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US 12,539,901 B2Granted
Reverse angled point slider
OwnerTobin Spohr, Franck Barresiinventors
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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.
Claims12
A switching apparatus including a point indicator comprising:
- a pair of stock rails comprising a first rail and a second rail;
- a pair movable points comprising a first point and a second point;
- a switch rod for moving the pair of movable points between an open position and a closed position,
- wherein a surface of the first point contacts the first rail in the closed position and a surface of the second point contacts the second rail in the open position;
- an indicator rod connected to the first point at a first sliding interface and to the second point at a second sliding interface,
- wherein the first sliding interface is parallel to the surface of the first point, and
- wherein the second sliding interface is parallel to the surface of the second point;
- a first block disposed between the first sliding surface and the first point;
- and
- a second block disposed between the second sliding surface and the second point, wherein the first block and the second block each has non-parallel sides.
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A switching apparatus comprising:
- a pair of stock rails comprising a first rail and a second rail;
- a pair movable points comprising a first point and a second point;
- a switch rod for moving the pair of movable points between an open position and a closed position,
- wherein a surface of the first point contacts the first rail in the closed position and a surface of the second point contacts the second rail in the open position;
- an indicator rod connected to the first point at a first sliding interface and to the second point at a second sliding surface,
- wherein the first sliding interface is non-parallel to an inner surface of the first point,
- wherein the second sliding interface is non-parallel to an inner surface of the second point;
- a first block disposed between the first sliding surface and the first point;
- and
- a second block disposed between the second sliding surface and the second point, wherein the first block and the second block each has non-parallel sides.
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A switching apparatus comprising:
- a pair of stock rails comprising a first rail and a second rail;
- a pair movable points comprising a first point and a second point;
- a switch rod for moving the pair of movable points between an open position and a closed position,
- wherein a surface of the first point contacts the first rail in the closed position and a surface of the second point contacts the second rail in the open position;
- an indicator rod connected to the first point at a first sliding interface and to the second point at a second sliding surface,
- wherein the first sliding interface is non-parallel to the second sliding interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.