US 12,221,750 B2
Tamping tine and method for tamping a track
Martin Buerger, Linz (AT); and Gerald Zauner, Wilhering (AT)
Assigned to Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H., Vienna (AT)
Appl. No. 17/440,545
Filed by Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H., Vienna (AT)
PCT Filed Mar. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/056414
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/207686, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. A 130/2019 (AT), filed on Apr. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0145548 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. E01B 27/16 (2006.01); E01B 27/12 (2006.01)
CPC E01B 27/16 (2013.01) [E01B 27/12 (2013.01); E01B 2203/12 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tamping tine for a tamping machine for tamping a track comprising:
a tine shaft which has at an upper end, a retaining portion for fastening in a tine mount,
a tine plate;
wherein the tine shaft merges at a lower end into the tine plate,
a tamping tine; and
a sensor having a sensitive element which is arranged in a recess of the tine shaft, and that the tamping tine includes a coupling element for transmission of a sensor signal;
wherein the recess is formed as a longitudinal bore in a core section of the tine shaft.