Railways inventions 10/06

20060236890 - Apparatus, systems and methods for levitating and moving objects: Apparatus, systems and methods for levitating and moving objects such as vehicles, doors and windows are shown and described herein. The embodiments incorporate a track with lower rails having lower permanent magnets and the object with upper rails having upper permanent magnets aligned with the lower rails and oriented to...

20060230973 - Garage-installable, two-vehicle turntable having a pair of linearly movable platforms which decrease inter-vehicle distance during rotation: A dual-vehicle turntable includes a subframe that incorporates a central pivot, a circular track and a rail cam; a generally circular carriage pivotably couplable to the central pivot and having a plurality of rollers angularly spaced around the periphery thereof that ride on the circular track; and a pair of...

20060230974 - Track and vehicle amusement apparatus and methods: A track a vehicle amusement apparatus and methods are disclosed, the apparatus including a vehicle or vehicles movable over a track assembly supported and elevated by a supporting assembly. A plurality of track sections define the track assembly, and the vehicles have wheels, some positioned above and some below the...

20060230975 - Overhead traveling vehicle system: A loop-shaped maintenance bay route 6 directly connected to an inter-bay route 4 is provided for the maintenance of an overhead traveling vehicle 8. An operation check traveling line 16 and an operation check station 18 are provided along the maintenance bay route 6 for fully carrying out tests for...

20060225601 - Curved entry guide rails for car wash conveyor: A vehicle tire entry guide for transitioning vehicles into a car wash lane comprises a pair of smoothly-curved, reversely similar tire guide rails covered with plastic. Each curved guide rail comprises a curved angle iron with stanchions which can be bolted to the car wash floor and an extruded polyethylene...

20060219123 - Method and machine for replacing damaged rail sections of a track: In a method for efficiently removing a great number of damaged rail sections, after a first separating cut, the severed free rail ends are gripped by a rail pulling device connecting the rail ends to one another, and are pulled towards one another. The pulling force required for the pulling-together...

20060219124 - Buoyant marine rail system: A rail system may include a rail buoyant in a fluid, and a vehicle buoyant in the fluid. The vehicle may be electromagnetically and/or mechanically coupled to the rail for movement along the rail....

20060219125 - Easy vehicle turnaround: An equipment turnaround easily installs on a driveway or garage floor surface. The turnaround has a large support platform compared to the equipment footprint providing ease of loading or unloading the equipment. The turnaround is fastened to the surface by fasteners that allow the turnaround to rotate about the centerline...

20060219126 - Overhead traveling vehicle system: A side buffer 40 is provided on a side of a traveling rail 6 of an overhead traveling vehicle 8. Multiple levels of racks 41, 42 are provided. The overhead traveling means 8 has elevating and lowering means including components such as a linear guide 32 and a ball screw...

20060219127 - Dual guide rail system for a vehicle washing apparatus: A dual guide rail system for a vehicle washing apparatus having a predetermined path of a vehicle to be washed includes standard curb rails mounted on both sides of the path at a first height and upper curb rails mounted outside of the standard rails at a second height greater...

20060219128 - Suspending-rail permanent magnetic levitation train system: A compensation type suspending-rail permanent magnetic levitation system includes a track unit and a vehicle unit, the track unit includes a suspending arch crosstie, and balancing guide levitation rails are symmetrically disposed on two inner sides of the suspending arch crosstie. Permanent magnetic rails are disposed on upper surfaces of...