Wildlife exclusion systems and methods for railway tracks
AssigneeCrossTek Electrified Barriers, LLC
InventorTimothy Hazlehurst
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Abstract
A wildlife exclusion system for railway tracks is provided which includes an exclusion arrangement positioned to span across the railway tracks at a location along a length of the railway tracks. The exclusion arrangement extends generally perpendicular to the railway tracks and has a series of conductive elements spaced apart from each other to form an exclusion are configured to provide an electric shock to wild animals when particular conductive elements within the exclusion area are bridged thereby. Methods of installing a wildlife exclusion system and methods of discouraging wild animals from traveling along railway tracks are also provided.
Claims17
A wildlife exclusion system, the wildlife exclusion system comprising:
- an exclusion arrangement including a series of conductive elements supported in a stationary manner and spaced apart from each other with insulating material between the conductive elements to form an exclusion area having a plurality of distinct sets of conductive elements that are electrically insulated from each other by the insulating material and form an open circuit, and being configured to provide an electric shock to wild animals when particular conductive elements from the plurality of distinct sets of conductive elements within the exclusion area are bridged thereby to close the open circuit;
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- an arrangement of conductive material installed in ground adjacent to the exclusion arrangement and unconnected to a voltage source to increase the conductivity of the ground immediately adjacent to the exclusion arrangement for contact by animal wildlife on the ground of increased conductivity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.