stage holder for accommodating the fastener in said track as the head is at least partially engaged by at least one bumper for repositioning to a desired one of said orientations of the head, such that the fastener reaches said outlet in the desired orientation of the head after axial rotation of the shaft.