Method and apparatus for applying railway ballast

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7152347
APP PUB NO 20050278982A1
SERIAL NO

10870843

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A method and apparatus for spreading ballast along railways makes use of an inertial measurement system to determine where to apply ballast from a hopper car. A variety of techniques can be used to determine the location and speed of the ballast spreading train, including manual or automated visual techniques, laser technology, radar technology, radio frequency transponders, magnetic sensor, thermal imaging and aerial photogrammetry. The invention also contemplates 'on the fly' surveys and terrain profiling using lasers or radar.

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HERZOG CONTRACTING CORP600 S RIVERSIDE ROAD ST JOSEPH MO 64507

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  • 2004 Application Filing Year
  • E02F Class
  • 136 Applications Filed
  • 73 Patents Issued To-Date
  • 53.68 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bedingfield, Stephen Savannah, MO 4 55
Bounds, Ivan E Lake Havasu City, AZ 36 413
Harris, Pat Lenexa, KS 3 237
Herzog, Stanley M St. Joseph, MO 22 225
Laughlin, Dan Platte City, MO 2 54
Pogglemiller, Randy Easton, MO 2 54
Schmitz, Ron Clarksdale, MO 4 61
Shirk, Tony Clarksdale, MO 10 69

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