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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7883025 | Guide rail of compound type and a method for manufacturing such a rail The invention concerns a guide rail of compound type and a method of manufacturing such a guide rail. The guide rail is made like a railway rail or similar and intended for guiding interaction with a wheel of a unit travelling along the rail, comprising a long outer... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7455242 | Railway track system A railway system has a pre-determined profile of contact surfaces between the rail and the wheel rolling along the rail. The length of the contact surface is determined based on the value of the convex-to convex or flat-to-convex contacting running surface of the ra... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7334524 | Production vehicle for tritrack transportation system A rail system for transporting dual use vehicles includes a network of multiple non-interconnected rails where each rail comprises an extruded triangular shell and a support material. The rails are supported by a system of support structures where each support struc... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7210636 | Profile transition rail and method for producing said rail In a transition rail (1) for the connection of rails having different rail cross sections (2, 3), the transition rail (1) comprises two transition zones (a,c), wherein in a first transition zone (c) the larger-height cross-sectional profile is r... | 05/01/2007 |
| 6931703 | Rail producing method and producing equipment The present invention provides a method and equipment for producing a rail, the method and equipment being capable of lowering a bend at an end of a rail effectively and the truncation amount thereof. The present invention is a method for producing a rail, character... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6762395 | Thermally-conductive, electrically non-conductive heat transfer material and articles made thereof A heat transfer material comprised of a polymeric material and a nitride or oxide is provided and is thermally conductive, but electrically non-conductive. The polymeric material may be silicone rubber, and the nitride or oxide may be aluminum nitride, boron nitride... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6672516 | Thick web miter rail joint system between stationary and vertically movable track sections A miter rail system for spanning a railroad track joint includes a fixed rail and a lift rail formed from thick web rail stock. The joining ends of the fixed and lift rails are notched to interfit with each other along a predetermined longitudinal extent ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6471138 | Electrically insulating rail system The invention relates to a rail system consisting of a rail, especially a grooved rail, comprising a head, stem and foot, whereby a base profile, made of an elastomeric material is for the most part arranged underneath the foot of the rail, in addition to... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6364215 | Guide rail with engaging-releasing slots for a roller guide assembly in particular with inclined rollers A guide rail for guiding a pair of angled or horizontal guide wheels (17,18) of a guide assembly. The guide rail comprises a rail base (2), a rail head (4), and a rail web (3) interconnecting the rail base (2) with the rail head (4). The rail head (4) has... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6305294 | Apparatus traveling on closed track on wall surface The present invention provides an apparatus for traveling on a closed track on the surface of a wall in which the moving platform can circuit along a rail forming a closed track while being maintained in the same orientation. To this end, a crawling-type ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6270018 | Track or method for aligning a rail track section The invention relates to a track with rail track section (10) which differs from the usual basic layout. In order to check changes in track layout in a simple manner, the invention provides that the rail track section (10) has a cutout (24) running parall... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6270017 | Polymer embedment of rails A method of making a polymer coated rail in which a rail to be coated (10) is positioned on a mould base (11) in an inverted manner, so that the head (12) of the rail is immediately adjacent the base plate (11). Then, mould side pieces (13, 14) are secure... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6253685 | Guide rail for automatic controlled road vehicles According to the invention, a guide rail for a transportation vehicle with an upper travel surface and base cushion. The guide rail has an intermediate zone extending from the upper surface to the cushion. In the intermediate zone there is at least one su... | 07/03/2001 |
| 5967728 | Precision placement storage and retrieval system A rail system and transfer vehicle for a storage retrieval system. The rails are fabricated to include a vehicle support surface that supports a transfer vehicle, a load support surface that supports the skid, tote, vessel, or pallet to be stored, a spaci... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5829357 | Guidance system comprising a rail and a grooved roller A guidance system for a vehicle designed to follow a two-way track and having pneumatically tired steered wheels coupled to a directional arm. The system includes a rail with a rolled steel section having a head supported on a web strengthened by a lower ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5706735 | System for automated transport of automobile platforms, passenger cabins and other loads A system is provided that uses small carrier vehicles that operate along electrified guideways and use standardized connections to automatically carry passenger cabins, freight loads and automobile platforms to desired destinations. Front and rear bogies ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5560300 | Skate train To provide a railroad car design that allows the car to travel at high speeds over current roadbeds at very low fuel costs per mile a special rail is formed. This rail has the form of a wave shaped on its top with the troughs and crests of the wave repeat... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5526755 | High adhesion magnetic rail A magnetized rail for improving the adhesion between the rail and the steel wheels of a rail car will help prevent skidding of the rail car when decelerating from a high speed. The rail is split with an air gap in the rail head and a electromagnet coupled... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5395045 | Support rails for shafts An extruded aluminum alloy rail for supporting a shaft for a linear guidance system, the rail comprising a vertical body with a longitudinal notch on its upper surface for receiving the shaft along two generatrixes and a pair of symmetrical longitudinal w... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5295624 | Contact surfaces of a track part and railway wheel To achieve low wear and hence a greater shape durability of track parts, it is proposed that the contact surface of a track part have a curvature having a constant difference ƊK in relation to the curvature of the corresponding current contact surface of... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5114073 | Wheel and rail assembly A laterally stable and self-turning wheel and rail assembly. The curved rolling surfaces of the wheels bear against curved contact surfaces of the rails such that centrifugal force causes lateral translation of the wheels on the rails, thereby increasing ... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5101734 | Flexible rail A flexible rail comprises rail pieces arranged in line, laterally opposed side plates, and laterally opposed connecting plates. Each rail piece includes a generally I-shaped member and a shelter member which is fixed to a top of the I-shaped member. The o... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5018666 | Unitary one quarter mile long railroad rail free of weld seams A unitary one-quarter mile long railroad rail which is free of weld seams. The rail is produced via a process including continuous rolling and asymmetric cooling.... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4989782 | Rail and track A rail for a track for a wheeled vehicle is generally elongated and has a substantially "I" transverse cross section providing an upper rail head and a lower rail foot joined by a web. The rail head is provided with at least one and preferably two lateral... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4982670 | Covered hanger conveyance rail system A hanger conveyance rail system for transporting at least one item on a clothes hanger is provided. The rail system includes a rail extending in a direction defining a moving direction, the rail having a shape adapted to receive the hook portion of the ha... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4965940 | Method and apparatus for aligning a sawmill guide rail A saw mill guide rail capable of being quickly, easily and accurately aligned to the saw blade, having two intersecting surfaces machined into the head of the rail, each parallel to the rail head length and extending for the length of the rail, one being ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4665833 | Miniature electric track and train A miniature electric track and train system which provides a simple and inexpensive arrangement for the simultaneous independent operation of at least two electric engines on the same track.... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4640459 | Dual rails for roller pallets This invention concerns dual rail transportation system (1) used with roller pallets on which the wheels (2) of at least one pair of wheels are swiveling. On the margins of the running surface (5) of one rail (4) have been provided relatively low steering... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4518660 | Shaped blanks, methods for their production and improvements to the universal rolling of rails The primary blank 1, which is to be transformed into a finished rail by means of universal passes, edging passes and a finishing pass, is characterized by a symmetric `.UPSILON.` section the thickness of which always varies in the same way. It is designed... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4502628 | Cart track A cart track assembly for use with a cart having steerable castor wheels includes a pair of parallel, spaced apart tracks mounted to a support surface. Each track includes a number of elongate main track segments and widened transition track segments coup... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4345524 | Load carrying vehicle and track therefor A structure for a load carrying vehicle and the track therefor. The load carrying vehicle includes a load carrying platform and a pair of side plates, one plate located adjacent to each of the platform sides. The side plates are structurally weakened, tha... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4233906 | Linear induction motor with improved rail assembly A linear induction motor, particularly for a vehicle traveling along an extended track, has an armature or reaction rail mounted on the track and a stator carried by the vehicle and juxtaposed with the rail. The rail is of a highly conductive material and... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4203546 | Oscillation dampening system for a railway track An oscillation dampening system composed of masses, in which a spring and dampeners are clamped together and coupled to a railroad track to prevent the formation of ripples on the track. The system is tuned to the characteristic frequency of the railroad ... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4139154 | Rail for center-flange wheels The present invention relates to a rail intended to constitute a tread for heavy duty rolling stock, such as gantry cranes, mounted on wheels or rollers and concerns more specifically a guide rail on which both center-flange wheels or rollers, and lateral... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4130244 | Track rail support A track rail support includes ties positioned at spaced intervals along a base and supporting track rails. An elongated intermediate carrier is positioned between the ties and each track rail. Secondary track rail supports in the form of block-shaped elem... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4014417 | Conductor rail A conductor rail includes a load-bearing body of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and a layer of steel metallically united to the body on the part of the rail to which electrical contact is to be made during use thereof, the steel layer conductively contact... | 03/29/1977 |
