Mobile apparatus for determining the lateral position of a railr

Details Mobile apparatus for determining the lateral position of a railr Mobile apparatus for determining the lateral position of a railr

1982-01-04

1984-12-25

Buczinski, S. C.

Optics: measuring and testing

Range or remote distance finding

With photodetection

33338, 356 1, 356 4, G01C 308, E01B 3502

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active

044900384

ABSTRACT:
A mobile apparatus for determining the lateral position of a railroad track with respect to an adjacent railroad track without physical contact with the adjacent railroad track and for indicating the determined lateral position, which comprises a carriage mounted for movement along the railroad track, a laser beam emitting and receiving instrument mounted on the carriage for focussing on the adjacent railroad track and fixed parts of the right of way to measure the distance thereof from the instrument, the instrument having coincident optical axes for emitting and receiving the laser beam and said axes extending in a transverse plane perpendicular to the track, and means for indicating the measured distance.

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patent: 4180322 (1979-12-01), Farcinade
patent: 4259018 (1981-03-01), Poirier

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