Rotating current collector
AssigneeKorea Railroad Research Institute
InventorsHoyong LEE, Moosun KIM, Jae-ho KWAK, Hong-shik CHO
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Abstract
A rotating current collector includes a current collecting unit, an electrode unit, an upper gear unit and a lower gear unit. The current collecting unit makes contact with an overhead contact line. The electrode unit is connected to a lower portion of the current collecting unit. The upper gear unit is fixed to a lower portion of the electrode unit and has an upper gear. The lower gear unit has a lower gear meshing with the upper gear. The current collecting unit rotates in one direction as the upper gear and the lower gear mesh with each other.
Claims14
A rotating current collector comprising:
- a current collecting unit making contact with an overhead contact line;
- an electrode unit connected to a lower portion of the current collecting unit;
- an upper gear unit fixed to a lower portion of the electrode unit and having an upper gear;
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- a lower gear unit having a lower gear meshing with the upper gear,
- wherein the current collecting unit rotates in one direction as the upper gear and the lower gear mesh with each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.