Guiding apparatus for operating highway vehicles on railroad tracks

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR OPERATING AN AUTOMATIVE VEHICLE HAVING A FRAME UPON RAILROAD TRACKS, SAID FRAME HAVING FRONT AND REAR ENDS, STEERABLE WHEELS SECURED TO SAID FRAME ADJACENT SAID FRONT END OF SAID FRAME AND PROPULSION WHEELS SECURED TO SAID FRAME ADJACENT SAID REAR END OF SAID FRAME, FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORTS, FIRST AND SECOND WHEELS RESPECTIVELY MOUNTED ON SAID FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORTS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND WHEELS BEING EACH ADAPTED TO ENGAGE A RAILROAD RAIL TO GUIDE SAID VEHICLE WHEN MOVING ALONG A RAILROAD RAIL, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: FIRST AND SECOND PIVOTS FIXEDLY MOUNTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRAME AT EACH SIDE THEREOF, THIRD AND FOURTH PIVOTS MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID SUPPORTS, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND PIVOTS EQUALLING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID THIRD AND FOURTH PIVOTS, FIRST AND SECOND LINKS, SAID FIRST LINK BEING PIVOTED ON SAID FIRST AND THIRD PIVOTS AND SAID SECOND LINK BEING PIVOTED ON SAID SECOND AND FOURTH PIVOTS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND LINKS BEING ARRANGED SO THAT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND THIRD PIVOTS IS EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND FOURTH PIVOTS SO THAT SAID SUPPORTS ARE CONSTRAINED TO MOVE PARALLELOGRAMMICALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND PIVOTS, AND A CYLINDER HAVING A PISTON AND PISTON ROD THEREIN, SAID CYLINDER AND SAID PISTON ROD BEING RESPECTIVELY PIVOTED TO SAID FRAME AND TO AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SUPPORTS SO THAT MOVEMENT OF SAID PISTON ROD WITH RESPECT TO SAID CYLINDER CAUSES PARALLELOGRAMMIC MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORT WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND PIVOTS.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR OPERATING AN AUTOMATIVE VEHICLE HAVING A FRAME UPON RAILROAD TRACKS, SAID FRAME HAVING FRONT AND REAR ENDS, STEERABLE WHEELS SECURED TO SAID FRAME ADJACENT SAID FRONT END OF SAID FRAME AND PROPULSION WHEELS SECURED TO SAID FRAME ADJACENT SAID REAR END OF SAID FRAME, FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORTS, FIRST AND SECOND WHEELS RESPECTIVELY MOUNTED ON SAID FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORTS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND WHEELS BEING EACH ADAPTED TO ENGAGE A RAILROAD RAIL TO GUIDE SAID VEHICLE WHEN MOVING ALONG A RAILROAD RAIL, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: FIRST AND SECOND PIVOTS FIXEDLY MOUNTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRAME AT EACH SIDE THEREOF, THIRD AND FOURTH PIVOTS MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID SUPPORTS, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND PIVOTS EQUALLING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID THIRD AND FOURTH PIVOTS, FIRST AND SECOND LINKS, SAID FIRST LINK BEING PIVOTED ON SAID FIRST AND THIRD PIVOTS AND SAID SECOND LINK BEING PIVOTED ON SAID SECOND AND FOURTH PIVOTS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND LINKS BEING ARRANGED SO THAT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND THIRD PIVOTS IS EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND FOURTH PIVOTS SO THAT SAID SUPPORTS ARE CONSTRAINED TO MOVE PARALLELOGRAMMICALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND PIVOTS, AND A CYLINDER HAVING A PISTON AND PISTON ROD THEREIN, SAID CYLINDER AND SAID PISTON ROD BEING RESPECTIVELY PIVOTED TO SAID FRAME AND TO AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SUPPORTS SO THAT MOVEMENT OF SAID PISTON ROD WITH RESPECT TO SAID CYLINDER CAUSES PARALLELOGRAMMIC MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORT WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND PIVOTS.