Patent ID: 7322879

Claim:
Device for the continuous reprofiling of rails ( 1 ) of railroad tracks, including at least one abrasive rail reprofiling unit ( 2 ) guided along a railroad track and comprising at least one abrasive disk ( 3 ) that can be pressed against the rails ( 1 ), wherein operation of said abrasive disk ( 3 ) produces a major waste jet ( 40 ) having a geometric axis ( 41 ), characterized in that said device includes at least one abrasive-waste pickup ( 20 ) comprising at least one segment forming a collection port ( 21 ) having a geometric center, said segment being placed in the immediate vicinity of at least one abrasive disk ( 3 ) and into the geometric axis ( 41 ) of the major waste jet ( 40 ) produced during operation of this abrasive disk ( 3 ), and in that the relative positions of said abrasive disk ( 3 ) of said reprofiling unit ( 2 ) and said collection port ( 21 ) of said abrasive-waste pickup ( 20 ) are variable in such a way that the geometric axis ( 41 ) of said major waste jet ( 40 ) essentially falls into the geometric center of the corresponding collection port ( 21 ).