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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7036270 | Portable greenhouse cart A portable, wheeled greenhouse includes a chassis that can be wheeled, having upper and lower end portions. The upper end portion includes a tub-like reservoir with side walls and a bottom wall. One or more racks are supported upon the combination of wheeled chassis... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6954974 | Method of constructing a rail track on a concrete slab and a temporary tie plate for use in the method In a method of constructing a rail track on a concrete slab, the concrete slab is poured around anchor members for fixing tie plates supporting the rails of the rail track. The method includes the following steps: suspending the rails premounted on their tie plates ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6732418 | Method of constructing a rail track on a concrete slab and a temporary tie plate for use in the method A method of constructing a rail track on a concrete slab, in which method the concrete slab is poured around anchor members for fixing tie plates supporting rails of the rail track, includes the following steps: suspending temporary tie plates at the location where ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6581848 | Sleeper frame for a rail system for rail-mounted vehicles, especially for a ballasted track The invention relates to a sleeper frame for a track system for railborne vehicles, particularly for a ballasted track, consisting of several cross-ties (1) provided in the direction transverse to the track, and one or several longitudinal supports (2) co... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6557775 | Dolly track A portable, folding camera dolly track is assembled from a number of folding track sections, each track section having a parallel pair of rails, each rail having a base and a cylindrical wheel-supporting rail element, and a transverse spacer. A continuous... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6257494 | Base structure of a turnout A base structure of a turnout, which has high durability and is capable of reliably preventing lateral displacement, is disclosed. The base structure of the turnout comprises a set of steel sleepers 1A, which is installed on the track bed and can be fille... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6216958 | Railway track and sleeper and gap-covering element therefor On a railway track comprising a ballast bed (10), sleepers (12) provided on the ballast bed and tracks (14) mounted on the sleepers, the sleepers are disposed closely adjoining one another but out of mutual contact, leaving a gap, the sleepers defining dr... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6085663 | System and method for magnetic levitation guideway emplacement on conventional railroad line installations The maglev guideway is to be constructed on railroad ties of existing rail lines so that the rail lines can be used by both maglev vehicles and conventional trains. A plurality of support bars are mounted on the rail ties, and a plurality of guideway pane... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5222662 | Procedure for installation, stable with respect to gage distance, of at least three tracks lying closely spaced to one another The railway crossover includes two main tracks and a third track running between the main tracks and having an axis inclined to respective parallel axes of the main tracks, a plurality of ties each having a relatively long tie and a relatively short tie f... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5172858 | Process for supporting a railway track installation A process for supporting a railway track installation is proposed, in which vehicle tires, preferably used tires, completely filled with ballast, are embedded under each tire in a ballast layer, forming the lateral embankment with their outer sections. Th... | 12/22/1992 |
| 4756476 | Railway switch A railway switch is mounted on y-shaped sleepers. All sleepers in the switch have a medium portion of equal slightly s-shaped configuration and length. The length of the straight and parallel ends depends on the position of the individual sleeper in the s... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4679731 | Railway track structure and a method of building such structure and bags filled with ballast material The invention relates to a railway track structure of which the rails are fastened to sleepers. Under each sleeper there are provided one or more bags filled with ballast material in the form of pebbles, broken stone and/or sand. The invention also compri... | 07/14/1987 |
