Class 104/31 - Shifting

Subclass of Class 104 - Railways
Definition: Station platforms having portions shiftable to facilitate
No. of patents: 21
Last issue date: 03/05/2002

Number	Title	Issue Date
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
6292968	Articulated bridge An apparatus and method are provided for joining a first structure to a second structure. In one embodiment, a bridge 100 is provided for joining a movable structure 105 to a fixed structure 110. The bridge 100 includes a number of spaced apart extensible...	09/25/2001
6123029	Intermodal transport system An improved intermodal transport system combining trucking and railway technology for the transport of passengers and freight. The present system includes a so-called Super Rail Train which incorporates an automotive truck drive system and components in a...	09/26/2000
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
5845580	Railway platform gap filler An apparatus for dynamically filling a gap between a side of a railway train car and an adjacent edge of a station or loading platform for preventing accident or injury to passengers while boarding or alighting from the train. A plurality of flexible, fla...	12/08/1998
5845579	Movable thresholds and railway platform barrier doors Thresholds for bridging the gap between a platform and doorways of vehicles stopped at the platform. The thresholds are adapted to move from a retracted position to an extended position in response to the opening of barrier doors mounted alongside the pla...	12/08/1998
5598783	Integrated transportation system including transfer vehicles A system is provided that uses small carrier vehicles that operate along electrified guideways and use standardized connections to automatically carry passenger cabins, freight loads and automobile platforms to desired destinations. The connections may in...	02/04/1997
5590603	Transportation system including elevated guideway A system is provided that uses small carrier vehicles that operate along electrified guideways and use standardized connections to automatically carry passenger cabins, freight loads and automobile platforms to desired destinations. The connections are ma...	01/07/1997
5590604	Transportation system with high speed vehicles and automatic control A system is provided that uses small carrier vehicles that operate along electrified guideways and use standardized connections to automatically carry passenger cabins, freight loads and automobile platforms to desired destinations. Front and rear bogies ...	01/07/1997
5517921	Retractable station platform extension A pivoting, retractable platform edge extension for temporarily extending the upper surface of a fixed platform closer to train tracks, comprising a platform extension portion having an upper surface, the platform extension portion pivotably attached to t...	05/21/1996
5224425	Cable skydiving A diverse variety of high speed gravity cableway rides in which a rider on a pulley block car descends a mountainside and generally stops by frictional forces, due to the design of the cable arc, before hitting the lower cable support point. In some forms...	07/06/1993
5148751	Bridging mechanism for crossing railroad tracks with vertically moving pivot carriage for bridge plate A bridging mechanism, the bridge plate of which can be pivoted from a vertical rest position behind the tracks into a horizontal operating position in which the free end of the bridge plate rests upon a dock or platform. The pivot connection of the bridge...	09/22/1992
5021954	System and method of providing passenger ingress and egress in an amusement ride A method and system is provided for moving passengers in and out of an amusement ride of the type having a passenger cabin capable of movement in multiple degrees of freedom within an enclosure. The cabin includes ingrees doors on one side of the cabin an...	06/04/1991
4843970	Overhead cable transport installation containing a transfer section between a disembarking section and an embarking section The overhead cable transport installation possesses at each of the stations a transfer section between a disembarking section and an embarking section. At a still linear starting section of each transfer section there are provided driven wheels and at the...	07/04/1989
4694522	Transfer bridge A transfer bridge for bridging across railroad tracks. The transfer bridge includes a bridge plate that can be pivoted from a vertical rest position into a horizontal operative position, in which the free end of the bridge plate rests upon a platform next...	09/22/1987
4543027	Roller pallet system for loading vehicles on a train A loading system for loading vehicles onto a railroad car allows passengers to load their own vehicles. Cylindrical rollers are mounted on a loading dock adjacent to the railroad car. The vehicle is driven onto a pallet that is moved laterally toward the ...	09/24/1985
4519737	Rotary loader and side-coupling transfer system This loader has two rotary arms which turn a load spreader fork frame off-parallel so that only one fork is extended to couple. The fork frame has a fork at each end with a cam track diagonal across the bottom engaged on the extended fork by a coupling ro...	05/28/1985
4370085	Rotary parallel arm loader and system This rotary loader has two vertical posts each with a rotary arm radiating therefrom with a load platform centered an equal distance out on each arm. The arms are coordinated to revolve parallel and move under and lift or lower together to transfer a load...	01/25/1983
4308697	Floor plate assembly A floor plate assembly, particularly suitable for use in and around rolling mills, comprises a closure floor plate which is arranged to close an opening adjacent another floor plate. The closure floor plate can move as required between a first position cl...	01/05/1982
4109806	Device for moving railway waggons A framework carrier adapted to move railway waggons outside a railway yard includes two first, longitudinal beams, each carrying a rail and two second, transverse beams adapted to co-operate with a transporting member, said transverse beams being adapted ...	08/29/1978
4016990	Rotatable dock A loading dock for loading and unloading objects from a vehicle, comprising a stationary floor section and a movable floor section disposed at one edge of the dock. The movable section is semi-circular in shape, meets the stationary section along the arc ...	04/12/1977

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