Recording system for vehicle traffic

• US 3,176,125 A
• Filed: 05/29/1961
• Issued: 03/30/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Willis R. Smith
• Original Assignee: Willis R. Smith
• Inventors: Smith, Willis R.
• Application Number:
  US04/113,302
• Time in Patent Office: 1,401 Days
• US Class Current: 246/123
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 25/04 Indicating or recording train identities
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 25/06 Indicating or recording the setting of track apparatus, e.g. of points, of signals

Claims

11. A RECORDING SYSTEM FOR PRINTING ARRIVAL TIMES ON A RECORD SHEET AT A CONTROL OFFICE OF A VEHICLE WHEN IT ARRIVES AT FIELD STATIONS AT THE ENDS OF PASSING SIDINGS IN A SINGLE TRACK RIGHT-AWAY COMPRISING, NORMALLY AT REST CODE COMMUNICATION MEANS CONNECTING A CONTROL OFFICE AND THE FIELD STATIONS OPERABLE THROUGH A CYCLE OF OPERATION TO COMMUNICATE AN INDICATION TO THE CONTROL OFFICE IN RESPONSE TO THE ARRIVAL OF A VEHICLE AT ONE OF THE PASSING SIDINGS, TRACKING MEANS AT THE CONTROL OFFICE FOR INDENTIFYING AND TRACKING THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE SEVERAL FIELD STATIONS ALONG THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND RECORDING MEANS AT THE CONTROL OFFICE RESPONSIVE TO AN INDICATION RECEIVED FROM A FIELD STATION BY SAID CODE COMMUNICATION MEANS FOR TYPING THE ARRIVAL TIME OF THE VEHICLE ON A RECORD SHEET IN A POSITION SELECTED BY SAID TRACKING MEANS.