Cantilevered train system
AssigneeDonald W. Harshberger
InventorRussell P. Harshberger
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Abstract
Apparatus to travel on primary rails includes: (a) a truck having primary wheels adapted to roll on primary rails under the wheels; (b) and side wheel structure carried by the truck and projecting at the side thereof, for car stabilizing upward engagement with elongated auxiliary rail structure above the side wheels, (c) three being a turnable having a vertical axis of pivoting, there also being extensions of the primary rails and of the auxilary rail structure on the turntable, all at one side of that vertical axis.
Claims15
In combination, primary rail means and apparatus adapted to travel on said primary rail means, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a truck having primary wheel means adapted to roll on said primary rail means,
- (b) elongated auxiliary rail means, and side wheel means carried by the truck and projecting at the side thereof for car stabilizing upward engagement with said elongated auxiliary rail means, above the side wheel means, and above the level of said primary rail means,
- (c) said auxiliary rail means sidewardly offset from said primary rail means and extending above said side wheel means for engagement thereby,
- (d) and including a turntable supporting extensions of said primary rail means and of said auxiliary rail means, and structure supporting the turntable for rotation about a vertical axis,
- (e) said primary rail extensions including two rails both laterally offset from said vertical turntable axis, at one side thereof, and said auxiliary rail extension is located closer to said axis than said two rails,
- (f) and a car body eccentrically mounted on the truck to exert a force couple tending to elevate said side wheel menas toward said auxiliary rail means and said extension thereof.
The combination of claim 14 including an additional rail which is electrically energized to supply electrical current to a motor for driving the primary wheel means, and a contact carried by the truck and engaging the additional rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.