Railways inventions 02/07

20070039510 - Railway anchor applicator: A railway anchor applicator for applying an anchor to a rail includes a frame configured for movement in a specified direction of travel along a track, and a workhead assembly movably mounted on the frame for movement toward and away from the rail. Also provided is an anchor receiving mechanism... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070039509 - Railway maintenance vehicle with balanced bulk storage: A railway vehicle movable on a railroad track having a frame configured for movement relative to the track is provided. The vehicle includes a bulk storage container disposed on the frame and located generally at the center of gravity of the vehicle.... Agent: Lawrence J. Crain Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070039511 - Railway anchor applicator magazine: A magazine for a railway anchor applicator having an anchor receiving mechanism for applying an anchor to a rail includes a chute structure. Configured for storing anchors in a sequential arrangement, the chute delivers the anchors to the anchor receiving mechanism.... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070039512 - Rail guide for a suspendedly guided push element: A rail guide having first and second guiding rails disposed in a mirror-inverted relationship with regard to one another. At least one pair of spaced leading and following carriages are displaceably mounted to the guiding rails so as to engage and transport a sliding component along a transport path towards... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070039513 - Contour adapting active particulate collection system: A contour-adaptive particulate material collecting system and method of utilization thereof employed in a facility for the cleaning of an overhead support rail for overhead transport (OHT) vehicles, utilizing a cleaning apparatus which is coupled to an existing overhead transportation vehicle so as to be towed thereby, and wherein the... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Pressner, P.C.

20070039514 - Machine for clearing railroad flangeways: A machine is provided for clearing a rail flangeway, of debris or ice, the machine comprising: a frame; mounting means for mounting the frame on a vehicle, the vehicle for moving the machine across the surface in a direction of travel generally parallel to the length of the flangeway; at... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20070034105 - Aerial ropeway transport methods: An aerial ropeway transport system is disclosed. The system may include a rope extending between at least two terminals and a plurality of trains carried by the rope. Each of the trains may include at least one carrier which is detachably attached to the rope. The rope may be operated... Agent: Klass, Law, O'meara & Malkin, P.C.

20070034106 - Carrier and a magnetic levitation railway provided with said deck: The invention relates to a carrier (11) and a magnetic levitation railway provided with said carrier. The inventive carrier (11) comprises a sliding surface (14) and the sliding skates of a vehicle travelling along said magnetic levitation railway. According to said invention, the sliding surface (14) is provided with a... Agent: Striker Striker & Stenby

20070034107 - Travel assistant device: A travel assistant device to help individuals use transit systems. The device is particularly suited to help individuals with special needs (i.e. physical or mental disabilities) successfully navigate the transit system through cues that are delivered through the device. In certain embodiments the device utilizes a global positioning system (GPS)-enabled... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20070022898 - Machine and method for transporting track switches: A machine for transporting and laying track switches has a switch carrier that can be supported on a track or a ballast bed, on the end thereof, by a rail or track-laying gear. The switch carrier has a central carrier section connected with winches, and two end carrier sections that... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP