Point switch, and railway network comprising at least one point switch of said type
AssigneeSwiss Transportation Research Institute AG
InventorsRamon Alexander Bahman, Aurelius Christian Bahman, Severin Alexis Bahman
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Abstract
A point switch is designed such that the point plates (1, 2) of the point switch which support the track (11, 12) are placed vertically on top of one another and that the position of the points is set by vertically moving the point plates.
Claims8
A point switch having a first point plate, which carries a first rigid track, and a second point plate, which carries a second rigid track, wherein the different switch positions are brought about by displacing the point plates, and wherein the point plates are arranged vertically one above the other and that the different switch positions are brought about by vertical displacement of both point plates, so that in a first switch position of said different switch positions the rigid track of the first switch plate defines the direction of travel provided by the point switch and in that in a second switch position of said different switch positions the rigid track of the second switch plate defines the direction of travel provided by the point switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.