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Platform screen doors

Patent Number: 8109214
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Tate, Derek; Bradley, Ross

An apparatus and method for controlling the operation of a screen door system. The apparatus includes a first transceiver adapted to be mounted on a train, a second transceiver adapted to be mounted on either a train platform or a portion of the platform screen door system. The first and second transceivers are configured to communicate with each other such that when a train is stopped at the train platform within a predetermined distance of and adjacent to a door of the platform screen ...

Device attached to guided vehicle to remove obstacles on guideway

Patent Number: 8104408
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Kanemori, Toru; Mitsui, Yoshinori; Katahira, Kousuke

An obstacle-removing device having brushes that can be retracted when the device is at the rear side in the traveling direction of the vehicle. The device includes a vertical frame positioned to the leading end in the traveling direction of the vehicle, and a lifting/lowering device attached to the vertical frame to lift and lower a brush holder having brushes and attached to a vertically movable member which can be lifted and lowered by the lifting/lowering device. The brush holder is ...

Monorail sortation system

Patent Number: 8100058
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventor: Austin, Robert

A universal cross belt sorter system (1) consisting of four major components: a monorail track (26), a drive car (20), multiple cross belt cars (24) and system controls. The drive cars (20) pull multiple cross belt cars (24) along the track (26). The cross belt cars (24) are typically loaded with material, which is then discharged into outlets. An outlet may be a chute, a bin, a conveyor, a truck, etc. Sortation systems are typically ...