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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6616105 | Rail switch lock for points tongues This invention relates to a switch lock for switch tongues (2, 3) having at least one locking piece (6, 7) for attaching to a stock rail (4, 5), having at least one switch tongue attachment (8, 9) for attaching to a switch tongue (2, 3) and having a slide... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6464177 | Switch tongues With a device for switching switch tongues the tongue tip of which lies on a roller plane of a slide chair, the switch tongue can be switched more easily when the front roller (7a) of a roller pair (6) is positioned lower than the rear roller (7b).... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6158698 | Hollow tie switch assembly A hollow tie assembly for rodding associated with moveable trackwork (such as in a switch or a moveable point frog) serves the function of a tie, houses and protects throw rods, lock rods and detector rods, is adapted to accommodate North American switch ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6056244 | Railway switch setting device A device for setting railway switches includes a plurality of interlinked hydraulic switching devices (6) connected to a separate reversible hydraulic drive unit in a manner offset in the longitudinal direction of the rails, wherein the working volumes of... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5628480 | Switch blade rolling device A switch blade rolling device has a suspended rolling support on which the switch blade is moved, a body provided with a hook, side parts, a transverse end wall with an end opening and a bottom transverse wall with a bottom opening. The clamping claw is a... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5312074 | Safety mechanism for track system This apparatus relates to a safety mechanism for a rail system having tracks adapted to be moved in an out of alignment for the transfer of an object from one track to the other. More specifically, the apparatus relates to a mechanism which prevents the a... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5127613 | Rail switching device including an antifriction insert The antifriction insert (1) for slide surfaces of switching devices is fixed to a base member (5) in that the base member includes a recess with grooves at both sides. At least one of the grooves has upwardly open hollows (9). The antifriction insert has ... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5125603 | Sliding chair, sliding plate and ribbed plate, respectively, for railway switches or railway crossings A railway structure for a sliding chair (2), a sliding plate and a ribbed plate (1), respectively, for railway switches or railway crossings. The structure includes friction-reducing sliding members (4, 5) of synthetic plastic material being releasably mo... | 06/30/1992 |
| 4991515 | Double acting switch and method of use A switch is employed in a conveyorized transport system which has a first actuator capable of imparting a first linear movement and a second actuator capable of imparting a second linear movement, which actuators being oriented parallel with one another a... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4938149 | Rail transport switch arrangement The switch arrangement allocates first and second connections in groups to each other. A carriage is used which supports a number of connection elements corresponding to the number of second connections per each group. The carriage is movable along the fi... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4695016 | Slow motion actuating device A slow motion actuating device has a housing with a first opening therein through which an output pin extends. The output pin is connected to a swing arm which is pivotally mounted in the housing and driven by a set of reduction gears. Stops are provided ... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4634087 | Grooved rail switch with a tongue rail device A grooved rail switch with a tongue rail device includes a tongue rail displaceably supported on a torsion-stiff support box for movement between a stock rail and a switch rail. The support box is made up of an upper slide plate, a lower bottom plate and ... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4210300 | Point switch This invention relates to an improvement in a point switch in which the switch blades or tongues are composed of rail sections of the trunk or main track and are displaceably positioned on slide chairs in the transverse rail direction, the improvement com... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4174820 | Method for moving a railway switch and equipment for implementing the method This invention relates to an improvement in an apparatus and method for moving a railway switch composed of travel rail sections of a main track which are pivoted by positioning elements to rail sections of a branch-off track and locked by closing element... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4168817 | Rail switch A rail switch in which two wing rails are engageable with a frog in alternation, characterized in that guide members are provided, which are held in position relative to the wing rails and extend under and are engageable with the frog or parts rigidly con... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4159090 | Railway switch for vignoles rails Railway switch for Vignoles rails, comprising a frog tip and a pair of wing rails arranged for swivelling movement, one of said wing rails engaging the frog tip in its end position and being supported in this position in direction of engaging the frog tip... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4131255 | Rail switch arrangement In a rail switch arrangement in which an elongated rail is fixedly mounted on supporting structure and an elongated rail blade is moved on the supporting structure toward and away from a position contiguously adjacent the fixedly mounted rail, a sheet mem... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4105175 | Railway switching points The invention relates to a device for a switching point of a railway track, said switching point comprising two movable tongue-rails controlled in such a manner that their ends may be brought in contact with line-rails, or be separated therefrom, by a sli... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4077591 | Electric switch machine for model railroads This machine consists primarily of a low R.P.M., motor driven cam and follower, the follower being pivotally secured to the top of a table, upon which the railroad tracks are secured. The machine includes an adjustable push rod, secured to one leg of the ... | 03/07/1978 |
