Central climbing protection for rail vehicles with additional functions
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsSTEPHAN DREXLER, MANUEL KROISS, HANNES PEER, CHRISTIAN WINKELMANN
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Abstract
A rail vehicle includes a chassis, a vehicle structure and a support unit disposed at the end face of the rail vehicle. The vehicle is comparatively lightweight and economical and can also advantageously perform other tasks in addition to supporting a track reamer. The support unit includes a plateau section which is part of the vehicle structure and includes a climbing protection device on its end face and a track reamer holder for supporting a track reamer. The track reamer holder is disposed below the plateau section and is rigidly secured thereto.
Claims7
1-6. (canceled)
A rail vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle end face;
- a chassis;
- a vehicle structure;
- a support unit disposed on said vehicle end face, said support unit having a plateau section being part of said vehicle structure;
- said plateau section having a plateau section end face and a climbing protection device disposed on said plateau section end face;
- and
- a track reamer holder disposed below said plateau section for holding a track reamer, said track reamer holder being fixedly connected to said plateau section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.