Railways inventions 10/07

20070245921 - Apparatus and method of railroad tie replacement: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for the simultaneous removal of an old railroad tie that is part of an existing railroad tie with a new railroad tie. The apparatus includes a first railroad car that places a new tie adjacent to the existing railroad track, a second railroad car... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070245922 - Transverse car body conveying system: A skid-type car body carrier carries a transversely oriented car body along a conveying path. The carrier is driven by a drive roller which is biased upwardly and frictionally engages the bottom of a centrally located friction bar mounted underneath the carrier.... Agent: Howson And Howson

20070240602 - Customer premises equipment based advertisement insertion mechanism for internet protocol based networks: A system, method, and computer readable medium for a customer premises equipment based advertisement insertion mechanism for Internet Protocol based networks, comprises, storing advertisements in a customer premises equipment, detecting an advertisement insertion signal in a data stream, and multiplexing the stored advertisements into the data stream upon the detecting... Agent: Alcatel Lucent Intellectual Property & Standards

20070227393 - Hatch for the opening and closing of pressurised pipes, in particular for the opening and closing of branch pipes for the introduction of pipe cleaning and inspection apparatus: A closing system for pressurized pipes, includes an annular supporting structure, designed to be secured to one end of the pipe, a closing hatch mounted on the annular support, and elements for locking the hatch including a locking ring inserted into an annular cavity in the support to lock the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070227394 - Deformable drive sheave: A drive sheave equipped with a deformable tire is disclosed herein. An embodiment of the drive sheave comprises a tire portion wherein the tire portion comprises an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface. The tire portion also comprises a first surface extending between the inner circumferential surface and... Agent: Klaas, Law, O''meara & Malkin, P.C.