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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6923124 | Tritrack system of mass transit 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... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6739267 | Moveable track connection A movable track connection between the ends of travel paths for wrap-around track-guided vehicles, especially magnetic levitation railway vehicles is provided. The moveable track connection has a set of S-shaped deformable bending points (1) for changing trac... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6499588 | Conveyor system A conveying system for conveying items along a conveying line (1, 2) includes a guide device (3) extending along the conveying line and at least one conveying element (5) movable along the conveying line and guided by the guide device (3). The guide devic... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6332406 | Transfer system using segmented intermediate section A system (1) for transferring a movable load (2) for an installation (3) for conveying the load (2), and to transfer the load (2) from an arrival track (8) where the load (2) is conveyed along an entry conveying path (C), to at least first (9) and second ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6324991 | Cross-over for track-gripping, track-bound vehicles A cross-over between tracks (1, 2) for track-gripping, track-bound vehicles consists of two parallel adjacent movable track elements (3) coupled to each other by several connection elements (4) of constant length. The track elements (3) can take two or th... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6279484 | Actuating mechanism for a transit vehicle guide beam switch A mechanism is disclosed for actuating a switch guide beam swinging laterally between two or more fixed guide beam ends, in order to make a route selection for a beam guided vehicle. The moving guide beam pivots distantly of the primary fixed guide beam e... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6062144 | Method and means for the elastic bending of a support for a flexible switch A method and device for the elastic bending of a support (16) with at least one bendable end (24), intended in particular for a flexible switch (10). To achieve an elastic line of a finite radius of curvature also at the free end of the support, a bending... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5845581 | Monorail system A monorail system for passenger and light freight transportation provides a support structure with an essentially planar top surface and a stabilizer guide rail having a vertical web portion supporting an upwardly outwardly extending head. The head guides... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5657696 | Switches for automated guideway transit systems A combination includes railway tracks, each having two substantially parallel rails, each of the rails having a substantially horizontal ledge. The tracks include a first track defining a transverse discontinuity along a length thereof and comprising a fi... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5582108 | Rail junction A rail junction (20) between rail lines (12, 14) extending in a direction parallel to each other for a car with a predetermined clear space profile, for a dual-track line of a high-speed magnetic train. Rail line (12) consists of line up supports (22, 24)... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5272985 | Apparatus for transporting workpieces In apparatuses of the generic type, single point modules are provided which can transfer only the transport wagons arriving from one point branch optionally into one of the two other point branches. It is achieved by the development of the point modules a... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5247890 | Girder type switch track A switch track for switching a girder type track between a plurality of stationary tracks comprises a movable track girder including a drive girder and at least one driven girder. One end of the driven girder is rotatably supported at a predetermined poin... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5219395 | Monorail transport system A monorail public transport system utilizing a plurality of independent cars that circulate a main route with shunting of select cars to passenger loading stations without substantial interference of the continuous circulation of the remaining cars on a c... | 06/15/1993 |
| 3999730 | Trolley conveyor track switch unit A switch rail for a trolley conveyor track system is disclosed, the switch rail comprising an inherently flexible rail segment joined to a straight rail segment, the switch rail being movable from first to second switching positions for connecting a first... | 12/28/1976 |
