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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7802521 | Safety entrance norm (SEN) The walls in the Unity Platform System are installed all along the platform to match the position of the train doors; on the other hand for different model trains, two new systems which are installed completely free from the train doors have been proposed in the fil... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7328662 | Platform gate door device The invention provides a platform gate door device equipped with highly reliable photoelectric obstacle detectors that do not malfunction by disturbance light that moves, such as sunlight. The platform gate door device comprises a platform gate door 13 instal... | 02/12/2008 |
| 6401624 | Railway terminal for containers, and railway wagon The present invention provides an improved railway terminal for the loading and unloading of railway cars. In particular, the present invention is directed to avoid the problems associated with railway cars springing in and out during loading or unloading... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6360668 | Adaptable platform door system A platform door system (1) comprises a barrier (10) which includes barrier elements (12), which can be aligned along a track (3) and/or a platform (4), the barrier elements (12) being able to be so displaced that same may be at least partly made flush wit... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6352034 | Installation for amusement park, installation referred to as roller coaster The installation for amusement park, referred to as roller coaster, comprises a circuit made up of rails (6), mounted on supports (10), themselves fixed on a carrier beam (11), on which one or more vehicles run, designed to run on the rails, as opposed to... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6173653 | Modular station platform construction kit Prefabricated kit for producing a station platform which is variable in its dimensions, in which platform slabs (1) are laid on foundations (4) with interposition of spacer elements (3). The spacer elements (3) can be replaced without damaging the other c... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6105905 | Railway gate system A railway gate system comprising a railway station having an elevated platform area for passengers to stand and a recessed area with a track and a train movable therealong. A gate has a continuous upper restraining rail along its length. A plurality of cy... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5988073 | Railway waggon A railway waggon comprises on one hand a load carrier (2) composed of two carrying beams (12, 12') and an intermediate, load-receiving platform part (13), and on the other hand bogies (3) with wheels (4) for railway tracks (5). The platform part (13) is l... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5813349 | Transport system comprising a dual-mode vehicle and platform layout for said system A transport system comprises a number of dual-mode vehicles (11) and a number of station systems (31). Each of the dual-mode vehicles (11) accommodates a number of passengers, such as, for example ten passengers. Each station system (31) comprises a numbe... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5775835 | Embedment tiles for pedestrian platforms and walkways The present invention provides a textured tile for embedment in fresh concrete on a platform or walking surface comprising a generally planer element with an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface having a plurality of upper projections the... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5386782 | Rapid transit viaduct system with central platform station A rapid transit viaduct system includes a central load bearing body having a pair of lateral platform structures mounted on opposite lower side portions thereof for carrying one or more rapid transit vehicles on either side of the central load bearing bod... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5226367 | Apparatus for drive on loading of a railway car A railway loading dock is provided with adjacent trackage having pairs of main rails and stabilizing rails. A modified railway flatbed car is equipped along its sides with stabilizing wheels and associated support structure to retain the car bed coplanar ... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5033392 | Apparatus for loading and unloading passengers from watercraft Apparatus for loading and unloading passengers from watercraft, such as for use in boat rides at amusement parks, include a substantially planar inclined platform mounted for rotation about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the platform. The platform ... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4771698 | Sensing system for a tracked vehicle transportation system A sensing system for use on a tracked vehicle transporation system forms a sensitive floor beneath the lip of a platform. The floor is made up of a plurality of metal plates mounted on spring supports so that they can be slightly depressed if an abnormal ... | 09/20/1988 |
