CA1141235A - Railway vehicle for transferring containers and the like to setting-down surfaces to the side of the vehicle, particularly located below the overhead lines for electric locomotives - Google Patents
Railway vehicle for transferring containers and the like to setting-down surfaces to the side of the vehicle, particularly located below the overhead lines for electric locomotivesInfo
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ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A railway vehicle is disclosed for transferring containers and the like to setting-down surfaces to the side of the vehicle, particularly located below the overhead lines for electric locomotives. On the platform of a support truck there are spacedly arranged two vertical supporting frames, each of which comprises a horizontal support on the platform, two telescopable guides vertically arranged on the support with a horizontal spreader guide which terminally interconnects the two guides and supporting frame operating and lifting cylinders for the vertical raising and lowering of the spreader guide arranged in vertical manner between the two guides. Cantilever arms are articulated to each supporting frame on either side of the spreader guide and laterally extendable and retractable thereon about vertical axes by means of working cylinders. A spreader bridge with a spreader is movably arranged at right angles to the support truck longitudinal direction on the two spreader guides of the two supporting frames. In each horizontal support of each supporting frame there are arranged two lateral telescoping beams which can be horizontally extended and retracted by means of working cylinders, each telescoping beam carrying at its end a vertical support cylinder, whose piston which can be extended and retracted at the bottom is provided at the end with a support leg.
A railway vehicle is disclosed for transferring containers and the like to setting-down surfaces to the side of the vehicle, particularly located below the overhead lines for electric locomotives. On the platform of a support truck there are spacedly arranged two vertical supporting frames, each of which comprises a horizontal support on the platform, two telescopable guides vertically arranged on the support with a horizontal spreader guide which terminally interconnects the two guides and supporting frame operating and lifting cylinders for the vertical raising and lowering of the spreader guide arranged in vertical manner between the two guides. Cantilever arms are articulated to each supporting frame on either side of the spreader guide and laterally extendable and retractable thereon about vertical axes by means of working cylinders. A spreader bridge with a spreader is movably arranged at right angles to the support truck longitudinal direction on the two spreader guides of the two supporting frames. In each horizontal support of each supporting frame there are arranged two lateral telescoping beams which can be horizontally extended and retracted by means of working cylinders, each telescoping beam carrying at its end a vertical support cylinder, whose piston which can be extended and retracted at the bottom is provided at the end with a support leg.
Description
The invention relates to a railway vehicle ~or trans-~erring containers and the like to setting-down surfaces to the side of the vehicle, particularly located below the over-head lines for electric locomotives.
The transloading o~ containers and the like on the railways is limited to terminal~, whose tracks are not equipped with overhead electric lines, 60 that a train pulled by an electric locomotive must be uncoupled ~rom the latter be~ore loading or unloading, be~ore being moved into the sid-ing with a shunting or switching locomotive. A~ter loading or unloading the train is again shunted out of the siding by the shunting locomotive and is then coupled up to the main line locomotive.
As a result of the time involved in this procedure container trains are unable to 6erve intermediate station6 in which the containers are loaded and unloaded and instead the loaded and unloaded trucks have to be shunted in and out.
There~ore a block train system is not achievable. Normally container trucks are used in the express freight network.
~ any tests and trials have proved the advantages of loading and unloading containers ~rom the trucks a~ com-pared with the conventional shuntin~ procedure and various 601utions have been proposed ~or loading and unloading at intermediate stations.
Thus, for example, a transloading system for con-tainers and pallets with preparation ramps is known, whereby loading and unloading apparatus for road vehicles, aQ well as tracks for the container trains are associated with said ramps, which also have rollers for the computer-controlled movements of the containers. In this known system the ramps provided with transversely conveying roller units have in the longitudinal centre thereof longitudinal conveying systems at the same level with transversely conveying roller units, the rollers of the latter, as well as the rollers of the transversely conveying roller units on the trucks being adapted shapewise to the grooves on the bottom of the con-tainer or pallets and arra~ged in module-like manner.
All the existing solutions require significant chanes to the existing system in the initial phase and this leads to a high level of expenditure. Following the intro-duction of the proposed solutions complete integration with the existing railway shunting system would not be possible.
Various constructions of container trans~er apparatus mounted on vehicles are known.
Thus, a vehicle with a transfer a~ratus for con-tainers is known which comprises a frame arranged above the vehicle platform which i~ vertically adjustable by means of hydraulic working cylinders. This frame running in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle platform has in each o~
its terminal areas a jib telescopically movable at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the flatcar, whereby each free end of said jibs carries a loading ~rame for the attachment of the containers~ Each loading frame is fitted on the telescopically movable jib in such a way that one end thereof is fixed to the free end of the outer extendable jib, ll~ 35 whil~t the rear loading frame end is guided on the jib in such a way that on extending the jib the loading frame is dis-placed by the outer jib arm, whilst the rear end of the load-in~ ~ra~e i8 held and guided on the jib. The vehicle pro-vided with this transfer apparatus is also equipped with ground supports permitting a vertical supporting action~ so that for vehicle stability reasons long jibs cannot be used.
In sddition~ said known trans~er apparatus is constructed in such a way that containers can only be transferred to one side, namely to the side of the flatcar towards which the jibs can be extended. Therefore-it is not possible to transfer the load onto setting-doun surfaces on~he other side of the vehicle. Due to the vertical displaceability of the jibs with the loading frame it is possible to superimpose a plurality of containers.
Another known transloading apparatus for railway vehicles comprises a crane bridge movable at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle on guide rails and which on either side and ~pecifically at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle has extendable and retractable jibs carrying compact-carriages and li~tin~ mem-bers. In this known apparatus the crane bridge is posit-ioned at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and can be moved parallel to the latter, whilst the jibs and carriages are extendable and retractable at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
In another known transfer apparatus in the form of a li~ting and sliding mechanism for covered railway trucks a crane bridge-like supporting ~rame with an extendable and retractable jib is provided below the roof of a railway vehicle and at right angle6 to the longitudinal direction thereof. A hoisting cable for the load to be transferred ia positioned above the free end of the jib. The supporting frame is movable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by means o~ guide rails extending in said direction.
Another transfer apparatus for loads on railway trucks is known, which is constructed in such a way that it is possible to transfer the load to either slde of the truck.
To this end the transfer apparatus comprises two guide rails for a transfer truck or loading frame arranged on the vehicle platform and at right angles to the longitudinal direction thereof. Two lateral retractable and extendable jibs are arranged to the sides of the platform in the vicinity of the two rails for the transfer truck. The jibs carry further tracks and are constructed in such a way that when the jibs are swung out their tracks are connected to the tracks on the vehicle plat~orm, so that the transfer truck can be moved laterally out of the inside o~ the truck. In add-ition the two jibs are vertically adjustable on either side of the platform, so that a load can be transferred from the higher platform of the railway vehicle to a lower, laterally positioned setting-down surface. However, it is a dis-advantage of this known construction that the transfer truck is not suitable for larger containers and can only receive a small load which, by means o~ the trans~er truck~ can be moved out o~ a closa~le opening provided in the side o~ the railway truck.
The problem of the present invention is therefore to provide a railway vehicle for trans~erring containers to setting-dor~n surfaces located to the side o~ the vehicle, which can travel on tracks whilst adhering to the prescribed ~ree pro~ile o~ the railway or whilæt adhering to the clear-ance limits and which permits a large number of loadine pro-cesses with respect to loading unit~ with the most varied loading and unloading points below the overhead electric lines on any random track with an adequate ~ree space, whilst at the same time ensuring maximum stability o~ the vehicle dur-ing operation and whilst bridging relatively large gap~
between the vehicle and the setting-down surface.
According to the invention this problem is sol~ed by a railway ~ehicle o~ the type described hereinbe~ore, wherein it comprises the combination o~ the following feat-ures:
a) on the plat~orm o~ a support truck are spacedly arranged two vertical supporting ~rames, each o~
which comprises a horizontal support on the plat-~orm, two telescopable guides vertically arranged on the support with a horizontal spreader guide which terminally interconnects the two guides and supporting ~rame operating and li~ting cylinders ~or the vertical raising and lowering of the spread.er guide arranged in vertical manner between the two guides;
b) cantilever arms are articulated to each supporting . ~
~rame on either side o~ the spreader guide and laterally extendable and retractable thereon about - verti.cal axes by means o~ wor~;ing cylinders;
c) a spreader bridge with a spreader is movably arran-ged at right angles to the support truck longitud-inal direction on the two spreader guides o~ the two supporting ~rames;
d) in each horizontal support o~ each supporting frame are arranged two lateral telescoping beams which can be horizontally e~tended and retracted by means of working cylinders, each telescoping beam carrying at its end a vertical support cylinder, whose pis-ton which can be extended and retracted at the bot-tom is provided at the end with a support leg.
The invention also relates to a railway vehicle ~or transferring containers and the like to setting-down sur-~aces to the side o~ the vehicle, particularly located below the overhead lines for electric locomotives wherein it com-prises the combination o~ the ~ollowing features:
~ a) on the plat~orm o~ a support truck are spacedly arranged two vertical supporting frames, each of .. which comprises a horizontal support on the plat-form~ two telescopable guides vertically arranged on the support with a horiæontal spreader guide which terminally interconnects the two guides and supporting frame operating and lifting cylinders for the vertical raising and lowering of the spreader guide arranged in vertical manner between the two guides;
b) cantilever arms are articulated to each supporting frame on either side of the spreader guide and laterally extendable and retractable thereon about vertical axes by means ol working cylinders;
c) a spreader bridge with a spreader is movably arran-ged at right angles to the support truck longitud-inal direction on the two spreader guides o~ the two supporting rrames;
d) in each horizontal support Or each supporting frame are arranged two lateral telescoping beams which can be extended and retracted in a horizontal man-ner by means o~ working cylinders, the end Or each telescoping beam carrying a cantile~er arm support pivotable about a vertical axis and which comprises a telescopable vertical support beam having at its upper rree end a carriage displaceablY guided on the cantilever arm and which is connected to a working cylinder which is parallel to the canti-lever arm support and whose vertically extendable and retractable pi~ton carries at the bottom a sup-port leg.
By means of a railway vehicle for transferring containers and the like onto setting-down sur~aces positioned laterally of the vehicle constructed in the above-de~ined mànner a mobility on tracks is obtained, whilst respecting the prescribed ~ree profile of the railway. It also offers possibilities for the transportation o~ loads on the transfer apparatus and the per~ormance ol transloading operations with respect to loads having the most varied loading and unloading points and which comprise the loading onto a truck positioned in a siding, the loading onto a lorry positioned parallel with the railway vehicle, the loading onto the loading plat-~orm o~ the railway vehicle with the trans~er apparatus, the setting-down o~ containers on the ground and the placing o~
containers on a ramp, including the corresponding reverse operations. As the working range or pro;ection o~ the apparatus i6 adapted to the maximum conventional track spac-ing it is also possible to serve tracks which are positioned close together. It is possible to work under the overhead electric lines of any track, whilst ensuring an adequate free space. The transloading apparatus is sel~-propelled.
As a result o~ the ground support means provided on the railway vehicle constructed in accordance with the invention it i 6 possible to adapt the vehicle to the most varied rail-way loading gauges and it i6 also possible to use long canti-lever arms due to the simultaneous possibility of swinging out the cantilever arms with extended ground support means.
Further advantageous developments o~ the invention can be gathered ~rom the subclaims.
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~s a result of the construction of the ground support means not only is the railway venicle stabilised in the operating state during the transloading process, but the possibility is also provided of using long cantilever arms without it being necessary to provide additional means for stabilising the railway vehicle. Due to the fact that the ground support means of the vehicle can also be connected to the rails of adjacent tracks optimum vehicle stabilisation is achieved.
The invention is described in greater detail hereinafter relative to non-limitative embodiments and the attached drawings, wherein show:
Figure 1 a railway vehicle for the transfer of containers with a swung out cantilever arm and a swung in cantilever arm in side view.
Figure 2 a view from the front of the railway vehicle with laterally swung out cantilever arms and with ground support means extended on two sides.
Figure 3 a plan view of the railway vehicle with cantilever arms - swung out to one side.
Figure 4 a front view of the railway vehicle with laterally swung out cantilever arms and with extended, differently constructed ground support means.
Figure 5 a partial front view of the railway vehicle with laterally swung out cantilever arm and extended ground support means.
Figure 6 a front view of the railway vehicle with swung in cantilever arms and retracted ground support means.
According to Figs. 1 and 3 the railway vehicle for transferring containers and the like onto setting-down surfaces located laterally of the vehicle, comprises a track-displaceable support truck 10 equipped with two bogies and whose platform is designated by the reference numeral 11.
An operating position 12, 13 is provided at each end of the plat~orm. In order to be able to displace the truck 10 it is eguipped with a drive motor not shown in the drawings.
Support truck 10 is provided with a transfer apparatus arranged on a platform 11 and which comprises two spaced vertical supporting frames 20 and 120 arranged on the platform ~1 of support truck 1 0 (Fig, 1).
As the two supporting frames 20 and 120 are ident-ically constructed hereinafter only frame 20 is described in detail. This supporting frame 20 comprises a horizontal support 21 arranged on platform 11 of support truck 10.
Two vertically positioned, spaced telescopable guides 22 and ~3 are fixed to support 21. In the vicinity of their upper ends the two guides 22, 23 are interconnected by a horizontal spreader guide 25 or 125. Between the two guides 22, 23 is vertically arranged a support frame work-ing and lifting cylinder 26 connected to spreader guide 25 or 125 in such a way that in the case of a corresponding actuation of working cylinder 26 the spreader guide 25 or 125 is raised or lowered (Figs. 2 and 4).
Cantilever arms 30 and 31 or 130 and 131 are art-iculated on either side of each spreader guide 25 or 125 ' and can be laterally extended and retracted about vertical axes 30a and - 31a by means of working cylinders not shown in the drawing. Said cantilever arms can be pivoted outwards by 90 from the pivoted-in position (Figures 1 and 3). As is apparent from Figure 4 the articulation area of cantilever arms 30, 31 or 130, 131 on spreader guide 25 or 125 are reinforced by means of an additional transverse spar 27. As a result of this construction it is possible to use long cantilever arms.
A crane bridge 40 with a loading frame 50 is movable at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the support truck is arranged on the two spreader guides 25 and 125 of the two supporting frames 20, 120.
The crane bridge 40 comprises two parallel, juxtaposed stringers 41, and 141, which carry on their end faces members 42 and 142, provided with wheels 43 (Figures 3 and 4). Both the horizontal spreader guides 25, 125 and the cantilever arms 30, 31, 130, 131 are constructed as tracks for the crane bridge 40.
In crane bridge 40 are provided two hoisting gear cylinders 44 and 144 which displace a vehicle on which are fixed hoisting cables 45, which run over guide pulleys at the four corner points of loading frame 50.
On retrieving the hoisting gear cylinders 44, 144 loading frame 50 is raised.
As can be gather~ from Figure 1 the container receiving system comprises two independently suspended loading frames 50 and 150 with each of which is associated a hoisting gear cylinder in the loading frame bridge 40.
Each loading frame has four corner locking means at the corners for a 20' container, as well as two corner locking means in the centre of each of the two loading frames 50, 150 for receiving the 30' containers (Figure 1). Since the loading frame guides 25, 125 with cantilever arms 30, 31, 130, 131 and consequently crane bridge 40 are vertically displaceable it is possible to lower the transfer means when not in use. Later on, the same may be raised to the necessary height when transferring containers.
The platform of support truck 10 is provided with ground support :, means (Figures 2 and 4).
The ground support means shown in Figure 2 comprises telescoping beams 60, and 160 arranged in horizontally displaceable manner in the horizontal supports 21 of each supporting frame 20 and 120. In each horizontal support 21 are provided two telescoping beams 60 and 160 which can be independently latera]ly extended and retracted by means of hy-. draulic cylinders. At the end of each beam 60, 160 there is a vertical support cylinder 61, 161 at the bottom of which there is an extendable and retractable piston 62 and 162, provided at its end with a support leg 63, 163.
Due to the fact that the support cylinder 61, 161 are fixed tohorizontally displaceable telescoping beams 60, 160 it is possible to adapt the ground support means to the distance between two tracks, as shown in Figure 2. If there is a greater distance between two tracks, the telescoping .:
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beam 160 can be extended to the vicinity of the adjacent track and the support cylinder can also be extended, so that the latter can be supported by means of the support leg on the ballast. If there is only a limited distance between two tracks the telescoping beam 60 is only extended from horizontal support 21 to the extent that the support leg is supported between the two tracks.
However, it is also possible to construct each of the two support cylinders 61, 161 as double-sided-acting working cylinders. Through the use o~ such a working cylinder for each support cylinder`it is possible to extend the operating pistons on either side, so that the lower piston in each case carries at the bottom the support leg 63 or 163, whilst the upper piston of the double-sided-acting working cylinder is supported on the 6wung-out cantilever arm. It i8 possible in this way to use very long cantilever arms, because they can be correspondingly æupported.
A ground support means ~or long cantile~er arms is shown in ~ig. 4. Here again in each support 21 of each supporting ~rame 20 or 120 there are two telescoping beams 60 and 160 which can be laterally extended and retracted independently of one another in a horizontal direction by means of working cylinders. The end o~ each telescoping beam carries a cantilever arm support 70 or 170 which can be pivoted about a vertical axis 60a or 160a and which comprises a telescopable vertical support beam 71 or 171, so that all four support beams can be adapted to the stroke of the li~lZ35 spreader guide 25 or 125 with cantilever arms 30J 31, 130, 131 . The support beam 71 or 171 has at its upper end 71a or 171 a a carriage 72 or 172 secured and displaceably guided on cantilever arm 30, 31, or 1 30, 1 31 and which is connected with a working cylinder 73 or 173 parallel to the cantilever arm support 70 or 170. The vertically extendable and retractable piston 74 or 174 of working cylinder 73 or 173 .~
has at its bottom a support leg 63 or 163. Guides 78 or 178 located at the bottom are used for securing the position of working cylinder 73 or 173 and ~or stabilising the whole system. This construction of a ground support means makes it possible to support laterally swung-out, long cantilever arms and during the swinging in or out o~ the said arms it is simultaneously possible to swing in or out the ground sup-port means.
The above-described ground support means are pro-vided on both the supporting ~rames 20 and 120 on either side o~ platform 11 o~ support truck 10.
The transloading o~ containers and the like on the railways is limited to terminal~, whose tracks are not equipped with overhead electric lines, 60 that a train pulled by an electric locomotive must be uncoupled ~rom the latter be~ore loading or unloading, be~ore being moved into the sid-ing with a shunting or switching locomotive. A~ter loading or unloading the train is again shunted out of the siding by the shunting locomotive and is then coupled up to the main line locomotive.
As a result of the time involved in this procedure container trains are unable to 6erve intermediate station6 in which the containers are loaded and unloaded and instead the loaded and unloaded trucks have to be shunted in and out.
There~ore a block train system is not achievable. Normally container trucks are used in the express freight network.
~ any tests and trials have proved the advantages of loading and unloading containers ~rom the trucks a~ com-pared with the conventional shuntin~ procedure and various 601utions have been proposed ~or loading and unloading at intermediate stations.
Thus, for example, a transloading system for con-tainers and pallets with preparation ramps is known, whereby loading and unloading apparatus for road vehicles, aQ well as tracks for the container trains are associated with said ramps, which also have rollers for the computer-controlled movements of the containers. In this known system the ramps provided with transversely conveying roller units have in the longitudinal centre thereof longitudinal conveying systems at the same level with transversely conveying roller units, the rollers of the latter, as well as the rollers of the transversely conveying roller units on the trucks being adapted shapewise to the grooves on the bottom of the con-tainer or pallets and arra~ged in module-like manner.
All the existing solutions require significant chanes to the existing system in the initial phase and this leads to a high level of expenditure. Following the intro-duction of the proposed solutions complete integration with the existing railway shunting system would not be possible.
Various constructions of container trans~er apparatus mounted on vehicles are known.
Thus, a vehicle with a transfer a~ratus for con-tainers is known which comprises a frame arranged above the vehicle platform which i~ vertically adjustable by means of hydraulic working cylinders. This frame running in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle platform has in each o~
its terminal areas a jib telescopically movable at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the flatcar, whereby each free end of said jibs carries a loading ~rame for the attachment of the containers~ Each loading frame is fitted on the telescopically movable jib in such a way that one end thereof is fixed to the free end of the outer extendable jib, ll~ 35 whil~t the rear loading frame end is guided on the jib in such a way that on extending the jib the loading frame is dis-placed by the outer jib arm, whilst the rear end of the load-in~ ~ra~e i8 held and guided on the jib. The vehicle pro-vided with this transfer apparatus is also equipped with ground supports permitting a vertical supporting action~ so that for vehicle stability reasons long jibs cannot be used.
In sddition~ said known trans~er apparatus is constructed in such a way that containers can only be transferred to one side, namely to the side of the flatcar towards which the jibs can be extended. Therefore-it is not possible to transfer the load onto setting-doun surfaces on~he other side of the vehicle. Due to the vertical displaceability of the jibs with the loading frame it is possible to superimpose a plurality of containers.
Another known transloading apparatus for railway vehicles comprises a crane bridge movable at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle on guide rails and which on either side and ~pecifically at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle has extendable and retractable jibs carrying compact-carriages and li~tin~ mem-bers. In this known apparatus the crane bridge is posit-ioned at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and can be moved parallel to the latter, whilst the jibs and carriages are extendable and retractable at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
In another known transfer apparatus in the form of a li~ting and sliding mechanism for covered railway trucks a crane bridge-like supporting ~rame with an extendable and retractable jib is provided below the roof of a railway vehicle and at right angle6 to the longitudinal direction thereof. A hoisting cable for the load to be transferred ia positioned above the free end of the jib. The supporting frame is movable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by means o~ guide rails extending in said direction.
Another transfer apparatus for loads on railway trucks is known, which is constructed in such a way that it is possible to transfer the load to either slde of the truck.
To this end the transfer apparatus comprises two guide rails for a transfer truck or loading frame arranged on the vehicle platform and at right angles to the longitudinal direction thereof. Two lateral retractable and extendable jibs are arranged to the sides of the platform in the vicinity of the two rails for the transfer truck. The jibs carry further tracks and are constructed in such a way that when the jibs are swung out their tracks are connected to the tracks on the vehicle plat~orm, so that the transfer truck can be moved laterally out of the inside o~ the truck. In add-ition the two jibs are vertically adjustable on either side of the platform, so that a load can be transferred from the higher platform of the railway vehicle to a lower, laterally positioned setting-down surface. However, it is a dis-advantage of this known construction that the transfer truck is not suitable for larger containers and can only receive a small load which, by means o~ the trans~er truck~ can be moved out o~ a closa~le opening provided in the side o~ the railway truck.
The problem of the present invention is therefore to provide a railway vehicle for trans~erring containers to setting-dor~n surfaces located to the side o~ the vehicle, which can travel on tracks whilst adhering to the prescribed ~ree pro~ile o~ the railway or whilæt adhering to the clear-ance limits and which permits a large number of loadine pro-cesses with respect to loading unit~ with the most varied loading and unloading points below the overhead electric lines on any random track with an adequate ~ree space, whilst at the same time ensuring maximum stability o~ the vehicle dur-ing operation and whilst bridging relatively large gap~
between the vehicle and the setting-down surface.
According to the invention this problem is sol~ed by a railway ~ehicle o~ the type described hereinbe~ore, wherein it comprises the combination o~ the following feat-ures:
a) on the plat~orm o~ a support truck are spacedly arranged two vertical supporting ~rames, each o~
which comprises a horizontal support on the plat-~orm, two telescopable guides vertically arranged on the support with a horizontal spreader guide which terminally interconnects the two guides and supporting ~rame operating and li~ting cylinders ~or the vertical raising and lowering of the spread.er guide arranged in vertical manner between the two guides;
b) cantilever arms are articulated to each supporting . ~
~rame on either side o~ the spreader guide and laterally extendable and retractable thereon about - verti.cal axes by means o~ wor~;ing cylinders;
c) a spreader bridge with a spreader is movably arran-ged at right angles to the support truck longitud-inal direction on the two spreader guides o~ the two supporting ~rames;
d) in each horizontal support o~ each supporting frame are arranged two lateral telescoping beams which can be horizontally e~tended and retracted by means of working cylinders, each telescoping beam carrying at its end a vertical support cylinder, whose pis-ton which can be extended and retracted at the bot-tom is provided at the end with a support leg.
The invention also relates to a railway vehicle ~or transferring containers and the like to setting-down sur-~aces to the side o~ the vehicle, particularly located below the overhead lines for electric locomotives wherein it com-prises the combination o~ the ~ollowing features:
~ a) on the plat~orm o~ a support truck are spacedly arranged two vertical supporting frames, each of .. which comprises a horizontal support on the plat-form~ two telescopable guides vertically arranged on the support with a horiæontal spreader guide which terminally interconnects the two guides and supporting frame operating and lifting cylinders for the vertical raising and lowering of the spreader guide arranged in vertical manner between the two guides;
b) cantilever arms are articulated to each supporting frame on either side of the spreader guide and laterally extendable and retractable thereon about vertical axes by means ol working cylinders;
c) a spreader bridge with a spreader is movably arran-ged at right angles to the support truck longitud-inal direction on the two spreader guides o~ the two supporting rrames;
d) in each horizontal support Or each supporting frame are arranged two lateral telescoping beams which can be extended and retracted in a horizontal man-ner by means o~ working cylinders, the end Or each telescoping beam carrying a cantile~er arm support pivotable about a vertical axis and which comprises a telescopable vertical support beam having at its upper rree end a carriage displaceablY guided on the cantilever arm and which is connected to a working cylinder which is parallel to the canti-lever arm support and whose vertically extendable and retractable pi~ton carries at the bottom a sup-port leg.
By means of a railway vehicle for transferring containers and the like onto setting-down sur~aces positioned laterally of the vehicle constructed in the above-de~ined mànner a mobility on tracks is obtained, whilst respecting the prescribed ~ree profile of the railway. It also offers possibilities for the transportation o~ loads on the transfer apparatus and the per~ormance ol transloading operations with respect to loads having the most varied loading and unloading points and which comprise the loading onto a truck positioned in a siding, the loading onto a lorry positioned parallel with the railway vehicle, the loading onto the loading plat-~orm o~ the railway vehicle with the trans~er apparatus, the setting-down o~ containers on the ground and the placing o~
containers on a ramp, including the corresponding reverse operations. As the working range or pro;ection o~ the apparatus i6 adapted to the maximum conventional track spac-ing it is also possible to serve tracks which are positioned close together. It is possible to work under the overhead electric lines of any track, whilst ensuring an adequate free space. The transloading apparatus is sel~-propelled.
As a result o~ the ground support means provided on the railway vehicle constructed in accordance with the invention it i 6 possible to adapt the vehicle to the most varied rail-way loading gauges and it i6 also possible to use long canti-lever arms due to the simultaneous possibility of swinging out the cantilever arms with extended ground support means.
Further advantageous developments o~ the invention can be gathered ~rom the subclaims.
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~s a result of the construction of the ground support means not only is the railway venicle stabilised in the operating state during the transloading process, but the possibility is also provided of using long cantilever arms without it being necessary to provide additional means for stabilising the railway vehicle. Due to the fact that the ground support means of the vehicle can also be connected to the rails of adjacent tracks optimum vehicle stabilisation is achieved.
The invention is described in greater detail hereinafter relative to non-limitative embodiments and the attached drawings, wherein show:
Figure 1 a railway vehicle for the transfer of containers with a swung out cantilever arm and a swung in cantilever arm in side view.
Figure 2 a view from the front of the railway vehicle with laterally swung out cantilever arms and with ground support means extended on two sides.
Figure 3 a plan view of the railway vehicle with cantilever arms - swung out to one side.
Figure 4 a front view of the railway vehicle with laterally swung out cantilever arms and with extended, differently constructed ground support means.
Figure 5 a partial front view of the railway vehicle with laterally swung out cantilever arm and extended ground support means.
Figure 6 a front view of the railway vehicle with swung in cantilever arms and retracted ground support means.
According to Figs. 1 and 3 the railway vehicle for transferring containers and the like onto setting-down surfaces located laterally of the vehicle, comprises a track-displaceable support truck 10 equipped with two bogies and whose platform is designated by the reference numeral 11.
An operating position 12, 13 is provided at each end of the plat~orm. In order to be able to displace the truck 10 it is eguipped with a drive motor not shown in the drawings.
Support truck 10 is provided with a transfer apparatus arranged on a platform 11 and which comprises two spaced vertical supporting frames 20 and 120 arranged on the platform ~1 of support truck 1 0 (Fig, 1).
As the two supporting frames 20 and 120 are ident-ically constructed hereinafter only frame 20 is described in detail. This supporting frame 20 comprises a horizontal support 21 arranged on platform 11 of support truck 10.
Two vertically positioned, spaced telescopable guides 22 and ~3 are fixed to support 21. In the vicinity of their upper ends the two guides 22, 23 are interconnected by a horizontal spreader guide 25 or 125. Between the two guides 22, 23 is vertically arranged a support frame work-ing and lifting cylinder 26 connected to spreader guide 25 or 125 in such a way that in the case of a corresponding actuation of working cylinder 26 the spreader guide 25 or 125 is raised or lowered (Figs. 2 and 4).
Cantilever arms 30 and 31 or 130 and 131 are art-iculated on either side of each spreader guide 25 or 125 ' and can be laterally extended and retracted about vertical axes 30a and - 31a by means of working cylinders not shown in the drawing. Said cantilever arms can be pivoted outwards by 90 from the pivoted-in position (Figures 1 and 3). As is apparent from Figure 4 the articulation area of cantilever arms 30, 31 or 130, 131 on spreader guide 25 or 125 are reinforced by means of an additional transverse spar 27. As a result of this construction it is possible to use long cantilever arms.
A crane bridge 40 with a loading frame 50 is movable at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the support truck is arranged on the two spreader guides 25 and 125 of the two supporting frames 20, 120.
The crane bridge 40 comprises two parallel, juxtaposed stringers 41, and 141, which carry on their end faces members 42 and 142, provided with wheels 43 (Figures 3 and 4). Both the horizontal spreader guides 25, 125 and the cantilever arms 30, 31, 130, 131 are constructed as tracks for the crane bridge 40.
In crane bridge 40 are provided two hoisting gear cylinders 44 and 144 which displace a vehicle on which are fixed hoisting cables 45, which run over guide pulleys at the four corner points of loading frame 50.
On retrieving the hoisting gear cylinders 44, 144 loading frame 50 is raised.
As can be gather~ from Figure 1 the container receiving system comprises two independently suspended loading frames 50 and 150 with each of which is associated a hoisting gear cylinder in the loading frame bridge 40.
Each loading frame has four corner locking means at the corners for a 20' container, as well as two corner locking means in the centre of each of the two loading frames 50, 150 for receiving the 30' containers (Figure 1). Since the loading frame guides 25, 125 with cantilever arms 30, 31, 130, 131 and consequently crane bridge 40 are vertically displaceable it is possible to lower the transfer means when not in use. Later on, the same may be raised to the necessary height when transferring containers.
The platform of support truck 10 is provided with ground support :, means (Figures 2 and 4).
The ground support means shown in Figure 2 comprises telescoping beams 60, and 160 arranged in horizontally displaceable manner in the horizontal supports 21 of each supporting frame 20 and 120. In each horizontal support 21 are provided two telescoping beams 60 and 160 which can be independently latera]ly extended and retracted by means of hy-. draulic cylinders. At the end of each beam 60, 160 there is a vertical support cylinder 61, 161 at the bottom of which there is an extendable and retractable piston 62 and 162, provided at its end with a support leg 63, 163.
Due to the fact that the support cylinder 61, 161 are fixed tohorizontally displaceable telescoping beams 60, 160 it is possible to adapt the ground support means to the distance between two tracks, as shown in Figure 2. If there is a greater distance between two tracks, the telescoping .:
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beam 160 can be extended to the vicinity of the adjacent track and the support cylinder can also be extended, so that the latter can be supported by means of the support leg on the ballast. If there is only a limited distance between two tracks the telescoping beam 60 is only extended from horizontal support 21 to the extent that the support leg is supported between the two tracks.
However, it is also possible to construct each of the two support cylinders 61, 161 as double-sided-acting working cylinders. Through the use o~ such a working cylinder for each support cylinder`it is possible to extend the operating pistons on either side, so that the lower piston in each case carries at the bottom the support leg 63 or 163, whilst the upper piston of the double-sided-acting working cylinder is supported on the 6wung-out cantilever arm. It i8 possible in this way to use very long cantilever arms, because they can be correspondingly æupported.
A ground support means ~or long cantile~er arms is shown in ~ig. 4. Here again in each support 21 of each supporting ~rame 20 or 120 there are two telescoping beams 60 and 160 which can be laterally extended and retracted independently of one another in a horizontal direction by means of working cylinders. The end o~ each telescoping beam carries a cantilever arm support 70 or 170 which can be pivoted about a vertical axis 60a or 160a and which comprises a telescopable vertical support beam 71 or 171, so that all four support beams can be adapted to the stroke of the li~lZ35 spreader guide 25 or 125 with cantilever arms 30J 31, 130, 131 . The support beam 71 or 171 has at its upper end 71a or 171 a a carriage 72 or 172 secured and displaceably guided on cantilever arm 30, 31, or 1 30, 1 31 and which is connected with a working cylinder 73 or 173 parallel to the cantilever arm support 70 or 170. The vertically extendable and retractable piston 74 or 174 of working cylinder 73 or 173 .~
has at its bottom a support leg 63 or 163. Guides 78 or 178 located at the bottom are used for securing the position of working cylinder 73 or 173 and ~or stabilising the whole system. This construction of a ground support means makes it possible to support laterally swung-out, long cantilever arms and during the swinging in or out o~ the said arms it is simultaneously possible to swing in or out the ground sup-port means.
The above-described ground support means are pro-vided on both the supporting ~rames 20 and 120 on either side o~ platform 11 o~ support truck 10.
Claims (6)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A railway vehicle for transferring containers and the like to setting-down surfaces to the side of the vehicle, particularly located below the overhead lines for electric locomotives, wherein it comprises the combination of the following features:
a) on the platform of a support truck are spacedly arranged two vertical supporting frames, each of which comprises a horizontal support on the platform, two telescopable guides vertically arranged on the support with a horizontal spreader guide which terminally interconnects the two guides and supporting frame operating and lifting cylinders for the vertical raising and lowering of the spreader guide arranged in vertical manner between the two guides;
b) cantilever arms are articulated to each supporting frame on either side of the spreader guide and laterally extend and retract pivotally about vertical axes by means of hydraulic cylinders;
c) a crane bridge with a loading frame is movably arranged at right angles to the support truck longitudinal direction on the two spreader guides of the two supporting frames;
d) in each horizontal support of each supporting frame are arranged two lateral telescoping beams which can be horizontally extended and retracted by means of hydraulic cylinders, each telescoping beam carrying at its end a vertical support cylinder, whose piston which can be extended and retracted at the bottom is provided at the end with a support leg.
a) on the platform of a support truck are spacedly arranged two vertical supporting frames, each of which comprises a horizontal support on the platform, two telescopable guides vertically arranged on the support with a horizontal spreader guide which terminally interconnects the two guides and supporting frame operating and lifting cylinders for the vertical raising and lowering of the spreader guide arranged in vertical manner between the two guides;
b) cantilever arms are articulated to each supporting frame on either side of the spreader guide and laterally extend and retract pivotally about vertical axes by means of hydraulic cylinders;
c) a crane bridge with a loading frame is movably arranged at right angles to the support truck longitudinal direction on the two spreader guides of the two supporting frames;
d) in each horizontal support of each supporting frame are arranged two lateral telescoping beams which can be horizontally extended and retracted by means of hydraulic cylinders, each telescoping beam carrying at its end a vertical support cylinder, whose piston which can be extended and retracted at the bottom is provided at the end with a support leg.
2. A railway vehicle for transferring containers and the like to setting-down surfaces to the side of the vehicle, particularly located below the overhead lines for electric locomotives, wherein it comprises the combination of the following features:
a) on the platform of a support truck are spacedly arranged two vertical supporting frames, each of which comprises a horizontal support on the platform, two telescopable guides vertically arranged on the support with a horizontal spreader guide which terminally interconnects the two guides and supporting frame operating and lifting cylinders for the vertical raising and lowering of the spreader guide arranged in vertical manner between the two guides;
b) cantilever arms are articulated to each supporting frame on either side of the spreader guide and laterally extend and retract pivotably about vertical axes by means of hydraulic cylinders;
c) a crane bridge with a loading frame is movably arranged at right angles to the support truck in a longitudinal direction on the two spreader guides of the two supporting frames;
d) in each horizontal support of each supporting frame are arranged two lateral telescoping beams which can be extended and retracted in a horizontal manner by means of hydraulic cylinders, the end of each tele-scoping beam carrying a support for the said cantilever arms pivotable about a vertical axis and which comprises a telescopable vertical support beam having at its upper free end a carriage displaceably guided on the said cantilever arms and which is connected to a hydraulic cylinder which is parallel to the support for the cantilever arm and whose vertically extendable and retractable piston carries at the bottom a support leg.
a) on the platform of a support truck are spacedly arranged two vertical supporting frames, each of which comprises a horizontal support on the platform, two telescopable guides vertically arranged on the support with a horizontal spreader guide which terminally interconnects the two guides and supporting frame operating and lifting cylinders for the vertical raising and lowering of the spreader guide arranged in vertical manner between the two guides;
b) cantilever arms are articulated to each supporting frame on either side of the spreader guide and laterally extend and retract pivotably about vertical axes by means of hydraulic cylinders;
c) a crane bridge with a loading frame is movably arranged at right angles to the support truck in a longitudinal direction on the two spreader guides of the two supporting frames;
d) in each horizontal support of each supporting frame are arranged two lateral telescoping beams which can be extended and retracted in a horizontal manner by means of hydraulic cylinders, the end of each tele-scoping beam carrying a support for the said cantilever arms pivotable about a vertical axis and which comprises a telescopable vertical support beam having at its upper free end a carriage displaceably guided on the said cantilever arms and which is connected to a hydraulic cylinder which is parallel to the support for the cantilever arm and whose vertically extendable and retractable piston carries at the bottom a support leg.
3. A railway vehicle according to claim 1, wherein each vertical support cylinder of the telescoping beam of each supporting frame is constructed as a double-sided-acting working cylinder with pistons which can be extended to either side, whereof a support leg is provided at the bottom of the lower piston and the upper piston can be connected to the swung-out cantilever arm.
4. A railway vehicle according to claims 1 to 3, wherein the support truck is provided with a drive motor and two control driver cabs, each of which are located at opposite ends of the vehicle, such that the vehicle may be controlled from either position.
5. A railway vehicle according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the spreader bridge comprises two parallel, juxtaposed stringers connected by their end faces to members provided with wheels for moving on the spreader guides and the laterally swung-out cantilever arms and are equipped with a drive motor.
6. A railway vehicle according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the spreader bridge contains two lifting gear cylinders for the horizontal displacement of a vehicle to which are fixed hoisting cables guided over guide pulleys and in operative connection with the spreader.
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