Railways inventions 09/08

20080229965 - Car wash roller: A low weight corrosion resistant car wash roller includes a plastic body. The roller also includes a shaft with a sleeve arranged thereon. A set of plastic rollers are arranged on the shaft in contact with the sleeve. A second removable fastener is arranged in the body and has a... Agent: Raggio & Dinnin, P.C.

20080229967 - Installation for conveying individuals: An installation conveys individuals by way of a transporting device along a track located above the ground and borne by supports. The installation further has a base station, an apparatus for conveying the transporting device from the base station to a top station, and a running rail for the transporting... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080229966 - Method for operating a cableway system with a valley station and with at least one mountain station, and cableway system: A method for operating a cableway system, and a cableway system with a valley station and with at least one mountain station and with transportation devices which can be moved between said stations. In the stations, the transportation devices are moved along a guide rail by way of conveying means,... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080223247 - Trolley hanger system: A trolley hanger for supporting brake hose connections between rail cars which hangs securely on a trolley rod, and preferably is directly connected to an intermediate hose flange, a train line support casting flange, or trolley pipe flange, prevents lateral and rotational movement of a brake hose connection, thereby reducing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080223248 - Assembly for aligning and interlocking an electro-monorail system and vertical lift station: An assembly adapted for aiding the alignment of and interlocking a vertical lift station (VLS) rail and the main rail of an electro-monorail system (EMS), the assembly includes a locator pin, a pin receiver having tapered walls for funneling the pin towards an aligned position, and a clamping device fixedly... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080223249 - Magnetic suspension system with integrable propulsion: A method and system for magnetically levitating a load is disclosed. One embodiment of the invention is a system for magnetically levitating a load, the system comprising at least two lift generators, each comprising a source of magnetic flux configured to induce a magnetic flux in a rail via a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080216701 - Turntable assembly system: The present invention provides a turntable assembly system for moving railcars adapted to be concentrically positioned among a plurality of radially aligned pairs of outer railways, comprising: (a) a rotatably mounted platform having a central railway in the form of a plurality of perpendicularly crossing railway tracks; (b) an azimuthally... Agent: Steven B. Stein

20080216702 - Model railroad track scrubbing car: The invention is a model railroad track scrubbing car with rollers set at a scrub angle of about 30° to scrubs the tops and sides of the track rails. The rollers freely rotate about fixed axels under the chassis of the weighted car. Each roller is preferably a conventional paint... Agent: Cook & Franke S.c.