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"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth--all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7312590 | Model railroad velocity controller Control over velocity of a model train may be determined based upon the speed of rotation of a control knob. A processor receives electronic pulses indicating rotation of the knob beyond a predetermined increment of angular distance. The processor calculates the amo... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7264208 | Control for operating features of a model vehicle An apparatus for controlling operating features of a model train includes a plurality of selection devices, each of which corresponds to a respective operating feature of the train. The apparatus also includes a controller connected to the selection devices of the a... | 09/04/2007 |
| RE39758 | Remote control system for a locomotive A locomotive control system comprising a remote transmitter issuing RF binary coded commands and a slave controller mounted on the locomotive that decodes the transmission and operates in dependence thereof various actuators to carry into effect the commands of the ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7210656 | Control, sound, and operating system for model trains A model train operating, sound and control system that provides a user with increased operating realism. A novel remote control communication capability between the user and the model trains. This feature is accomplished by using a handheld remote control on which v... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7077618 | Device for lifting and removing oven doors of a cooking oven The invention relates to a device for lilting and removing oven doors of a coking oven that is comprised of a door removing head (1), which can be coupled to vertically extending oven doors of a horizontal chamber coking oven, of a drive device (3) for... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7032762 | Power-assisted movable rack The invention provides a relatively simple and inexpensive power-assisted movable rack system, movement of which is controlled by an operator. The movable rack system comprises a plurality of movable racks, each of which includes a plurality of wheels, a DC motor tu... | 04/25/2006 |
| RE39011 | Remote control system for a locomotive A locomotive control system comprising a remote transmitter issuing RF binary-coded commands and a slave controller mounted on the locomotive that decodes the transmission and operates in dependence thereof various actuators to carry into effect the commands of the ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6941872 | Amusement device An amusement device comprising a vehicle that can be moved over an elongated track as well as a track portion that can be moved jointly with said vehicle from a first, relatively low position to a second, relatively high position, or vice versa, which track portion ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6930267 | Emergency switch provided with means to signify state of activation or inactivation thereof An emergency switch comprises a base on which an electrical circuit switch, and an indicator pin are mounted. An activation body is provided with an activation projection and a torsion spring and is movably mounted on the indicator pin. A trigger button is provided ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6659014 | Point--to--point transportation system There is provided a transportation system for transporting content from a first specified address to a second specified address. The transportation system comprises a transport channel, a plurality of containers, an operator, a propeller operatively conne... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6637343 | System and method for controlling flow of vehicles A guideway system for conveying vehicles includes a first guideway lane and a plurality of control cells. Each cell includes a particular portion of the first guideway lane and a cell:controller for monitoring and controlling traffic flow on the first gui... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6619594 | Control, sound, and operating system for model trains A model train operating, sound and control system that provides a user with increased operating realism. A novel remote control communication capability between the user and the model trains. This feature is accomplished by using a handheld remote control... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6614468 | Monitoring installation A monitoring installation in which a monitoring unit having a monitoring device is suspended from a trolley that rolls or glides along a rigid path by at least one traction rope or cable which pulls the trolley along the path.... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6600978 | Railway vehicle operation-control system and a railway vehicle using the operation control system A railway vehicle operation-control system includes at least one central processing unit being connected to a plurality of devices, which are connected in parallel, via information communication means, the plurality of the devices having at least one oper... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6526702 | Residential program deck A plurality of wheeled cabinets, including single-sided cabinets (20) and double-sided cabinets (21), is movably mounted upon fixed rail assemblies (90) and (90A). Each cabinet is fitted with an extendable privacy partition (80), an automatically deployed... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6487975 | Roller coaster car having a force-isolated passenger compartment A roller coaster ride includes a pair of spaced apart parallel tracks and a car assembly. The car assembly includes a superstructure with wheels which engage the track and a passenger compartment which is coupled to the superstructure but force-isolated f... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6470245 | Remote control system for a locomotive with solid state tilt sensor A portable master controller for a locomotive remote control system. The portable master controller has a user interface for receiving commands to control the movement of the locomotive. The user interface is responsive to operator commands to generate co... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6422151 | Toy car with adjustable magnetic adhesion The invention relates to a toy car with adjustable magnetic adhesion for an auto racetrack having ferromagnetic current conductors countersunk in the roadbed. The conductors are in active communication with a permanent magnet countersunk in the chassis of... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6283039 | Conveying system using linear motor An inexpensive conveying system using a linear motor permits accurate stop positioning and controls generation of dust. The conveying system has a unit including a passive moving assembly and a plurality of sets of fixed coils to perform sending, non-ener... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6220172 | Camera track system and controls therefor A camera track system comprising a track (100), a camera mounted on a movable truck (102) driven by drive means (104), control means (110) for controlling movement of the truck (102) along the track (100), in which commands between the control means (110)... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6198993 | Running vehicle control method for automatically controlling a plurality of vehicles running on a road An adjacent vehicle approach prohibition region is set before and after a to-be-converged moving target (MT) on a main line with reference to the to-be-converged MT. The to-be-converged MT corresponds to a converging MT assigned to a converging vehicle wh... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6173654 | Toy racing car track system A toy racing car track system includes track sections with electrical power supply rails and connected end-to-end to form at least one lane for an electric toy car. The lane includes a gap having front and rear ends and a carriage supported for movement a... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6109186 | Interactive slot car systems An interactive slot car game having a multiple lane slot car track for electrically powered slot car. The trackway has a pit lane which is positioned on the same side of the track for all cars, with a pit position for all cars, with each pit position loca... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6059237 | Interactive toy train A toy train system has movable and removable trigger devices to be located by a user wherever selected on the toy train track. The train locomotive includes the ability to activate a sound and a light signal which can correspond to the sound. The train lo... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6044767 | Slotless electric track for vehicles An improved track and vehicle system are provided for model electric vehicles. The track system includes a number of interconnectable panels having alternate portions of negative and positive polarity conductor strips defined on a top surface thereof. The... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5974977 | Magnetic propulsion toy system A magnetic propulsion toy system is provided having a track (11), a boost station (12) and a car (14) made of magnetic material. The boost station has control circuit (18) with a battery (19), a wire coil (21), a capacitor (22), a manual triggering switch... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5970882 | Interactive slot car systems An interactive slot car game having a multiple lane slot car track for electrically powered slot cars. The trackway has a pit lane which is positioned on the same side of the track for all cars, with a pit position for all cars, with each pit position loc... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5775227 | Electric vehicle transport system An electric vehicle transport system makes conventional electric vehicles practical for cross-country or inter-city travel, and greatly decreases air pollution caused by emissions from combustion engine vehicles, and at the same time allows the vehicle oc... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5711228 | Driven trolley for suspension from and travel on a rail A driven trolley for suspension from and travel on a rail comprised of a pair of co-axial supporting wheels carried on shafts, one of the supporting wheels being disposed for location on each side of the rail, a driving motor having a driving shaft parall... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5676189 | Motorized drapery track assembly The present invention is a motorized drapery track assembly specially adapted for use in traversing very sharp corners without derailment. The system employs a motorized carrier that is mounted upon a track and a plurality of trolleys to which a drapery i... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5632207 | Conveying system A conveying system is provided for moving a pallet along straight and curved paths. The conveying system includes a track on which the pallet is mounted for movement by a motor driven roller which engages a stationary shaft mounted on the track. The drive... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5595121 | Amusement ride and self-propelled vehicle therefor The present invention provides an amusement ride having a self-propelled electric powered ride vehicle capable of maximum acceleration of about 0.3 to as much as about 1.1 G's in either direction using a unique pinch wheel drive system, and including an o... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5564340 | Coke oven rail car with drive control system for positioning the car and door extractor which compensates for thermal distortion of oven jambs A coke oven door extractor is mounted on the rail car and includes door engaging supports movable in individually differing amounts relative to a plane parallel to and including the door jamb and a door jamb height axis of symmetry and movable vertically,... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5511749 | Remote control system for a locomotive A locomotive control system comprising a remote transmitter issuing RF binary coded commands and a slave controller mounted on the locomotive that decodes the transmission and operates in dependence thereof various actuators to carry into effect the comma... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511487 | Transport system with electric movers A transport system having (i) electrical movers for moving in a travel direction along a guide rail, each having (a) a drive wheel, (b) a brakeless electric motor for rotating the drive wheel, (c) a photoelectric switch adapted to sense the proximity of a... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5480333 | Locomotive control simulator attachment for model electric train controllers A locomotive control simulator attachment for a model train controller having a protruding throttle control shaft reciprocally rotatable for regulating the speed of the train includes a support adapted to be attached to the controller, mechanism, such as ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5473233 | Electromagnetically propelled high-speed high-capacity transportation system for short-distance travel in urban and suburban areas An electromagnetically propelled transportation system designed to provide extremely high capacity at travel speeds between 50 and 150 miles per hour, to serve as a means of transportation within contiguous urban and suburban areas. The transportation sys... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5447106 | Coke oven rail car with drive control system for positioning the car having gross and fine positioning drinks A coke oven rail car with a drive control system for positioning the car and for spotting the functional equipment carried by the car. A sensor determines the relative position of the car with respect to a selected oven in a coke oven battery. The car inc... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5417487 | Presence detector A presence detector for detecting the presence of a heat source, including a motion detector having a predetermined field of view. The motion detector is activated by movement of a heat source a certain minimum amount within that predetermined field of vi... | 05/23/1995 |
| 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 |
