Track, travel path forming unit, track laying method, and track maintenance method
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
InventorsToshiaki Asanoma, Yukihide Yanobu, Hiroyuki Kono, Koji Uchida, Akihisa Kawauchi, Yoshinobu Murakami, Yasuyuki Mukai
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Abstract
A track includes a travel path including a travel face with which travel wheels of a vehicle come into contact while rolling. The travel path includes a plurality of travel path forming units that are arranged to be adjacent to each other in a travel direction of the vehicle and of which each includes a unit travel face forming part of the travel face and a positioning unit that fixes a relative position between travel path forming units adjacent to each other.
Claims18
A track comprising a travel path including a travel face with which travel wheels of a vehicle come into contact while rolling,
- wherein the travel path includes:
- a plurality of travel path forming units that are arranged to be adjacent to each other in a travel direction of the vehicle and of which each includes a unit travel face forming part of the travel face;
- a positioning unit that fixes a relative position between the travel path forming units adjacent to each other;
- and
- guide posts to which a guide rail that guides the vehicle is attached,
- wherein each guide post is fixed to the corresponding travel path forming unit and extends in a direction crossing the unit travel face, and
- wherein the travel path further includes support members of which each protrudes outward in the width direction from an end face of the corresponding travel path forming unit crossing the corresponding unit travel face and facing the width direction of the vehicle and to which the corresponding guide posts are fixed.
A travel path forming unit that forms a travel path including a travel face with which travel wheels of a vehicle come in contact while rolling by arranging a plurality of travel path forming units to be adjacent to each other in a travel direction of the vehicle, the travel path forming unit comprising:
- a unit travel face that forms part of the travel face;
- a guide post to which a guide rail that guides the vehicle is attached and that extends in a direction crossing the unit travel face;
- and
- a support member that protrudes outward in the width direction from an end face crossing the unit travel face and facing the width direction of the vehicle and to which the guide post is fixed.
A method of laying a track including a travel path that includes a travel face with which travel wheels of a vehicle come in contact while rolling, the method comprising:
- an arrangement step of arranging a plurality of travel path forming units, each of which includes a unit travel face forming part of the travel face, in a travel direction of the vehicle;
- a position adjusting step of connecting the travel path forming units adjacent to each other using a positioning unit that fixes a relative position between the travel path forming units adjacent to each other and adjusting slopes of the plurality of unit travel faces with respect to a road bed together;
- and
- a travel path forming unit fixing step of fixing positions of the travel path forming units relative to the road bed,
- wherein the arrangement step includes arranging the travel path forming units of which each includes a guide post to which a guide rail guiding the vehicle is attached and that extends in a direction crossing the unit travel face, and
- wherein the position adjusting step includes a guide rail fixing step of fixing the guide rail to the plurality of guide posts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.