TROISIEME PARTIE – BREVETS LIONEL

TROISIEME PARTIE – BREVETS LIONEL – suite 2

LE TRAIN-JOUET ETRANGER : ASPECTS TECHNIQUES ET BREVETS D’INVENTION DEPOSES

LES TRAINS-JOUETS LIONEL : SUITE 2 : LES BREVETS US DEPOSES ENTRE 1939 ET 1945

	N° de brevet	Date de dépôt	Déposant *Inventeur*	Domaine concerné					Observations
	N° de brevet	Date de dépôt	Déposant *Inventeur*	Acc (1)	V (2)	Att (3)	MR (4)	T (5)	Observations
1	US 2 232 511 A	12/05/1939	LIONEL CORP M. CARUSO		♣				Trackage units having insulating bases grooved to receive inverted U-shaped sheet metal rail.
2	US 2 272 903 A	22/07/1939	LIONEL CORP J.L. BONANNO		♣				Assembling of trackage units.
3	US 2 305 491 A	09/11/1939	LIONEL CORP F. PETTIT				♣		Freight cars having swingable side stakes and tiltable bottom, possibly operated from a remote control circuit.
4	US 2 288 837 A	09/11/1939	LIONEL CORP F. PETTIT				♣		Freight cars of the gondola type having amovable side walls and means for operating it by remote control. May correspond to : wagon “Operating Gondola” n° 3652. See illustrations below.
5	US 2 237 662 A	05/12/1939	LIONEL CORP H.J. FERRI		♣				Railroad special trackage units with supplemental rails (up to 5) to control certain accessories.
6	US 2 223 545 A	13/01/1940	LIONEL CORP J.L. BONANNO		♣				Track having solid rails secured to insulated bases.
7	US 2 285 645 A	23/01/1940	LIONEL CORP J.L. BONANNO	♣					Electromagnetically operated bell mechanism where a measured interval is required between cycles of operation.
8	US 2 317 727 A	16/03/1940	LIONEL CORP J.L. BONANNO	♣				♣	Concerns the construction of controllers having push button(s) for reversing locomotives, uncoupling cars and operating other electrical devices carried by the train.
9	US 2 243 671 A	16/03/1940	LIONEL CORP A. EHRET	♣				♣	Structure of a controller used to introduce a low direct current component into the power supply circuit for use in operating whistle, reversing device and so on.
10	US 2 274 538 A	16/03/1940	LIONEL CORP A. EHRET H.J. FERRI	♣				♣	Other means for introducing a low direct current into the circuit of a remote control system.
11	US 2 312 450 A	20/04/1940	LIONEL CORP R.G. SMITH				♣		Device for storing logs and loading toy cars therewith. May correspond to : 164 Log Loader. See illustrations below.
12	US 2 290 844 A	20/04/1940	LIONEL CORP R.G. SMITH				♣		Toy vehicle adapted to carry logs and having an unloading mechanism. May correspond to : 3651 and 3811 operating log dump cars.
13	US 2 263 401 A	20/04/1940	LIONEL CORP R.G. SMITH				♣		A complete loading outfit providing a cycle of activities (receiving logs from car on one side, transferring them on another car on the other side). It complements previous patents n° 11, and 12.
14	US 2 281 393 A	20/04/1940	LIONEL CORP R.G. SMITH				♣		Improved self-unloading toy cars of the types according to previous patents n° 3 and 4. It complements patents n° 11, 12 and 13.
15	US 2 303 072 A	07/06/1940	LIONEL CORP J.L. BONANNO	♣					Station platform for toy railroads. May correspond to : 156 and 158 illuminated station platforms.
16	US 2 263 391 A	14/09/1940	LIONEL CORP LETTENBERGER				♣		Current collector adapted to be used on the trucks of cars having an embarked accessory supplied by current.
17	US 2 297 143 A	14/09/1940	LIONEL CORP C.V. GIAIMO			♣			Improved truck having car coupling devices and electromagnetic means for affecting an uncoupling of the cars.
18	US 2 307 203 A	14/09/1940	LIONEL CORP A. EHRET H.J. FERRI				♣		Electrically controlled mechanism for ringing a bell with measured strokes which is mounted on a wheeled truck.
19	US 2 303 731 A	26/09/1940	LIONEL CORP H.J. FERRI			♣			Improved electromagnetically coupler for use on toy railroad vehicles.
20	US 2 276 645 A	14/10/1940	LIONEL CORP J.L. BONANNO		♣				Railroad equipped with two insulated wheel bearing rails for train operation.
21	US 2 325 470 A	18/10/1940	LIONEL CORP J.L. BONANNO A. EHRET	♣					Transformer providing a constant low voltage for accessories and selected variable voltages for train operation. May correspond to : LIONEL Trainmaster transformers of types Z, V, R, Q and W. See illustrations below.
22	US 2 297 131 A	06/12/1940	LIONEL CORP J.L. BONANNO		♣				Improved railroad track switch having a shiftable switch tongue which prevents derailments. May correspond to : 022 and 711 non-derailing remote control switches.
23	US 2 312 382 A	07/12/1940	LIONEL CORP J.L. BONANNO A. EHRET	♣					Transformer arranged to deliver a plurality of independent circuits having alternating current voltages of a predetermined range. May correspond to : LIONEL Trainmaster transformers.
24	US 2 283 037 A	07/12/1940	LIONEL CORP J.L. BONANNO	♣					Coil adapted for use in transformers designed to produce variable output voltages. It complements previous patents n° 21 and 23.
25	US 2 297 138 A	04/03/1941	LIONEL CORP H.J. FERRI				♣		Log loading device having a bin, a conveyor, a hopper and a car loading device below the hopper. It complements previous patents n° 11, 12, 13 and 14.
26	US 2 325 471 A	04/03/1941	LIONEL CORP J.L. BONANNO		♣				Improved signalling arrangement to indicate the position of the switch tongue. Division of application having led to patent n° 22.
27	US 2 335 382 A	04/03/1941	LIONEL CORP J.L. BONANNO	♣					Transformer having an improved automatic circuit breaker when a short circuit or overload appears in either of the output circuits. It complements previous patents n° 21, 23 and 24.
28	US 2 291 944 A	04/03/1941	LIONEL CORP J.L. BONANNO	♣					Electrical apparatus : improved form of knob and shaft designed for ease of assembly and disassembly.
29	US 2 316 680 A	11/04/1941	LIONEL CORP H.J. FERRI.	♣					A remote controlled crane operable by low voltage current. May correspond to : LIONEL 165 Triple –Action Magnetic Crane. See illustrations below.
30	US 2 366 848 A	07/05/1941	LIONEL CORP H.J. FERRI	♣					Toy track layout having a piece of movable equipment such as bridge interposed in the layout. May correspond to : LIONEL 313 electrically operated bascule bridge. See illustrations below.
31	US 2 316 551 A	07/05/1941	LIONEL CORP J.L. BONANNO	♣					Combined transformer and controller for track circuit of a toy railroad. May correspond to : 1040 and 1041 transformers.
32	US 2 303 786 A	24/05/1941	LIONEL CORP J.L. BONANNO	♣					Improved electrical system and method suitable for producing alternating and direct currents.
33	US 2 307 197 A	31/07/1941	LIONEL CORP J.L. BONANNO			♣			Improvements made to the couplers of the type described in previous patent n° 19.
34	US 2 413 284 A	13/06/1944	LIONEL CORP J.L. BONANNO					♣	Toy locomotive wherein the lamp of the headlight also serves as a source of heat for volatilizing smoke producing material.
35	US 2 449 466 A	18/04/1945	LIONEL CORP A.D. GASH JR			♣			Coupling device especially adapted for coupling a toy locomotive and tender together.
36	US 2 479 022 A	26/07/1945	LIONEL CORP F. PETTIT		♣				Toy railroad trackage utilizing a plurality of track sections and track section couplers.

(1) Acc = accessoires / railway accessories

(2) V = voies / tracks and track systems

(3) Att = attelages / coupling devices

(4) MR = materiel roulant / railway rolling stock

(5) T = traction / railway traction equipment

Nous présentons ci-dessous différentes illustrations extraites du catalogue LIONEL 1940 qui montrent des réalisations pouvant être reliées à certains des brevets précités :

Wagon « Operating Gondola (Type II) », n° 3652, montré dans le catalogue LIONEL 1940, page 44, pouvant être relié au brevet n° 4 (US 2 288 837 A)

Accessoire « Loading Logs », n° 164, montré dans le catalogue LIONEL 1940, page 55, pouvant être relié aux brevets n° 11 (US 2 312 450 A), n° 12 (US 2 290 844 A), n° 13 (US 2 263 401 A), n° 14 (US 2 281 393 A) et n° 25 (US 2 297 138 A)

Transformateurs « LIONEL TRAINmaster », montrés dans le catalogue LIONEL 1940, pages 40 et 41, pouvant être reliés aux brevets n° 21 (US 2 325 470 A), n° 23 (US 2 312 382 A), n° 24 (US 2 283 037 A) et n° 27 (US 2 335 382 A)

LIONEL « Triple-Action Magnetic Crane », n° 165, montré dans le catalogue LIONEL 1940, page 59, pouvant être relié au brevet n° 29 (US 2 316 680 A)

Nouveau « ELECTRICALLY OPERATED BASCULE BRIDGE », n° 313, montré dans le catalogue LIONEL 1940, page 56, pouvant être relié au brevet n° 30 (US 2 366 848 A)

N.B. : on fera remarquer que certains accessoires brevetés ont été décrits et proposés à la vente dans un catalogue (il y a divulgation des inventions) avant de procéder aux dépôts des demandes de brevets correspondantes (il s’agit notamment du wagon-grue n° 165 et du pont basculant n° 313). Les divulgations de 1940 n’affecte cependant pas la brevetabilité des brevets déposés postérieurement en 1941 (brevets n° 29 et 30). En droit américain, l’inventeur est en effet immunisé contre ses propres divulgations de son invention (notamment par utilisation, offre en vente ou vente) dans les douze mois précédant le dépôt de la demande de brevet.

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