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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert D Douglas, Neptune Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L / ; G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2461 / ; 2461 / ; 250340 ; 250342 ; 340584 ; 340600 ; 340682 ;
Abstract
A train monitoring system for detecting hot boxes, dragging equipment and the like at the rail site, determining the location on the train of a monitored defect and annunciating the defect and location from a digital automated voice generator to the train crew as well as along a telephone line to a central location. Recording of the defect with time and date of same is provided. The system also has provision for self check via an external simulated train.