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Pneumatic Shoe Lacing Apparatus

This invention provides a pneumatic shoe lacing apparatus for the pneumatic lacing of shoe.

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Class 238/150 - Substance


Subclass of Class 238 - Railways: surface track
Definition: Materials, substances, compositions, or alloys for rails.
No. of patents: 11
Last issue date: 01/09/2001


NumberTitleIssue Date
6170755Reduced radiated-noise rail
The invention relates to a profiled rail (1), especially for a railway track, with a reduced total radiated noise level when in use. In order to reduce the noise radiation level, at least one web side surface (31) is substantially concavely rounded withou...
01/09/2001
5704570Welded nose rail used for crossing
A nose type rail member for a crossing member applied to a turnout or wayside switch system on the ground for a train and the like, is made of high carbon steel material containing 0.70 to 0.82 wt. % of carbon. The rail member is constructed by a pair of ...
01/06/1998
5645653Rails
A rail for use in a railway which has in section, a head having a traffic carrying surface and a foot, wherein the head comprising a traffic carrying surface is composed of low carbon martensite....
07/08/1997
5611234Process for modifying the section of a railway rail and rail thus obtained
The process consists in increasing the height of the rail to the detriment of the thickness of the web (16) and of the flange (18). Firstly, the thickness of the upper part of the web (16) below the head (14) is reduced by machining and, next, the rest of...
03/18/1997
4964793Solar induction monorail fabrication apparatus
A transportation system including a solar energy collecting monorail structure formed with a photovoltaic surface layer having a solar energy convertor for converting the collected solar energy to electrical energy. A power distribution device for distrib...
10/23/1990
4767475Wear resistant rails having capability of preventing propagation of unstable rupture
A wear resistance rail which comprises 0.50 to 0.85 wt. % of C, 0.10 to 1.0 wt. % of Si, 0.50 to 1.50 wt. % of Mn, less than 0.035 wt. % of P, less than 0.035 wt. % of S, less than 0.050 wt. % of Al, and the balance of iron and impurities. The web has a h...
08/30/1988
4755238Straightened rail
The steel rail is submitted to a tensile stress exceeding the conventional 0.2% offset yield strength of the steel, up to a stress value corresponding to a total plastic deformation of the whole rail....
07/05/1988
4389015Corrugation-free rail
The invention concerns a corrugation-free rail for track-bound vehicles. In the invention, the rail comprises a metallic material in the area of the travel and/or guide surfaces of which the stress limit or yield point is above the wheel-induced compressi...
06/21/1983
4185773Method of manufacturing 12 to 14% Mn steel components with weldable end pieces
Method of manufacturing steel components containing 12 to 14% by weight of manganese having an austenitic structure, said parts being provided with steel end pieces having a mainly austenitic structure permitting their junction by welding to components ma...
01/29/1980
4018315Insulated runner for use in overhead electric traction systems
An insulated runner for use in an overhead electric traction system comprises at least one elongate reinforcing body of high tensile strength made wholly or substantially of insulating material, for example a rod of resin bonded glass fiber, and provided ...
04/19/1977
3974776Railway antinoise pollution arrangements
This disclosure relates to a gripping type of railroad car retarder or a section of railway trackway having the running rail composed of vibrational dampening material for absorbing and dissipating vibrational energy imparted to the wheels of railway vehi...
08/17/1976
 
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