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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2007
Andrew Lawrence Ruggiero, Lee Summit, MO (US);
John Charles Hounschell, 2nd, Grain Valley, MO (US);
Mark J. Bartonek, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Andrew Lawrence Ruggiero, Lee Summit, MO (US);
John Charles Hounschell, 2nd, Grain Valley, MO (US);
Mark J. Bartonek, Blue Springs, MO (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for verifying the operation of a railroad gate is provided. The system includes a tilt device for measuring a tilt of the railroad gate and a controller coupled to the tilt device. The controller is selectively operable in a calibration mode and a monitoring mode. In the calibration mode, the controller measures a predetermined tilt of the railroad gate. In the monitoring mode, the controller measures a current tilt of the railroad gate to determine deviations between the current tilt and the predetermined tilt.