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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:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Maurizio Biagiotti, Pisa, IT;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 7/00 ;
Abstract
A switch machine for a railroad switch provided with two switch points interconnected by transverse bars, including a fixed housing mounted between the switch points; two operating rods extending from the housing to the switch points; a shifting body within the housing, capable of sliding relative to the housing to simultaneously displace the operating rods; a control rod to displace the shifting body between two end stroke points; and engagement device within the housing for selectively engaging the operating rods to the housing at the two end stroke points.