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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7318379 | Rail-guided transportation system for containers A linear-motor driven, rail-mounted transport system for containers and interchangeable bodies includes a network of at least two pairs of parallel disposed rails arranged at an angle with respect to each other and having a continuous flat travel surface. The pairs ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7137601 | Check rail device A check rail arrangement for a switch or an intersection, the arrangement including a grooved rail (16) provided with a grooved rail head (14), a groove (18) and a lip (52), and a check rail (12) which is supported at least on the ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6994299 | Railroad crossing apparatus having improved rail connection and improved flangeway floor geometry and method incorporating the same An improved railroad frog, and method incorporating the same, for facilitating the intersection of rail lines in a more efficient, effective, and durable manner. In one aspect the invention is a railroad frog apparatus comprising: a body having flangeways that inter... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6971610 | Railway diamond wedge crossing with reversible beam castings A railway crossing has a plate with a pocket that defines a crossing angle for enabling one railway line to cross over another at virtually any angle. The pocket closely receives continuous long beams and divided beams. The pocket also has protrusions for restrictin... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6543728 | Cross frog The invention relates to a cross frog (10) for points and crossings, comprising a cross frog tip (14) and wing rails (16, 18) and running rails (20, 22) situated either side of this point, each with a basic course (38) aligned with a main or secondary tra... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6340140 | Railroad frog for switch points and crossings The rigid frog for switch points and crossings with two wing rails (1, 2) and a frog point (3, 6, 4, 5) arranged therebetween, which forms with the wing rails switch openings (11) that run at an acute angle relative to each other, is characterized in that... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6276643 | Flat and planar match system between rails and fillers to railroad turnouts and crossings The strength and reliability of railroad, track structures, such as frogs, crossings, and guardrails, is enhanced. Filler members and filler blocks are fitted in to support and strengthen the structures. The filler members and filler blocks provide better... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6266866 | Frog insert and assembly and method for making frog assembly An improved cast insert for a railway frog has two extensions extending in substantially the same direction away from the body portion of the casting and the end of each of the extensions has a cross sectional profile corresponding to the profile of the h... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6254038 | Flat and planar match system between rails and fillers to railroad turnouts and crossings The strength and reliability of railroad track structures, such as frogs, crossings, and guardrails, is enhanced. Filler members and filler blocks are fitted in to support and strengthen the structures. The filler members and filler blocks provide better ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6224023 | Railroad spring frog assembly An improved railroad trackwork spring wing frog is provided with a rail-closer having a single compression spring whose reaction forces are applied to the frog spring wing rail through movable linkages that are each connected to the spring wing rail at di... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6119988 | Flat and planar match system between rails and fillers to railroad turnouts and crossings The strength and reliability of railroad track structures, such as frogs, crossings, and guardrails, is enhanced. Filler members and filler blocks are fitted in to support and strengthen the structures. The filler members and filler blocks provide better ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5957055 | Container-transporting system with rails A container-transporting system with tracks, linear motors and rotatable wheels. The system includes a network of tracks which are arranged transversely at right angles with respect to one another and parallel to one another and form points of intersectio... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5746400 | Rail crossing assembly A railroad trackwork rail crossing having four rail intersection corners is comprised, at each corner, of four corner casting elements which have angled planforms, co-operating straight intermediate rail elements, co-operating straight guard rail elements... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5704570 | Welded nose rail used for crossing A nose type rail member for a crossing member applied to a turnout or wayside switch system on the ground for a train and the like, is made of high carbon steel material containing 0.70 to 0.82 wt. % of carbon. The rail member is constructed by a pair of ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 4756476 | Railway switch A railway switch is mounted on y-shaped sleepers. All sleepers in the switch have a medium portion of equal slightly s-shaped configuration and length. The length of the straight and parallel ends depends on the position of the individual sleeper in the s... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4516504 | Cross-over track structure for wheeled pallets A conveying and storage system for wheeled pallets has tracks each formed by a pair of generally parallel rails. The pallet has grooved wheels at one side for riding on the upper edge of one rail and a roller on the other side for riding on the upper edge... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4081162 | Railroad frogs Wheel loads on the running surfaces of a frog point and its (cast) integral wings are distributed to the ties by a bottom wall boxing in the side walls which support those running surfaces and by strategically located center ribs.... | 03/28/1978 |
