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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7721373 | Railroad flangeway cleaner system A railroad flangeway cleaner system for efficiently clearing debris and other foreign material from a railroad flangeway or other similar channel. The railroad flangeway cleaner system includes a frame for traveling along a channel, a drive unit attached to the fram... | 05/25/2010 |
| 6148732 | Railcar track cleaning system A track cleaning system mounted on a railcar and comprising track rail cleaning nozzles, leaf removal nozzles and third rail cleaning nozzles. Each of the nozzles may provide a fan-shaped spray pattern diverging to either side of a central axis and having... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5816168 | Track cleaning device for model railroad cars This track cleaning device is for model railroading enthusiasts that can be easily installed into many different types of model railroad cars. The track cleaning device car will provide an efficient method of keeping the electrical rails clean of foreign ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5775228 | Locomotive adhesion enhancing slipping discs At least one powered disc is suspended from a locomotive and applied to a rail surface for treating the rail surface ahead of driven locomotive wheels to increase adhesion between the driven wheels and the rail surface. Torque applied to the disc varies t... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5709001 | Track work machine A track work machine comprises a machine frame supported by undercarriages on the track for moving in an operating direction, a broom housing, and a ballast broom having a horizontal shaft extending in a transverse direction and rotatably mounted in the b... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5695574 | Method and device for cleaning the ties of railroad tracks A device for removing debris on upper surfaces of the ties of a railroad track adjacent to the rails thereof includes a frame selectively positioned on the rails such as to be displaced therealong with the frame carrying a pair of cleaning assemblies each... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5673626 | Equipment for cleaning railway tracks An equipment for cleaning automatically railway tracks, including a box (4) guided and carried by rails, designed for installation under a railway vehicle and which can be lifted by means of jacks (6, 6'). The box includes two shaped brushes (13, 13') dri... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5579553 | Ballast broom with auger and method A railroad ballast broom vehicle uses a double or split auger to move ballast received from a rotary core broom. The auger has various features to minimize the risk of it jamming on ballast which it moves to the field side of rails of the railroad bed whi... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5540004 | Apparatus for removing scraping a ground surface An apparatus for removing ice and snow from a surface consisting of a support frame and a elongate member rotatably mounted on the support frame. The elongate member has a first end and a second end. A plurality of flexible arms extend from the elongate m... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5493795 | Ballast regulator having improved track cleaning means A ballast regulator machine for dressing the ballast of a railroad bed during movement of the machine along tracks on the railroad bed has a frame for supporting various assemblies for distributing the ballast across the bed and ballast removal apparatus ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5437233 | Rail-cleaning locomotive A rail-cleaning locomotive for electrical toy and model trains with a cleaning unit including polishing disks rotated by an electric motor and lying on the rails, wherein the cleaning unit is disposed in a fore-part, coupled to the locomotive so that it c... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5402547 | Ballast broom A ballast broom machine for sweeping ballast off a track comprises an elongated machine frame supported on the track by undercarriages, and at least three ballast brooms vertically adjustably mounted on the machine frame, the ballast brooms being spaced f... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5394586 | Ballast sweeper dust control A railroad ballast sweeper controls dust by use of a double segmented skirt arrangement. Segments of elastic, flexible material extend downwardly from a housing in which a rotary broom is disposed. The skirts prevent leakage of dust-laden air out from the... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5054401 | Device for the cleaning of rails by scraping, loosening, and brushing For cleaning the top surfaces of railway rails, a vehicle (1) carried on rails, and has scrapers, looseners, and rotatable brushes. In case of wet rail, the scrapers are used to make the top surfaces of the rails dry. The looseners are used to loosen up e... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4888845 | Sweeping apparatus for railway ballast regulators An improved broom element, means for loosely attaching the broom element to a broom element holder and orientation of broom elements on a broom reel of a railway ballast regulator is provided. The apparatus significantly reduces the time and effort requir... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4811447 | Track broom bristle A sweeper bristle element especially adapted for the use in a broom machine for a railway road bed or track. The sweeper bristle elements of the broom machine have a solid rubber core and layers of rubber coated fabric encircling the solid rubber core. Th... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4741072 | Railroad track cleaner A railroad track cleaner of non-self-motivational character which comprises a frame carrying front and rear wheels for rail traverse. The frame contains a housing for a transversely disposed, rotatably mounted broom assembly in the forward portion thereof... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4554697 | Ballast brooms There is described a self-propelled railroad track ballast broom machine having a first broom unit operatively mounted at the rear of the machine frame and a second broom unit operatively mounted at the front of the frame. The broom units have substantial... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4480350 | Sweeper bristle A bristle for railway roadbed brooms with a trailing edge that has a plurality of spaced apart grooves that are oriented transversely of the bristle in the trailing edge portion.... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4367564 | Sweeper bristle and method of making A bristle for use in a railway roadbed broom is disclosed. The bristle is made of an elongate elastomeric core member with two elastomeric skin members bonded around it. Pieces of reinforcing stranded material are used to strengthen the interfaces between... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4285737 | Method of cleaning railroad track A method for clearing a railway roadbed of loose material employs elongate sweeper bristle elements, each element comprising a stem terminating in a knob portion which functions as a solid weighting mass and which forms a forward wearing surface. The meth... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4144610 | Flexible bristle A bristle for mounting on a rotatable drum or shaft to form a sweeping device for use in maintaining railroad rails, ties, ballast and way. The bristle contains a length of wire rope with a lubricant within the interstices of the wire and strands of the r... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4101014 | Apparatus for removing ice and sleet from a third rail of an electrified railway vehicle Electrically nonconductive rotary cleaner elements supported for movement into and out of contact with a third rail of an electrified railway vehicle includes sets of cleaner elements arranged in tandem along one side of an adjustable carriage. The carria... | 07/18/1978 |
