Patents Assigned to PORTEC
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Patent number: 7261244Abstract: An electrically-insulated tie plate for electrically isolating parts of a railroad rail system from each other. The electrically-insulated tie plate includes a base plate having a recessed area for receiving a railroad rail and a layer of electrically-insulating material covering portions of the base plate.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Portec Rail Products, Inc.Inventors: William T. Urmson, Jr., John W. Mospan, John M. Downey
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Patent number: 7258201Abstract: A skirt for use on an applicator bar, wherein the applicator bar includes a body and a flow passageway having an exit end defined in the body, and wherein a second section of the skirt defining a lip is adapted to coact with the body so that the second section is positioned adjacent the exit end of the body.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2003Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: Portec Rail Products, Inc.Inventors: W. Thomas Urmson, Jr., Frank T. Lenco, John W. Mospan, Ward T. Powell
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Publication number: 20070068883Abstract: A holder for holding a rail applicator bar. The holder includes a frame defined by a pair of spaced apart side members attached to each other via an upper member and a lower member. At least one transversely extending support member is attached to each of the side members, wherein a rail applicator bar is adapted to be supported on each of the respective support members. The holder further includes a hook attached to the upper member of the frame, wherein the hook is adapted to hang over a top of an upright surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2005Publication date: March 29, 2007Applicant: Portec Rail Products, Inc.Inventors: Steven Singleton, Wart Powell, W. Urmson
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Patent number: 7182560Abstract: A swing up post is provided for attachment to a banding anchor used for securing a load-retaining band on a deck. At least one ear is provided having a respective aperture for receiving a bolt used to rotatably secure the at least one ear to a support surface associated with the deck. A retaining portion is connected to the at least one ear to retain the banding anchor. An end plate is provided at the end of the retaining portion which retains the banding anchor on the retaining portion. In a load retaining position, the swing up post is in a swung up position and in a storage position the swing up post is in a hung down position.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2004Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: Portec Rail Products Inc.Inventor: Richard A. Tatina
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Publication number: 20070034706Abstract: A rail joint assembly is provided for joining abutting railroad rails with an electrically-insulated joint. The rail joint assembly comprises abutting railroad rails compressing an insulating gasket therebetween and rail joint bars secured through a plurality of holes by fasteners to the adjacent railroad rails. The rail joint bars comprise a body and an insulating spacer comprising a porous mesh screen and washer. A layer of epoxy is sandwiched between a rail joint bar and railroad rail and comprises a rigid epoxy on lateral portions of a first side of a rail joint bar and a flexible epoxy placed on a central portion of the first side of a rail joint bar. Rail joint bars are rectangular shaped and may have a cutout.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2006Publication date: February 15, 2007Applicant: Portec Rail Products, Inc.Inventors: W. Urmson, John Mospan, John Downey
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Publication number: 20070001059Abstract: A sensor for detecting the presence of wheels of a rail vehicle is disclosed. The sensor comprises first and second Hall Effect devices, a magnet for supplying a magnetic field to the first and second Hall Effect devices, means for mounting the first and second Hall Effect devices and the magnet adjacent to the rail, whereby a railway vehicle wheel changes the magnetic field in the Hall Effect devices to produce wheel indication signals, and a processing circuit for receiving the wheel indication signals from the first and second Hall Effect devices and for producing an output signal in response to the wheel indication signals. A method of detecting the presence of a wheel is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2005Publication date: January 4, 2007Applicant: Portec, Rail Products Ltd.Inventors: Glen Appleby, Stephen Brown, Kostas Papazoglou
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Publication number: 20060260872Abstract: A flow divider arrangement for a rail lubrication distribution system for applying friction modifying material to a pair of adjacent railroad rails. The arrangement includes a first wiping bar assembly adapted to affix to a railroad rail, a second wiping bar assembly adapted to affix to an adjacent railroad rail and a flow divider in fluid communication with the first wiping bar assembly and the second wiping bar assembly. The flow divider is adapted to control the flow rate of friction modifying material to the wiping bar assemblies so that the flow rate of friction modifying material is at a constant rate independent of temperature and operating pressure to each wiping bar assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2006Publication date: November 23, 2006Applicant: Portec Rail Products, Inc.Inventors: Charles Schnorr, W. Urmson, John Mospan, John Wade
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Publication number: 20060243818Abstract: A rail joint arrangement comprises two rails. The rails have adjacent rail ends separated and thereby forming a gap. The rails have a top end containing a rail head and a bottom end. The gap is defined between the top end and the bottom end of the rails, and the width of the gap is non-uniform throughout its entire length. In addition, the rail joint arrangement comprises at least one electric insulator positioned within the gap. The rail joint arrangement is fastened together by a rail joint bar attaching the two rails together.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2006Publication date: November 2, 2006Applicant: Portec Rail Products, Inc.Inventors: W. Urmson, John Downey, Patrick Boario, John Mospan
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Patent number: 7121777Abstract: In a system and method for stabilizing a first stack of upper and lower shipping containers with respect to a second stack of upper and lower shipping containers, inter-box connectors are provided for connecting the upper and lower containers of each stack. A container bridging stabilizer is provided which surrounds two of the adjacent inter-box connectors where the two lower containers are laterally adjacent each other to laterally link the inter-box connectors and their respective lower containers together. The container bridging stabilizer laterally stabilizes the first and second stacks with respect to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2003Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Portec Rail Products, Inc.Inventor: Richard A. Tatina
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Patent number: 7096997Abstract: An apparatus for applying friction modifying materials to a railroad track includes an input for receiving a signal representative of the passage of railroad vehicle wheels, and means for applying friction modifying material to the railroad track for a user defined, field programmable time duration when the number of wheels reaches the user defined, field programmable, activation level. A method of applying friction modifying materials to a railroad track performed by the apparatus is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2003Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: Portec, Rail Products Ltd.Inventors: Glen Appleby, Jacques Lamond, Kostas Papazoglou
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Patent number: 7090143Abstract: A rail joint assembly is provided for joining abutting railroad rails with an electrically-insulated joint. The rail joint assembly comprises abutting railroad rails compressing an insulating gasket therebetween and rail joint bars secured through a plurality of holes by fasteners to the adjacent railroad rails. The rail joint bars comprise a body and an insulating spacer comprising a porous mesh screen and washer. A layer of epoxy is sandwiched between a rail joint bar and railroad rail and comprises a rigid epoxy on lateral portions of a first side of a rail joint bar and a flexible epoxy placed on a central portion of the first side of a rail joint bar. Rail joint bars are rectangular shaped and may have a cutout.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2004Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: Portec Rail Products, Inc.Inventors: W. Thomas Urmson, Jr., John W. Mospan, John M. Downey
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Publication number: 20060118649Abstract: An electrically-insulated tie plate for electrically isolating parts of a railroad rail system from each other. The electrically-insulated tie plate includes a base plate having a recessed area for receiving a railroad rail and a layer of electrically-insulating material covering portions of the base plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2005Publication date: June 8, 2006Applicant: Portec Rail Products, Inc.Inventors: William Urmson, John Mospan, John Downey
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Publication number: 20060027674Abstract: A center support sleeve for a bonded rail joint bar that includes a body having a head portion, a web portion, and a base portion. The head portion depends from the web portion, which depends from the base portion. The head portion and the base portion are bent in the same direction thereby defining a recess area therebetween. The web portion of the body also defines a plurality of holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2005Publication date: February 9, 2006Applicant: Portec Rail Products, Inc.Inventors: W. Urmson, John Mospan, John Downey, Patrick Boario, Richard Jarosinkski
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Patent number: 6974288Abstract: A cushioned banding anchor for securement of a load to a loading platform by use of a band having a loop at least at one end, and a banding anchor body with a cushioned roller retained within an inside aperture of the anchor body. The cushioned roller is designed to be positioned within the loop of the band. The banding anchor body has a loop portion at one end which is connected to the loading platform.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2004Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: Portec Rail Products Inc.Inventor: Richard A. Tatina
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Publication number: 20050269161Abstract: An applicator (10) for applying a friction modifying material to the top of rails (12). The wayside applicator includes an applicator bar (26) that has a dam for holding friction modifying material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2005Publication date: December 8, 2005Applicant: Portec Rail Products, Inc.Inventors: W. Urmson, John Mospan, Frank Lenco
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Patent number: 6971479Abstract: An applicator (10) for applying a friction modifying material to the top of rails (12). The wayside applicator includes an applicator bar (26) that has a dam for holding friction modifying material.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2000Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: Portec Rail Products, Inc.Inventors: W. Thomas Urmson, Jr., John W. Mospan, Frank T. Lenco
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Publication number: 20050098646Abstract: A rail joint assembly is provided for joining abutting railroad rails with an electrically-insulated joint. The rail joint assembly comprises abutting railroad rails compressing an insulating gasket therebetween and rail joint bars secured through a plurality of holes by fasteners to the adjacent railroad rails. The rail joint bars comprise a body and an insulating spacer comprising a porous mesh screen and washer. A layer of epoxy is sandwiched between a rail joint bar and railroad rail and comprises a rigid epoxy on lateral portions of a first side of a rail joint bar and a flexible epoxy placed on a central portion of the first side of a rail joint bar. Rail joint bars are rectangular shaped and may have a cutout.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2004Publication date: May 12, 2005Applicant: Portec Rail Products, Inc.Inventors: W. Urmson, John Mospan, John Downey
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Patent number: D547642Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2005Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: Portec Rail Products, Inc.Inventors: W. Thomas Urmson, Jr., John W. Mospan, John M. Downey, Patrick J. Boario
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Patent number: D495974Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2001Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Portec, Rail Products Ltd.Inventors: Kostas Papazoglou, Glen Appleby
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Patent number: D497326Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2003Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Portec Rail Products, Inc.Inventors: W. Thomas Urmson, Jr., John W. Mospan