Railways – Derailment guards – Guide rollers
Patent
1978-04-18
1980-05-27
Love, John J.
Railways
Derailment guards
Guide rollers
116 34R, 116DIG27, 246171, 301 39T, B61B 1500
Patent
active
042044782
ABSTRACT:
A rubber tired transportation vehicle for use in a mass transit system is provided with a disc member positioned adjacent to at least one vehicle support pneumatic tire operative with a condition sensing apparatus to detect the occurrence of a flat tire condition and to limit the vehicle axle drop in the event of a resulting loss of desired vehicle support because of that flat tire condition.
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The Railway Gazzett "Detectors for Accident Prevention" p. 241, Oct. 2, 1959.
Brodahl R. G.
Love John J.
Weaver Ross
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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