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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7752978 | Multifaceted guide rail, guide assembly and method of forming guide assemblies A guide assembly, a guide rail for a guide assembly, and a method for forming guide assemblies are provided. The guide rail includes a plurality of facets angularly spaced from one another such that guide wheels for use with a guide carriage can ride on the guide ra... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7137343 | Transportation system A mass transit system includes a plurality of pedestal-mounted rings which provide a support through which a vehicle travels. The pedestals are spaced apart on the ground, but no rail or connecting structure on or above ground is required. An underground conduit car... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6722284 | Steering mechanism for rail guided robots in a library A steering mechanism for a track-mounted robot is provided. The steering mechanism comprises guide wheels, which are fixed to yokes that pivot around secondary drive wheels. The pivot action of the yokes allows the guide wheels to maintain full contact with the trac... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6644213 | Mobile carriage A mobile carriage system includes a pair of spaced, parallel end rails fixed to a support surface, often with one or more intermediate rails fixed to the support surface and located parallel to and between the pair of end rails. At least one carriage is s... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6601521 | Traveling cleaner for textile manufacturing plant A traveling cleaner (12) for a textile manufacturing plant, the carriage of which has a carrying structure (18) supported on three running wheels (1, 2, 3). The running wheels (1, 2, 3) are suspended on wheel suspension units (20) and are arranged in a tr... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6523481 | Bogie for use with a monorail car At one end in a running direction of a bogie, two guiding wheels are arranged, and at another end in the running direction of the bogie, two stabilizing wheels are arranged. The stabilizing wheels are positioned at a level lower than that of the guiding w... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6418855 | Industrial truck An industrial truck (1) is driven by a friction drive (7) acting on a rail (6). For this purpose, the industrial truck (1) stands on the underlying surface by way of a front steering-roller pair (3) and a rear fixed-roller pair (5) and is kept on track by... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6374748 | Tracking cart system A guide rail 2 having cables for non-contact power feeding is laid on a floor 22 in a clean room, and the guide rail 2 serves to guide each of guide rollers 60 of a tracking cart 4, and the cable serves to feed electrical power to a pickup coil of a track... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6371031 | Mobile carriage A mobile carriage system includes a pair of spaced, parallel end rails fixed to a support surface, often with one or more intermediate rails fixed to the support surface and located parallel to and between the pair of end rails. At least one carriage is s... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6363860 | Two-way guiding assembly along a rail for a road axle lateral offset A two-way assembly consisting of a chassis-frame (11) formed by two branches (17) and (18) articulated pivoting about two end pins (21) and (22) each bearing two inclined guide rollers (14) along a rail (8). The chassis-frame (11) is longitudinally movabl... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6170403 | Boat for spill water raft rides A boat for spillwater raft rides or similar rides having running gear includes running wheels and lateral guide wheels to accept a force exerted by a portion of the track. A safety device is provided that consists of safety wheels or runners. The latter a... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6161485 | Mobile carriage A mobile carriage system includes a pair of end rails (12a, 12c) fixed to a support surface and one or more intermediate rails (12b) located parallel to and between the pair of end rails (12a, 12c). At least one carriage (10) is supported for movement on ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6155176 | Racing amusement ride A racing-type amusement ride utilizes a self-propelled vehicle which has guide wheels to move along a track having a beginning end, a finish end, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a top, a rail along which a guide wheel of the self-propelled ve... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6129028 | Electrically powered transit car A mechanism for steering a beam guided vehicle having four steerable wheels linked to a centrally located steering trolley guided by an electrified T-shape beam mounted on a structural roadbed. A trolley flexibly propelled by the vehicle follows the guide... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5758583 | Unit for directionally guiding a transport vehicle along a rail A unit for automatically guiding a vehicle along a rail comprising an arm (2) hingedly mounted, via a universal joint, to an end (3) of a chassis. The arm (2) includes, at a front end thereof, a mechanism for rolling (7, 8) along a rail (9) which comprise... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5704295 | Arm for automatically guiding a road vehicle along a guide rail An improved automatic guiding arm having a deformable hinged frame like construction controlled by an actuator. The actuator raises and lowers the end of the frame like construction which supports a pair of guide wheels in a "V" shaped arrangement for eng... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5470033 | Method for controlling a carrier which is used to carry a flight vehicle A method is provided for controlling a carrier which is used to carry a flight vehicle, the method including (a) providing a carrier and a control system mounted on a lower side thereof; (b) sending a signal to a flight vehicle to decrease a velocity ther... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5450797 | Transporting system with a floor conveyor device guided on guide rails A transporting system including, guide rails which laterally define a travel path that has branches, a floor conveyor vehicle which is guided by the guide rails and has two longitudinal sides, a pair of guide rollers which are arranged at each of the long... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5449264 | Apparatus for distributing products from a central unit to a plurality of peripheral units Apparatus for distributing products from a central unit to a plurality of peripheral units, including at least one annular guide which connects the central unit to at least one part of the peripheral units, at least one independently motorized trolley for... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5439281 | Storage system A movable storage system has one or more storage units, a plurality of flexible track elements conformable with an irregular supporting surface, and an individual base structure which supports each storage unit for movement along the track elements throug... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5299507 | Ring guideway for rapid rail transit system A guideway for a vehicle includes a plurality of circular support rings spaced apart along a desired path of travel. The rings are mounted to a surface of the earth and braced against movement. A load bearing surface extends through the respective rings f... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5291834 | Rail for magnetic levitation vehicle In magnetic levitation vehicles, supporting and driving forces are generated by a long stator on the track and permanent magnets on the vehicle. The underside of a rail provides the attachment of the long stator; the rail further has two oppositely dispos... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5267514 | Track for material handling car and car wheel assembly for cooperation therewith A material handling car and track assembly, the assembly comprising a track having a pair of opposed U-shaped rails, and a car having a chassis with four wheel assemblies mounted on the chassis, each of the wheel assemblies comprising a first generally ve... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5261329 | Device for transporting workpieces A device for transporting workpieces comprises a transporting path carrier, a plurality of transporting wagons adapted to run on the transporting path carrier, units at every transporting wagon for blocking its traveling when the transporting wagon is loc... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5245930 | Emergency life saving vehicle An emergency life saving vehicle (ELSV) for providing emergency services on a bridge independently of traffic conditions thereon. In particular, the ELSV conforms to the particular configuration of a bridge so as to ride along an otherwise unused portion ... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5170713 | Wheel assembly for a storage and retrieval machine A wheel assembly for a storage and retrieval machine which is travelable on a rail along a path adjacent overhead storage locations which store objects delivered to and retrieved from the locations by the storage and retrieval machine. The storage and ret... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5161668 | Guide mechanism for passenger conveyors A guide mechanism for a passenger conveyor which includes a series of passenger platforms supported on and movable along a frame which has a support track for support rollers mounted on the platforms. The guide mechanism includes a monotrack guide rail, a... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5127336 | Electrically driven self-propelled truck and apparatus for changing course thereof An electrically driven self-propelled truck having at least one electrically driven wheel guidable along a rail on a floor, an article lift table mounted on the upper side of the truck body, a work space provided around the lift table, and an adjacent tru... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5118320 | Roller coaster toy A roller coaster or gravity motive toy is disclosed herein having a tortuous elevated track layout and toy vehicle system including adjustable support stanchions for the track attached thereto by a universal joint. The vehicle includes rollers movably sup... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5115746 | Transverse guide roller for track-guidable vehicles with sealed bearing assembly to prevent entry of fluid and drainage orifices to drain fluid from the bearing assembly A transverse guide roller for track-guidable buses effectively prevents the access water to the rotational bearing of such rollers housed rotatably in a horizontal plane. To this end, the rotational bearing is accommodated in a bearing bell which covers t... | 05/26/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5058504 | Apparatus for controlling the lateral disposition of a traveling service unit of a textile machine An apparatus for controlling the lateral disposition of a guide roller of a traveling service unit on a textile machine is provided. The apparatus includes a first support wheel rotatably mounted on the traveling service unit and an adjustable wheel assem... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4934278 | Moving apparatus with track recessed portion to dissipate drive roller contact pressure A displacing apparatus includes a moving table provided movably on a guide rail mounted on a fixed base. A guide bar is provided on the fixed base in parallel with the guide rail. The guide bar is formed with a recess. Also provided is a driving roller ma... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4843810 | Apparatus for inclination adjustment of a traveling service unit for a textile spinning mill machine In a traveling service unit of the type utilized in conjunction with a textile spinning mill machine, the transverse and longitudinal inclination of the service unit with respect to the machine is monitored and adjusted with respect to a fixed horizontal ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4836475 | Safety system on track guidance lines The invention relates to a safety system on track guidance lines for optionally track-guidable or road-going vehicles with pivotable feeler rollers. To avoid accidents which may be caused by travelling on track guidance lines with feeler rollers not exten... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4802622 | Single track mobile storage structure and method A compact mobile storage system structure and method. The structure includes a sigle track having rail and guide portions for each row of separate storage units and structure for compensating for drift of the individual storage units including adjusting s... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4729322 | Cantilevered train system Apparatus to travel on primary rails includes: (a) a truck having primary wheels adapted to roll on primary rails under the wheels; (b) and side wheel structure carried by the truck and projecting at the side thereof, for car stabilizing upward engagement with... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4702661 | Robot carrier structure A robot carrier structure constituted by a portal wagon movable on rails and laterially supported by a pair of carriages each comprising a pair of wheels longitudinally coupled by motion transmission means actuated in synchronism by an electric motor. Fur... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4671184 | System for propelling two-wheeled golf carts along a track A golf cart propelling system includes a rail formed by a plurality of channel members, each having a U-shaped cross section defined by spaced side walls joined at lower ends thereof by a bottom wall. The side walls have at upper ends thereof flanges exte... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4520732 | Amusement ride An amusement ride has an endless path defined by a rail from which the vehicle is suspended by a strut which, at its upper end, is swingable in a deformable frame on a yoke which is likewise pivotal on this frame and carries stirrups by which brackets are... | 06/04/1985 |
