Railway switches and signals – Block-signal systems – Semi-automatic
Patent
1994-03-07
1995-11-21
Oberleitner, Robert J.
Railway switches and signals
Block-signal systems
Semi-automatic
246 24, 246187B, B61L 2104
Patent
active
054679451
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to an improved block control for controlling a train safely and efficiently along a railway system. The apparatus includes a mechanism for designating a train route, a mechanism for assigning a feeder section along the designated train route to a desired substation, a mechanism for locking an assigned feeder section to a desired substation and for preventing unlocking of that assignment until predetermined conditions are met, a mechanism for designating a traveling direction of the train along the assigned feeder section, and a mechanism for controlling operation of the train along a designated control route. The invention also relates to a mechanism for enlarging a control route, a mechanism for unlocking the assigned feeder sections and substations, a mechanism for checking a determined control route, a mechanism for changing the borders of a feeder section, and a mechanism for selectively communicating received data to the correct substation to facilitate control of the train. The invention also relates to a method concerning the same.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4348618 (1982-09-01), Nakamura et al.
patent: 5125347 (1992-06-01), Takahashi et al.
Kato Shinichiro
Kubota Kiyoto
Takeuchi Hiroto
Central Japan Railway Company
Morano S. Joseph
Oberleitner Robert J.
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