Switch mechanism

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1983-01-10

1985-06-11

Reese, Randolph

Railways

Switches

For toothed rail

E01B 2512

Patent

active

045221286

ABSTRACT:
A switching mechanism for use in a transit system employing vehicles (10) traveling on a guideway (12), the switching mechanism includes forward and rearward switching subassemblies each having upper (32) and lower (36) switch arms. The upper switch arms include switching wheels (34) which selectively engage switch channels (42) positioned on opposite sides of the guideway to cause the vehicle to follow a selected path on the guideway (12).

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Pages 61, 63 and 69 from Personal Rapid Transit III, published by the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jun. 1976.

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