POWER SUPPLY LINES, AND DEVICES ALONG RAILS, FOR ELECTRICALLY- PROPELLED VEHICLES (control of points and safety arrangements along railway lines B61L; construction of rails and points in general E01B)

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Control of points and safety arrangements along railway lines	B61L

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Construction of rails and points in general	E01B

Power supply lines for contact with collector on vehicle (collectors therefor B60L5/00 )

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Collectors therefor	B60L 5/00

Arrangements along the power lines for reducing interference in near-by communication lines (in general H04B15/02 )

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Reducing interference in general	H04B 15/02

Suspension insulators (in general H01B)

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Suspension insulators for overhead transmission lines	H01B 17/02
Apparatus or processes especially adapted for manufacturing insulators	H01B 19/00

incorporating yielding means or damping means (supporting wires B60M1/22 )

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Damping means in supporting wires	B60M 1/22

Manufacturing or repairing trolley lines (scaffold cars B60P; B61D15/00; platforms therefor B66F11/04; manufacturing conductors in general H01B13/00; overhead lines in general H02G1/00 )

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Scaffold cars in general	B60P
Scaffold cars for railways	B61D 15/00
Working platforms	B66F 11/04
Conductors or conductive bodies characterised by their material	H01B 1/00
Apparatus or processes for adapting conductors	H01B 13/00
Conductors characterised by their form, e.g. power transmission lines	H01B 5/00
Installing, maintaining or repairing of overhead power transmission lines in general	H02G 1/02

Crossings; Points (B60M1/34 takes precedence)

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Power rails in slotted conduits	B60M 1/34
Crossings; Points for power rails in slotted conduits	B60M 1/343

Feeding power to supply lines in contact with collector on vehicles; Arrangements for consuming regenerative power (controlling rail vehicles by varying voltage of power fed to vehicle B60L; power distribution in general H02J)

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Controlling rail vehicles by varying voltage of power fed to vehicle	B60L 9/00,B60L 15/00

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Power distribution in general	H02J

with means for maintaining voltage within a predetermined range (in general G05F)

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Maintaining voltage in general	G05F

Arrangements for cutting in and out of individual track sections (by passage of the vehicle B60M1/10 )

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Cutting in and out of individual sections by passage of the vehicle	B60M 1/10

Arrangements along running rails or at joints thereof for current conduction or insulation, e.g. safety devices for reducing earth currents (insulating rail joints E01B11/54; conductive connections between rails in general H01R3/00, H01R4/00, H01R4/70 )

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Insulating rail joints	E01B 11/54

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Conductive connections between rails in general	H01R

Power lines or rails specially adapted for electrically-propelled vehicles of special types, e.g. suspension tramway, ropeway, underground railway

[N: for vehicles using stored power (e.g. charging stations)]

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Charging stations per se where vehicle is not moving	B60L 11/1824