Derailing system
AssigneeWestinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
InventorJarred Michael Pollock
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Abstract
A derailing system includes a derailer device and an electronic communication unit. The derailer device includes a directional derail block extending from a base and including a wheel deflecting surface arranged at an angle less than or equal to about 13 degrees with regard to a longitudinal axis of the track and designed to deflect the wheel away from the track. The electronic communication unit is configured for attachment to the derailer device and to communicate location data of the derailer device and/or installation status data of the derailer device to a remote computing unit.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a derailer device comprising:
- a first derail block extending from a base and including a wheel deflecting surface, the wheel deflecting surface configured to be arranged at a first angle relative to a longitudinal axis of a track when the derailer device is attached to the track and configured to deflect a wheel of a vehicle away from and off the track, the first angle less than or equal to about 13 degrees;
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- at least three clamping mechanisms positioned along the base and configured to engage with a rail of the track on a side of the track opposite the wheel deflecting surface and toward which the wheel is deflected by the wheel deflecting surface, with each of the at least three clamping mechanisms spaced apart from one another so as to enable forces to be dispersed as the wheel is deflected away from and off the track;
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- an electronic communication unit attached to the derailer device and configured to communicate at least one of location data of the derailer device and/or installation status data of the derailer device to a remote computing unit.
A system comprising:
- a derailer device comprising:
- a first derail block extending from a base and including a wheel deflecting surface, the wheel deflecting surface configured to be arranged at a first angle relative to a longitudinal axis of a track when the derailer device is attached to the track and configured to deflect a wheel of a vehicle away from and off the track;
- plural clamping mechanisms positioned along the base,
- wherein each of the clamping mechanisms is configured to exert a clamping force on a section of a rail of the track, on a yard side of the track that is opposite the wheel deflecting surface and toward which the wheel is deflected by the wheel deflecting surface;
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- an electronic communication unit configured for attachment to the derailer device and configured to communicate at least one of location data of the derailer device and/or installation status data of the derailer device to a remote computing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.