Electrified rail construction for cranes, monorails, and the like

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIFIED RAIL CONSTRUCTION FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A TRACK ALONG WHICH A WHEELED VEHICLE IS ADAPTED TO TRAVEL, CHARACTERIZED BY THE COMBINATION OF A COLLECTOR SHOE MOUNTED ON THE VEHICLE, A RAIL MEMBER FORMED OF ANGLE SECTION STOCK HAVING A PAIR OF CONVERGING RAIL SURFACES, AN INSULATING JACKET ENCASING THE RAIL MEMBER EXCEPT FOR EXPOSED ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE CONVERGING RAIL SURFACES THEREOF, THE INSULATING JACKET INCLUDING A GUARD PORTION EXTENDING GENERALLY PERPENDICULARLY FROM ONE OF THE RAIL SURFACES AND GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE OTHER OF THE RAIL SURFACES TO PARTIALLY ENCLOSED THE EXPOSED RAIL SURFACES LEAVING A CONTINUOUS SLOTTED OPENING SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT THE PLACING OF THE COLLECTOR SHOE IN SUCH PARTIAL ENCLOSURE, AND MEANS MOUNTING THE RAIL MEMBER WITH THE EXPOSED RAIL SURFACE THEREOF DISPOSED VERTICALLY ABOVE AND BELOW THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE COLLECTOR SHOE, SAID GUARD PORTION OF THE INSULATING JACKET BEING INCLINED DOWNWARDLY FROM THE RAIL SURFACE WHICH IS DISPOSED ABOVE THE PATH OF TRAVEL.