Running Boards And Rails Patents (Class 105/457)
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Patent number: 11608000Abstract: An agricultural product delivery applicator for delivering particulate product to a field. The applicator comprises a bin to hold the product, a pneumatic conveying system to provide an airflow, a metering system operably connected between the supply compartment and the pneumatic conveying system, and a rail system. The metering system meters product with the airflow to result in a mixed flow of airflow and product. The rail system includes first and second foldable rails.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLCInventor: Richard Moen
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Patent number: 10875456Abstract: An aerial device system includes an adjustable railing and a coupler. The adjustable railing is positionable around at least a portion of a base platform and is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. A height of the adjustable railing in the deployed position is greater than a height of the adjustable railing in the stowed position. The coupler is communicatively coupled to the adjustable railing and is configured to detect a position of a component of an aerial device of the aerial device system and move the adjustable railing based on the detected position of the component of the aerial device. A method of controlling a cab guard safety system for the aerial device includes detecting the position of the component and moving the adjustable railing to a stowed position or a deployed position based on the detected position of the component.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Safety Test & Equipment Co.Inventor: Dennis Beam, IV
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Mounted retractable catwalk for trucks, utility, construction, and industrial vehicles and equipment
Patent number: 10780830Abstract: A catwalk includes a mounting frame or other connection to a side of a vehicle/equipment, a floor, and at least one railing; an actuator system for moving the catwalk enclosure between retracted and deployed positions; and a guide arm for guiding/controlling pivoting of the railing relative to the floor. The actuator system and guide arm are preferably substantially or entirely outside of the catwalk walkway space where a user walks or stands, thereby providing easy access to the walkway at one or both ends and obstacle- and barrier-free passage from one catwalk to another on the same vehicle/equipment. The actuator system prevents the catwalk from collapsing/retracting when a person is on the catwalk, for example, by the lift capacity of a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder being controlled/tuned so that the cylinder does not have the capacity/capability to lift and retract the catwalk when the catwalk is occupied.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Inventors: Fred S. Oliver, Michael R. Bruett, Chase C. Oliver, Lee M. Ward -
Mounted retractable catwalk for trucks, utility, construction, and industrial vehicles and equipment
Patent number: 10780831Abstract: A catwalk includes a mounting frame or other connection to a side of a vehicle/equipment, a floor, and at least one railing/railing-portion; an actuator system to move the catwalk enclosure between retracted and deployed positions; and a guide arm for guiding/controlling pivoting of the at least one railing/railing-portion relative to the floor. The actuator system and guide arm are preferably substantially or entirely outside of the catwalk walkway space, for easy movement along the walkway, easy access to the walkway at one or both ends, and obstacle/barrier-free passage from one catwalk to another on the same vehicle/equipment. The actuator system prevents the catwalk from collapsing/retracting when a person is on the catwalk, for example, by the lift capacity of a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder being controlled/tuned so that the cylinder does not have the capacity/capability to lift and retract the catwalk when the catwalk is occupied.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Inventors: Fred S. Oliver, Michael R. Bruett, Chase C. Oliver, Lee M. Ward -
Patent number: 10738532Abstract: A system is provided for interconnecting a ladder to a vehicle. The system may include a first portion for interconnecting to an upper portion of a vehicle rear door and a second portion for interconnecting to a lower portion of the vehicle rear door. The system provides a ladder interconnection wherein no penetrations are made into the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: INTELLIGENT DESIGNS 2000 CORP.Inventor: Paul Badillo
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Patent number: 10619884Abstract: Apparatus and process for securing a grating over an atmospheric opening of a ventilation shaft fluidly communicating through the ventilation shaft to an underground ventilation duct. A vertically extending support for arrangement in the shaft has horizontal flanges for projecting across a top of at least two opposing sides of said shaft to hang said support in said shaft for over topping by said grating. An anchoring member is supported in the support at a level below the flanges and proximate the atmospheric opening. A hold-down connects to the anchoring member to secure the hold-down and the grating to the anchoring member.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Floodbreak, L.L.C.Inventors: Louis A. Waters, Jr., Nick Alan Eastman
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Patent number: 10030446Abstract: A system is provided for interconnecting a ladder to a vehicle. The system may include a first portion for interconnecting to an upper portion of a vehicle rear door and a second portion for interconnecting to a lower portion of the vehicle rear door. The system provides a ladder interconnection wherein no penetrations are made into the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: INTELLIGENT DESIGNS 2000 CORP.Inventor: Paul Badillo
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Patent number: 9506245Abstract: A modular fire prevention flooring system includes a plurality of fire prevention flooring planks. Each plank is generally tubular and forms a drain channel. Fluids spilled onto the upper surface of the flooring system may drain through a plurality of drain holes formed in the upper surface of the planks. The planks may further include a metal filler positioned within the drain channels to stop combustion of burning fluids spilled into the drain channels. The metal filler may break up burning liquids and remove heat therefrom. In some embodiments, a purging fluid may be flowed through the planks to purge any spilled fluids therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: SAFESPILL SYSTEMS LLCInventor: Tristan Willfried Mackintosh
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Publication number: 20150090153Abstract: A mounting arrangement for an entry area of a rail vehicle includes a rod-shaped holding element that has a passage opening; a doorpost paneling element for covering a doorpost, wherein the doorpost paneling element has a passage opening; a spacer element that is arranged between the holding element and the doorpost paneling element and has a passage opening; a connecting element for connecting the doorpost paneling element to the doorpost, wherein the connecting element is arranged on a side of the doorpost paneling element facing away from the spacer element and has a passage opening; and a connecting screw, which is screwed through the passage opening of the holding element, the passage opening of the spacer element and the passage opening of the doorpost paneling element in the passage opening of the connecting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Adrian Biadatz, Sascha Kirchhoff
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Patent number: 7770525Abstract: A system is provided for segregating an energy storage system from at least one of at least one air pipe and at least one electric cable of a hybrid energy vehicle. The energy storage system includes at least one energy storage device and at least one hybrid cable. The system includes a pair of first regions proximately positioned below a respective pair of walkways extending along opposing sides of the vehicle, and a second region positioned between the pair of first regions. The energy storage system and at least one of the at least one air pipe and at least one electric cable are respectively positioned within one of the pair of first regions and the second region to segregate the energy storage system from at least one of the at least one air pipe and at least one electric cable of the hybrid energy vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2007Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Stephen Pelkowski, Harold Alan Ellsworth
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Patent number: 7707945Abstract: A safety system for a walkway of a locomotive. The safety system includes an operator cabin adjacent to a front end of the locomotive, and a walkway extending from the operator cabin along a first side of the locomotive to facilitate a locomotive operator performing regular maintenance. More particularly, the safety system includes a resistive grid exhaust in a sidewall of the first side of the locomotive for directing hot air along a path from a resistive grid within the sidewall to external the locomotive during a self-load mode of the locomotive. A barrier bar is positioned adjacent to the base of the resistive grid exhaust, and is extendable to an extended position over the walkway during the self-load mode to prevent the operator from walking into the path of the hot air from the resistive grid exhaust.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2006Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Carl S. Iszkula, Leroy Learn, Soban Jalil
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Patent number: 7401560Abstract: A running board for railway car features a plank and a support where the support is constructed of a steel that is thicker than the steel of the plank. The support features flanges with mounting holes by which it is mounted to the railway car. As a result, the lives of the mounting areas of the support match the life of the plank so that the life of the running board is extended. The plank features side vertical and horizontal lip portions that extend from opposite side edges of the plank's anti-slip walkway. The horizontal lip portions are engaged by tabs formed in the support so that the plank is securely held to the support.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2005Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: GS Metals Corp.Inventor: Terry A. McCrary
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Patent number: 7089870Abstract: A mounting system is provided for securing a metal support surface to a metal bracket on a railroad car. The invention is improved by a compressible, energy absorbing arrangement secured intermediate the support surface and the bracket for preventing metal to metal contact between the support surface and the bracket and absorbing vibrational energy caused by movement of the railroad car.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2004Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: Railroad Steps & Boards, LLCInventor: John R. Perry, Jr.
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Patent number: 5921531Abstract: A handrail assembly for access walkways on railway hopper cars is movable between a retracted position, where the assembly is stored for transit, and an extended position where the posts and rails of the assembly are raised to provide a protective barrier. The posts and rails are pivotally interconnected to provide a parallel linkage, each of the posts swinging about an axis that is displaced from a right angle to the longitudinal axis of the walkway. Also, the posts are inclined from the vertical when the assembly is in its extended position. The combined effect of the displacement and the inclination maintains the components of the assembly within allowable clearances and precludes interference with the top surface of the car body. A counterweight arrangement allows the posts and rails to be easily raised manually from one end of the car, and a mechanical lock is provided to positively retain the assembly in either its extended or retracted position.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1997Date of Patent: July 13, 1999Inventor: Stephen R. Early
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Patent number: 5537933Abstract: A safety system for restraining and preventing a person from falling off an elevated structure such as a locomotive. The safety system includes a segmented rail structure comprising a plurality of releasable and/or removable rail sections that are supported by a series of rail posts. The rail sections can be released and/or removed in order to provide access to an adjacent locomotive compartment to be serviced. A pair of spring biased support members are attached to each of the rail posts and automatically extend when corresponding section is removed. A moveable trolley apparatus engages the rail sections with a plurality of wheels, and has an extendable arm that can be connected to a lanyard worn by a maintenance person. When extended, the raised support members prevent the trolley from coming off the end of a rail section adjacent to a rail section that has been removed.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 1995Date of Patent: July 23, 1996Inventor: Bjorn Ablad
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Patent number: 5423269Abstract: A railroad freight car including a cargo well for carrying optionally either intermodal cargo containers or highway semitrailers has a side sill structure including a deep rectangular top chord and a depending web, supporting a well floor structure. The well floor structure includes reinforcing longitudinal and transverse channel members and horizontal top and bottom plates attached to the channels. Large circular openings, aligned with one another, are defined in both the top and bottom plates, and a peripheral ring of vertical material interconnects the margins of the top and bottom plates around the openings, providing a light but stiff floor structure with a small vertical height. A side sill reinforcing walkway structure is located atop each side sill at each end of the cargo well, but is low enough to avoid interference with handling trailers.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 1993Date of Patent: June 13, 1995Assignee: Gunderson, Inc.Inventors: Gregory J. Saxton, James A. Hilsenteger
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Patent number: 4757768Abstract: An extendable safety rail for locomotives wherein a set of parallel bars is secured horizontally by the ends to vertical posts adaptable for vertical movement inside suitably sized sleeves mounted on the locomotive sides so as to safeguard men working on a locomotive top when the safety rail is in an upward position. When no work is being done the safety rail is lowered onto rubber cushions by the posts sliding into the mating sleeves to insure sufficient underpass clearing when the locomotive is enroute in regular service. The safety rail includes a centrally spaced support rod hinged to a lower horizontal bar for temporarily holding the guard upwards until the ends thereof are secured by appropriate pins at each vertical post, such that one man can extend the guard.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1986Date of Patent: July 19, 1988Inventor: Eftimios C. Agelakopoulos
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Patent number: 4613155Abstract: A collapsible platform assembly secured to a hopper of a sanding truck allows an individual to safely observe and/or facilitate the loading of the truck hopper. The platform is pivotally mounted to a side of the hopper and is driven by an hydraulic actuator, powered by the hydraulic system of the truck, between a substantially horizontal, operational position, and a substantially vertical, storage position. The platform assembly also includes an integrated collapsible railing, an automatic lighting system to illuminate the platform area when the platform is in its operational position, and a warning indicator within the truck cab which is activated when the platform is not in its storage position.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1984Date of Patent: September 23, 1986Inventor: William P. Greenwood
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Patent number: 4289819Abstract: The tread plate comprises a substantially flat, elongated metal portion coated on its upper side with a layer of resilient, dark-colored, plastic material through which gritty material is dispersed substantially uniformly throughout its thickness. The first portion has at its outer longitudinal edge a plurality of grooves which are engaged by complementary tongues formed in the longitudinal edge of a second portion whose cross-section is essentially L-shaped. The second portion is also coated with a somewhat resilient plastic material through which gritty particles are distributed. This layer has a color which is substantially lighter (or brighter) than the substantially darker color of the layer on the first portion thereby reflecting substantially more light than said first portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 1980Date of Patent: September 15, 1981Inventor: James H. Kalman
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Patent number: 4186665Abstract: A diesel-engined rail shunting locomotive is provided which combines a very high level of noise insulation with excellent accessibility to the engine and associated apparatus. The locomotive is adapted for remote control by radio, and also has at least one cab for the operator. The engine and associated apparatus are covered by a noise insulating rectangular box-shaped hood which is liftable as a single unit by means of power-operated lifting means provided on the locomotive. The lifting means may be screw jacks located in the four corners of the hood. The cab has an end wall slightly spaced from adjacent the end wall of the hood, to simplify construction and improve sound insulation.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1977Date of Patent: February 5, 1980Assignee: Hoogovens Ijmuiden, B. V.Inventors: Hendrikus de Jong, Joseph A. Welboren
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Patent number: 4122777Abstract: A railway maintenance car is provided for elevated railways which uses the rails, or rail of a monorail system, to move to the place of maintenance, thus avoiding obstruction of ground areas beneath the railway. The car of the invention includes telescoping cantilevered maintenance access platforms movable laterally and longitudinally of the car to place maintenance personnel alongside stalled cars on the rail or rails, and to move such personnel under the rail itself for maintenance and repair. The telescoping features of the invention include independently operable devices at each end of a telescoping platform in order to extend such platforms at an angle to the axis of the car for accommodating curved rail access.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 1977Date of Patent: October 31, 1978Assignee: Demag A.G.Inventor: Udo Dietrich
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Patent number: 4067264Abstract: A rail-borne shunting locomotive, to be operated through radio control by a driver as he moves around the locomotive, has a central power plant compartment, a cabin at each end adjacent the power plant compartment, gangways on each side extending alongside the power plant compartment from one cabin to the other, an open platform at each end in front of the cabin and at each side of the platform, at least one step for the driver to stand on at a lower level than the platform. Each cabin is directly accessible from both gangways and from the respective platform. A wide range of operating locations is available to the driver and access to them is convenient.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 1976Date of Patent: January 10, 1978Assignee: Hoogovens Ijmuiden B.V.Inventor: Tom Ensink