Device for measuring the spacing between aligned rails
AssigneeVoest-Alpine Zeltweg Gesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorsAlbert Porkristl, Johann Steinberger
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Abstract
In a device for monitoring the distance of the front surfaces (3, 4) of rails (1, 2), for example, in connection with expansion joints or supporting structures in which the rails are subjected to multi-axial load, one rail (2) is connected with at least one plate member or, respectively, damping element (6) extending in transverse relation to the longitudinal direction of the rail, noting that the axes (8) of measuring sensors (7) are oriented in normal relation to the plate members (6) and that the rail (2) is supported in proximity of the fixing points for the plate members (6) in a sliding manner and in a manner reliably preventing swivelling out of the moving direction to be measured.
Claims5
A device for measuring the distance between adjacent surfaces of rails associated with aligned one of expansion junctions and supporting structures wherein the rails are subjected to a multi-axial load, said device comprising:
- at least one of a plate member and a damping element connected to said rail and transversely extending relative to a longitudinal direction of the rail, and
- at least one measuring sensor having an axis oriented in normal relation to the plate member and damping element,
- wherein said rails are supported proximate fixing points of the one of said at least one plate member and damping element in a sliding manner and in a manner that prevents swivelling movement out of a moving direction to be measured.
A device for measuring the distance between adjacent surfaces of aligned rails associated with one of expansion junctions and supporting structures wherein the rails are subjected to a multi-axial load, said device comprising:
- at least one of a plate member and damping element connected to said rail and transversely extending relative to a longitudinal direction of the rail, and
- at least one measuring sensor having an axis oriented in normal relation to said plate member and damping element,
- wherein said rails are supported proximate fixing points of the said plate member and damping element in a sliding manner and in a manner that prevents swivelling movement out of a moving direction to be measured, and
- wherein the supporting structures are formed by rollers supported on the rails in a direction transverse to the moving direction to be measured.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.