Arrangement for the absorption of forces

An arrangement for resiliently absorbing forces, particularly for an intermediate buffer coupling of rail vehicles, comprising an elongated housing having two spaced ends, an inner wall, an axis and a base plate, one of said ends being closed, whereas the other of said ends is open and has an opening;

• a friction element located in the region of said open end of said housing;
• a resilient element cooperating in series with said friction element and located in a portion of said housing which is spaced from said open end in a direction of elongation of the latter, said opening of said housing having a transverse dimension which is smaller than the inner transverse dimension of said portion of said housing in which said resilient element is located, said resilient element being formed as a friction spring having a plurality of inner conical rings and a plurality of outer conical rings which cooperate with one another with interposition of a lubricant;
• outer and inner cup-shaped casing members in said housing and telescopable in one another, said cup-shaped members closably accommodating said friction spring and being sealed relative to one another, said inner cup-shaped member having an outer diameter corresponding to the transverse dimension of said opening at said open end of said housing, said outer cup-shaped member being supported on said base plate of said housing and being separated in a longitudinal direction into a plurality of parts which have an outer surface and are tightly held together;
• and means for holding said parts of said outer cup-shaped member together, said holding means including a wedge formed member on said inner wall of said housing and having an inclined surface, and a plurality of pressing members each provided on the outer surface of a respective one of said parts of said outer cup-shaped member and having an inclined surface cooperating with said inclined surface of said wedge-formed member.

An arrangement for resiliently absorbing forces, particularly for an intermediate buffer coupling of rail vehicles, comprising an elongated housing having two spaced ends, an inner wall, an axis and a base plate, one of said ends being closed, whereas the other of said ends is open and has an opening;

• a friction element located in the region of said open end of said housing;
• a resilient element cooperating in series with said friction element and located in a portion of said housing which is spaced from said open end in a direction of elongation of the latter, said opening of said housing having a transverse dimension which is smaller than the inner transverse dimension of said portion of said housing in which said resilient element is located, said resilient element being formed as a friction spring having a plurality of inner conical rings and a plurality of outer conical rings which cooperate with one another with interposition of a lubricant;
• outer and inner cup-shaped casing members in said housing and telescopable in one another, said cup-shaped members closably accommodating said friction spring and being sealed relative to one another, said inner cup-shaped member having an outer diameter corresponding to the transverse dimension of said opening at said open end of said housing, said outer cup-shaped member being separated in a longitudinal direction into a plurality of parts which are tightly held together, said outer cup-shaped member being supported on said base plate of said housing and having a plurality of projections which extend radially outwardly and abut against said inner wall of said housing without play, said projections forming means for holding said parts of said outer cup-shaped member together, and wherein said outer cup-shaped members and thereby said parts thereof have a first end portion located adjacent to said base plate of said housing, and a second end portion spaced from said first end portion and overlapping said inner cup-shaped member, each of said projections being provided on the first portion of a respective one of said parts;
• and further comprising a plurality of further projections each provided on the second end portion of a respective one of said parts, said first-mentioned and further projections forming said holding means.