(under subclass 87) Systems in which the circuit is closed by devices carried by the train, which make electrical connection with short rails, contact-plates, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
49, 56, 69, 70, 71, 74, 85, 195, 229, 233, 234, 235, and 254, for intermittent- contact systems.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
104, Railways,
279+, for devices for cleaning ice, snow and dirt from continuous and intermittent electrical contacts.