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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 1979
Filed:
May. 30, 1978
William R Segar, Monroeville, PA (US);
Robert A Larson, Monroeville, PA (US);
Alleyne C Howell, Jr, Fairfield, CT (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A power collection apparatus is disclosed for the purpose of power distribution from a central power supply to the propulsion motors of at least one mass transit vehicle operative with a predetermined roadway track, including one or more rail gaps and/or crossover switches, to permit the vehicle to transfer from one section to a second section of that roadway track. The power collection apparatus includes collector support apparatus carried by each vehicle and designed to be operative with a rail support member for three individual phase power rails, a ground rail and a signal rail, permitting high speed vehicle passage through a rail gap and a crossover switch.