Lifting and lowering a rail section
AssigneeMannesmann Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsJohannes-Gerhard Spoeler, Heinz-Uwe Janssen
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Abstract
A device for lifting and lowering a rail track section in between two rail tracks mounted in different vertical levels and including an elevator carrying the rail track section is improved by means of a latching structure at each end of that section, each including a rotatable latch element with rounded ends, for cooperating with abutment and counter latch surfaces respectively at ends of the rail tracks, at least an upper one of the tracks has passage ways and openings for the latch element to pass through from below; and the latch elements are keyed together for turning so that they will rest on the respective counter latch surfaces and thereby hold the rail track section in an aligned disposition for one or the other of the two rail tracks.
Claims9
A device for lifting and lowering a rail track section in between two rail tracks mounted in different vertical levels and including an elevator type carriage carrying the rail track section;
- the improvement of a latching structure comprising:
- rotatable latch elements with rounded ends and provided on said carriage in the vicinity of the rail section;
- abutment and counter latch surfaces respectively at ends of said rail tracks and wherein at least an upper one of said tracks has passage ways and openings for said latch elements to pass through from below;
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- means for turning the latch elements so that they will rest on the respective counter latch surfaces and thereby hold the rail track section in an aligned disposition for one or the other of the two rail trucks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.