Patents by Inventor Wallace Catanach

Wallace Catanach has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Non-powered trailed switch detector for railroad track switching equipment
    Publication number: 20060180710
    Abstract: An apparatus for sensing movement of a point rail away from a stock rail by a selected distance, by closing a switch to shunt a track circuit, with means for resetting the apparatus to open the switch only after manual resetting of the point rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Augustus Brown, Wallace Catanach, Andrew Ruggiero, Michael Voth, Brandi Wood
  • Non-powered trailed switch detector for railroad track switching equipment
    Publication number: 20060180711
    Abstract: An apparatus for sensing movement of a point rail away from a stock rail by a selected distance, by closing a switch to shunt a track circuit, with means for resetting the apparatus to open the switch only after manual resetting of the point rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Augustus Brown, Wallace Catanach, Andrew Ruggiero, Michael Voth, Brandi Wood
  • Movable point frog switching assembly
    Publication number: 20060102804
    Abstract: A lost motion apparatus for adapting a typical in-tie switch machine, designed for use with interconnected switch points, to be used as an in-tie machine for moving the movable V-point of a movable point frog assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Maurizion Biagiotti, Wallace Catanach, Charles Crawford, Miles Metschke
  • Switch machine improvements
    Publication number: 20050236526
    Abstract: A control mechanism for moving switch points on a railroad track, having a drive screw driven by a motor, a traveling block moving along the drive screw to position the switch points, an end stop on the drive screw for limiting movement of the traveling block, a hand crank for manually turning the drive screw, and a torque limiting clutch on the hand crank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Dowell, Charles Crawford, Maurizio Biagiotti, Michael Ashton, Edward Croteau, Wallace Catanach
  • Trolley bumper
    Patent number: D413190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Jervis B. Webb Company
    Inventors: Wallace Catanach, Chris Ariss