Vehicle for the automatic laying of a track by a vehicle travelling on said track and track designed for installation by such a vehicle
AssigneeCommissariat a l'Energie Atomique
InventorsEric Villedieu, Daniel Francois
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Abstract
Vehicle able to lay a specially designed track formed from elements (5, 6, 7) joined end to end. The vehicle (8) advances along the track and carries a track element on the carriage. When it reaches the end of the track, the carriage is lowered so that the element can be fitted into the preceding element. The elements are of different types so as to permit track height and direction changes.
Claims14
Vehicle for laying a track composed of elements (5, 6, 7) joined at ends and comprising a rail system (9, 17) on which said vehicle is guided and advanced, said rail system being continuous over the track, wherein said vehicle comprises a chassis (99) provided with guiding and advancing means (14, 16) engaged on the rail system of said track elements and a carriage (12) for transporting a carried track element (5) to be laid down at a free end of said track, said carried track element comprising a rail system, said vehicle and said carriage having means for guiding said carriage moving vertically on the chassis toward and away from the track, said carriage comprising guiding and advancing means (18, 26) engaged on the rail system of said carried track element.
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