Railway rolling stock – Special car bodies – Dumping
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-24
2001-09-11
Morano, S. Joseph (Department: 3617)
Railway rolling stock
Special car bodies
Dumping
C105S280000, C105S284000, C105S286000, C105S299000, C105S304000, C404S080000, C404S084200, C404S101000, C052S749130, C052S749100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06286436
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to cement dispensing machinery and more particularly pertains to a new mobile cement laying machine for delivering concrete via tracks to areas which are difficult to access by truck.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of cement dispensing machinery is known in the prior art. More specifically, cement dispensing machinery heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 3,969,056; U.S. Pat. No. 4,207,041; U.S. Pat. No. 4,217,065; U.S. Pat. No. 4,280,800; U.S. Pat. No. 2,201,534; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 344,736.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new mobile cement laying machine. The inventive device includes a carriage with a front end and a back end. A hopper is mounted to an upper side of the carriage toward the front end of the carriage. The hopper has an open top, and a slot providing a lower opening into the hopper for dispensing cement from the hopper. A gate substantially closes the slot of the hopper. A pair of first rail wheels are coupled to the carriage towards the front end of the carriage. A pair of second rail wheels are coupled to the carriage towards the back end of the carriage.
In these respects, the mobile cement laying machine according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of delivering concrete via tracks to areas which are difficult to access by truck.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of cement dispensing machinery now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new mobile cement laying machine construction wherein the same can be utilized for delivering concrete via tracks to areas which are difficult to access by truck.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new mobile cement laying machine apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the cement dispensing machinery mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new mobile cement laying machine which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art cement dispensing machinery, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a carriage with a front end and a back end. A hopper is mounted to an upper side of the carriage toward the front end of the carriage. The hopper has an open top and a slot providing a lower opening into the hopper for dispensing cement from the hopper. A gate substantially closes the slot of the hopper. A pair of first rail wheels are coupled to the carriage towards the front end of the carriage. A pair of second rail wheels are coupled to the carriage towards the back end of the carriage.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new mobile cement laying machine apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the cement dispensing machinery mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new mobile cement laying machine which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art cement dispensing machinery, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new mobile cement laying machine which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new mobile cement laying machine which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new mobile cement laying machine which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such mobile cement laying machine economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new mobile cement laying machine which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new mobile cement laying machine for delivering concrete via tracks to areas which are difficult to access by truck.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new mobile cement laying machine which includes a carriage with a front end and a back end. A hopper is mounted to an upper side of the carriage toward the front end of the carriage. The hopper has an open top and a slot providing a lower opening into the hopper for dispensing cement from the hopper. A gate substantially closes the slot of the hopper. A pair of first rail wheels are coupled to the carriage towards the front end of the carriage. A pair of second rail wheels are coupled to the carriage towards the back end of the carriage.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new mobile cement laying machine that may be used during road construction to help avoid traffic disruption. Rails on which the invention travels are laid on the opposite side of the lane being constructed as the lane of traffic.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new mobile cement laying machine that significantly reduces the amount of labor required to lay concrete in and around railroad tracks.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with par
Jules Frantz F.
Morano S. Joseph
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