This class includes railway rolling stock and track, each of
which is modified for interrelation and cooperation with each other,
as in the case of traction and propulsion systems not otherwise
classified; railway track other than normal surface track; car-stopping
devices of abutting type associated with the track; amusement railway apparatus,
such as used in recreation parks; track layers, shifters, and repairers;
railway fixtures, such as turntables, transfer tables, and terminal
features; appliances for use with railway track, such as hose bridges,
car replacers, and car derailers, and miscellaneous features relating
to railway track not elsewhere classified.
Amusement Devices: Toys,
subclasses 444 through 447for a toy railway wherein the energy for moving
the rolling stock is supplied by the child, such as a wind-up toy,
or where a feature peculiar to Class 446 is claimed.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus and tools for distributing track material along
the grade, for placing the rails and ties and assembling the track,
and for adjusting the track and tamping the same into final position.
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Apparatus and tools in which the rails and ties are spiked
or fastened together in completed sections before they are positioned
on the roadbed.
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Apparatus in which the detachable track sections are continuously
shifted from the rear of the moving vehicle to the front thereof.
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Apparatus comprising one or more cars or a train with means
for distributing the rails and ties to the roadbed in advance of
the train.
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Apparatus comprising a track-supported vehicle which includes
means to raise connected rails and ties to a higher position as
it passes slowly over the track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 7.1. Apparatus wherein the thack-supported vehicle further includes
means to shift the completed track laterally to a new position as
it passes along the track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 7.1. Apparatus wherein the track-supported vehicle includes means
inserted between the roadbed and connected rails and ties for raising
the track from the roadbed as it passes along underneath the track;
the track raising means further functioning to either (1) evenly
distribute, level, or smooth the roadbed material supporting the
track befor allowing the levelled or smoothed roadbed, or (2) scrape
away a portion of the roadbed material supporting the track before
allowing the raised track to settle back onto the remaining roadbed
or sub-grade.
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Track cars which slue or shift the completed track laterally
to a new position as they pass along the track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Apparatus comprising a track rail supported vehicle or carriage
specially adapted to secure the track rails to the ties by means
of forcing large elongated nail-like fasteners into the ties.
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Apparatus comprising a track-supported vehicle or carriage
having means to attach spring clip members (which are intended to
span and resiliently grip a trach rail base) to a trach rail base
and abut them against a side of the ties or tie plates, whereby
the attached spring clip members prevent longitudinal movement of
a track rail relative to the ties.
This subclass is indented under subclass 18. Apparatus for enabling a train-man in case of danger to
land safely from a rapidly moving train or locomotive.
This subclass is indented under subclass 20. Apparatus comprising a terminal having a large turntable
which travels with the train as the latter runs around the periphery
of the turntable.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railway under the class difinition either (1) wherein a
vehicle travels along a guideway and is supported entirely or in
part by a fluid medium while still being contstrained to move along
the guideway; or (2) wherein a vehicle travels along a rail or cable
way and represents an air vehicle, but is incapable of being, at
least in part, aerodynamically supported.
This subclass is indented under subclass 23.1. Railway wherein the vehicle is supported above the guideway
by a current of fluid moving between a surface of the vehicle and
a supportting surface, the movement of the fluid forcing the two
surfaces away from one another so as to sustain the vehicle out
of contact with, but in close proximity to the supporting surface.
(1)
Note. The "supporting surface" may either
constitute the guideway or be located on or near the guideway.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising an arrangement of a plurality of railway
tracks, means to facilitate the making-up of a train of railway
cars, means to facilitate the sorting of railway cars, or the general
arrangement of a railway yard designed to receive, distribute, or
classify railway cars.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.1. Apparatus comprising car retarding means located on or in
the vicinity of a railway track of a car yard for reducing the speed
of a railway car moving along the track, not on the vehicle.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus for removing and replacing trucks or wheels and
axles on railway rolling stock or yard fixtures for removing car
or locomotive bodies from their trucks.
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Turntable operators comprising electric motors and control
therefor and electric controlling systems for other motors.
This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Turntables in which the vehicle traction drive wheels operate
friction drive wheels on the turntable to effect the operation of
the latter.
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Turntables in which rotation is effected by power driven
traction wheels, which may also act as the end carriers of the turntable.
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Portable turntables carried by or separate from the vehicles,
designed for temporary use wherever desired.
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Center bearings and end supports for turntables which involve
a substantial modification of the turntable structure to accomodate
them.
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Locking devices for holding turntables in fixed positions.
These locks are usually associated with the aligning rail ends.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Trucks carrying tracks to receive vehicles and carry them
laterally or longitudinally to fixed tracks adapted to register
with the tracks on the trucks.
This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Transfer tables pivoted at one end, adapted to receive and
carry a vehicle during the swinging of the transfer table.
This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Smoke removers for use in roundhouses and train sheds over
locomotive smoke stacks. They may or may not be provided with means for
producing an artificial draft.
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Apparatus comprising special forms of track and vehicles
in which the moving vehicle jumps across gaps between sections of
the track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Apparatus comprising a track provided with substantially
vertical loops, around which the vehicles travel.
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Apparatus comprising a track in helical form, which may
vary to substantially spiral form with substantially vertical axes.
This subclass is indented under subclass 56. Apparatus in which a helical track rotates, and thus causes
the car to move by gravity, similar to the action of the Archimedean
screw.
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Apparatus comprising a track made of flexible sheet metal
in which waves or undulations are produced to cause the movement
of the cars located on the track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Apparatus in which passenger carrying tubs usually provided
with roller bottoms, coast by gravity down inclined track surfaces
provided with surface variations or obstacles.
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Devices which include parallel track arrangements, speed
controlling devices, electric circuit control, and other features
designed particularly for producing racing effects. The vehicle
may or may not carry passengers.
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Appartus having railway tracks distorted in alinement in
all directions for producing surprising and pleasing shocks during
travel.
This subclass is indented under subclass 64. Apparatus in which the vehicles are moved in arcuate paths
by interrelated wheels, each of which carries the vehicle through
a certain arc and then passes it to another wheel.
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Apparatus in which the cars have a back-and-forth movement
over track sections connected at their ends by switches, where the
car movement is reversed.
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Apparatus having boats and cars designed to run entirely
submerged and having guideways for determining their path of movement.
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Apparatus having cars with boatlike bottoms and a path of
travel an intermediate portion of which causes the car to trail
over the surface of a body of water.
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Apparatus comprising canal walls and moving currents of
water to guide and carry the boat or car throughout its course of
travel.
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Apparatus in which the teeter or seesaw track is mounted
upon a wheeled truck and the oscillating track is connected in driving
relation to the wheeled truck to propel it along a track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Apparatus in which the oscillations of a swing suspended
from a wheeled truck cause the truck to move along a track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Devices for giving a passenger a vertical jolt or movement
on a vehicle for the purpose of simulating horseback riding or giving
a thrilling effect.
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Scenic illusion effects other than static scenery, associated
with traveling vehicles for giving the passenger a false impression
as to his traveling conditions and surroundings.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter for predetermined delivery of rolling stock
at selected locations on a plurality of tracks.
This subclass is indented under subclass 88.01. Subject matter wherein the delivery of the rolling stock
is regulated by a device which is electrically powered.
(1)
Note. The device for this subclass may include a control
means comprising an electrically operated mechanical mechanism such
as an electrically operated fluid-pressure control means.
This subclass is indented under subclass 88.03. Subject matter wherein the device, in conjunction with a
secondary control means, performs a function of the delivery.
This subclass is indented under subclass 88.02. Subject matter wherein the device includes a control means
which upon actuation nullifies the action directed by the device.
This subclass is indented under subclass 88.02. Subject matter wherein the device is secured in a calibrated
position by a human operator before actuation.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railways having overhead track for rolling stock in which
the load carrying parts are suspended below the trucks and rails
upon which they run.
This subclass is indented under subclass 89. Railways comprising suspended cars having a load carrying
platform or track designed to travel between and in alignment with
two stationary track sections or platforms, like a ferry boat.
This subclass is indented under subclass 89. Overhead or trolley track structure having two rails, with
a clear space between them for passage of car suspenders.
This subclass is indented under subclass 89. Track structure for carrying outwardly-projecting rails
or a single rail with two oppositely-extending rail tread-surfaces.
In either case the truck-wheels for use on such tracks have opposite
inwardly-extending track-wheels.
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Apparatus having the traveling-bridge trolley-track of an
overhead crane is designed to register with a series of fixed track
sections, so that the trolley may pass from the bridge to any registering
track-section, or vice versa.
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Devices comprising switch or frog pieces having transverse
horizontal end pivots, so that the pieces may swing upwardly in
the vertical plane of the track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Devices comprising switch or frog pieces having horizontal
axes running longitudinally of the track, so that the pieces may
swing in vertical planes transversally to the track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Trolley-rails of slotted-tube form, in which the interior
surfaces of the opposed slot edges form the tread-surfaces.
Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or
Pulling Force,
subclasses 264 through 386for apparatus for hauling or hoisting a load including
a driven device which contacts and either (a) pulls a cable attached
to the load, or (b) travels with the load along a cable.
This subclass is indented under subclass 112. Cable-railways of marine type in which the track length
is continually changing, as, for example, in coaling vessels at
sea.
This subclass is indented under subclass 112. Apparatus including means for bringing a vehicle riding
on the cable to a halt or reversing its direction of movement at
a predetermined location or time, without manual intervention.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising monorail track structure for cars in
which the load-carrying body is above the rail, in contradistinction
to a suspended-car system.
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Apparatus comprising track structure having a bottom rail
and an upper suspended rail, between which the rolling-stock, with
wheels at the top and bottom thereof, is adapted to be supported
and vertically maintained in its travel.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railways comprising catenary cable or chain suspension of
suspension-bridge type and towers or posts with inclined tie-rods
or cables for track suspension.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railways comprising the horizontal portion of elevated track
structure and horizontal trussing therefor.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railways comprising the vertical main supports, such as
towers or posts, for elevated track structure.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Portable elevated tracks as for use with trenchwork, or
shiftable tower-tracks, as used in handling coal or ore.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising passenger and freight elevators interconnected
in operation with elevated railways.
Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary
Lift for Vehicle,
subclass 403 for elevator car structure having means for engaging
the wheels of a carried vehicle.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising a device having a plurality of
track sections of a railway track which, in conjunction with a control means,
is used for guiding the rolling stock from one railway track to
an adjacent or intersecting railway track.
Railway Switches and Signals, for railway switches of general utility, especially
subclass 419 for switches more or less modified in construction by
the presence of the conduits, third rails, and cables and conducting
wires of cable and electric railways.
This subclass is indented under subclass 130.01. Subject matter wherein the device is adapted for guiding
the rolling stock which is elevated above the track by a magnetic
or pneumatic source.
This subclass is indented under subclass 130.02. Subject matter wherein the device includes at least one
moving component for guiding the rolling stock.
This subclass is indented under subclass 130.01. Subject matter wherein the device is used for guiding rolling
stock to or from tracks at different heights.
This subclass is indented under subclass 130.01. Subject matter wherein the device rotates about its horizontal
axis which is longitudinal to the track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 130.01. Subject matter wherein all track sections of the device
are fixed in place with respect to one another.
(1)
Note. In this subclass the device operates in conjunction
with a guiding member located on the body of the rolling stock.
This subclass is indented under subclass 130.01. Subject matter wherein (a) at least one of the components
of the track sections of the device changes its position for guiding
the rolling stock on the railway track, and (b) the railway track
consists of a narrow and continuous groove wherein means projecting
(e.g., pins, posts) from the body of the rolling stock are traveling
during operation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 130.01. Subject matter wherein one of the components of the track
section of the device bends when a force is applied and retracts
to its original position when the force is removed.
(1)
Note. The component of the track section for this subclass
includes a single bendable member or a plurality of members jointed
at ends by means (e.g., hinges) which allow the members to move
as a unit.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railway apparatus comprising drip-pans, nets, etc., for
catching liquids, dirt, or articles that might fall from an elevated
railway.
This subclass is indented under subclass 134. Sledways having the track-surface made up of a series of
rollers, over which the nonwheeled vehicles slide.
This subclass is indented under subclass 134. Sledways in which the defined track-surface is formed of
ice, along which the vehicles are adapted to slide.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railways in which a traveling track is interposed between
a bottom fixed track and a traveling vehicle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 138.1. Tubular way including a means movable therewithin for inspecting,
servicing, treating, cleaning, or performing some other maintenance function
upon the interior of the tubular way.
(1)
Note. This subclass contains patents directed to the motive
systems for carrying and moving the actual servicing tools through
the interior of a tubular way. If the specific servicing tool is
more than nominally claimed (even in combination with the motive
carrying device), the patent is located in the appropriate classes
provided for the tool.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railways, having a track with a slot opening into an enlarged
conduit, in which a truck travels. The car-body is above the slot and
has connecting-bars passing downwardly through the lost and fastened
to the truck.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railways in which the trackway is provided with an underground
slotted conduit for the reception of traction elements, such as
electric conductors or traction-cables.
This subclass is indented under subclass 140. Apparatus comprising crossings for slotted-conduit railway-track.
The conduit-slot rails enter into the structure.
This subclass is indented under subclass 140. Apparatus comprising transverse yoke or U-beam structure
for support of the track-rails and a slotted conduit.
(1)
Note. This subclass is largely composed of built-up rolled
and cast sectional yokes.
This subclass is indented under subclass 140. Apparatus comprising conduit enlargements and surface trap-doors
for conduits for facilitating the insertion and removal of electric
plow shoes or cable-grippers and devices for handling the trap-doors,
plows, or grippers.
This subclass is indented under subclass 140. Conduit construction provided with slots, in which means
are provided for laterally adjusting the slot-irons to increase
or diminish the width of the slot.
This subclass is indented under subclass 287. Car-propulsion systems in which the power is hydraulic and
propulsion is effected through the cooperation of the car-carried
mechanism and mechanism, such as nozzles and troughs, located along
the trackway.
This subclass is indented under subclass 287. Car-propulsion systems in which the power is pneumatic and
propulsion is effected through the cooperation of the car-carried
mechanism and mechanism located along the trackway and not otherwise
classified below.
Conveyors: Fluid Current, for propulsion of carriers through tubes by means
of a current of air flowing through the tube. Class 104 provides for
similar subject matter having tracks on which the carriers ride through
the tubes.
This subclass is indented under subclass 155. Pneumatic car-propulsion systems in which a car-carried
piston slides in a slotted tube extending longitudinally along the
trackway and is acted upon by air therein for effecting the propulsion
of the car.
This subclass is indented under subclass 155. Mechanism located along the trackway and adapted to cooperate
with car-carried mechanism for charging the air-cylinders of the
car and not otherwise classified below.
This subclass is indented under subclass 158. Moving-car pneumatic motor-charging systems in which a longitudinal
air-supply tube is located along the trackway and is adapted to charge
the car by means of a car-carried receiver adapted to slide in a
slot in said tube.
This subclass is indented under subclass 159. Moving-car pneumatic motor-charging systems, the receiver
being adapted to surround the supply-tube and slide on the outer
surface thereof.
This subclass is indented under subclass 155. Devices for closing the receiver slots in longitudinal air-supply
or piston tubes to prevent the escape of air therefrom and adapted
for movement to allow the passage of the receiver or piston shank
therealong.
This subclass is indented under subclass 165. Car propelling means comprising piston-rods or reciprocating
plungers or rachet-bars located on the track for pushing cars.
This subclass is indented under subclass 162. Pushers comprising horizontal rotary arms or armed wheels
for pushing cars around curves and vertical wheel devices for peripheral engagement
with cars to raise them to a higher level.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railways having rigid track sections horizontally pivoted,
whereby upon tilting of a track section a car may move on the same
by gravity.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Track and rolling stock in which the car-propelling means
consists of a moving element or elements located along the trackway
adapted to engage or be engaged by mechanism on the car for effecting
movement thereof and not otherwise classified below.
This subclass is indented under subclass 165. Car-propelling means in which the moving element in the
road-bed consists of a longitudinally-extending rotary shaft.
This subclass is indented under subclass 165. Car-propelling means in which rotary shafts along the track
are provided with helical or screw surfaces for propelling the car,
on the principle of the screw or worm gear.
This subclass is indented under subclass 165. Car-propelling means in which the moving element in the
road-bed consists of vertically or transversely extending live-rolls
for engagement with car parts.
This subclass is indented under subclass 165. Traction railways in which field farm tools are adapted
to reciprocate transversely of the field by traction and to move
longitudinally thereof at the same time or adapted for transverse
and longitudinal movement independent of each other.
Earth Working,
subclasses 23 through 26.6for earth working implements driven from or guided
by a stationary object. A patent claiming an earth working implement
by name only and concerned with a drive therefor, as defined in
subclass 169, is classified in Class 104. Claiming some manipulation
of the implement additional to traverse over the field or some detail concerned
with earth working causes classification in Class 172.
Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or
Pulling Force,
subclasses 264 through 386for apparatus for hauling or hoisting a load including
a driven device which contacts and either (a) pulls a cable attached
to the load, or (b) travels with the load along a cable.
This subclass is indented under subclass 165. Freight-handling systems in which the freight is distributed
from one point to another, as from car to warehouse, by means of
small trucks operated by traction system, such as traveling cables
or chains.
This subclass is indented under subclass 170. Freight-handling systems in which trucks of the two-wheel
type are adapted to be engaged by traction cables or chains.
This subclass is indented under subclass 165. Car-propelling means in which the moving element along the
trackway effecting the movement of a car comprises a flexible series
of joined links carrying means for selectively engaging a car or
adapted to be selectively engaged by a car-carried mechanism.
This subclass is indented under subclass 172.1. Car-propelling means in which the car carries a movably
attached car-propelling pin or member wwhich is movable through
a guide slot into engagement with a traction chain moving within
a channel disposed behind the guide slot; the weight of the car
and its load, if any, is supported on a floor surface while the
car is propelled and guided along the floor surface by the moving
traction chain.
(1)
Note. Although the drive chain usually moves along a level
below that of the surface which supports the car (i.e., below floor
level), also included herein is a drive chain moving along a level above
the car, in which case the car carries a rather long upwardly extending mast-like
member in order to engage the overhead drive chain.
This subclass is indented under subclass 172.1. Car-propelling means in which the car is always located
directly above the traction chain during the time it is being propelled
thereby.
This subclass is indented under subclass 172.1. Car-propelling means having an overhead rail or track for
supporting and guiding a movable truck thereon, and further having
an overhead traction chain for propelling the truck along the rail
or track, whereby the load carrying parts are suspended or hung
below the truck and the rail or track upon which it runs.
(1)
Note. An overhead conveyor which merely tows or pulls a floor-supported car
therealong is not included herein. To be included in this subclass,
an overhead conveyor must also have an overhead rail which supports
the weight of the car or truck and its load.
This subclass is indented under subclass 165. Car-propelling means in which the moving element along the
trackway effecting the movement of a car comprises a flexible belt
or a thick, heavy, flexible rope or wire which carries means for
selectively engaging a car or adapted to be selectively engaged
by a car-carried mechanism.
Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, appropriate subclasses for methods of, and apparatus
for feeding material without utilizing the leading or trailing ends
to effect movement of the material.
Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or
Pulling Force,
subclasses 264 through 386for apparatus for hauling or hoisting a load including
a driven device which contacts and either (a) pulls a cable attached
to the load, or (b) travels with the load along a cable.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Traction means in which the traction cable is specifically
adapted to pull, haul, or carry skiers particpating in the sport
of skiing from one place to another.
(1)
Note. Although most of the traction cables included herein
are directed to the sport of snow skiing, also included herein are
traction cables directed to the sports of water skiing and surfing.
(2)
Note. Subclasses 174-240, also indented under subclass 173.1,
were not screened upon the creation of this subclass. Therefore,
patents directed to "Ski tow" traction cables
may still be present in subclasses 174-240.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Cable-operated car systems in which cars traveling downgrade
under gravity are adapted to move or assist in moving other cars
upgrade, not classified below.
This subclass is indented under subclass 174. Cable-operated car systems in which cars travelling downgrade
under gravity are adapted to lift a weight, which acting under gravity, moves
or assists in moving other cars upgrade.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Car-haul systems having a pushing car or mule operated by
traction-cables and adapted to engage the railroad cars by means
of a pusher-arm for moving the same. The pusher-arm in many of
these patents is depressible to allow the mule to pass under the
car.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Traction-cable systems in which a mail-carrying car is suspended
from a trackway and adapted to ply between two points, as between a
farmhouse and the road, and in which the car is propelled by cables
operated by means of hand-cranks.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Apparatus for driving and braking railway traction cables
or chains and also controlling means for the driving-motors thereof.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Traction-cable systems in which a single cable is utilized
for both propelling and supporting the cable-car.
This subclass is indented under subclass 180. Traction-cable systems in which the car is adapted to carry
mail and ply between two points, as farmhouse and road, the cable
being operated by means of a hand-crank.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Cable apparatus comprising hangers for load-carrying cables
which are displaceable with respect to the cables to permit the
unobstructed passage of the load-carriers.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Traction-cable systems in which the car is propelled by
means of a single draft cable having one end attached to the car
and the other end adapted to be wound upon a drum operated by hand
or by power.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Special arrangements of traction cables at switches and
modifications in the track-way structure for their adaptation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Special arrangements of traction cables and cable apparatus
at crossing conduits and modifications in the conduit construction
for their adaptation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 185. Cable apparatus having means for depressing the cable of
one line at or near the point where it is crossed by another in
such manner that the grip on the car of the crossing line shall
not come in contact with the cable of the crossed line.
This subclass is indented under subclass 185. Cable apparatus having means for impelling the cars of one
line across the crossing line by means auxiliary to the cable, in
cases where it is necessary temporarily to let go the cable altogether.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Special arrangements of traction cables and cable apparatus
at swing-bridges. This subclass shows the method of passing the
cable across the stream and for propelling the car while on the
bridge.
This subclass is indented under subclass 189. Cable apparatus having means for impelling the car around
the curve auxiliary to the main cable, either to allow a reduction
in speed at the curve or to allow the main cable to continue along
the straight track as the car takes the curve onto a crossing track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 189. Special arrangements involving the construction and arrangement
of horizontal pulleys for guiding a single traction cable around
the curve.
Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components, particularly
subclasses 152 through 165for a positive drive pulley or guide roll; and subclasses
166-199 for a friction drive pulley or guide roll.
This subclass is indented under subclass 189. Cable apparatus having means for conducting the two traction
cables of a double rope-system around a curve without interfering
with each other.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Devices for detachably coupling the end of a draft cable
to a car. This subclass is largely composed of automatic uncoupling
means.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Devices for closing the grip-slots in longitudinal cable
and electric conduits to prevent the admission of dirt therein and
adapted for movement to allow the passage of the grip-shank therealong.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Cable apparatus comprising switches in conduit-slots and
modifications in the conduit construction for their adaptation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Mechanism adapted to regulate the tension in traction cables
during use to take up slack and compensate the variations in the
length occuring from fluctuations of load or weather conditions
or from shifting track conditions.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Cable apparatus comprising supporting pulleys for railway
traction cables and modifications in the track or conduit structure
for their adaptation.
Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components, particularly
subclasses 152 through 165for a positive drive pulley or guide roll; and subclasses
166-199 for a friction drive pulley or guide roll.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Apparatus for switching traction cables, adapted to be placed
within the cable conduit and operating to move the cable out if
its normal position into position to be grasped by the grip-jaws
or to move one cable out of gripping position while shifting another
cable into gripping position.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Apparatus for lifting traction cables adapted to be placed
within the cable conduit and operating to lift the cable from its
normal position up into position to be grasped by the grip-jaws
of the car; also car-carried devices adapted to lift the cable into
gripping position.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Devices in the nature of clips whereby buckets or suspension-cars
may be secured to the cable of tramways for sustaining and carrying
the buckets or cars and not otherwise classified below.
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Cable clips provided with head portions adapted to be inserted
wholly or partly between the shanks of the cables.
This subclass is indented under subclass 173.1. Cable apparatus comprising grasping devices on cable-railway
cars by which a car can be attached to the traction cable or relased
therefrom at will.
Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold,
subclasses 5 through 7for strand-engaging torso harness, and subclasses
10-11 for a carrier supported for movement on an inclined cable.
Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, appropriate subclasses for methods of, and apparatus
for, feeding material without utilizing the leading or trailing
ends to effect movement of the material.
This subclass is indented under subclass 202. Cable apparatus comprising pneumatic power means and controlling
devices therefor for operation of cable-gripping jaws.
This subclass is indented under subclass 202. Devices located along the trackway for causing an application
of car-carried cable-gripping jaws to the traction cable or the
release of said jaws from said cable.
This subclass is indented under subclass 204. Devices having the gripping-jaws operatively connected to
a trip-lever on the car or trolley. The trip-lever being operated
by a stop or ramp located along the track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 204. Devices having pawls locking the grip-control levers to
their ratchet segments and released by the action of track-trips.
This subclass is indented under subclass 204. Devices in which the weight of the trolley load holds the
gripping-jaws to the traction cable and track ramps or trips raise
the trolley-load to release the jaws.
This subclass is indented under subclass 204. Devices in which trip-controlled spring-pressed gripping-jaws
either normally tend to grip the traction cable or normally tend
to release it.
This subclass is indented under subclass 202. Cable apparatus having longitudinal buffers for grip-carriers
on cars to dissipate the abruptness of the jerk when the gripper
engages the running cable.
This subclass is indented under subclass 202. Grippers in which each of the jaws is pivotally, flexibly,
or slidably mounted so as to be movable laterally in a horizontal
sense to engage the cable.
This subclass is indented under subclass 214. Grippers, having end guide-rollers adjacent the jaws for
sustaining the cable while disengaged from the gripping-jaws.
This subclass is indented under subclass 218. Grippers, with links connecting the movable jaw or jaws
with the operating lever and the latter carrying a pawl engaging
a ratcher segment.
This subclass is indented under subclass 218. Grippers with end guide-rollers adjacent the jaws for sustaining
the cable while disengaged from the gripping-jaws.
This subclass is indented under subclass 202. Grippers in which one or both of the gripping-jaw faces
are formed of an endless belt parallel to the running cable, the
endless belts having restricted movement with the traction-cables.
This subclass is indented under subclass 202. Cable apparatus in which the gripper on the car releases
from the traction-cable, raises up, passes over an overlying crossing
cable, and, dropping down again, engages its traction-cable.
This subclass is indented under subclass 227. Apparatus having a recessed wheel associated with the gripper
on the car for passing an overlying cable on a cable-crossing.
This subclass is indented under subclass 202. Cable apparatus in which the cable extending along a trackway
has intermediate its length one or more coils around one or more
drums or pulleys mounted on a vehicle, the vehicle being caused
to move in either direction by relative movement of the cable and
drum or drums.
This subclass is indented under subclass 202. Cable apparatus in which a sprocket-wheel on the car engages
a cable, to which are affixed buttons or stops adapted to engage
the sprocket-wheel.
This subclass is indented under subclass 202. Grippers having one or both faces of the gripping-jaws formed
of sprocket-belts extending parallel to the traction-cable.
This subclass is indented under subclass 202. Cable apparatus comprising car-carried stops and abutments
for engagement with buttons or stops on traction-cables.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices located along the track for controlling the locking
of seat-guards to retain passengers in their seats, as used on amusement railways.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus for preventing cars from becoming derailed and
for safeguarding them after derailment.
(1)
Note. Subject matter under this definition includes track-like
guides for steering a nontrack supported vehicle without the intervention
of a power actuated means.
Motor Vehicles,
subclass 401 for a motor vehicle provided with steering gear
which includes a land-based steering datum and means on the vehicle
for sensing the datum, which means cooperates with a steering motor
on the vehicle for the purpose of controlling the course of the
vehicle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 242. Derailment guards in which the truck or car is provided
with normally inactive wheels, which in case of derailment come
into bearing upon supplemental rails other than the regular traction-rails.
This subclass is indented under subclass 242. Devices comprising a feeler element for a vehicle, said
feeler element being adapted to contact a furrow or channel previously
made in the ground to guide the vehicle on a path determined by
the direction of said furrow or channel.
(1)
Note. The feeler element must not be a load supporting member
such as a load supporting wheel of the vehicle; it must be an added
element for the purpose only of guiding the vehicle. The feeler
element may, however, be a part added to a load supporting wheel
to function as a furrow follower.
(2)
Note. The previously made furrow must not be freshly made
by an earth working element ahead of the feeler. It must have been
made on a previous pass of the apparatus or made by some other apparatus.
(3)
Note. The vehicle may be an earth working implement claimed
by name only.
Earth Working,
subclass 26 for an earth working implement guided by a feeler
element running in a furrow, subclasses 278-291 for earth working implements
with wheel steering means or means for horizontally angling a wheel
axis, subclass 126 for earth marker apparatus, earth markers often
being mounted on a vehicle in a manner similar to that of furrow
followers, subclasses 383-386 for earth working implements with
an angularly adjustable wheel or with means for locking it against
swinging, subclasses 387-394 for an earth working implement with
a wheel substitute, subclasses 395-429 for an earth working implement
with a ground support vertically adjustable relative to the frame,
and subclasses 669-676 for an earth working implement with a wheel.
Land Vehicles,
subclass 87.2 for a land vehicle of the wheeled type provided
with means whereby one or more of its wheels may be steered by an
occupant and wherein the steering means controls also a wheel offset from
the principal supporting wheels of the vehicle, and see the search notes
of that subclass (87.2) for the line with this class (104); and
subclass 776 for a wheeled vehicle of the occupant steered type
wherein bias means is provided for maintaining a steerable wheel
in engagement with an elongate, more or less vertical surface (e.g.,
a curb) for a vehicle-steering purpose.
This subclass is indented under subclass 242. Derailment guards, comprising nonload carrying guide-rollers
for preventing derailment, or the rollers may constitute the sole
guiding means for the vehicle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Derailment guards in which the guide-rollers have interlocking
engagement with the rails to prevent upward movement of the rollers
from the rails.
This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Derailment guards, in which the guide-rollers have horizontal
thrust only, without any restraining means against vertical displacement.
This subclass is indented under subclass 249. Apparatus comprising releasable stops which are removable
from the trackway, so that no obstruction is left for the further
forward movement of the car.
This subclass is indented under subclass 252. Car stops in which there are a plurality of releasable stops
arranged in tandem for feeding out one car at a time.
This subclass is indented under subclass 249. Car-stops comprising wheel-chocks located along the trackway
for engagement with car-wheels and designed to be seated on the
rail or shifted therefrom at will.
This subclass is indented under subclass 249. Car-stops comprising bumpers and chock-blocks adapted to
have sliding engagement with the track when in action.
This subclass is indented under subclass 249. Car-stops comprising chock-blocks adapted to remove the
wheel from contact with the rail and to slide along the same.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices carried by the car and adapted to be dropped to
the track when in operative position to derail the car.
This subclass is indented under subclass 262. Car-replacing devices comprising fixed track parts and supplemental
rails designed to restore derailed wheels to the rails.
This subclass is indented under subclass 262. Car-replacing frog-blocks adapted for use at one side of
a rail and operative in either direction of movement of a car-wheel
over the same.
This subclass is indented under subclass 265. Car-replacing frog-blocks, having antifriction-rollers to
facilitate the lateral shifting of the car-wheels.
This subclass is indented under subclass 262. Car-replacing frog-blocks which are operative in only one
direction of the car-wheel relatively to said block.
This subclass is indented under subclass 268. Car-replacing frog-blocks, the frog-blocks being symmetrical
longitudinally, so that they are applicable to either side of a
rail for operation in the same direction, thus obviating the manufacture
of rights and lefts.
This subclass is indented under subclass 268. Car-replacing devices comprising two frog-blocks connected
together in saddle-like form to seat over a rail-head.
This subclass is indented under subclass 268. Car-replacing devices comprising a ramp or bar pivoted to
a rail-engaging block and forming the track for the derailed wheel.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices for the crossing of railway-tracks by fire-hose,
so as to avoid interference with car movement.
This subclass is indented under subclass 275. Railway hose-bridges for elevation of the hose, so that
it will be carried over the car-track above the car-stops.
Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, for apparatus for cleaning by any of the following operations; brushing,
beating, shaking, shotting, wiping, or the use of a squeegee, particularly
subclasses 54 through 55for rail sweepers.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railways wherein a vehicle adapted to travel along a guideway
is suspended above the guideway by a magnetic field.
This subclass is indented under subclass 281. Propulsion means employed to suspend car: Apparatus wherein
the magnetic field employed to suspend the vehicle above the guideway
is due at least in part to elements employed to move the vehicle
along the guideway.
This subclass is indented under subclass 281. Apparatus wherein the magnetic field is caused solely by
material on the vehicle or guideway having inherent magnetic characteristics,
rather than by an electric current.
This subclass is indented under subclass 281. Apparatus wherein means are provided which either detects
or initiates vertical, lateral, or rotational displacement of the
vehicle with respect to the guideway.
(1)
Note. Suspension systems which display inherent stability
(e.g., repulsive systems) are not proper for this subclass on that
basis alone.
This subclass is indented under subclass 281. Apparatus relating to particular structure or material of
a magnet or reaction surface on the vehicle or guideway.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railways wherein the vehicle is propelled along a guideway
by means carried by a vehicle and cooperating with static structure provided
on a modified guideway.
(1)
Note. A stationary conduit along the guideway which confines
a propelling fluid current is considered to be a "static structure" as
defined above.
This subclass is indented under subclass 287. Apparatus wherein electric current is supplied to either
the vehicle or guideway to propel the vehicle along the guideway.
Electricity: Transmission to Vehicles, appropriate subclasses for devices for electrically
propelled vehicles for transmitting electricity from a conductor
along the guideway to the vehicle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 288. Apparatus wherein either a primary or secondary motor element
of a linear induction motor is carried by the vehicle, and the other
is formed or adjacent on the guideway to mutually propel the vehicle
along the guideway.
Electrical Generator or Motor Structure,
subclasses 12.01 through 12.33for a linear motor, per se. Patents disclosing
a linear motor for use with a railway system and positively claiming
either a vehicle carrying one of the linear motor elements or track
structure in addition to a motor element are properly classified
in Class 104.
Electricity: Motive Power Systems,
subclasses 38 , 135 and 687 for linear motors in combination with
an electrical system. Patents disclosing a linear motor and associated
control system for use with a railway system, and claiming in addition
to the combination either a vehicle or track structure in addition
to a motor element are properly classified in Class 104.
This subclass is indented under subclass 290. Suspension between truck and vehicle body: Apparatus relating
to the particular connection between a portion of the vehicle carrying
the primary or secondary motor element and the remainder of the
vehicle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 290. Apparatus wherein the motor element associated with the
guideway includes a current-carrying conductor for generating a
magnetic field, the current being induced by means other than the
motor element carried by the vehicle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 290. Apparatus wherein means are provided to regulate that distance
between the primary and secondary linear motor elements carried
on the vehicle and guideway.
This subclass is indented under subclass 290. Apparatus relating to specific structure or material of
the primary or secondary element motor of the linear motor.
This subclass is indented under subclass 288. Apparatus wherein means causing propulsion of the vehicle
is controlled from a point externally of the vehicle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 295. Apparatus wherein a vehicle-carried electrical device, other
than a vehicle-propelling motor, is controlled externally of the
vehicle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 296. Apparatus comprising a multiplex system for transmitting
concurrently along a common conductor a signal for operating or
controlling means propelling the vehicle and a signal for operating
or controlling the electrical device.
This subclass is indented under subclass 295. Apparatus wherein the railway is divided into serially arranged
sections electrically insulated from one another, each section provided
with vehicle-controlling means.
This subclass is indented under subclass 295. Apparatus including means for regulating the speed or dispatch
of one vehicle in response to a sensed condition regarding another
vehicle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 295. Apparatus wherein a device, in addition to the propelling
means, is provided on the vehicle to alter the speed of the vehicle
over the guideway.
This subclass is indented under subclass 295. Apparatus wherein means are provided to independently control
propulsion means of a plurality of vehicles guided on a common continuous guideway.
This subclass is indented under subclass 295. Apparatus wherein either (a) means externally of the vehicle
are provided for controlling the direction of movement of the vehicle
along the guideway, or (b) means are provided whereby the polarity
of propulsion current at a propulsion motor is kept constant.
This subclass is indented under subclass 302. Apparatus including a polarity-reversing switch activated
in response to a vehicle passing either a device on or adjacent
the guideway or a modified section of the guideway.
This subclass is indented under subclass 295. Apparatus wherein the vehicle is movable laterally back
and forth across the guideway and means are provided externally
of the vehicle to control the lateral movement.
(1)
Note. Mere pivotal movement of the car as it is propelled
along the guideway is not sufficient to cause classification in this
subclass.
Amusement Devices: Games,
subclasses 58 through 69for portable track structure and steerable cars claimed
in combination with a game feature (e.g., lap counter, clock, plural simultaneous
racing cars, etc.).
This subclass is indented under subclass 295. Apparatus including a groove along the length of the guideway
adapted to be engaged by a protuberance on the vehicle to maintain
the vehicle on the guideway.
Amusement Devices: Games,
subclasses 58 through 69for portable track structure and steerable cars claimed
in combination with a game feature (e.g., lap counter, clock, plural simultaneous
racing cars, etc.).
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railway combined with a railway vehicle support wheel adapted
to roll over a railway rail, the wheel and the rail being modified
for interrelation and cooperation with each other.
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