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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7793891 | Railway diamond crossing A modular railway diamond crossing incorporates sets of acute and obtuse angle castings. The rail connections to the castings have a fine taper to minimize joint impacts. The castings are spaced apart with a combination of rails and cast blocks. The outside block is... | 09/14/2010 |
| 6994299 | Railroad crossing apparatus having improved rail connection and improved flangeway floor geometry and method incorporating the same An improved railroad frog, and method incorporating the same, for facilitating the intersection of rail lines in a more efficient, effective, and durable manner. In one aspect the invention is a railroad frog apparatus comprising: a body having flangeways that inter... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6971610 | Railway diamond wedge crossing with reversible beam castings A railway crossing has a plate with a pocket that defines a crossing angle for enabling one railway line to cross over another at virtually any angle. The pocket closely receives continuous long beams and divided beams. The pocket also has protrusions for restrictin... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6276643 | Flat and planar match system between rails and fillers to railroad turnouts and crossings The strength and reliability of railroad, track structures, such as frogs, crossings, and guardrails, is enhanced. Filler members and filler blocks are fitted in to support and strengthen the structures. The filler members and filler blocks provide better... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6254038 | Flat and planar match system between rails and fillers to railroad turnouts and crossings The strength and reliability of railroad track structures, such as frogs, crossings, and guardrails, is enhanced. Filler members and filler blocks are fitted in to support and strengthen the structures. The filler members and filler blocks provide better ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6119988 | Flat and planar match system between rails and fillers to railroad turnouts and crossings The strength and reliability of railroad track structures, such as frogs, crossings, and guardrails, is enhanced. Filler members and filler blocks are fitted in to support and strengthen the structures. The filler members and filler blocks provide better ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5957055 | Container-transporting system with rails A container-transporting system with tracks, linear motors and rotatable wheels. The system includes a network of tracks which are arranged transversely at right angles with respect to one another and parallel to one another and form points of intersectio... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5845881 | Railroad trackwork intersections A railroad trackwork intersection assembly such as a crossing intersection or a turnout intersection is provided with at least one flange-bearing frog subassembly which has railcar wheel flangeways of uniform depth throughout the frog planform that co-ope... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5797565 | Railway diamond crossing A railway crossing, sometimes referred to as a diamond crossing, has four substantially identical crossing beams which have cutouts made for a wide range of crossing angles. At least two separate base plates are cut to fit the required crossing angle and ... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5765785 | Standard crossing for railroad track with interchangeable insert An improved standard crossing for railroad track is provided, having an interchangeable insert. The interchangeable insert permits easy changing of the most commonly worn pieces in situ, and avoids the expense of having to remove and replace the entire cr... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5746400 | Rail crossing assembly A railroad trackwork rail crossing having four rail intersection corners is comprised, at each corner, of four corner casting elements which have angled planforms, co-operating straight intermediate rail elements, co-operating straight guard rail elements... | 05/05/1998 |
| 4825772 | Pouring tank and track transfer assembly A pouring tank assembly and transfer tracks are provided whereby a transfer car holding a pouring tank filled with molten metal can be rolled from a loading station to a pouring station. The transfer tracks are of a double rail configuration, with two tra... | 05/02/1989 |
| 3951365 | Rail crossover arrangement Rail crossover arrangement characterized in that wheels can pass through the crossover without shock. To this end flanged portions of the wheels are supported on the crossover plate provided in the intersections of the rails when the wheels pass through t... | 04/20/1976 |
