System for guiding rails on a rail train
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Dec 17, 2013
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Aug 9, 2012
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Feb 9, 2011
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Feb 9, 2011
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Abstract
A system for guiding rails onto a rail train having rail cars with a plurality of vertically spaced rail support shelves includes upwardly opening guide channels extending from funnel members position at the end of the rail car to each shelf in alignment with the outermost rail receiving pockets of each shelf. A guide shoe with a horizontal roller recessed therein and projecting below the bottom of the shoe is mounted on the end of a rail threaded across the shelves and guide channels of the rail support car. An alternative guide shoe further includes vertically extending rollers projecting from the sides of the guide shoe.
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- 2011 Application Filing Year
- B61D Class
- 112 Applications Filed
- 88 Patents Issued To-Date
- 78.58 % Issued To-Date
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- 1 Citation Count
- B61D Class
- 4.55 % this patent is cited more than
- 12 Age
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