Railways inventions 05/09

20090133598 - Sensor and apparatus for positioning railroad tie plates along a railroad track: An apparatus for positioning railroad tie plates along a railroad track comprises a carrier vehicle having a carrier conveyor, a roller conveyor formed of frame members and a plurality of idler rollers, the roller conveyor having an upper input end and a lower output end for gravity feeding the plurality... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20090126596 - Amusement ride: An amusement ride, such as a roller coaster or vertical tower track ride, includes an attachment assembly movably connected to a track system. A vehicle assembly is connected to the attachment assembly and includes a seat assembly having at least one rider seat. The vehicle assembly is coupled to the... Agent: James Sonntag James Sonntag, Patent Attorney

20090120318 - Device for the assembly and disassembly of a fastening device, more preferably a rail fastening device on a support body: According to the invention this is achieved in that the screw adapter comprising an engagement pin at its stem, in the contact surface of its main body possesses a centrally arranged recess to accommodate the head of a fastening element, wherein the main body on both sides next to this... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090120319 - Fairground ride: A fairground ride 1 has a rail section 2 which is usually employed in conventional roller coasters. The rail section 2 defines a driving route for a vehicle 3, which is positively driven along the driving route. The vehicle 3 is configured as an inverted vehicle (“inverted coaster”), which means... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20090120320 - Overhead traveling vehicle system and construction method of buffer in the system: An overhead traveling vehicle system includes traveling rails that are hung parallel or substantially parallel to each other from a ceiling while being spaced from each other. A side buffer is disposed between the traveling rails and supported by the opposing traveling rails.... Agent: Murata Machinery, Ltd. (muratec) C/o Keating & Bennett LLP

20090120321 - Narrow slot roller and guide system for high density mobile storage systems: A narrow slot roller and guide system for high density mobile storage systems having a plurality of storage units. The roller and guide system includes a longitudinally extending axial guide defining a first slot in a floor and a drive rail parallel thereto defining a second slot in the floor.... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090120322 - Magnetic levitation transportation system ground coil unit and manufacturing method thereof: In a magnetic levitation transportation system ground coil unit in which inside an annular coil conductor that is annularly wound, a mounting bush 3 including such a mounting hole 3a as to be parallel to a central axis of the coil conductor is disposed, and the coil conductor and the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090114114 - Magnetic pacer for controlling speeds in amusement park rides: A magnetic pacer system and method for adjusting vehicle speed in an amusement park ride. The system includes a controller and memory that stores speed settings such as upper and lower speed limits for the vehicle in a specific portion of a ride. A magnetic thruster is positioned near the... Agent: Disney Enterprises, Inc. C/o Marsh Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20090114115 - System for storage and retrieval of warehousable objects: A track system for storage and retrieval of materials for use with warehousing vehicle that rides upon tracks in horizontal configuration for storage locations, and that is capable of switching to and riding a sloped track to ascend or descend vertically. A set of transition exchanges allows the vehicle to... Agent: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Intellectual Property Department