Rail grinding apparatus and method

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EP 1 367 175 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	17.11.2004 Bulletin 2004/47

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	03.12.2003 Bulletin 2003/49

(21)	Application number: 03253300.2

(22)	Date of filing: 27.05.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: E01B 31/17

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

30.05.2002 GB 0212517

(71)	Applicant: Balfour Beatty plc
	London SW1V 1LQ (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Andrew, Neil, c/o Balfour Beatty Rail Limited Derby DE1 2SA (GB)

(74)	Representative: Ertl, Nicholas Justin
	Elkington and Fife LLP, Prospect House, 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR (GB)

(54)	Rail grinding apparatus and method

(57) A rail grinding apparatus has a first power driven grinding section (20) and a second section (22) which rolls along the rail. Rotation of the wheel(s) of the second section (22) is caused by driving the apparatus along the rail, and the energy from this rotation at least partially drives the first section (20). The second section can also carry out a non-powered grinding operation as well as providing power for the first section.

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