Railway switches and signals – Electric automatic highway signals – mine doors – and gates
Patent
1999-06-18
2000-12-12
Morano, S. Joseph
Railway switches and signals
Electric automatic highway signals, mine doors, and gates
246127, 246292, 246293, 246294, 246295, 49 49, 404 6, B61L 2908
Patent
active
06158696&
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus that prevents motorists from crossing railroad tracks, when the warning gates are down during approaching of a train consists, of a plurality of tire-piercing cogs which are retracted from the ground when the railroad crossing gate is closed. The cogs are arranged across the entire width of the automobile road in order to prevent a motorist from going around the closed gate through the oncoming traffic lane. The piercing cogs are interlocked with a warning visual and/or sound signal which is activated if the vehicle went onto the railroad tracks and stuck on the rails after smashing the closed road gate arm. The cog drive mechanism is located below the ground level, and when the gate is open for normal traffic through the railroad crossing, the cogs are turned into position in which their back surfaces are arranged in flush with the ground level for smooth passage of the vehicles. The power station of the cog drive mechanism is located in a small pit between the lanes of the opposite-direction traffic.
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Jules Frautz
Morano S. Joseph
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