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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:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2005
Applicants:
Augustus Brown, Kearney, MO (US);
Wallace M. Catanach, Iii, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Andrew Ruggiero, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Michael Voth, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Brandi Wood, Kansas City, MO (US);
Inventors:
Augustus Brown, Kearney, MO (US);
Wallace M. Catanach, III, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Andrew Ruggiero, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Michael Voth, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Brandi Wood, Kansas City, MO (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for sensing movement of a point rail away from a stock rail by a selected distance, by closing a switch to shunt a track circuit, with means for resetting the apparatus to open the switch only after manual resetting of the point rail.