Rerailer apparatus
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1. A retailer apparatus for installation in a rail car comprising:
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at least two vertical lifting members connected to said foot and adapted to be connected to the rail car for lifting the rail car vertically, wherein each said vertical lifting member is adapted to be pivotally connected to the rail car and is pivotally connected to said foot;
a lateral movement mechanism which is adapted to allow the rail car to move laterally relative to said foot once said foot is lowered and the rail car is lifted; and
a control device to control the operation of said vertical lifting members and said lateral movement mechanism.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a rerailer apparatus that can be installed in a rail car for rerailing the rail car if it derails. The rerailer includes two vertical lifting members which are suspended from the rail car and are connected to a foot. These lifting members are used to lift the rail car vertically when the lifting members are extended and the foot contacts a support surface. A lateral movement member integrated with the vertical lifting members and the foot is used to move the lifted rail car laterally.
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1. A retailer apparatus for installation in a rail car comprising:
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a foot; at least two vertical lifting members connected to said foot and adapted to be connected to the rail car for lifting the rail car vertically, wherein each said vertical lifting member is adapted to be pivotally connected to the rail car and is pivotally connected to said foot; a lateral movement mechanism which is adapted to allow the rail car to move laterally relative to said foot once said foot is lowered and the rail car is lifted; and a control device to control the operation of said vertical lifting members and said lateral movement mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A rail car having a self-contained rerailing system comprising:
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a bumper on each end of said rail car; a rerailer suspended in each bumper of said rail car, wherein said rerailer comprises i) a foot, ii) at least two vertical lifting members connected between said rail car and said foot for lifting said rail car vertically, wherein each said vertical lifting member is pivotally connected to said rail car and is pivotally connected to said foot, and iii) a lateral movement member which allows said rail car to move laterally relative to said foot once said foot is lowered and said rail car is lifted; and a control device mounted on each bumper to control an associated rerailer in said bumper where said control device is mounted, wherein said control device controls the operation of said vertical lifting members and said lateral movement members. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A rerailer apparatus for installation as a part of a rail car comprising:
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a foot; at least two vertical hydraulic cylinders for lifting the rail car vertically, each hydraulic cylinder adapted to be connected to the rail car pivotally at a first point and connected to said foot pivotally at a second point; an extendable leg enclosing each of said vertical hydraulic cylinders having an outer section adapted to be pivotally connected to the rail car at said first pivot point with said enclosed vertical hydraulic cylinder and having an inner section pivotally connected to said foot at said second pivot point with said enclosed vertical hydraulic cylinder, and said intersection slidable within said outer section so said legs may extend as said vertical hydraulic cylinders extend; at least two angled hydraulic cylinders connected to said legs and adapted to be connected to the rail car, each of said angled hydraulic cylinders connected to said inner section of said leg near said second pivot point and said angled hydraulic cylinders diverging from each other toward each leg, wherein each of said hydraulic cylinders extends and retracts opposite of each other; and a control device to control the operation of said vertical and angled hydraulic cylinders. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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Litigation Data
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Current AssigneeBrookville Equipment Corporation
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Original AssigneeBrookville Mining Equipment Corporation
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InventorsDinger, John M., Saver, Larry J.
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Primary Examiner(s)Morano, S. Joseph
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Application NumberUS08/668,782Time in Patent Office673 DaysField of Search104/262, 104/263, 104/272, 104/273, 254/418, 254/423US Class Current104/263CPC Class CodesB61K 5/02 Devices secured to the vehi...
