Apparatus for continuously measuring the position of a moving rail vehicle
US5740992A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 11, 1997 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01B7/003
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A measuring stretch along a railway track of a transloading system has an array of switches with respective sensors positioned for engagement by a wheel of a railway carriage. The lateral displacement of the railway carriage wheel is prevented by a guide disposed along the rail at the level of the head at a distance of 30 to 50 mm from the head of the rail. The row of switches can be provided on the opposite side of this rail. The switches synchronize a transloader with the rail vehicle via a computer to which the switches are operatively connected.
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