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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Travis Pless, Waddy, KY (US);
Barton DeJarnatt, Lousville, KY (US);
Assignee:
SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 29/04 (2006.01); E01F 13/06 (2006.01); E06B 3/92 (2006.01); E05F 15/646 (2015.01); E05F 15/643 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 29/04 (2013.01); E01F 13/06 (2013.01); E05F 15/643 (2015.01); E05F 15/646 (2015.01); E06B 3/921 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for operating a gate arm of a railroad crossing gate is provided. The system includes a lever, a spring attached to an extendable gate arm, a cable mechanism including a cable and a crossing mechanism. The lever is movably coupled to the cable and the spring is coupled to the cable. The lever is coupled to the crossing mechanism and the cable is coupled to the crossing mechanism. The cable mechanism is configured to extend and retract the extendable gate arm and the lever is configured to enable the spring to pull the extendable arm out from a retracted position.