Railways inventions 06/06

20060137563 - Multi-capacity amusement ride: An amusement ride including a non-continuous track supported over a curved path and extending between a high end and a low end for transporting riders. The track includes at least two independent running rails. The amusement ride also includes at least one carrier arranged to carry at least one rider...

20060137564 - Rail system for suspension crane and profile for such rail system: The invention concerns an overhead crane track which includes at least one crane track rail (1) and at least one carnage (2) guided on the crane track rail (1). The crane track rail (1) is composed of a plurality of portions of a hollow profile member. The carriage (2) is...

20060130697 - Device for installing rail clamps: A device (1) serves for installing rail clips (4) and consists of two tool levers (5) positioned opposite one another and supported on a tool frame (6) by means of a squeezing cylinder (7) in the transverse direction of the machine or track and movable about a pivot bolt (17)...

20060130698 - Water-ride facility: A watercraft is described for a water-ride facility. The watercraft consists of a floating body 10, which is connected by an articulated connecting unit 20 to the undercarriage 30, in such a way that the position of the floating body 10 can be modified in the longitudinal and transverse directions,...

20060130699 - Suspending, guiding and propelling vehicles using magnetic forces: Magnetic levitation methods and apparatus use arrays of vehicle magnets to provide three forces: suspension, guidance and propulsion. The magnets, which can be permanent magnets or superconducting magnets operating in the persistent current mode, have associated control coils that allow the magnets to provide a controllable attractive force to a...

20060124023 - Emergency rescue vehicle: The present invention relates to a rescue assembly including a vehicle that rides upon a track operated by a network of pistons set in a left to right array and connected by slanted bridges for control of said capsule. The vehicle, track, and piston network is all contained within a...

20060124024 - Derailment protection apparatus: The disclosed is a derailment protection apparatus that may comprise a wheel guiding member or a rail contact member having an inclined surface, a descending device to descend the wheel guiding member or the rail contact member, and wherein the inclined surface comes in contact with a rail, when the...