US Patent Issued to MATISA MATERIEL INDUSTRIEL on April 15 for "Mechanism for reciprocal movement of stacks of sleepers, and railway vehicle comprising such a mechanism" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,070, issued on April 15, was assigned to MATISA MATERIEL INDUSTRIEL S.A. (Crissier, Switzerland).

"Mechanism for reciprocal movement of stacks of sleepers, and railway vehicle comprising such a mechanism" was invented by Jorge Bustamante (Crissier, Switzerland) and Jacques Pilet (Crissier, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a mechanism (130) for moving stacks (21', 22') of sleepers (21, 22) intended to equip a railway track, the displacement mechanism (130) being intended to equip at least two successive work wagons (100, 200, 300) of a railway vehicle (1), the displacement mechanism (130) comprising g...