CN85108861A

CN85108861A - The equipment of conversion running part direction of travel

Info

Publication number: CN85108861A
Application number: CN198585108861A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 山口恒郎; 原岛清
Original assignee: Tsuneo Yamaguchi Kiyoshi Harashima
Current assignee: Tsuneo Yamaguchi Kiyoshi Harashima
Priority date: 1984-12-07
Filing date: 1985-12-05
Publication date: 1986-06-10
Also published as: EP0184218A3; JPS61100663U; AU5076585A; EP0184218A2; AU555927B2

Abstract

A kind of equipment of changing the running part direction of travel comprises mounted thereto and rotating a plurality of walking wheels, each walking wheel has a tread, be processed with flange on the tread, this equipment has turntable that is arranged on each rail intersection and the rotaring mechanism that is arranged on the running part.Each turntable comprises a rotating disk, and the rotating disk end face is provided with the radial groove that a plurality of equal angles separate.The flange of walking wheel and radial groove engagement.The engagement of rotaring mechanism by walking wheel flange and radial groove makes on all traveling wheel shaft turntables rotating shaft separately rotate.

Description

The equipment of conversion running part direction of travel

The present invention relates to a kind of equipment of changing the running part direction of travel, be particularly useful at rail intersection point place conversion direction of travel, this intersection point is meant many to per two pairs in the rail, its running face intersects in same plane, thereby make running part transfer to another from a pair of rail rail is got on.

Existing turntable-type equipment, for example have for the automotive vehicle parking area and be the equipment of the above-mentioned conversion direction of travel of rolling stock running terminal point setting, extensively adopted, in the equipment of traditional conversion direction of travel, running part is put on the turntable, rotating table then, then the direction of travel of whole running part just changed, thereby changed direction of travel.Like this, running part just can be along another path operation.

But, this turning facilities with the running part unitary rotation, has many shortcomings, for example, when the running part spreading, the conversion direction of travel just needs broad especially place, sometimes, running part is for loading or unloading, in a restricted place, as inside, a warehouse, different directions is transferred in the needs decomposition rather than integral body is transformed on the direction.Especially when specific running part must branch to different directions and gets on from a row running part, for example, when article inferior must propose from check on-line goods row and when being put on another circuit, use the turntable of traditional conversion direction, just must do unnecessary work, be about to running part separately, make enough distances of being separated by, so that keep enough width running part is rotated, conversion direction proposes from adjacent running part.What is more, and in the time can not finding abundant place to be used for rotating whole running part, then traditional turning facilities just can not use there at all.

For this reason, the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of equipment of changing direction of travel, this equipment can change the direction of travel of running part but needn't change the orientation of running part.

For reaching this purpose, according to the present invention, set up a rotary turntable that has radial groove at every pair of rail point of crossing, groove is corresponding to each wheel, so that import walking wheel; Runner equipment by the running part equipment is so that rotate all walking wheels at the intersection point place around each turntable shaft.

In other words when the walking wheel of running part is gone to the railway intersection point and be positioned on the turntable of intersection point, radial groove guiding on each walking wheel wheel cause turntable, each walking wheel rotates around their turning cylinders own by the runner equipment of running part equipment, thereby changes its direction of travel.At this moment, the rotating disk of turntable is rotated by walking wheel by the wheel rim of walking wheel and the engagement of turntable radial type trench.When align with the orientation of walking wheel in the orientation of a pair of rail of expect, then running part can sail into, thereby the orientation that needn't change whole running part can change the direction of travel of running part.

Use this structure, the orientation that running part must not change whole running part can change its direction of travel.

The present invention's characteristics and remarkable advantage thereof by the specific descriptions below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, will be more obvious.

Fig. 1 is the mate amplification sectional view between turntable and walking wheel;

Fig. 2 is a rail intersection point place planar view;

Fig. 3 is the III-III section drawing among Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 and Fig. 6 were runner equipment before the direction of travel that changes walking wheel and later backplan;

Fig. 5 is for intersecting the amplification view of rail;

Fig. 7 is the railway intersection point partial plan of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is the planar view of another kind of runner equipment;

Fig. 9 is the planar view of another kind of steel road intersection point;

Figure 10 is the planar view of another kind of railway intersection point;

Figure 11 is the plane of rotor disc figure shown in Figure 10;

Figure 12 and Figure 13 be another kind of wheel commentaries on classics equipment before the direction of travel that changes walking wheel with later backplan.

Shown in Fig. 2 and 3, running part, promptly

vehicle

4 and 5 is parked on the two pairs of rail 1 and 2 that are arranged in the last three pairs of rail 1,2 of ground F and 3.Every one steel rail running face 5 of every pair of rail is concordant with ground F.Groove G on running face longitudinal extension so that guide the wheel rim (back detailed description) of each walking wheel.Each

vehicle

4,5 can be at rail to its free traveling of 1 and 2 upper edges.

As shown in figs. 1 and 4, be provided with 4

walking wheels

6 and 7 in vehicle 4 bottoms, its spacing equals the rail distance A and the B of circuit (see figure 2).The walking wheel 6 that is arranged on one of them diagonal line is driving wheel, as shown in Figure 1, is driven by the rotation motor 9 that is installed on the wheel carriage 8 by retarding device.Walking wheel 7 on another diagonal line is followers, and driving wheel 6 drives vehicle 4 and moves, and vehicle 4 drives walking wheel 7 again and rotates.Shown in Fig. 1 (details that only shows driving wheel 6), the edge of a wing 11 of

walking wheel

6,7 is guided by being located at rail running face S in-to-in groove G, its outer tread 10 contacts with rail running face S, and this just may prevent vehicle to displacement or depart from, and guarantees the vehicle stabilization operation.Wheel carriage 8 is installed on the vehicle so that can rotate around the vertical rotating shaft of itself by bearing 12.

Change the explanation that direction of travel is operated on the line about traveling

vehicle

4,5, refer now to Fig. 2 and carry out.

For example,, see the intersection point that earlier vehicle 4 is moved to circuit 1 and circuit 3, be parked at each

walking wheel

6 and 7 of this place's vehicle 4 on the turntable 13 at rail intersection point place of circuit 1 and 3 for vehicle 4 is transformed on the circuit 3 from circuit 1.The rotating disk 14 of turntable 13 is to be embedded in the F of ground so that can rotate on bearing 15.With the last end face of the contacted rotating disk 14 of outer tread of

wheel

6 and 7, equal with rail running face S.Have radial groove 16,17 shown in Fig. 2 and 5 on the rotating disk 14, both intersect at a right angle.Be the wheel rim 11 that guides away driving wheel, these radial grooves all have the cross section identical with groove G, walk each wheel 6 of vehicle 4 in orbit and 7 wheel rim 11, be directed in the groove 17 of turntable 13, and

walking wheel

6 and 7 places on the turntable 13.

The above though the degree of depth of the radial groove 16,17 of rotating disk 14 equals the degree of depth of rail groove G, revises gash depth so that the lateral surface of the wheel rim 11 of

wheel

6 and 7 rolls, and the radial groove bottom connection of

wheel rim

11 and 16 and 17 to touch be possible.In this case, the end face of rotating disk 14 should be lower slightly than the horizontal surface of rail running face S, do not contact with the outer tread 10 of wheel during by rotating disk with convenient vehicle, and this just might prevent the vibrations of wheel generation when vehicle passes through rail running face intersection point.

Therefore, the walking wheel 6 of

vehicle

4 and 7 direction just from state shown in Figure 4 by (see figure 6) that runner equipment 18 changes.In this case, rotating disk 14 is also driven by the wheel rim 11 of the walking wheel that is meshed with radial groove 17 and around their axle rotation.Specifically as shown in Figure 7.Fixing aid 19 is to be the radial groove 16 and 17 of determining disk position and guarantee turntable 14 after the dial rotation use of aliging with the groove G of rail running face.Each fixing aid 19 comprises that a roller 21 accepts to be positioned at some depressions 22 that form on the exterior annular surface of the bias voltage of ground spring 20 and rotating disk 14, so that align with roller 21 on predetermined turned position and mesh.

Shown in runner equipment 18 be bindiny mechanism, each comprises a pull bar 24, its middle part is provided with the armed lever 23 on tooth bar 25 is separately fixed at

walking wheel

6 and 7 with connection the wheel carriage 8, and another miniature gears (not shown) meshes and driven by a communtation motor 26 with tooth bar 25.Runner equipment 18 makes

walking wheel

6 and 7 change its direction of travel around the turntable shaft rotation.This runner equipment 18 is not limited to mechanism shown in Fig. 4 and 6, and worm gear and screw devices can replace rack-and-pinion mechanism.Mechanism shown in Figure 8 also can be used as runner equipment, and the equipment of runner shown in Fig. 8 27 is made up of the sprocket wheel (being placed on the rear portion of Fig. 8 walking wheel 6,7) that is fixed on the carriage 8 separately.Ring-type chain belt 28 and sprocket engagement, motor 30 drives chain belts by another sprocket wheel 29.

And connecting rod mechanism shown in Figure 12 is as wheel commentaries on classics equipment.Connecting rod mechanism comprises a pull bar 46, tooth bar 47 is equipped with at the pull bar middle part, and the pull bar two ends are provided with arm 48, one miniature gears (not shown) and tooth bar 47 engagements on the wheel carriage 8 that is installed to

walking wheel

6 and 7, pair of links 49, every all links to each other with 7 carriage 8 with walking wheel 6.The two ends of connecting rod 49 are provided with the arm 50 that is installed on the carriage 8.Direction conversion motor 51 constitutes annexation by Drive pinion with connecting rod mechanism 45.Connecting rod mechanism 45 can make all

walking wheels

6 and 7 rotate the axle rotation of platform simultaneously to change the direction of travel (seeing Figure 13) of walking wheel.

Under the control of

suitable runner equipment

18 or 27, the direction of walking wheel can change arbitrarily.Therefore, this runner equipment not only can use in rail intersection shown in Figure 2, and can be used on the mutual oblique of rail place as shown in Figure 9, under latter event, when the rail angle of cut is 60 ° as shown in Figure 9, then on rotating disk 14, to make three radial grooves 32 of 120 ° at interval, 33,34.

In addition, the two pairs of

rail

36,37 intersect with 90 ° and 60 ° rail 35 with another, by 30 ° of angles separations radial groove 38,39 are set so on rotating

disk

44,40,41,42 and 43(see Figure 11) just enough.And 30 ° be 360 °, the greatest common divisor of 90 ° and 60 °.

Can obviously find out by above-mentioned, with the equipment of this conversion direction, just can the overall variation running part, as the orientation of vehicle and might change its direction of travel.

Simultaneously, according to the present invention,, just enough with undersized turntable because the turntable of contact corresponding wheel is located at corresponding rail intersection point place.Because turntable is to be rotated by wheel by the runner equipment that running part provides, it has a driver train and has only one to make each turntable can be just enough at the simple mechanism that subsurface rotates each turntable with regard to not needing.In addition, because the rotation of turntable is obtained by the engagement of the radial groove of wheel rim and rotating disk, so it does not need the rotating mechanism of a complexity.

In addition, as to use the running part at steering hardware of the present invention place be on the rail of walking in ground, then do not have ridge on the ground, and this just can not hinder other vehicles or staff's action.

Also have, according to the present invention, because of on the rotating disk of turntable, laying many radial grooves, and arrange at certain intervals by annular, so even change direction of travel and by intersection point, after the rotating table at the traveling vehicle, must walk with a rail groove to join for any one in many radial grooves, thus will turntable set back and running part one by one continuous advancing go to any direction.

Claims

1, a kind of equipment of changing the running part direction of travel, comprise many to rail, every one steel rail has running face and have a groove on described running face, running face intersects in one plane, and many driving wheels of walking are arranged, and each wheel is installed on the running part and can rotates, walking wheel has and the contacted tread of described rail running face, on said tread, have wheel rim,, it is characterized in that so that mesh with described rail groove:

In the rail intersection, each turret plant is associated with walking wheel, said turret plant comprises a rotating disk, a top plan is installed in the described single plane and includes many radial grooves that lay by circumference, the angle of arranging between groove equates that this this radial groove can be meshed with the said walking wheel edge of a wing; Runner equipment is then provided by running part, in order to rotate all walking wheels, makes their turning cylinder rotations along self, and the wheel rim of used walking wheel will be meshed with the radial groove on the turret plant.

2, according to the said equipment of claim 1, turret plant wherein, each comprises a journal element, and it is attached to the rotating disk bottom surface, and journal element can rotate rotating disk by the bearing apparatus support.

3, according to the said equipment of claim 1, wherein runner equipment comprises:

The bindiny mechanism that connects a pair of walking wheel;

Drive the driving arrangement of bindiny mechanism.

4, according to the said equipment of claim 3, wherein one of connected traveling can freely rotate, and another walking wheel has driving arrangement, so that drive aforesaid walking wheel.

5, according to the said runner equipment of claim 1, comprising:

One and all above-mentioned walking wheel ingear endless belt;

Drive the driving arrangement of endless belt.

6, according to the said equipment of claim 5, said walking wheel, one of them has the driving arrangement that drives walking wheel at least.

7,, wherein said many to the mutual orthogonal of rail according to the said equipment of claim 1.

8,, wherein said many to the mutual oblique of rail according to the said equipment of claim 1.

9, according to the said equipment of claim 1, wherein, wheel commentaries on classics equipment comprises:

The connecting rod mechanism that connects related walking wheel;

The actuating device of drive link mechanism.

10, according to the said equipment of claim 9, wherein, related walking wheel is driven in rotation, and remaining walking wheel is equipped with actuating device, and each actuating device drives walking wheel separately.