"Rail travel at high speeds is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia."
Dionysius Lardner, Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at University College, London ; 1830
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7104721 | Turntable barrier system An operable barrier system for vehicles includes a turntable for use with a trafficable surface and at least one impact element disposed on the turntable. A drive system is provided to rotate the turntable along the trafficable surface between a first position to pr... | 09/12/2006 |
| 4787802 | Cart wheel control for hoistway car A hoistway car for transporting wheeled carts between floor levels which includes means for reversing the cart swivel wheels to facilitate off-loading of the cart while avoiding chafing or jamming of such swivel wheels. In the illustrated embodiments, the... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4777884 | Vehicle turntable An automatically operated turntable is designed to reverse the direction of a vehicle parked in a driveway. The turntable is pivotally mounted on a rotatable shaft, and a small gear driven motor is utilized to rotate the turntable. Inasmuch as the front o... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4562774 | Motor vehicle turntable A motor vehicle turntable (10) is operated by the weight distribution of the vehicle (13). The axis of rotation of the turntable is inclined relative to orthogonal phases, and the turntable is released for rotation and latched against rotation by means (1... | 01/07/1986 |