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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
May. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ben C. Lamoreaux, Cedar City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Aerobus International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 2/512 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 2/512 ;
Abstract
A system for switching rails that rotates in a horizontal plane about a pivot to direct a vehicle traversing a system of rails along alternate paths is provided. The rail switching system also has a main line connector for providing one vehicle path between two segments of a main line. The rail switching system has a branch line connector for providing an alternate vehicle path between a segment of the main line and a branch line segment. The main line connector and branch line connector are fixed relative to one another and rotate about the pivot as a single unit.