Railways inventions 07/07

20070169659 - Carrying system: The present invention prevents an obstacle from entering a running route of an overhead carriage to allow the carriage to run smoothly, increasing carrying efficiency. The present invention provides a carrying system including a carriage 1 having a hoist 7 that elevates and lowers an article in a vertical direction... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070169660 - Damper for cableway traction cables: In accordance with this invention to the structure of the roller battery and preferably at the entrance of the roller battery in the direction of movement (16) of the cabins there is joined a lever (12) bearing at its free end a roller (13) engaged on the traction cable (3)... Agent: Shlesinger & Fitzsimmons

20070169661 - Magnet arrangement for carrying, guiding and/or braking systems in magnetic levitation vehicles: A magnet arrangement (1) for magnetic levitation vehicles is described that is comprised of an electromagnet having a plurality of magnet poles, said magnet poles having cores connected via pole backs (4) and coils (5) coiled onto them, said coils being connected to each other inside and outside in alternating... Agent: Striker Striker & Stenby

20070169662 - Magnet arrangement for a magnetic levitation vehicle: A magnet arrangement (10) for a magnetic levitation vehicle (1) is described. The magnet arrangement comprises at least one magnetic pole (11) consisting of a core (14) and a winding (12) applied to the core, a control circuit connected to the winding (12) and a power supply unit for supplying... Agent: Striker Striker & Stenby

20070163461 - Overhead traveling vehicle system and article storage method in the overhead traveling vehicle system: Buffers 6, 8 are provided on both sides of a travel rail 10. An overhead traveling vehicle 4 has a SCARA arm movable back and forth to both of the left and right so that a rotation unit 22 and an elevation drive unit 4 can move to a position... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070157844 - Device for the application and/or removal of rail clips: A device (1) for the application and/or for the removal of elements for the connection of a rail to a railway track sleeper, comprising at least one lever (2, 3) mounted on a frame (4) in a rotatable manner around an axis of rotation (5, 6), and equipped with at... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070151475 - Self-propelled vehicle for use in a conduit: A vehicle for travel through a conduit includes a forward and a rearward member, each member being provided with a wall-engaging mechanism for selectively engaging a wall of the conduit to hold the respective member in a stationary position within the conduit. Extensible elements such as a hydraulic ram connect... Agent: Young & Thompson