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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110260009 | Fast Track Switch A system for sequentially switching a plurality of guide ways to accommodate at least one vehicle with a plurality of ground engaging portions following a plurality of plural track segments is provided. The system includes a primary guide way to receive at least one of ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110084175 | Switch or rail box with sealing system for railway rails and methods for sealing the box A switch or rail box for railway rails that include a system for sealing a portion of a location where the rail enters or exits the box. The sealing system includes a pair of seal plates that can be connected to an inner surface and an outer surface of the switch box, w... | 04/14/2011 |
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| 20100186618 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM POWERED BY SHORT BLOCK LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS Aspects of the invention provide a transport system powered by short block Linear Synchronous Motors (LSMs). The use of short blocks allows vehicles to move under precise control even when they are in close proximity to each other. The design allows the vehicles to be p... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100163688 | Track-Switching Device and Method The present disclosure provides an apparatus for switching a vehicle from a first track to a second track. The track-switching device may be rotated by a motor, and may have a drive axle and a primary axle. The drive axle may have a barrel located at one end of the driv... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100147183 | SWITCH FOR A POWERED PALLET CONVEYOR In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a switch for a powered pallet conveyor is provided. The switch comprising (a) a turntable and (b) rail portions which are arranged upon the turntable and define at least a first travel pathway and a second travel pathway, whe... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100072327 | MODEL RAILROAD TRACK SWITCHING SYSTEM A model railroad track system including first, second and third portions of model railroad track, and a movable portion of track that is movable between a first and a second position. When the movable portion is in the first position the movable portion is configured to... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20090293756 | SYSTEM, NETWORK AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING CARGO A system for transporting cargo includes a cargo terminal having a pair of longitudinal sides, at least one of the pair of longitudinal sides disposed adjacent to and spaced a predetermined distance from a railway track and at least one railcar positioned at a predeterm... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090095846 | Guideway Switching Mechanism According to one embodiment, a guideway switching mechanism includes an elongated section of flexible guideway coupled to a switch plate. The flexible guideway has a first end that may be coupled to a first elongated guideway and a second end that may be selectively cou... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090065653 | Fast Track Switch A system for sequentially switching a plurality of guide ways to accommodate at least one vehicle with a plurality of ground engaging portions following a plurality of plural track segments is provided. The system includes a primary guide way to receive at least one of ... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20080315045 | Bending Mount for a Magnetic Levitation Railway A mount for a magnetic levitation railway has functional elements (9, 10, 11) for guidance of a vehicle for the magnetic levitation railway, on both sides along its longitudinal extent. The mount is in the form of a bending mount (2) of a switch arrangemen... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080258017 | LINE-CHANGING DEVICE FOR MAGNETIC LEVITATION TRAINS AND KIT FOR ITS MANUFACTURE A line-changing device for magnetic levitation trains includes a rail section, at least one rail positioned transversely thereto, and a support frame for the rail section, which includes at least two wheels supported on the rail. The support frame includes a support mod... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080251649 | Railway Switching System Disclosed is a railway switching system for switching a pair of secondary tracks between a pair of primary tracks in a fast, easy, convenient and inexpensive manner. The railway switching system comprises a switch unit positioned between a pair of secondary tracks, a co... | 10/16/2008 |
