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US 11,674,268 B2Granted
Railway wagon for moving sleepers
AssigneeSrt Societa' A Responsabilita' Limitata Con Socio Unico
InventorGilberto Salciccia
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Abstract
A railway wagon for moving sleepers including: a base structure having a platform and at least one carriage, a first conveyor carried by the platform and configured to move the sleepers along a feed direction, a second conveyor distinct from the first conveyor and also carried by the platform. The second conveyor has: a first portion extended above the platform within a lateral size of the latter, and a second portion extending outside lateral size of the platform and configured to move the sleepers outside the platform.
Claims15
A railway wagon for moving sleepers including a base structure comprising:
- a platform extending longitudinally along a prevalent development direction between a first end portion of the platform and a second end portion of the platform,
- a carriage configured to support the platform and allow the base structure to move along rails,
- a first conveyor carried by the platform and configured to move sleepers relative to said platform along an advancement direction parallel to the prevalent development direction,
- a second conveyor, distinct from the first conveyor, carried by the platform, said second conveyor including:
- a first portion located above the platform within a lateral size of the platform, said first portion of the second conveyor configured for the exchange of the sleepers with the first conveyor, and
- a second portion extending outside a lateral size of the platform and configured to move the sleepers outside said platform, and
- a movement device movable by rotation relative to the platform around an axis transverse to said platform,
- wherein the second conveyor is at the second end portion of the platform, and the second portion of the second conveyor emerges from the second end portion of the platform,
- wherein the first conveyor extends longitudinally along the prevalent development direction,
- wherein the movement device of the second conveyor extends longitudinally along the prevalent development direction,
- wherein the second conveyor comprises:
- an actuator active on the movement device of the second conveyor and configured to rotate said movement device between a first position and a second position,
- an angular sensor configured to emit a signal representative of an angular displacement between the railway wagon and an adjacent railway wagon with respect to the advancement direction, and
- a control unit communicating with the actuator and the angular sensor, the control unit being active on said actuator and configured to:
- receive from the angular sensor the signal representative of the angular displacement between the railway wagon and an adjacent railway wagon with respect to the advancement direction, and
- as a function of said signal, command the actuator to rotate the movement device of the second conveyor between the first position and the second position.
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A railway wagon for moving sleepers including a base structure comprising:
- at least one platform,
- at least one carriage configured to support the platform and allow the base structure to move along rails,
- at least one first conveyor carried by the platform and configured to move sleepers relative to said platform along an advancement direction,
- at least one second conveyor, distinct from the first conveyor, carried by the platform, said second conveyor having:
- at least one first portion located above the platform within a lateral size of the platform, said first portion of the second conveyor configured to exchange the sleepers with the first conveyor, and
- at least one second portion extending outside the lateral size of the platform and configured to move the sleepers outside said platform,
- wherein the second conveyor comprises at least one movement device movable by rotation relative to the platform around an axis transverse to said platform,
- wherein the platform extends longitudinally along a prevalent development direction between a first end portion and a second end portion of the platform,
- wherein the second conveyor is at the second end portion of the platform, the second portion of the second conveyor extends beyond the second end portion of the platform,
- wherein the second conveyor comprises at least one guide device interposed between the movement device and the base of the second conveyor, wherein said guide device comprises:
- a fixed guide engaged to the base by means of a constraint of hinge type, and
- a movable guide carrying said movement device and slidably movable with respect to the fixed guide at least between:
- a retracted position, in which the movement device, carried by said movable guide, is placed in proximity to the first conveyor, and
- an extended position, in which the movement device, carried by said movable guide, is spaced apart from the first conveyor.
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A railway wagon for moving sleepers comprising a base structure having:
- at least one platform,
- at least one carriage configured to support the platform and allow the base structure to move along rails,
- at least one first conveyor carried by the platform and configured to move the sleepers relative to said platform along an advancement direction,
- at least one second conveyor, distinct from the first conveyor, carried by the platform, said second conveyor having at least one first portion located above the platform within a lateral size of the platform, said first portion of the second conveyor being configured for the exchange of sleepers with the first conveyor, and at least one second portion extending outside the lateral size of the platform and configured to move the sleepers outside said platform,
- wherein the second conveyor comprises at least one base fixed to the platform and at least one movement device engaged to the base and movable relative to the platform,
- wherein the second conveyor comprises at least one guide device interposed between the movement device and the base of the second conveyor, wherein said guide device comprises:
- a fixed guide engaged with the base,
- a movable guide carrying said movement device and slidably movable with respect to the fixed guide at least between:
- a retracted position in which the movement device, carried by said movable guide, is placed in proximity to the first conveyor, and
- an extended position in which the movement device, carried by said movable guide, is spaced apart from the first conveyor.
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