Railborne vehicle having articulated beam connection system between carriages
AssigneeSGP Verkehrstechnik Gesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorLeopold Lenk
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Abstract
Railborne vehicle comprising a gantry bogey, provided between mutually opposite ends of two successive carriages. A bottom plate 1, 2 projects from each of both carriage body ends to form a passage between the carriages. The two bottom plates 1, 2 are interconnected by a joint, preferably a spherical joint 3. In order to transmit the forces resulting from lateral torsional deformations of the carriage superstructure when negotiating curves and arising from uneven tracks, the bottom plates 1, 2 are interconnected by connecting beams 11 which are flexible and torsionally deformable and are connected at their ends by resilient connections to the bottom plates 1, 2.
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Railborne vehicle composed of at least two carriages having adjoining ends, forming a carriage consist, the adjoining ends of successive carriages comprising projecting mutually opposing bottom plates forming the passage between the two carriages, there being provided between the two carriages a bogey, wherein the bogey has mutually opposing driven loose wheels and wherein the adjoining ends of the two bottom plates are interconnected in semimounted fashion and pivotal about the vertical axis of an interposed spherical joint, the said two adjoining ends are interconnected by at least one connecting beam which at its one end, by way of a first guide rod is connected to the bottom plate of one of the two successive carriages by means of a resilient mounting and with its opposite end to both arms of a transverse double-armed beam of the other carriage and which in its longitudinal center is pivotally mounted about a vertical axis to the bottom plate of the said other carriage and by way of its two arms is connected to the loose wheels via second guide rods.
Railborne vehicle according to claim wherein the connecting beam is formed of two flexible and torsionally deformable parts converging towards the end being connected to the said first guide rod.
Railborne vehicle composed of at least two carriages having adjoining ends, forming a carriage consist, the adjoining ends of successive carriages comprising projecting mutually opposing bottom plates forming the passage between the two carriages, there being provided between the two carriages a bogey, wherein the bogey has mutually opposing driven loose wheels and wherein the adjoining ends of the two bottom plates are interconnected in semimounted fashion and pivotable about the vertical axis of an interposed spherical joint, the said two adjoining ends are in interconnected by at least one connecting beam which at its one end, by way of a first guide rod is connected to the bottom plate of one of the two successive carriages and wherein the first guide rod is connected to the carriage superstructure or the bottom plate of said one carriage by way of an eccentric and with its opposite end to both arms of a transverse double-armed lever of the other carriage and which in its longitudinal center is pivotally mounted about a vertical axis to the bottom plate of the said other carriage and by way of its two arms is connected to the loose wheels via second guide rods.
A rail supported vehicle having at least two carriages provided with adjacent ends, each adjacent end having a plate projecting from a bottom area thereof and oriented with one plate partially overlying the other plate, a spherical joint connecting the overlying portions of said plates to enable pivotal movement of the plates about a vertical axis, a tracking plate extending transversely of the path of travel of the vehicle and connected with said spherical joint for pivotal movement about a vertical axis, a rail engaging-wheel and wheel case at each end of said tracking plate, a vertical pin connecting each wheel case to an end of said tracking plate, a transverse beam mounted on one of said plates and having ends spaced longitudinally from said pins, guide rods interconnecting the ends of the transverse beam and said pins, said transverse beam having a central portion supported on said one of said plates, a mounting plate oriented above the other of said plates, resilient connecting beams interconnecting the ends of the transverse beam and said mounting plate, a supporting and guiding rod for said mounting plate having one end connected to said mounting plate and extending laterally therefrom, said supporting and guiding rod having its other end connected to the other of said plates by a resilient connection to permit resilient limited movement of said mounting plate and connecting beams when the wheels negotiate a curve in the rails.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.