Railways inventions 06/08

20080148987 - Cableway system with terminal stations and a middle station: An aerial cableway system with transportation devices, such as gondolas or lift chairs, is formed with two cable loops to which the transportation devices can be coupled and from which the transportation devices can be decoupled. A lower station, one or more middle stations, and an upper station are provided.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080148988 - Guideway switch apparatus for magnetically levitated vehicles: A switch is used, at the divergent zone, to cause the vehicle bogie to follow one path or the other in the guideway. This is accomplished by substituting an attracting magnetic array on the side that the vehicle bogie is desired to follow. The switch may operate without moving parts,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080148989 - Cableway system with station for storing transportation devices: An aerial cableway installation includes transportation devices, such as gondolas or chairs, that can be coupled to the cable and decoupled from the cable in stations of the installation. Guide devices are disposed in the region of the stations on which the decoupled transportation devices can be moved beside the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080148990 - Transit system vehicle guideway constructed from modular elements and using magnetic levitation for suspension and propulsion vehicles: The networked guideway transit system uses materials and methods of constructing guideway elements. The materials and methods are designed to reduce the static weight, cost and physical size of the guideway structure. Installation cost is also significantly reduced by the modular nature of the guideway components, which can be manufactured... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080148991 - Guideway transportation system with integrated magnetic levitation suspension, stabilization and propulsion functions: A networked guideway transit system uses permanent magnet repulsion with induction-based repulsion within the networked guideway transport system, which can levitate passively with motion. Magnetic levitation technology is used to replace wheels as the primary means of vehicle suspension. The networked guideway transit system uses the permanent magnets to provide... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080141893 - Self-propelled rail unloading machine: A rail unloading vehicle is self-propelled and able to travel either over-the-road on conventional roadway tires or along railway tracks on railway wheels. Threading mechanisms for unloading the rails are arranged to retract so they provide a narrow profile for transport over the road. The threading mechanisms have thread boxes... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080141894 - Railroad tie replacement device and method: A lightweight portable ratcheting device allows a single workmen to remove a worn railroad tie in a more efficient and productive manner in about half the time now required by work crews using hand tools even in an inaccessible area.... Agent: James K. Luchs

20080141895 - Inline terminal, hub and distribution system: The present invention provides an inline terminal, hub and distribution system. It comprises the steps of: transporting (102) a container to an inbound dock of a distribution center; emptying (104) the contents of the container in proximity to the inbound dock; sorting (106) the contents of the container; loading (108)... Agent: Gary J. Cunningham

20080134929 - Multifunction modular energy transformation system: The invention relates to a multifunctional modular energy transformation system which is particularly suitable for levitation railway transport, which consumes much less energy than hitherto-known systems since levitation is achieved using a magnetic generating system having a constant force and stable equilibrium, and which is energetically self-sufficient by transforming H2O... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080127851 - Rail transport apparatus: The connection guide includes a first direction control guide which is provided on the other side of its width direction and extends in the extending direction; and a second direction control guide which is provided on one side of its width direction, apart from the first direction control guide by... Agent: Young & Thompson