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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7735784 | Railroad switch indicator A railroad switch indicator for visually signaling the position of a pair of railroad switchpoints independently of the mechanism for operating the switch. The indicator includes a sleeve with windows in which is reciprocated a slide with reflectors selected ones of... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7341226 | Movable point frog switching assembly A lost motion apparatus for adapting a typical in-tie switch machine, designed for use with interconnected switch points, to be used as an in-tie machine for moving the movable V-point of a movable point frog assembly. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7282816 | Manual switch remote controller A manual switch remote controller is adapted for use with a power switch machine to electrically and selectively move switch points of a track switch between a normal position and a reverse position from a remote location in the field. In one preferred embodiment, t... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7216891 | Fastening device for curtain airbag tether A device for fastening a curtain airbag tether to a vehicle structure has a bracket provided with a slot to engage the airbag tether and with a resilient tongue to couple the bracket with the vehicle structure at an opening provided in the vehicle structure. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7168662 | Hollow tie railroad switching assembly A switching assembly includes a pair of hollow ties, a pair of supports, and a linkage. The linkage extends generally through the hollow ties, whereby the cribs are generally free of linkage components, and the ballast in the cribs can be compacted with known automa... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7070152 | Sleeper-mounted railroad-switch actuator A railroad switch actuator has a transversely extending box sleeper having a pair of ends, adapted to be secured to a pair of longitudinally extending fixed rolling rails, and adapted to slidably support a pair of longitudinally extending and transversely shiftable ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6691958 | Switch machine A switch machine for a railroad switch provided with two switch points interconnected by transverse bars, including a fixed housing mounted between the switch points; two operating rods extending from the housing to the switch points; a shifting body with... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6688559 | Modular point detector for railroad track switch A modular sensor apparatus for detecting the location of a movable track point includes a primary sensor and a secondary sensor disposed on a sensor mount that is movable with respect to a frame that is mounted on a switch machine. The secondary sensor is... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6588710 | Railroad trackwork switch point position status indicator The railroad trackwork switch assembly of the present invention is essentially comprised of a relatively fixed conventional stock rail, a conventional switch point relatively movable into and out of abutting engagement with the stock rail, a target magnet... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6585194 | Modular point detector for railroad track switch A modular sensor apparatus for detecting the location of a movable track point includes a primary sensor and a secondary sensor disposed on a sensor mount that is movable with respect to a frame that is mounted on a switch machine. The secondary sensor is... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6578799 | Modular point detector for railroad track signal A modular sensor apparatus for detecting the location of a movable track point includes a primary sensor and a secondary sensor disposed on a sensor mount that is movable with respect to a frame that is mounted on a switch machine. The secondary sensor is... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6484974 | Controller for switch machine A switch machine electronic controller includes a point detecting circuit having Namur sensors for detecting an indication rod target in first and second point positions, and a lock detecting circuit having Namur sensors for detecting a lock box target in... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6474605 | Point detector sleeve for railroad switch machine and associated method An improved point detector sleeve includes a tube portion and an adjustment portion that are integrally formed with one another as a monolithic member, whereby the point detector sleeve is substantially free of joints between the tube portion and the adju... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6427949 | Contactless point detection system for railroad switch A contactless detection system for detecting the movements of the switch points of a railroad switch and stock rail of a railroad switch/point having a transformer for detecting or sensing the position of the switch points, the transformer having a core l... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6382567 | Railway switch machine point detection system A method of point detection is for use with a railway switch machine including a housing, a point detector bar positionable in a normal point position and a reverse point position, and a slide lock bar positionable in a normal locked position and a revers... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6296208 | Railway switch machine point detection system A point detection system for a railway switch machine having a housing includes a point detector bar positionable in a normal point position and a reverse point position, and point detecting sensors positioned within the housing for detecting when the poi... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6220553 | Railroad switch stand An improvement in a railroad switch stand of the general type in which a vertical spindle is mounted for rotation within a switch stand housing, a horizontally extending connecting rod is operatively connected at its one end to railroad switch points and ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6186448 | Captivity point detection system with single switch position target A point detection system is provided for use in a typical switch machine with a typical indication system, wherein a point detector bar is slidably captivated within a point detector sleeve, and wherein a target that is integrally engaged with the point d... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6164600 | Device for detecting the positions of pivotable parts of a point Device for detecting the positions of pivotable parts of a rail switch, such as, e.g., tongue rails (1, 2) by at least one sensor designed as a continuous distance sensor (4,5,6,7), wherein the sensor output is connected to a circuit arrangement (10) for ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6149106 | Railroad switch point position indicator A fixed rail mounted railroad switch point indicator is provided, wherein proximity detectors are mounted to the fixed stock rail to sense the position of the switch relative to those stock rails. Preferably, eddy current sensors are used as the proximity... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5806809 | Railroad switch point position sensing system and method A switch point position detecting system and method uses a plurality of proximity detectors positioned proximate the switch point or points of a railroad switch. Additional proximity detectors are placed within a switch machine housing to detect the posit... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5669587 | Point detection and indication with latch out means There is provided an electric motor driven switch machine for positioning a railroad track at a switching point having rail point detection and indication mechanism. In particular, the detection and indication mechanism has a latch out mechanism that iden... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5470035 | Electrical switch stand An electrical railroad switch stand is disclosed in which a handle connected to a switching device is moved between a first position and a second position by use of an actuator powered by a motor. The direction of rotation of the shaft of the motor is con... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5374016 | Device for catching wheel deviations for track switches or crossing having tube mounted strain gauges for measuring sensing head displacement This invention relates to a device for determining lateral and/or vertical deviations in the path taken by a wheel at railway points or crossings. One of the aims of this invention is to provide data on the condition of such points or crossings, particula... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5192038 | Safety detector for railroad switch points with visual indicator mechanism A safety detector for a railroad switch point having a detector mechanism which is to be secured to a stockrail at the switch point where the stockrail is intended to be in contact with a corresponding switchrail, in which the detector mechanism is adjust... | 03/09/1993 |
| 4896850 | Railroad switch motor system The system includes a motor and stepdown gear unit (17) which drives a central body (22) of a moving equipment longitudinally by means of a ball screw (20) and a nut. The moving equipment includes two slides (24, 25) sandwiching the central body (22). The... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4337914 | Railway switch stand cover A railroad head block switching installation having a safety cover secured to the track ties between which extend the connecting rod of the rail switching mechanism, so as to overlie such rod in spaced relationship therewith and protect persons from tripp... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4093163 | Switch for rail points In a switch for rail points arranged to move two rails interconnected at one of their free ends, between two end positions in engagement with the inner face of one of two rails of e.g. a railroad track, a box girder having the configuration and dimensions... | 06/06/1978 |
