ROBERT J ANDERSON
Engineers in Washington

4970967, Nov 20, 1990

Jun 27, 1988

7/211723

Thomas J. Burg - Forest Hills PA
William K. Cooper - Monroeville PA
John W. Kapala - McMurray PA
Robert J. Anderson - McMurray PA
Ronald H. Ziegler - Elizabeth PA

AEG Westinghouse Transportation Systems, Inc. - Pittsburgh PA

E01B 2506

104130

A rotary switch for a people mover guideway having a predetermined tire path, guidebeam and electric rail configuration routes a transit car from one entry guideway path to at least either of two exit guideway paths or vice versa. The switch has an elongated structural frame that has guidebeam, electric rail and tire path structure compatible with the guideway configuration to provide car routing to one of the two exit paths on one switch side and to provide car routing to the other of the two exit paths on another switch side. Switching is achieved by rotating a movable part of the switch 180 degrees about its longitudinal axis. First and second shafts support the two ends of the switch frame and one of the shafts is driven to rotate the switch frame between first and second rotational positions in which the switch is locked and the switch sides respectively line up with the guideway configuration. The frame is supported in fixed longitudinal relation to one of the shafts and in longitudinally expandable relation to the other of the shafts to allow the frame to expand and contract longitudinally under thermal and/or car loading and thus permit frame deflection to occur about the shafts and frame lock pins with translational load forces applied to the shafts and lock pins essentially in the vertical direction.

5020442, Jun 4, 1991

Jun 27, 1988

7/211725

Thomas J. Burg - Forest Hills PA
Ronald H. Ziegler - Elizabeth PA
Robert J. Anderson - McMurray PA

AEG Westinghouse Transportation Systems, Inc. - Pittsburgh PA

E01B 2506

104130

A switching station for a people mover rotary guideway switch. The switching station routes a transit car from an entry guideway path to either of two exit guideway paths. The station includes a guideway section structured at each of its entry and exit points to provide a predetermined guideway configuration including a pair of spaced tire running surfaces for transit cars. The guideway section has an elongated switch pit located under a reference plane through the tire running services that extends longitudinally along and between the tire running services. An elongated rotary switch frame is disposed in the switch pit and assembled with the guideway section for alignment with the guideway paths. The frame is provided with guidebeam, electric rail and tire path structure on opposite sides of the frame which are compatible with the guideway configuration to route a car from the entry path to the first and second exit paths, respectively. The switch frame has one side aligned with the entry guideway path and the first exit guideway path in a first frame position with its other side facing downwardly and stored vertically below the reference plane.

4970964, Nov 20, 1990

Jun 27, 1988

7/211610

Thomas J. Burg - Forest Hills PA
Ronald H. Ziegler - Elizabeth PA
William K. Cooper - Monroeville PA
John W. Kapala - McMurray PA
Robert J. Anderson - McMurray PA

AEG Westinghouse Transportation Systems, Inc. - Pittsburgh PA

E01B 2506

104130

A single turnout rotary guideway switch is provided with an elongated structural frame member having guidebeam, electric rail and tire path structure on each of two sides of the switch compatible with the guidebeam, electric rail and tire path structure of the guideway. Switching is achieved by rotating a movable part of the switch 180 degrees about its longitudinal axis. One elongated beam acts as a principal structural member of the frame and provides a tire path on one of the switch sides for main line car routing by the switch. Another curved beam is secured between the one beam and another elongated beam that extends generally parallel to the one beam. The curved beam cross-supports the frame and provides a tire path on the other switch side for car turnout routing by the switch. In a crossover switching station in a dual lane guideway, a pair of the single turnout rotary switches are combined with an interface guideway section to provide for lane-crossover car routing by the switches.

4970965, Nov 20, 1990

Jun 27, 1988

7/211734

Thomas J. Burg - Forest Hills PA
Robert J. Anderson - McMurray PA
William K. Cooper - Monroeville PA

AEG Westinghouse Transportation Systems, Inc. - Pittsburgh PA

E01B 2506

104130

A rotary switch is provided for a people mover guideway having a predetermined tire path, guidebeam and electric rail configuration. The rotary switch routes a transit car from one entry guideway path to at least either of the two exit guideway paths or vice versa. A movable elongated structural switch frame member has guidebeam, electric rail and tire path structure on one side compatibly with the guideway configuration to provide car routing to one of the two exit paths in one of two switch positions; the movable switch frame further has guidebeam, electric rail and tire path structure on another side compatibly with the guideway configuration to provide car routing to the other of the two exit paths in the second switch position. Switching is achieved by rotating a movable part of the switch 180. degree. degrees about its longitudinal axis.

5012747, May 7, 1991

Jun 27, 1988

7/211724

Thomas J. Burg - Forest Hills PA
Ronald H. Ziegler - Elizabeth PA
William K. Cooper - Monroeville PA
John W. Kapala - McMurray PA
Robert J. Anderson - McMurray PA

AEG Westinghouse Transportation Systems, Inc. - Pittsburgh PA

E01B 2506

104130

A rotary switch for a people mover guideway which as a pair of spaced tire paths with a predetermined tire path, guidebeam and electric rail configuration. The rotary switch routes a transit car from one entry guideway path to either two exit guideway paths. The switch inlcudes a switch frame having guidebeam, electric rail and tire path structure on opposite sides of the switch frame, each being compatible with the guideway configuration to provide car routing to the respective paths. Each side of the switch frame member includes at least one tire path in alignment with the corresponding guideway tire path for car routing to one of the exit paths. The guidebeam and electric rail structure on each side of the switch frame member are located above the tire path on the corresponding side of the switch frame member and the other tire path for the guideway when the switch frame member is in respective rotational positions. The electric rail structure on each side of the switch frame member includes three elongated power rails and at least two elongated signal rails and structure for supporting the electric rails on each side of the switch frame member, within the space between the associated tire paths, for electrical connection to collectors on the underside of transit cars that pass over the respective sides of the switch.

4970963, Nov 20, 1990

Jun 27, 1988

7/211726

Thomas J. Burg - Forest Hills PA
William K. Cooper - Monroeville PA
John W. Kapala - McMurray PA
Ronald H. Ziegler - Elizabeth PA
Robert J. Anderson - McMurray PA

AEG Westinghouse Transportation Systems, Inc. - Pittsburgh PA

E01B 2506

104130

A guideway switching station for a people mover guideway system includes a guideway section with a rotary guideway switch having guidebeam, electric rail and tire path structure on one side compatibly with the guideway configuration to route cars from an entry path to one of two exit paths. On another switch side, similar structure routes cars from the entry path to the other exit path. When the switch is in a first rotary position, one of two tire paths is provided by fixed guideway structure and the other tire path is provided by interfaced switch and guideway structure. In a second rotary switch position, the two tire paths may by provided as in the case of the first rotary position, or both tire paths may be provided by interfaced switch and guideway structure.

4970962, Nov 20, 1990

Jun 27, 1988

7/211736

Thomas J. Burg - Forest Hills PA
Ronald H. Ziegler - Elizabeth PA
William K. Cooper - Monroeville PA
John W. Kapala - McMurray PA
Robert J. Anderson - McMurray PA

AEG Westinghouse Transportation Systems, Inc. - Pittsburgh PA

E01B 2506

104130

A double turnout rotary guideway switch is provided with an elongated structural frame member having guidebeam, electric rail and tire path structure on each of two sides of the switch compatible with the guidebeam, electric rail and tire path structure of the guideway. Two elongated beams form the sides of the frame and, with cross connected end beams, operating as the principal structural members for the frame. A curved beam extends from one of the elongated side beams inwardly and to one of the end beams. Opposite sides of the curved beam provide respective surfaces for a left turnout tire path on one of the two sides of the switch and a right turnout tire path the other side of the switch.