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US 8,398,031 B2Granted
Rail system, particularly for an electric pallet track
AssigneeEisenmann SE
InventorsKlaus Gawelczyk, Martin Waeder, Michael Hoehne
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Abstract
A rail system for an electric pallet track has, in known manner, a main line which can be optionally connected to at least two branch lines by way of points. The points have as many movable rail portions for each rail of the main line as there are branch lines. These movable rail portions can each be pivoted about a stationary pivot axis which is located outside the longitudinal extent of the corresponding movable rail portion.
Claims6
A rail system, particularly for an electric pallet track, comprising:
- a main line which comprises at least two stationary parallel rails;
- at least two branch lines which form an angle with each other and each of which includes as many stationary parallel rails as the main line;
- and,
- points arranged between the main line and the branch line, which comprise
- as many movable rail portions for each rail of the main line as there are branch lines and which are capable of selectively connecting the rails of the different branch lines to the rails of the mail line depending on the position of the movable rail portions;
- and,
- at least one drive for moving the movable rail portions, and,
- at least one additional rail portion in a frog of the points which is rotatably or linearly movable;
- and,
- wherein, the movable rail portions can each be pivoted about a stationary pivot axis, and further wherein the pivot axes are arranged outside a longitudinal extent of the associated movable rail portion at a spacing from its end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.