Abstract: The invention relates to a method for checking the correct processing of bank notes in automatic bank note sorters for sorting certain amounts of money into different categories according to given criteria, whereby partial amounts are destroyed if necessary, and a log is prepared, after a given amount of money has been processed or after a certain unit of time, to record information about the processed bank notes, among other things, and the log additionally contains at least one authenticity marking calculated from given log data and clearly related to the data included in the calculation.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a power conductor rail structure is provided using a multi-metallic construction. The composite rail of the invention includes an asymmetrical steel portion having a top flange thickness greater than that of the bottom flange in a generally I-shaped configuration with spaced apertures along the length of the web. Aluminum cladding is cast onto both sides of the web with a cold rolled high conductivity layer, such as copper disposed between the aluminum and steel on either side of the web and having holes corresponding in size and shape to the apertures of the web. The aluminum cladding extends through the web apertures producing a multi-metallic sandwich construction. The high conductivity layers provide a mechanical bond between the steel and aluminum and reduces transfer resistance and increasing overall conductivity.

Abstract: An improved paper and coin currency totalizer is installed on an existing vending machine and utilizes the existing coin receiving channels and the existing movable mechanical release mechanism and reset mechanism. An electronic coin sensor is installed in alignment with the coin receiving channel to produce a coin signal. A box is mounted on the vending machine and includes a paper currency sensor to produce a paper signal. A totalizer control circuit in the box accepts the coin signals and paper signals to determine when the proper amount of currency has been deposited to activate an actuation mechanism installed in the machine to move the release mechanism to the release position to allow a selection. After a selection is made, a reset sensor installed in the machine in alignment with the reset mechanism sends a reset signal to the totalizer control circuit to discontinue the actuation mechanism and to indicate no currency has been deposited.

Abstract: An apparatus for representing the state of a condition, the condition having a true state and a false state, the apparatus comprising an indicator having a recognizable feature indicative of the true state of the condition, a cover for covering the indicator and a support for removably supporting the indicator and cover on a surface. The apparatus includes a device for moving the indicator and the cover relative to each other such that the true state of the condition is represented by the indicator being uncovered and the false state of the condition is represented by the indicator being covered.

Abstract: A coin feeding apparatus for a coin handling machine includes a rotary disk for feeding coins into a coin passage one by one, a coin amount detector for outputting a trigger signal when it detects that the amount of coins has become less than a predetermined amount, a conveyor belt for feeding coins deposited into the coin handling machine onto the rotary disk, a motor adapted for driving the conveyor belt in accordance with the trigger signal from the coin amount detector, and a drive period controller adapted for controlling, in accordance with the denominations of coins to be fed, the drive period during which the motor drives the conveyor belt.

Abstract: The invention relates to a manganese steel insert to a railroad track switch point of the type designed to have a planar coupling system within both the web of the rail and the switch point of the insert, instead of the conventional curved coupling surface in use at the present. This is achieved by means of an attachment of the same material as the insert (or other steel) on the insert contact surfaces, thus achieving precision plane surfaces during the machining phase.

Abstract: A railroad interlocking control system utilizing a plurality of programmable controllers to regulate flow of train traffic through an interlocking track layout in which a number of track routes converge and overlap into a bottleneck area. Control of switch and signal devices in the bottleneck area is shared by multiple programmable controllers which may reduce redundancy requirements of prior art arrangements.

Abstract: A telephone cord reel is particularly suited for use in airplanes, motor vehicles, and other places where space is limited. The reel contains a section of telephone cord and a hollow, cylindrical spool having helical channels around which the cord winds. The reel also contains a cord guide assembly having a track-mounted cord guide with a protrusion which engages the helical channels of the spool such that the cord guide moves along the track as the spool rotates to guide the cord into the proper channel. The reel further contains a biasing spring to provide a force to wind the cord and a ratchet assembly to hold the cord in a desired position against the force applied by the biasing spring. Finally, the reel contains an electrical contact assembly which enables the portion of the cord on the spool to rotate freely from the portion of the cord running to the telephone base.

Abstract: A trolley-type power supply means and a turntable switch for moving apparatuses such as mining equipment. The switch is provided with two coupling portions installed in parallel with each other and reversely symmetrical with respect to a turning axis. By using coupling portions, a trolley can be turned in a desired direction or shunted from the trolley track to allow another trolley to pass by.

Abstract: A coin dispensing device comprises a hopper 1 where a supply of coins is held in bulk. The coins are transported one by one on a coin dispensing disc 3 rotatably supported by a rotary shaft 2 for use in dispensing a coin. A base plate 20 is opposed to the coin dispensing disc 3 at a predetermined distance. The coin dispensing device also comprises guide holes 14 penetrating through the coin dispensing disc 3. Each of the guide holes 14 receives one of agitating members 13 which travels along a predetermined orbit on the base plate 20 accompanying with rotation of the coin dispensing disc 3. An extrusion member 50 is disposed on the base plate 20 along the orbit. The extrusion member 50 has a predetermined relative height to the base plate 20 to make a portion of the agitating member be protruded, as the agitation protruding end 13a, through the guide hole 14 from the coin dispensing disc 3 when the agitating member 13 passes on the extrusion member 50 along the orbit.

Abstract: A device comprises a detector for detecting markers along the railway track processor for processing the signals supplied by the detector, in order to control the speed of a rail vehicle as a function of its position and instantaneous speed on a track section. The markers comprise, on each track section, markers (1) arranged at constant or random intervals at the entry of each section and markers (2) arranged to form a beacon for identifying the section in question and for initializing the device. The signal processor comprises a memory (9) in which a vehicle progress program is stored in the form of codes associated with each marker arranged on the ground and each containing a data item relating to the type of ground marker which is to be detected, a data item relating to a set-point speed of the vehicle on a level with the marker, and a data item relating to the number of the track section covered.

Abstract: An improvement in a coin operated device having coin return bucket and a bank box wherein the coin return bucket and the bank box are mounted within the device near a bottom wall of the device. The improvement relates to preventing tampering with and/or vandalization of the device by cutting or penetration of a bottom wall of the coin return bucket or the inner wall of the bank box. The improvement lies in the use of a bottom wall protection plate which prevents tampering and/or vandalization and which is inserted between the bottom wall of the device and the bottom of the coin return bucket and an inner side wall protection plate inserted between the inner wall of the coin return bucket and the inner wall of the bank box.

Abstract: A simulator is provided for verifying the proper operation of railroad rolling stock hot wheel detectors. The simulator includes heaters mounted on trucks of a railroad car, between the wheels and within the profile of the thickness of the wheels. Shock mounts, spring mounts and safety cables are used. An electromagnet is mounted on the heater to trip a sensor to activate the detector and a sensor on the car is used to determine the ambient temperature. Each heater includes a heater temperature sensor and is maintained at a constant temperature above ambient to approximate the thermal radiation of a hot wheel. Each heater is adjusted to direct heat horizontally outwardly from the truck to permit a hot wheel detector adjacent to and outside of the rail to detect a hot wheel. The car has two trucks with one heater on each side of each truck. One heater on each side simulates a temperature approximately equal to a hot wheel.

Abstract: An operating device for railroad switches, particularly for high-speed lines. To permit more stable positioning of the blades (A1,A2) and of the frog (C) of the switch, which in high-speed lines are of considerable length, in addition to the switching actuator (1) at the toes of the blades (A1,A2) and to that (3) of the frog (C), there are distributed along the blades (A1,A2) and along the frog (C) one or more further switching actuators (2,3'). The switching actuators (1,2) of the blades (A1,A2) and the switching actuators (3,3') of the frog (C) are of the hydraulic type and are controlled respectively by a hydraulic control unit (4,4').

Abstract: A device for exchanging data between a plurality of rail-supported movable automatic manipulating units for operating a plurality of textile machines with multiple workstations and a common central unit comprises a rail system and a lead system connected to the rail system. The lead system comprises at least two and at most three data-transmitting leads that serve exclusively for data transmission in addition to supply leads for supplying electric current to the automatic manipulating units. The data-transmitting leads form a ring conduit to which the sending and receiving devices of the central unit as well as the sending and receiving devices of the automatic manipulating units are connected via additional sliding contacts. Data are sent from the sending and receiving devices in the form of impulses with a predetermined duration at predetermined intervals and each data impulse is simultaneously guided to two leads with opposite polarity.

Abstract: A rail-tie fastening assembly for connecting a rail to a tie including a rail seat assembly and a rail anchor. The rail seat assembly is connectable to the tie and the rail seat assembly includes a seat hook assembly which extends over a portion of the rail flange. A portion of the rail seat assembly is formed on a first radius to provide a rail seat curved bearing surface. The rail anchor has an anchor hook assembly which extends over a portion of the rail flange. The rail anchor has a portion formed on a second radius to provide a rail anchor curved bearing surface. In the assembled position of the rail seat assembly and the rail anchor, the rail seat curved bearing surface engages the rail anchor curved bearing surface to form a rocking bearing seat.

Abstract: Coins stored in a hopper (1) are delivered one by one towards an outlet of a hollow cylindrical case (3) on a base plate (2) by coin feeding arms (9) of a coin feeding disc (4) having coin receiving holes (8). The coin feeding disc (4) is rotated in the hollow cylindrical case (3). The coin is further delivered out of the hollow cylindrical case (3) by coin feeding wings (12) of a scraper (13) rotated on the base plate (2) outside of the hollow cylindrical case (3). An upright coin carrier duct (17) is disposed, with an opening at the lower end thereof, on the inclined base plate (2). A coin guide (21) is disposed along a coin transporting path (15) where a coin is delivered by the coin feeding wings (12) of the scraper (13). The coin engaged with the coin guide (21) is pushed towards the lower end port of the coin carrier duct (17 ) by a convex portion formed at the leading side of each of the coin feeding wings (12).

Abstract: A railroad crossing structure has a plurality of paving plates placed between a pair of rails of a railway track, with the opposed front and rear ends of the adjacent paving plates supported on the sleepers of the track and abutting each other. Each paving plate has a rubber covering, and a plurality of hollow steel pipes arranged in such a way as to bear a predetermined load and embedded in the rubber. Projections provided at both sides of each paving plate are engaged in the recessed portions of the rails. The projections are formed with holes extending parallel to the rails and fitted with packings. Further, a plurality of second paving plates are placed at the outer sides of the pair of rails. They are arranged in the same manner and have the same construction as those placed between the rails. Each of the second paving plates has a projection provided at one side thereof near the respective rail and engaged with the rail.

Abstract: A conductor rail has a main body (10) of aluminum and a facing layer (11) formed of a steel having a chromium content of between 10 and 13.5% by weight. The preferred steel composition is that of British Standard No. 416 S21.

Abstract: A transportation system for use with a roadway including conductive sections on the roadway so that electric vehicles having contact members thereon may contact the conductive sections. The sections extend in the direction of travel along the roadway and have spaces therebetween and the vehicle has at least three contact members spaced on the vehicle so that at least two of the contact members are always in contact with oppositely poled sections with unidirectional current flow means between each conductor and the motor.