Railways inventions 04/09

20090107356 - Transportation system and method: A mechanically driven track system designed to transport objects of various sizes and people at rapid speeds over distances. There are stations along the track that both receive and insert objects onto the track system that can operate at constant velocity or at variable speeds. This system can fulfill the... Agent: Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva. PC

20090107357 - Automatic cable car facility: Automatic cable transport facility along a closed loop line, including vehicles that can be disengaged at a set rate in stations after moving along a disengaged circuit where they are driven at low speed along disembarkation and embarkation platforms. Each station includes an automatic control mechanism able to extract the... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090101039 - Electric motor driven traversing balancer hoist: A balancer hoist has an electric servomotor driving irreversible gearing in turn driving a hoist chain drive. A float mode and a manual mode are provided using two independent load sensors for sensing the load weight and force applied to a control grip. A traversing control is produced by a... Agent: John R. Benefiel

20090101040 - Tube car, network of tubes, personal transport system, and control system and control method thereof: The present invention provides a new personal transport system for passengers and goods, which comprises: a tube car comprising a self-powered closed tube car carrying passengers or goods from door to door; and a network of tubes comprising a plurality of tubes, the said network of tubes combined with the... Agent: Evan Law Group LLC

20090095188 - Rail threading mechanism: A rail threading mechanism for a rail handling vehicle includes a thread box mounted on the outer end of a manipulating arm. The thread box includes a platform and a pair of jaws pivotally connected to the platform and moveable between open and closed positions. The platform includes a support... Agent: Erickson, Kernell, Derusseau & Kleypas, LLC

20090095189 - Guideway system to roadway interchange system: According to one embodiment, a transport interchange system includes a roadway that intersects a guideway system such that the roadway is discontinuous across the guideway system. A guideway vehicle is provided that transports an intermodal container over the guideway system. The guideway vehicle is operable to rotate the intermodal container... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090095191 - Recreational device: A device for children of the present invention includes a travel path supported by a post and a plurality of sections occupied by the children movable relative the travel path in at least one direction. The travel path is movable between at least two planes relative the post. The device... Agent: Michael G. Shariff, Esq Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.c

20090095190 - Roller coaster maintenance vehicle: A roller coaster maintenance vehicle includes a platform with a set of wheels arranged to ride on a roller coaster track structure. The platform includes a propulsion system which allows it to traverse the track structure independent of the roller coaster propulsion system. In one embodiment, a person rides on... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20090095192 - Guideway coupling system: According to one embodiment, a pair of guideway engagement members having a controller circuit is configured on a transport vehicle that travels over an elongated guideway. The pair of guideway engagement members have a corresponding pair of bearing members that are each disposed on opposing sides of the guideway. The... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090090266 - Railway vehicle and device for accessing said vehicle: Railway vehicle (1) comprising an access platform (4) which extends between two lateral faces (3), at least one of the faces comprising a lateral access door (2), the access platform (4) being adjacent to at least one passenger area (6, 6′) and comprising a plate (5) which is movable vertically... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090090267 - Vehicle towing apparatus switchably couplable to guideways: Generally and not exclusively, there is disclosed a system and a method for towing (pushing or pulling) a roadway vehicle on a road by a towing apparatus. The towing apparatus is coupled to a roadway guideway displaced generally above a roadway surface. In an embodiment, the system includes an apparatus... Agent: Kenneth Paley

20090084285 - Carnival ride: The carnival ride has a travel path for cars with seats and at least one screen arranged adjacent to the travel path. In order to design the carnival ride in such a way that the passengers in the car have an optimal gaming experience, the screen follows the car at... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt