Patents Assigned to Cleveland Track Material, Inc.
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Patent number: 10233594Abstract: The invention may be described as including a switch guard casting, a switch guard assembly for a railway intersection, as well as a rail intersection design and a switch guard assembly therefor.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.Inventor: James A. Remington
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Patent number: 9206556Abstract: A crossing panel includes a pair of intersecting rails, a pair of crossing line rails, a plurality of railroad ties supporting the crossing line rails such that the crossing line rails are angled upwardly from a base elevation toward the respective main line rail and terminating such that a tread bearing surface of each crossing line rail at its terminal end is at a height above the crown of the intersecting line rail, an external frog casting being aligned with and secured to the terminal ends of the crossing line rails and having an external frog tread bearing surface substantially above the crown of an intersecting line rail, and transitional guide castings disposed between the intersecting rails and respectively aligned with the crossing line rails. The transitional guide castings are substantially horizontal, and each has a crown maintained at a height sufficient to maintain a railcar wheel of a train wheel set above the intersecting line rails.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2013Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.Inventors: Dan Voelkerding, James A. Remington
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Patent number: 8870129Abstract: The invention may be described as including a crossing panel assembly for a railway intersection, as well as a rail intersection design and a frog casting therefor. The present invention may be used for single and multiple crossings as will be appreciated from the description and drawings. The invention may be described as including a crossing panel assembly for a railway intersection, as well as a rail intersection design and a frog casting therefor. The present invention may be characterized as a frog containing panel system assembled with an array of castings that form a full flange bearing crossing to provide a rail intersection.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Voelkerding, James A. Remington
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Patent number: 8870128Abstract: The invention may be described as including a crossing panel assembly for a railway intersection, as well as a rail intersection design and a frog casting therefor. The present invention may be used for single and multiple crossings as will be appreciated from the description and drawings. The invention may be described as including a crossing panel assembly for a railway intersection, as well as a rail intersection design and a frog casting therefor. The present invention may be characterized as a frog containing panel system assembled with an array of castings that form a full flange bearing crossing to provide a rail intersection.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Voelkerding, James A. Remington
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Patent number: 8840035Abstract: The invention may be described as a rail bridge joint, associated guard plate assembly, and a bridge assembly incorporating same.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.Inventors: James A. Remington, Karl E. Axthelm
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Patent number: 8720793Abstract: The invention is a guarded rail section for a movable bridge rail joint, the arrangement comprising: (a) a gage side guard plate having a gage side guard plate interior surface, (b) a field side guard plate having a field side guard plate interior surface, the gage side guard plate and field side guard plate defining a rail channel; and (c) a rail portion disposed in the rail channel, wherein the gage side guard plate interior surface defines an insert channel along its top portion, and there is provided a top portion insert removably attached into the insert channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.Inventors: Karl E. Axthelm, James A. Remington, Daniel Voelkerding
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Publication number: 20140034788Abstract: A crossing panel includes a pair of intersecting rails, a pair of crossing line rails, a plurality of railroad ties supporting the crossing line rails such that the crossing line rails are angled upwardly from a base elevation toward the respective main line rail and terminating such that a tread bearing surface of each crossing line rail at its terminal end is at a height above the crown of the intersecting line rail, an external frog casting being aligned with and secured to the terminal ends of the crossing line rails and having an external frog tread bearing surface substantially above the crown of an intersecting line rail, and transitional guide castings disposed between the intersecting rails and respectively aligned with the crossing line rails. The transitional guide castings are substantially horizontal, and each has a crown maintained at a height sufficient to maintain a railcar wheel of a train wheel set above the intersecting line rails.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.Inventors: Dan Voelkerding, James A. Remington
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Patent number: 8561916Abstract: The invention may be described as a rail bridge joint, associated guard plate assembly, and a bridge assembly incorporating same.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.Inventors: James A. Remington, Karl E. Axthelm
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Patent number: 8556217Abstract: A crossing panel includes a pair of intersecting rails, a pair of crossing line rails, a plurality of railroad ties supporting the crossing line rails such that the crossing line rails are angled upwardly from a base elevation toward the respective main line rail and terminating such that a tread bearing surface of each crossing line rail at its terminal end is at a height above the crown of the intersecting line rail, an external frog casting being aligned with and secured to the terminal ends of the crossing line rails and having an external frog tread bearing surface substantially above the crown of an intersecting line rail, and transitional guide castings disposed between the intersecting rails and respectively aligned with the crossing line rails. The transitional guide castings are substantially horizontal, and each has a crown maintained at a height sufficient to maintain a railcar wheel of a train wheel set above the intersecting line rails.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.Inventors: Dan Voelkerding, James A. Remington
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Publication number: 20130134231Abstract: A rail brace assembly is adapted to buttress the head of a stock rail selected from one of two different stock rail groups mounted on the top surface of a brace plate. The assembly includes a stop block assembly also is affixed to the brace plate top surface. A rail brace moveable between a first brace position in which it buttresses the head of a rail from a first stock rail group and a second brace position in which it buttresses the head of a rail from a second stock rail group, has a pair of spaced side walls, an upwardly facing top surface, first rail group head and base fishing surface contact areas, second rail group head and base fishing surface contact areas, a first rail group brace plate contact surface and a second rail group brace plate contact surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2012Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: CLEVELAND TRACK MATERIAL, INC.Inventor: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.
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Patent number: 8424812Abstract: The invention is a frog panel assembly for a railway turn-out switch, as well as a rail intersection design and a frog casting therefor.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2012Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Voelkerding, James A. Remington
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Patent number: 8424813Abstract: The invention is a frog panel assembly for a railway turn-out switch, as well as a rail intersection design and a frog casting therefor.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2012Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Voelkerding, James A. Remington
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Patent number: 8313041Abstract: A rail brace assembly is adapted to buttress the head of a stock rail selected from one of two different stock rail groups mounted on the top surface of a brace plate. The assembly includes a stop block assembly also is affixed to the brace plate top surface. A rail brace moveable between a first brace position in which it buttresses the head of a rail from a first stock rail group and a second brace position in which it buttresses the head of a rail from a second stock rail group, has a pair of spaced side walls, a upwardly facing top surface, first rail group head and base fishing surface contact areas, second rail group head and base fishing surface contact areas, a first rail group brace plate contact surface and a second rail group brace plate contact surface. An elastic fastener cooperates with a clip housing to clamp the rail brace against the stock rail.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.Inventors: James A. Remington, Karl E. Axthelm, Phillip R. Merrifield
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Patent number: D679032Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Voelkerding, James A. Remington
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Patent number: D679427Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Voelkerding, James A. Remington
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Patent number: D681509Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.Inventor: James A. Remington
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Patent number: D681510Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.Inventor: James A. Remington
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Patent number: D686947Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.Inventor: James A. Remington
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Patent number: D686948Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.Inventor: James A. Remington
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Patent number: D707157Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: ClevĂȘland Track Material, Inc.Inventor: James A. Remington