Carrier control systems

• US 3,227,096 A
• Filed: 07/03/1961
• Issued: 01/04/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Henry A. Gorjanc
• Original Assignee: Henry A. Gorjanc
• Inventors: Gorjanc, Henry A.
• Application Number:
  US04/121,655
• Time in Patent Office: 1,646 Days
• US Class Current: 104/88.06
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 23/005 Automatic control or safety means for points for operator-less railway, e.g. transportation systems

Claims

1. IN A CARRIER SYSTEM, A TRACKWAY INCLUDING A FIRST TRACK AND A PLURALITY OF SECOND TRACKS BRANCHING FROM SAID FIRST TRACK, A CARRIER MOVABLE ALONG SAID TRACKWAY, A PLURALITY OF TRACK SWITCHED MOVABLE FROM A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH SAID CARRIER IS PERMITTED TO PASS ON SAID FIRST TRACK TO A SECOND POSITION IN WHICH SAID CARRIER IS DIRECTED ONTO ONE OF SAID SECOND TRACKS, A PLURALITY OF CONTROL AREAS LOCATED AT SPACED POINTS ALONG EACH OF SAID SECOND TRACKS, A FIRST SELECTOR SETTABLE TO SELECT WHICH OF SAID TRACK SWITCHES IS TO MOVED TO ITS SAID SECOND POSITION AND INCLUDING AT LEAST A PAIR OF SELECTOR MEMBERS HAVING A PLURALITY OF FIRST CIRCUITS THEREBETWEEN, EACH OF SAID FIRST CIRCUITS BEING EFFECTIVE WHEN COMPLETED TO CAUSE MOVEMENT OF A DIFFERENT TRACK SWITCH TO DIRECT SAID CARRIER ONTO A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID SECOND TRACKS, A SECOND SELECTOR SETTABLE TO SELECT AT WHICH OF SAID CONTROL AREAS A PREDETERMINED FUNCTION IS TO BE PERFORMED AND INCLUDING AT LEAST A PAIR OF SELECTOR MEMBERS HAVING A PLURALITY OF SECOND CIRCUITS THEREBETWEEN, EACH OF SAID SECOND CIRCUITS BEING EFFECTIVE WHEN COMPLETED TO CAUSE A PREDETERMINED OPERATION TO BE PERFORMED AT ONE OF SAID CONTROL AREAS, AND CONTROL MEANS FOR COMPLETED SAID FIRST AND SECOND CIRCUITS INCLUDING CIRCUIT MAKE AND BREAK DEVICES ON SAID CARRIER HAVING CONTACTS MEANS IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND CIRCUITS, DISTINGUISHABLE MEANS ALONG SAID FIRST TRACK POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID TRACK SWITCHED IN FIRST PREDETERMINED CODE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ACTUATING SAID CIRCUIT MAKE AND BREAK DEVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID PREDETERMINED CODE ARRANGEMENTS INCLUDING CONTROL MEANS ON SAID CARRIER OPERABLE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS, SAID CONTROL MEANS WHEN IN ITS FIRST POSITION CONNECTING SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF CIRCUITS FOR OPERATION AND DISCONNECTING SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF CIRCUITS, AND WHEN IN ITS SECOND POSITION CONNECTING SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF CIRCUITS FOR OPERATION AND DISCONNECTING SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF CIRCUITS, RESPECTIVELY, AND TRIP MEANS ALONG SAID SECOND TRACKS AND POSITIONED IN ADVANCE OF SAID CONTROL AREAS THEREALONG FOR ACTUATING SAID CONTROL MEANS FROM ITS FIRST TO ITS SECOND POSITION.