Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7366794 | Method and apparatus for resolving a web site address when connected with a virtual private network (VPN) The present invention is directed at a method and apparatus of resolving an address location for a web site when connected with a virtual private network (VPN). Once the public host is connected to, or logged on to, the VPN, a software module within the public host ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7261244 | Tie plate An electrically-insulated tie plate for electrically isolating parts of a railroad rail system from each other. The electrically-insulated tie plate includes a base plate having a recessed area for receiving a railroad rail and a layer of electrically-insulating mat... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7185860 | Tongue switch A modular tongue switch assembly comprises a tongue pivotally connected to a slide surface, held down by a pivot retainer. The slide surface consists of slide plate sections removably attached to corresponding bed plate sections, which are in turn welded onto a base... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6974087 | Railway tie plate A tie plate is provided for securing a rail to a railway tie. The tie plate has a base with a tie face opposite a rail face, opposite end faces extending between the tie and the rail faces, a gauge side opposite a field side with said gauge and field sides extending... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6955326 | Tongue switch A modular tongue switch assembly comprises a tongue pivotally connected to a slide surface, held down by a pivot retainer. The slide surface consists of slide plate sections removably attached to corresponding bed plate sections, which are in turn welded onto a base... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6758406 | Rail switch brace A brace assembly provides support to a railroad rail, such as for a switch. The rail is supported on a tie plate. A wedge block is secured to the tie plate adjacent the rail. A groove is located in the inner wall of the wedge block. The groove extends longitudinally... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6568601 | Boltless adjustable rail brace assembly with internal vertical restraint A rail brace assembly provides positive support for a stock rail mounted on a switch brace plate. The assembly includes a rail brace that it is installed over a fixed block attached to the brace plate. The block has a slot and a channel that accept a mati... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6308897 | Lateral and vertical rail brace assembly A rail brace assembly for bracing a rail with respect to a tie plate. The rail brace assembly includes a brace member, a locking member, a retention member and a spring clip fastener. The brace member has a top surface adapted to engage a head fishing sur... | 10/30/2001 |
| 5158414 | Rail attaching device permitting longitudinal rail displacement A rail attachment device which allows for longitudinal displacement of a rail. The rail attachment device includes a first element fixedly supported to a ribbed plate and having a vertical arm extending essentially parallel to the longitudinal direction o... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5104041 | Rail brace assembly A rail brace assembly for buttressing the head of a traffic rail as a rail brace with upper and lower slanted surfaces adapted to engage corresponding surfaces on a traffic rail. The rail brace assembly includes a bearing insert having a main body portion... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5094387 | Adjustable hook flange guard rail for use on trackwork An adjustable hook flange guard rail assembly for use on trackwork including a guard rail, a plurality of tie plates having first and second recessed surfaces for receiving the base portions of rails and the hook flange of a guard rail, a plurality of adj... | 03/10/1992 |
| 4940183 | Arrangement for fastening rails In an arrangement for fastening stock rails, wing rails or track rails (1) at the side being averted from the running edge, in which arrangement a strap (5) is pressed against the web of the rail with interposition of a leaf spring (9) or, respectively, o... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4770342 | Adjustable rail brace An adjustable rail brace assembly for buttressing the head of a rail includes a rail brace having surfaces for engaging the head and the base of the rail and a vertically extending wedging face, a cover plate for retaining the brace having a vertical wedg... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4566630 | Boltless, friction-fit, adjustable rail brace A boltless, friction-fit adjustable brace for bracing rails on a tie plate wherein a plurality of friction surfaces of a removable side brace engage corresponding surfaces on a rail. The brace is provided with a serrated portion on its side for engagement... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4448350 | Railroad track stress transfer apparatus A double tongue and groove rail expansion assembly is provided with ancillary equipment to limit dimensional flexing of a railroad track caused by instabilities in the underlying earthen surface, or variable work loads, or temperature changes effecting th... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4119271 | Rail bracing system A combined rail fastener and brace for fastening rails to a railroad tie and to provide lateral bracing for the rail. The rail fastener and brace cooperates with a base plate secured to the railroad tie and includes a torsion spring member having one segm... | 10/10/1978 |
