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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:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Admir Mesalic, Erie, PA (US);
Arthur Lee Wheeler, Erie, PA (US);
Bret Dwayne Worden, Union City, PA (US);
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Erie, PA (US);
Mirza Aref Ahmed Baig, Erie, PA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61F 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61F 1/900 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for clearing a railroad track of contaminants, such as snow, including a control system for providing control signals to a compressed air system mounted on a locomotive based on a plurality of predetermined conditions. A learning system evaluates the effects of railroad track clearing and provides input for activating the railroad track clearing system.