Patents Assigned to Inter-Pacific Services (1996) Ltd.
  • Locomotive controller lockout device
    Patent number: 6044673
    Abstract: A locomotive locket device for disabling the forward/reverse control system of a locomotive or other powered railway vehicle has an axially-expandable plug portion which may be inserted into a keyhole chamber in a locomotive controller. The plug portion comprises upper and lower tubular truncated cylinders having complementary angled faces. When drawn together, the cylinders offset axially from one another, expanding their combined axial diameter. The device may be locked in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Inter-Pacific Services (1996) Ltd.
    Inventor: Dean R. Jefferson