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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303054 | Popular amusement device with switchable eddy-current brake The invention relates to a popular amusement device with a personal transportation device, moving along a guide track arrangement (14), and eddy-current braking device (10, 70), comprising a magnet arrangement (10) and an induction body (70 | 12/04/2007 |
| 6915881 | Linear drive A linear drive comprising a housing and a rail, which is mounted on the housing such that they can move relatively. Drive elements on the housing and on the rail to produce relative movement between the housing and the rail. The housing has a braking device to inter... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6595333 | Rail brake A braking system is provided for rail equipment supported for rolling movement on the rails of a railway. The braking system includes a pair of braking elements arranged to be supported laterally spaced apart on the rail equipment for engaging the respect... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6321657 | Rail transit system A monorail transit system includes transit drive units for supporting a transit car body on a beam and propelling the body along the beam. Improvements to the transit system include a quiet steel rail with vibration isolation for the beam, a vehicle braki... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6227336 | Linear guide A linear guide having a carrier body that can be moved along a guide track is provided having a brake device with brake shoes acting upon the guide track and a piston which is located in a pressure chamber which can be displaced by a pressure medium in th... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6176350 | Progressive safety gear A progressive safety gear for elevators, having a console which encompasses one guide rail for an elevator car and is positioned in a transverse direction to the guide rail. Two brake shoes are mounted on the console so as to be positioned one on each sid... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6053287 | Linear drive for transportation equipment An apparatus for moving a car along a travel path along guide rails includes a linear drive having a fixed first platform attached to the car and connected by springs with a movable second platform. Holding-units are attached to both platforms for engagin... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5992575 | Personal rapid transit braking systems The present invention relates to a Personal Rapid Transit system for transporting passengers along a pre-set guideway, and more particularly relates to a future Personal Rapid Transit vehicle braking system. A conventional braking system can not provide t... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5979610 | Rail brake device having permanent magnetic energization A rail brake device (1) having permanent magnetic energization, comprising a housing (3) of magnetizable material, which housing is mounted for up and down movement and has at least one permanent magnetic element (5) which in an operating position of the ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5927444 | Brake for a track-operated vehicle A brake for a track-operated vehicle employing the use of friction between at least one brake pad to be mounted on the vehicle and at least one frictional strip for attached to a lateral side of the track. The brake pad is to be attached to the vehicle by... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5785155 | Linear motion clamping unit The present invention provides a linear motion clamping unit capable of reliably holding the casing unit at an arbitrary position on the track rail with a small force. In this linear motion clamping unit, when the actuators are deenergized, the rollers ar... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5647458 | Magnetic rail brake device A magnetic rail brake device comprising at least two wear pieces manufactured from ferromagnetic material, magnetically insulated from each other by a filling piece and connected to a magnet which, in operation, are capable of providing a magnetic field e... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5316109 | Lockdown apparatus with intermediate membrane A lockdown apparatus for releasably locking a coaxially mounted series of tool heads in a slitter-scorer machine includes an elongate locking member movable into simultaneous engagement with locking surfaces on each of the tool heads and a flexible membra... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5199344 | Lock cylinder for backhoe slide frame A lock cylinder for a backhoe slide frame which provides for a positive lock of the slide frame in selected positions is described. The slide frame is supported on two generally horizontal rails that are vertically spaced, and the lock cylinders mount bet... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5046588 | Cam-operated rail clamp A cam operated rail clamping device comprising: a base; a vertically disposed post projecting upwardly from the base and secured thereto; a tube rotatably and slidably mounted on the post; a hydraulically operated lift cylinder for raising the tube; a ver... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4741663 | Locking and sliding system A side shift backhoe mounted on a sliding frame adapted for sliding transversely along upper and lower tracks of a main frame and in which the sliding frame and one of the tracks have matching chamfered surfaces and the sliding frame and other track have ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4538706 | Progressive safety A safety device for stopping an elevator car or counterweight has a brake shoe on one side of a guide rail, and, on the other side, two leaf springs and a roller. The springs define a tapered area, and the roller is pulled by a governor to engage the rail... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4512444 | Elevator buffer A plate is attached to a rail which moves vertically in a housing. The housing includes a brake which rubs on one side of the rail; on the other side, there is a roller. A leaf spring is positioned between the housing and the roller. When the rail moves v... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4480727 | Electromagnetic track brake for a railway vehicle An electromagnetic track brake for a railway vehicle comprises an elongate brake energizing coil for energizing a plurality of U-shaped braking shoes mounted in a row on a rigid frame. To improve transmission of braking reaction forces from the shoes to t... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4359247 | Brake for rail vehicles A brake for rail vehicles comprises a working cylinder defining an accumulator chamber and a counter pressure chamber. A differential piston is movably mounted in the working cylinder and has a first piston surface communicating with the accumulator chamb... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4335658 | Downhill slide system A recreational mountain slide is basically a double-rail track down which a wheeled cart rolls. The rails are channels of substantially rectangular cross-section laid such that each provides a top, a bottom, and an inside vertical face, each such face bei... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4303275 | Slideway means and excavating machines comprising slideway means A slideway arrangement comprises a slideway component and a slide component guidably slidable with respect to the slideway component under the action of a hydraulic ram. At least one of the components comprises at least one wedge arrangement and a hydraul... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4046346 | Slide mechanism having means for fixing movable frames A slide mechanism comprising a movable frame mounted for generally horizontal longitudinal movement along a support frame, the movable frame comprising first and second projections which extend transversely of the support frame adjacent an upper portion a... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4037670 | Motor grader with blade clamping mechanism An improved blade clamping mechanism for a motor grader blade which has blade support rails carried in pivoted blade support means for lateral sliding movement, and in which confining surfaces in the blade support means restrict both vertical and fore-and... | 07/26/1977 |
| 3998166 | Multi-rail system and method of installation A multi-rail system and method of installation wherein an additional load carrying rail assembly is installed in centered relation between the rails of a conventional railroad and secured by a first set of tie plates joined to existing ties and a second s... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3974779 | Vehicle bogie A vehicle bogie or similar wheel carrying unit which carries a vehicle body and which is connected to a device which holds the carrying unit at a predetermined distance from the ground, the vehicle body and/or carrying unit being provided with means for i... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3931869 | Braking device for railroad bogie running at high speed Braking device for railroad bogie running at high speed, comprising a fixed part integrally connected to the frame of the bogie and a movable part suspended from the fixed part and adapted to be vertically displaced by suitable means towards a rail. The m... | 01/13/1976 |
