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Monorail transport system

US5219395A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 24, 1992
Grant dateJun 15, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 24, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE01B25/12
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A monorail public transport system utilizing a plurality of independent cars that circulate a main route with shunting of select cars to passenger loading stations without substantial interference of the continuous circulation of the remaining cars on a circuitous main route, wherein the shunting is accomplished by a high-speed switching mechanism having multiple segmented articulated rails having one segment that is pivotally anchored for pivoting the rail.

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