GB798538A - Improvements relating to apparatus for identifying railway vehicles - Google Patents

Improvements relating to apparatus for identifying railway vehicles

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GB798538A
GB798538A GB849455A GB849455A GB798538A GB 798538 A GB798538 A GB 798538A GB 849455 A GB849455 A GB 849455A GB 849455 A GB849455 A GB 849455A GB 798538 A GB798538 A GB 798538A
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radiation
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GB849455A
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Colin Dean
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Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co Ltd
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Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
    • B61L1/00—Devices along the route controlled by interaction with the vehicle or train
    • B61L1/16—Devices for counting axles; Devices for counting vehicles
    • B61L1/163—Detection devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01J—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J23/00—Catalysts comprising metals or metal oxides or hydroxides, not provided for in group B01J21/00
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
    • B61L25/00—Recording or indicating positions or identities of vehicles or trains or setting of track apparatus
    • B61L25/02—Indicating or recording positions or identities of vehicles or trains
    • B61L25/04—Indicating or recording train identities
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01J—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J23/00—Catalysts comprising metals or metal oxides or hydroxides, not provided for in group B01J21/00
    • B01J23/90—Regeneration or reactivation

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
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  • Geophysics And Detection Of Objects (AREA)
  • Analysing Materials By The Use Of Radiation (AREA)

Abstract

798,538. Identifying railway vehicles. METROPOLITAN-VICKERS ELECTRICAL CO., Ltd. March 15, 1956 [March 23, 1955], No. 8494/55. Class 105. [Also in Group XL (b)] Railway vehicle identification equipment comprises on the track radiation sources, e.g. radio-active elements such as Sr90+Y90 or Cs137 or sources radiating wave energy in the visible or infra-red part of the spectrum, each arranged to transmit to its associated radiation detector, e.g. Geiger-Muller tubes and, on the vehicle to be identified, a series of discrete radiation absorbent screens adapted to intercept selectively and preferably simultaneously, the radiations from the sources to the detectors to produce signals from the selected detectors which are applied to storage equipment for application eventually to obtain an identity indication, e.g. on a binary digit counter. The signal receiving apparatus, normally ineffective, is rendered effective by the imminent approach of a vehicle for example by a single radiation source carried by the vehicle and arranged to co-operate with an appropriate detector on the track to provide a signal which is used to render the simultaneously operating signal receiving equipments effective at the correct instant as by opening gating devices to such equipments. This single radiation source with its detector may be adapted to provide a signal for a vehiclecounting apparatus. As shown, the radiation sources 3 are mounted in a horizontal line parallel to movement of the vehicle, but they may also be arranged vertically, between the rails, opposite the orifices of detector devices 5 accommodated in a detector housing 4 of suitable radiation absorbent material, e.g. lead. The vehicle 10 to be identified has a device 7 to hold strips 8 of radiation absorbent material rigidly to the vehicle, the strips 8 being arranged to produce a binary number corresponding to the identity number of the vehicle. A single radio-active source 9 affects a detector 12, the signal from which opens gates to allow signals from the detectors 5 to pass into storage equipment 6 and thence to produce the identity indication. When gamma rays are used the detectors may comprise sodium iodide crystals. For detection of beta-rays an open-ended window-type counter such as the applicant Company's halogen quenched-type B.12.H may be used.
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Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3126837A (en) * 1964-03-31 Conveyor dispatch system
US3168268A (en) * 1960-12-21 1965-02-02 Westinghouse Air Brake Co Train identification systems
US3168053A (en) * 1959-12-15 1965-02-02 Ass Ouvriers Instr Precision Control of conveyors
US3227882A (en) * 1962-01-05 1966-01-04 Bissett Berman Corp Identification system using repetitively modulated infrared energy
US3238358A (en) * 1961-09-11 1966-03-01 Worth G Read Method and apparatus of identifying railroad cars
US3248521A (en) * 1958-09-12 1966-04-26 Gen Signal Corp Highway vehicle reporting system
US3316392A (en) * 1962-11-13 1967-04-25 Gen Electric Coded automatic identification system
US3388237A (en) * 1962-08-28 1968-06-11 Worth G. Read Method and means of automatically processing information contained on railroad cars
US3571569A (en) * 1962-10-15 1971-03-23 Eric W Leaver Car identification system

Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3126837A (en) * 1964-03-31 Conveyor dispatch system
US3248521A (en) * 1958-09-12 1966-04-26 Gen Signal Corp Highway vehicle reporting system
US3168053A (en) * 1959-12-15 1965-02-02 Ass Ouvriers Instr Precision Control of conveyors
US3168268A (en) * 1960-12-21 1965-02-02 Westinghouse Air Brake Co Train identification systems
US3238358A (en) * 1961-09-11 1966-03-01 Worth G Read Method and apparatus of identifying railroad cars
US3227882A (en) * 1962-01-05 1966-01-04 Bissett Berman Corp Identification system using repetitively modulated infrared energy
US3388237A (en) * 1962-08-28 1968-06-11 Worth G. Read Method and means of automatically processing information contained on railroad cars
US3571569A (en) * 1962-10-15 1971-03-23 Eric W Leaver Car identification system
US3316392A (en) * 1962-11-13 1967-04-25 Gen Electric Coded automatic identification system

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