Railways inventions 03/09

20090078148 - Suspended coaster rail apparatus and method: An improved amusement ride provides minimal requirement on supporting structures by suspending a rail system from suspension cables. Individual riders sit in a harness suspended from a trolley traveling along the suspended rail. The rail may turn in substantially any direction and the trolley coasts along it. Parallel rails may... Agent: Pate Pierce & Baird

20090078149 - Pillow block bearing for shaft driven conveyor system with self aligning feature: A rotating shaft drive system is configured to propel a load along a conveying path of an overhead conveyor system. A stationary frame extends along the conveying path and supports the rotating shaft drive system. A movable carriage is suspended from the stationary frame and engages with a rotating shaft... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20090078150 - Ground coil device for magnetic levitation railway and method for manufacture thereof: A ground coil device for a magnetic levitation railway that can be manufactured with a high productivity and exhibit less fluctuation in strength, reduced weight, and good recyclability, and a process for manufacturing the device. The ground coil device includes a coil conductor covered with a thermoplastic resin molding material... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090071363 - Gantry crane and method for laying a track: A gantry crane is equipped with devices for transporting old and new ties and with pads, which are provided for spacing the new ties. The device for transporting the pads is provided in the form of pincers having two pincer parts that can be displaced relative to one another in... Agent: Ronald R Santucci Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090071364 - Side shift raise climbing system: A side-shift raise climbing system is provided that utilizes a side-cut excavated into the wall of the access drift for a raise in a mine. A transfer section is incorporated into the existing length of rail servicing the raise. The transfer section includes a laterally transferable rail that can be... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

20090064889 - Fairground ride, safety system, method for operating a fairground ride, and method for recovering a car in a fairground ride: An illustrated track section 2 of an inventive fairground ride 1 has a primary transport system 4 (lift) with a first conveyor chain 5, first chain wheels 6, and a first drive 7 for driving the first conveyor chain 5. The car 3 is transported by means of a first... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20090064890 - Installation for transporting passengers embarked on board a vehicle, with two means for moving the vehicle: A transport installation comprises a first means for moving a vehicle between a first end terminal and an intermediate terminal and a second means for moving the vehicle between the intermediate terminal and a second end terminal, by loading the vehicle on board an elevator shaft. The first means for... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090064891 - Rail for self-propelled electric trucks: Rail for self-propelled electric trucks, with the rail (2) having a base part (6) and C-shaped side flanks (8, 10) which engage over side wheels (12) of the truck (4). In order to improve the rail, each C-shaped side flank (8, 10) has a central running area (14), which is... Agent: George Pappas

20090056585 - Device for raising a switch rail: In a device for lifting a tongue rail (3) of a switch during switching of the tongue rail (3), including a roller holder (8) for rollers or rolls (14), which is arranged laterally outside a slide chair within the surface of a sleeper (18) facing the rails (3,5), the roller... Agent: Chapman And Cutler