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US 11,661,094 B2Granted
Reverse angled point slider
AssigneeVossloh Signaling USA, Inc.
InventorsTobin Spohr, Franck Barresi
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Abstract
A switching apparatus comprising a point detector connecting rod connected at one end to a switch machine and to at least one point at the opposite end. The point detector connecting rod is attached to the point via an angled block that permits a sliding motion relative to the point.
Claims3
A switching apparatus including a point indicator comprising:
- an angled stock rail,
- a movable point,
- a switch rod for switching the movable point between an open position and a closed position,
- an indicator rod connected to the movable point by a pair of interconnecting blocks slidably engaged with each other,
- wherein a first interconnecting block of the pair of interconnecting blocks is connected to the movable point and has a sliding surface parallel to the angled stock rail where the angled stock rail contacts the movable point, and
- wherein a second interconnecting block of the pair of interconnecting blocks is connected to the switch rod.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.