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US 4,068,598 AGranted
Element of vehicle running on railway tracks
AssigneeAutomatisme & Technique
InventorGerard Bardet
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AssigneeAutomatisme & Technique
InventorGerard Bardet
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The invention relates to an element of a vehicle which is part of a continuously moving train of similar vehicles, the element consisting, on the one hand, of two axles carrying wheels with solid tires and inner tubes and, on the other, of an on-board shunting device essentially consisting of a bistable rocking assembly operated by fixed ramps in relation to the track. The element of the vehicle also comprises pivoting bearings (6,6') which are part of the bistable rocking assembly (7) and are located in the vicinity of the axles (3,3'). The bistable rocking assembly (7) is operated and locked through an eccentric (13). Shunting wheels (8,8') are carried by the bistable rocking assembly (7) and cooperate with the external surfaces of the rails along which the element of the vehicle travels or with counter-rails arranged against the external surfaces.
A vehicle for running on the rails of a railway track having a switching junction, the vehicle comprising two axles, wheels on the axles for running along the tops of the rails, a bistable rockable lever between said axles, means supporting the lever for rocking on an axis at right angles to the axles, said lever having side portions extending out beyond said wheels, shunting wheels suspended from the outer ends of said side portions, crank means connected with said lever for rocking it, an eccentric for operating and locking the crank means, and means adapted to be actuated by fixed ramps beside the track for turning the eccentric to position either of said shunting wheels beside the adjacent side of the track for engagement with a side surface thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.