Special Modifications Patents (Class 191/28)
  • Method of fabricating and a method of renovating an electrical power supply rail, a carriage for carrying out the methods, a rail mounting body and a rail wear plate for use in the fabrication method, and an electrical power supply rail obtained by the method
    Publication number: 20020088680
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the fabrication of a longitudinal rail for supplying electrical power to a mobile, the rail including a mounting body for mounting the rail on a support and a wear plate which is worn by the mobile. The mounting body has a rigid base and a head divided into two halves which are prestressed in elastic flexing between rims of the wear plate. Applications include the production of electrical power supply rails for rail vehicles or materials handling plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventor: Yves Pelletier
  • Trolley rail
    Patent number: 4550231
    Abstract: A trolley rail section includes an elongated housing wherein a conductor junction assembly is retained by virtue of its connection to an elongated conductor within the same housing and with the cooperation of the conductor of an adjacent connected trolley rail section such that the unitary conductor and junction assembly may be assembled into or disassembled from their housing according to a method of assembly when the respective trolley rail section is disconnected from other trolley rail sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1985
    Assignee: U-S Safety Trolley Corp.
    Inventor: Donald R. Ross, Sr.