CN205951968U - Electronic urban mass transit system of single -stop -type microlight -type - Google Patents

Electronic urban mass transit system of single -stop -type microlight -type Download PDF

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CN205951968U
CN205951968U CN201620879195.6U CN201620879195U CN205951968U CN 205951968 U CN205951968 U CN 205951968U CN 201620879195 U CN201620879195 U CN 201620879195U CN 205951968 U CN205951968 U CN 205951968U
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蒋胜昔
蒋云
孙浩然
刘梦冉
杜培源
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The utility model belongs to the technical field of urban rail transit, in particular to electronic urban mass transit system of single -stop -type microlight -type. This electronic urban mass transit system of single -stop -type microlight -type, including electric motor car and single -stop -type traffic track, characterized by: single -stop -type traffic track includes a plurality of groups travel track and orbital transfer track, and on the traveling wheel of electric motor car both sides arranged the track that traveles in, the traveling wheel outside was equipped with and becomes the rail wheel. The beneficial effects of the utility model are that: it can thoroughly solve the urban traffic problem of blocking up by fundamentally, the traffic when having solved tail gas pollution, dust pollution that too much ordinary car brought, especially peak on and off duty simultaneously, environmental protection, ann congruent problem to need not to reform transform big urban road, safe and reliable, investment are little, the construction of being convenient for, construction period is short, maintenance cost low, has really realized single -stop -type traffic, can not influence other vehicle's normal operating.

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One-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System
(One)Technical field
The invention belongs to urban rail transit technology field, hand over particularly to a kind of one-stop microlight-type electric urban track Way system.
(Two)Background technology
The urban environment bringing in the face of Global Urbanization(Air)Pollution challenge and traffic problems, human needs are sought convenient The Traffic Systems of environmental protection, general car at a high speed, convenient, fast, but after city vehicle develops into some, a large amount of vapour Traffic congestion that car brings, tail gas pollution, dust pollution, that flow problem striven by people's car is just more and more prominent.
Existing disclosed Traffic Systems:Private car is compact quick, and when not blocking up, speed is fast, easy to use;But Behind road on substantial amounts of private car, the whole world all occurs in that serious traffic congestion phenomenon, peak period particularly on and off duty, excessively Traffic lights also have a strong impact on road communication tube efficiency, substantial amounts of vehicle exhaust brings serious dirt to urban air simultaneously Dye, also brings serious airborne dust, the increasingly severe haze phenomenon of whole world big and medium-sized cities is in vehicle traveling process The consequence that on a large amount of private cars, road is brought, the people Che Zhengliu that a large amount of automobiles bring, also significantly impact the safety of urban transportation, Vehicle accident takes place frequently.For solving traffic congestion phenomenon, city bus is provided with special bus zone, and encourages to take bus On and off duty it is desirable to solve traffic jam issue, but things turn out contrary to one's wishes, one side buses have route it is impossible to cover great majority Traffic, need transfer repeatedly by bus, need to wait car, affect traffic efficiency, another aspect buses account for dedicated Lanes, also affect The traffic of script private car, particularly narrower road.Viaduct and the construction of viaduct, decrease red green to a certain extent Lamp, improves traffic efficiency, but still can there is traffic on impact bridge because of traffic lights at the upper and lower opening of viaduct, overhead when serious Like high-altitude parking lot, simultaneously because automobile is heavier, track is more on road, and viaduct investment is huge.The construction of urban light rail solves Traffic lights problem, efficiency increases substantially, but on the one hand, light rail transit is also to have route to run, and most passengers also need Change to repeatedly by bus, also affect efficiency, another aspect light rail transit is huge because of car body, and weight is very heavy, therefore light rail construction is difficult Degree is big, and investment is very high, and the construction period is long, and maintenance cost is high.It is exactly also that urban light rail radius of turn is big, cover in city Scope is little, and narrower road is difficult to realize and is open to traffic, and the big investment of under ground portion difficulty of construction is big, and aerial partss dedicated Lanes affect it His travel pattern.So urban light rail is more suitable for ad hoc mode traffic, and can not thoroughly solve urban transportation blocking.Overhead system Although rail bus affect to reduce on other vehicles, overhead system rail bus can't resolve traffic lights impact, solution Never route impact, can't resolve narrower road traffic impact, and in crossing position because lane change vehicle is more, also Have certain danger.
(Three)Content of the invention
The present invention is in order to make up the deficiencies in the prior art, there is provided a kind of one-stop microlight-type electric urban track traffic system System, can need not fundamentally solve Urban Traffic Jam Based to big city road reformation, solve simultaneously vehicle exhaust and The pollution problem that airborne dust brings to urban air, is truly realized one-stop traffic, does not interfere with the normal of other vehicles Run.
The present invention is achieved through the following technical solutions:
A kind of one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System, including electric motor car and one-stop traffic track, it is special Levying is:Described one-stop traffic track includes some groups of running rails and becomes rail track, and the traveling wheel of electric motor car both sides is placed in row Sail on track, travel and outside wheel, be provided with change rail wheel.
Described change rail wheel is installed in electric motor car by lowering or hoisting gear, and electric motor car bottom is connected with for automatic control signal Transmission and the lower pantograph of power supply.
Described electric motor car top is provided with elevating lever, and elevating lever is provided with position-limited wheel, and position-limited wheel is placed in safe spacing rail On road, elevating lever top is connected with pantograph, and upper pantograph is connected with supply lines.
Described one-stop traffic track locates the right-hand rotation change rail track that corner is respectively provided with right-hand rotation at the parting of the ways, ten The left turn rail track of left-hand rotation is respectively provided with extended line at word crossing.
Described one-stop traffic track is provided with some stations, is provided with some groups of changes elevator, changes elevator is by upper in station Row elevator, straight trip elevator and descending elevator are integrally formed.
Described station both sides are provided with the multi-storied garage for depositing electric motor car, and station top is provided with rain cover, sets in station There is full-automatic ticket office.
It is connected with safe auxiliary rod between described elevating lever top and electric motor car top.
The described wheel that travels, by travelling mechanical driving device drive, becomes rail wheel and is driven by becoming rail mechanical driving device.
Described electric motor car both sides are provided with automatic door, and electronic in-car rear portion is provided with rear control chamber and lithium battery, electric motor car Interior front portion is provided with front control chamber and lithium battery.
Described electric motor car side is provided with side bumper, and electric motor car tail end is provided with rear bumper, electric motor car front end be provided with car light, Front bumper and spring anticollision device, collision-prevention device, spring anticollision device, collision-prevention device front end is provided with yielding rubber pad.
The invention has the beneficial effects as follows:Fundamentally can need not thoroughly solve urban transportation to big city road reformation to gather around Stifled problem, solves friendship during tail gas pollution, the dust pollution, particularly peak on and off duty that excessive general-utility car brings simultaneously Logical, environmental protection, security problems;Safe and reliable, investment is little, be easy to construction, the construction period is short, maintenance cost is low, be truly realized One-stop traffic, does not interfere with the normal operation of other vehicles.
(Four)Brief description
The present invention is further illustrated below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Accompanying drawing 1 is the structural representation of the present invention;
Accompanying drawing 2 is the electric motor car roof electric power-feeding structure schematic diagram of the present invention;
Accompanying drawing 3 is the structural representation located at the parting of the ways of one-stop traffic track of the present invention;
Accompanying drawing 4 is the station structure schematic diagram of invention;
Accompanying drawing 5 is the multi-storied garage mounting structure schematic diagram of the present invention;
Accompanying drawing 6 is the electric motor car bottom driving system structure diagram of the present invention;
Accompanying drawing 7 is the electric motor car internal structure schematic diagram of invention;
In figure, 1 electric motor car, 2 one-stop traffic tracks, 3 running rails, 4 change rail tracks, 5 traveling wheels, 6 change rail wheels, 7 liters Falling unit, 8 times pantographs, 9 elevating levers, 10 position-limited wheels, 11 safe spacing tracks, pantograph on 12,13 supply lines, 14 turn right becomes Rail track, 15 left turn rail tracks, 16 stations, 17 changes elevator, 18 escalator ups, 19 straight trip elevators, 20 descending elevators, 21 stand Body garage, 22 rain covers, 23 full-automatic ticket offices, 24 safe auxiliary rods, 25 traveling mechanical driving devices, 26 change rail machine driving Device, 27 automatic doors, control chamber after 28,29 lithium batteries, control chamber before 30,31 side bumpers, 32 rear bumpers, 33 car lights, 34 front bumpers, 35 spring anticollision device, collision-prevention devices, 36 yielding rubber pads.
(Five)Specific embodiment
Accompanying drawing is a kind of specific embodiment of the present invention.This embodiment includes electric motor car 1 and one-stop traffic track 2, and one Standing posture traffic track 2 includes some groups of running rails 3 and becomes rail track 4, and the traveling wheel 5 of electric motor car 1 both sides is placed in running rail 3 On, travel and outside wheel 5, be provided with change rail wheel 6.Become rail wheel 6 to be installed in electric motor car 1 by lowering or hoisting gear 7, electric motor car 1 bottom connects There is the lower pantograph 8 for automatic control signal transmission and power supply.Electric motor car 1 top is provided with elevating lever 9, and elevating lever 9 is pacified Equipped with position-limited wheel 10, position-limited wheel 10 is placed on safe spacing track 11, and elevating lever 9 top is connected with pantograph 12, is above subject to electricity Bow 12 is connected with supply lines 13.One-stop traffic track 2 locates the right-hand rotation change rail that corner is respectively provided with right-hand rotation at the parting of the ways Track 14, is respectively provided with the left turn rail track 15 of left-hand rotation at the parting of the ways on place's extended line.One-stop traffic track 2 sets There are some stations 16, in station 16, be provided with some groups of changes elevator 17, changes elevator 17 is by escalator up 18, straight trip elevator 19 and Descending elevator 20 is integrally formed.Station 16 both sides are provided with the multi-storied garage 21 for depositing electric motor car 1, and station 16 top is provided with anti- Canopy 22, is provided with full-automatic ticket office 23 in station 16.It is connected with safe auxiliary between elevating lever 9 top and electric motor car 1 top Bar 24.Travel wheel 5 and driven by travelling mechanical driving device 25, become rail wheel 6 and driven by becoming rail mechanical driving device 26.Electric motor car 1 Both sides are provided with automatic door 27, and in electric motor car 1, rear portion is provided with rear control chamber 28 and lithium battery 29, anterior installation in electric motor car 1 There are front control chamber 30 and lithium battery 29.Electric motor car 1 side is provided with side bumper 31, and electric motor car 1 tail end is provided with rear bumper 32, electricity Motor-car 1 front end is provided with car light 33, front bumper 34 and spring anticollision device, collision-prevention device 35, and spring anticollision device, collision-prevention device 35 front end is provided with yielding rubber Pad 36.Station 16 has two rows on every group of changes elevator 17 both sides and gets on or off the bus track and vehicle, the changes elevator at each station 16 17 groups of numbers and length can be different, according to station 16 function is different, the volume of the flow of passengers is different, have 1 group to more than 6 groups, more than 3 groups set There is closely and at a distance special changes elevator 17, special changes elevator 17 outbound at a distance can be directly entered fast railway.
Using the one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System of the present invention, one-stop traffic track 2 is set up in Above road greening band at the level above of 4.5 meters of ground, with full-automatic control system, automatically control including electric motor car 1 is vehicle-mounted System, the full-automatic PLC control system in 1~8 kilometer of region of span and whole city regional PLC entirety full-automatic control system etc. are System.The vehicle-mounted automatic control system of electric motor car 1 is used for realizing between car car, between car and district system, car and signal exchange point it Between wirelessly or non-wirelessly both-way communication, every 6 meters setting one band number rail vehicle signal exchange point.According to section different and Functional requirement, one-stop traffic track 2 is provided with the difference in functionality rails such as empty wagons track, low speed rail, middling speed track, high-speed track Road, 3~10 road altogether.Every track of one-stop traffic track 2 sets up independent running rail 3 separately and becomes rail track 4, becomes rail rail Road 4 is outside running rail 3.When needing to become rail, become rail wheel 6 and drive decline contact to become rail track 4 by lowering or hoisting gear 7, now Travel wheel 5 disengaging running rail 3, complete to become rail, after change rail terminates, become rail wheel 6 and reset, now travel wheel 5 contact running rail 3 Continue to travel.
Using the one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System of the present invention, automatic card-punching system can be coordinated to make With including the station POS and the vehicle-mounted POS surely, realizing one-stop traffic;Monthly ticket alignment system can be coordinated to use, in realization The traffic come off duty between special two websites is swiped the card booking without determining station.
Using the one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System of the present invention, passenger gets to the station after 16, can be complete At automatic ticketing, 23 buy the ticket card reached home needed for oneself, reach at electric motor car 1 by changes elevator 17, headed by its process First pass through escalator up 18 and reach eminence, then pass through straight trip elevator 19 and reach at unmanned electric motor car 1, the passenger getting off passes through Descending elevator 20 leaves station 16;Also can hold the moon ticket card between two fixing points swipe the card entrance electric motor car 1, after swiping the card, automatically Car door 27 opens entrance, and the station information got off needed for passenger after swiping the card is enrolled, and the traveling of the whole-process automatic electric motor car 1 of meeting Track reaches specifies station 16.
Using the one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System of the present invention, electric motor car 1 top connects elevating lever 9, Elevating lever 9 is fixed on safe spacing track 11 by position-limited wheel 10, prevents electric motor car 1 in high-altitude because strong wind etc. causes danger; Electric motor car 1 is powered by supply lines 13 by upper pantograph 12.
Using the one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System of the present invention, pass through in the middle of electric motor car 1 underbody track Lower pantograph 8 connects emergency electric system, separately improves safety with roof electric power system.
Using the one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System of the present invention, when electric motor car 1 is located at the parting of the ways, can Turned right by becoming rail entrance right-hand rotation change rail track 14, after the completion of turning, become normally travel track 3 again and continue to move ahead.Electricity After motor-car 1 is turned right, can be gone back to by becoming rail entrance left turn rail track 15, continue to move ahead subsequently into running rail 3, complete Turn left.
Using the one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System of the present invention, station 16 cooperation electric motor car 1 special and The special multi-storied garage of car 21 uses, and also coordinates long-distance bus station, railway station, general to adjust Office Area and to come off duty with overall height peak Logical light rail transit website and downtown and suburbs conversion etc. use.Rain cover 22 prevents station 16 artificial abortion to be caught in the rain when larger Deng.
Using the one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System of the present invention, safe auxiliary rod 24 is further ensured that electricity The security and stability that motor-car 1 travels in high-altitude.Travel wheel 5 and driven by travelling mechanical driving device 25, become rail wheel 6 by change trailer tool Actuating device 26 drives.Lithium battery 29 is used for power demands, front control chamber 30 and the rear control chamber 28 during electric motor car 1 traveling For the intelligent automatic control during electric motor car 1 is travelled;Side bumper 31, front bumper 34, rear bumper 32 and spring Anticollision device, collision-prevention device 35 and yielding rubber pad 36 have ensured that electric motor car 1 occurs passenger safety during accident in the process of moving.
Using the one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System of the present invention, system adopts fully automatic operation pattern, Vehicle of the present invention is made to run convenient, safely, quickly(Vehicle control syetem also can enter the exchange of pedestrian's car).The present invention can also apply Go sightseeing in scenic spot, be that a kind of investment is low, run the running tool of maneuverability, change can be changed with sightseeing number and dispatch a car number Amount, the manned quantity of bicycle can also be adjusted to 1-4 people.When going sightseeing for scenic spot, using front and back wheel hybrid power system, raising is climbed Slope performance, using expanded letter car, makes manned quantity increase to 4 people;Using all-transparent shell, convenient internal passenger goes sightseeing.Using complete Open high-altitude sets up track, makes intermountain, lakeside, cover all at one glance in the scenic spots and historical sites.

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1. a kind of one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System, including electric motor car(1)With one-stop traffic track(2), One-stop traffic track(2)Including some groups of running rails(3)With change rail track(4), electric motor car(1)The traveling wheel of both sides(5) It is placed in running rail(3)On, travel wheel(5)Outside is provided with change rail wheel(6).
2. one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System according to claim 1, is characterized in that:Described change rail wheel (6)By lowering or hoisting gear(7)It is installed on electric motor car(1)On, electric motor car(1)Bottom be connected with for automatic control signal transmission and The lower pantograph of power supply(8).
3. one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System according to claim 1, is characterized in that:Described electric motor car (1)Top is provided with elevating lever(9), elevating lever(9)On position-limited wheel is installed(10), position-limited wheel(10)It is placed in safe spacing track (11)On, elevating lever(9)Top is connected with pantograph(12), upper pantograph(12)With supply lines(13)Connect.
4. one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System according to claim 1, is characterized in that:Described one-stop Traffic track(2)Place corner is respectively provided with the right-hand rotation change rail track of right-hand rotation at the parting of the ways(14), at the parting of the ways place prolong The left turn rail track of left-hand rotation is respectively provided with long line(15).
5. one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System according to claim 1, is characterized in that:Described one-stop Traffic track(2)It is provided with some stations(16), station(16)Inside it is provided with some groups of changes elevator(17), changes elevator(17)By upper Row elevator(18), straight trip elevator(19)And descending elevator(20)It is integrally formed.
6. one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System according to claim 5, is characterized in that:Described station (16)Both sides are provided with for depositing electric motor car(1)Multi-storied garage(21), station(16)Top is provided with rain cover(22), station (16)Inside it is provided with full-automatic ticket office(23).
7. one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System according to claim 3, is characterized in that:Described elevating lever (9)Top and electric motor car(1)It is connected with safe auxiliary rod between top(24).
8. one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System according to claim 1, is characterized in that:Described traveling is taken turns (5)By traveling mechanical driving device(25)Drive, become rail wheel(6)By change rail mechanical driving device(26)Drive.
9. one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System according to claim 1, is characterized in that:Described electric motor car (1)Both sides are provided with automatic door(27), electric motor car(1)Interior rear portion is provided with rear control chamber(28)And lithium battery(29), electric motor car (1)Interior front portion is provided with front control chamber(30)And lithium battery(29).
10. one-stop microlight-type electric urban Rail Transit System according to claim 1, is characterized in that:Described electronic Car(1)Side is provided with side bumper(31), electric motor car(1)Tail end is provided with rear bumper(32), electric motor car(1)Front end is provided with car light (33), front bumper(34)With spring anticollision device, collision-prevention device(35), spring anticollision device, collision-prevention device(35)Front end is provided with yielding rubber pad(36).
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