US Patent Issued to HARSCO TECHNOLOGIES on Sept. 30 for "Rail milling vehicle" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,579, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HARSCO TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Fairmont, Minn.).

"Rail milling vehicle" was invented by Robert R. Schrunk (Fairmont, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a rail vehicle that includes a chassis and a rail milling assembly coupled to the chassis. The rail milling assembly includes a bracket for coupling the rail milling assembly to the chassis and a milling workhead forming a portion of the rail milling assembly. The milling workhead including a spindle and a cutter depending downwardly from the spindle. The spindle and cutter are driven by a spindle motor. The milli...