Abrégé

A terminal is designed with a railcar staging area and a railcar transfer apparatus, the railcar transfer apparatus configured to move a railcar to and/or from railcar staging area. The terminal may be further designed with a terminal building where the railcar transfer apparatus is configured to move the railcar between the terminal building and the staging area. The staging area may be provided as two staging areas where the railcar transfer apparatus is configured to move the railcar between two staging areas. The railcar transfer apparatus may include automated railcar transfer device, bridge and shuttle.

Classes IPC  ?

• B61B 1/00 - Aménagement général des gares, des quais ou des voies de garageRéseau des voies ferréesSystèmes de triage des véhicules ferroviaires
• B61J 3/08 - Dispositifs avec barres de poussée à mouvement alternatif ou mécanismes de transmission similaires combinés avec la voie pour manœuvre de triage ou de remorquage des wagons

Abrégé

A terminal is designed with a railcar staging area and a railcar transfer apparatus, the railcar transfer apparatus configured to move a railcar to and/or from railcar staging area. The terminal may be further designed with a terminal building where the railcar transfer apparatus is configured to move the railcar between the terminal building and the staging area. The staging area may be provided as two staging areas where the railcar transfer apparatus is configured to move the railcar between two staging areas. The railcar transfer apparatus may include automated railcar transfer device, bridge and shuttle.

Classes IPC  ?

• B61B 1/00 - Aménagement général des gares, des quais ou des voies de garageRéseau des voies ferréesSystèmes de triage des véhicules ferroviaires
• B61B 3/00 - Systèmes ferroviaires surélevés avec véhicules suspendus
• B61C 17/00 - Aménagement ou disposition des élémentsDétails ou accessoires non prévus ailleursUtilisation de mécanismes ou de systèmes de commande
• B61D 47/00 - Dispositifs de chargement ou déchargement combinés avec le véhicule lui-même, p. ex. plates-formes de chargement
• B61F 5/00 - Détails de structure des bogiesLiaisons entre bogies et châssis du véhiculeAménagements ou dispositifs pour ajuster ou permettre l'auto-ajustement des essieux des roues ou des bogies dans les courbes
• B61G 5/00 - Couplages non prévus ailleurs
• B61J 1/04 - Plaques tournantesButées d'arrêt incorporées du type normal pour chemin de fer

Abrégé

A terminal is designed with a railcar staging area and a railcar transfer apparatus, the railcar transfer apparatus configured to move a railcar to and/or from railcar staging area. The terminal may be further designed with a terminal building where the railcar transfer apparatus is configured to move the railcar between the terminal building and the staging area. The staging area may be provided as two staging areas where the railcar transfer apparatus is configured to move the railcar between two staging areas. The railcar transfer apparatus may include automated railcar transfer device, bridge and shuttle.

Classes IPC  ?

• B61B 1/00 - Aménagement général des gares, des quais ou des voies de garageRéseau des voies ferréesSystèmes de triage des véhicules ferroviaires
• B61C 17/00 - Aménagement ou disposition des élémentsDétails ou accessoires non prévus ailleursUtilisation de mécanismes ou de systèmes de commande
• B61B 3/00 - Systèmes ferroviaires surélevés avec véhicules suspendus
• B61D 47/00 - Dispositifs de chargement ou déchargement combinés avec le véhicule lui-même, p. ex. plates-formes de chargement
• B61F 5/00 - Détails de structure des bogiesLiaisons entre bogies et châssis du véhiculeAménagements ou dispositifs pour ajuster ou permettre l'auto-ajustement des essieux des roues ou des bogies dans les courbes
• B61G 5/00 - Couplages non prévus ailleurs
• B61J 1/04 - Plaques tournantesButées d'arrêt incorporées du type normal pour chemin de fer

Abrégé

A device for transporting freight articles in a ground or rail haul operations comprises a hollow housing including four corner sections, side walls, two center sections defining four openings each disposed between one edge of a center section and an edge of a respective corner section, a bottom portion and a top portion, wherein the two center portions are manufactured from see through or clear material. A door is mounted to selectively open and close a respective opening and swinging outwardly and towards a respective corner portion to selectively open the respective opening. Two channels are provided in the bottom portion, each in open communication with opposite sides of the bottom portion. Four feet or wheels are mounted on the bottom portion. Four receptacles are provided in the top portion, each sized and shaped to receive a foot therewithin.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65G 3/00 - Emmagasinage de matériaux en vrac ou d'objets en vrac, c.-à-d. en désordre
• B65G 63/00 - Transfert ou transbordement aux zones de stockage, aux gares de marchandises ou aux portsInstallations de gares de triage
• B61F 3/08 - Types de bogies avec plus d'un essieu sans essieux ou roues entraînés
• B61B 1/00 - Aménagement général des gares, des quais ou des voies de garageRéseau des voies ferréesSystèmes de triage des véhicules ferroviaires
• B61D 3/04 - Wagons de marchandises découverts ou fourgons avec planchers mobiles, p. ex. pivotants ou planchers pouvant être levés ou abaissés
• B61D 3/00 - Wagons de marchandises découverts ou fourgons
• B65G 67/04 - Chargement des véhicules terrestres

Abrégé

An articulated rail coupler comprises a base member, a female connecting member, a male connecting member, a bearing race, a first bearing seated within the bearing race and defining a vertical axis of rotation, and a second or a coupler bearing configured and sized to be received within a truck bogie bearing bowl. The male connecting member is allowed to rotate relative to the female connecting member about the vertical axis of rotation in a range of about ninety degrees, when the male connecting member and the female connecting member are coupled therebetween by the first bearing.

Classes IPC  ?

• B61F 5/16 - Appuis centraux ou autres liaisons pivotantes entre les châssis et les traverses danseuses ou les bogies

Abrégé

An articulated rail coupler comprises a base member, a female connecting member, a male connecting member, a bearing race, a first bearing seated within the bearing race and defining a vertical axis of rotation, and a second or a coupler bearing configured and sized to be received within a truck bogie bearing bowl. The male connecting member is allowed to rotate relative to the female connecting member about the vertical axis of rotation in a range of about ninety degrees, when the male connecting member and the female connecting member are coupled therebetween by the first bearing.

Classes IPC  ?

• B61F 5/16 - Appuis centraux ou autres liaisons pivotantes entre les châssis et les traverses danseuses ou les bogies

Abrégé

A device for transporting freight articles in a ground or rail haul operations comprises a hollow housing including four corner sections, side walls, two center sections defining four openings each disposed between one edge of a center section and an edge of a respective corner section, a bottom portion and a top portion, wherein the two center portions are manufactured from see through or clear material. A door is mounted to selectively open and close a respective opening and swinging outwardly and towards a respective corner portion to selectively open the respective opening. Two channels are provided in the bottom portion, each in open communication with opposite sides of the bottom portion. Four feet or wheels are mounted on the bottom portion. Four receptacles are provided in the top portion, each sized and shaped to receive a foot therewithin.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65G 67/04 - Chargement des véhicules terrestres
• B65G 63/00 - Transfert ou transbordement aux zones de stockage, aux gares de marchandises ou aux portsInstallations de gares de triage
• B61F 3/08 - Types de bogies avec plus d'un essieu sans essieux ou roues entraînés
• B61B 1/00 - Aménagement général des gares, des quais ou des voies de garageRéseau des voies ferréesSystèmes de triage des véhicules ferroviaires
• B61D 3/04 - Wagons de marchandises découverts ou fourgons avec planchers mobiles, p. ex. pivotants ou planchers pouvant être levés ou abaissés
• B61D 3/00 - Wagons de marchandises découverts ou fourgons