System for guiding rails on a rail train

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8607712
APP PUB NO 20120199038A1
SERIAL NO

13023975

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A system for guiding rails onto a rail train having rail cars with a plurality of vertically spaced rail support shelves includes upwardly opening guide channels extending from funnel members position at the end of the rail car to each shelf in alignment with the outermost rail receiving pockets of each shelf. A guide shoe with a horizontal roller recessed therein and projecting below the bottom of the shoe is mounted on the end of a rail threaded across the shelves and guide channels of the rail support car. An alternative guide shoe further includes vertically extending rollers projecting from the sides of the guide shoe.

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HERZOG CONTRACTING CORP600 S RIVERSIDE ROAD ST JOSEPH MO 64507

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bounds, Ivan E St. Joseph, US 36 413
Herzog, Stanley M St. Joseph, US 22 225

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