EP0196701B1 - Machine for handling and replacing rail switches, and track sections generally - Google Patents

Machine for handling and replacing rail switches, and track sections generally Download PDF

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EP0196701B1
EP0196701B1 EP86200386A EP86200386A EP0196701B1 EP 0196701 B1 EP0196701 B1 EP 0196701B1 EP 86200386 A EP86200386 A EP 86200386A EP 86200386 A EP86200386 A EP 86200386A EP 0196701 B1 EP0196701 B1 EP 0196701B1
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Ulderico Fornari
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B29/00—Laying, rebuilding, or taking-up tracks; Tools or machines therefor
    • E01B29/02—Transporting, laying, removing, or renewing lengths of assembled track, assembled switches, or assembled crossings

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  • This invention relates to a machine able to simplify and accelerate the operations involved in picking-up and laying rail switches and track sections generally, it being particularly suitable for small and medium sized firms.
  • units comprising at least two identical machines self-propelled on rails and used together along a railway line, they each comprising a portal structure with its uprights and cross-member of telescopic type, said portal being disposed transversely to the rail track in order to lift a section thereof and shift it laterally stepwise by means of two pivotally-mounted hooks situated below said cross-member.
  • the use of said known machines has shown them to be deficient in terms of stability and safety, and to be limited operationally in that they are unable to abut the track section against the preexisting track. Said deficiencies are due to the fact that the plane portal structure has only one pair of telescopic feet, and for this reason the stability of the entire operational unit relies on the actual track section to be handled, this connecting together said at least two machines by being clamped tightly by them.
  • the present patent provides and protects a machine which is able to obviate the aforesaid within the framework of a simple and rational construction.
  • the proposed machine is of the aforesaid type, ie of adjustable height and grippage width, and is arranged to operate at least in a pair with a further similar machine, it being designed to lie transversely to a railway line, towards which its two pivotally-mounted lifting hooks point. It comprises a frame of elongated shape at the corners of which there are disposed telescopic feet, and along the longitudinal members of which there is slidably mounted a pair of sliders of variable distance apart which, by means of carriages transversely slidable relative to the sliders, support the pivotally-mounted hooks which grip the rails, the distance apart of these hooks being adjustable by moving one slider relative to the other.
  • the provision of said two transverse carriages is advantageous for said accurate insertion, as they enable the track section to be shifted longitudinally after having disposed it in correspondance with the sections to be joined up.
  • said pair of sliders of variable distance apart is arranged to support a platform for the operator and for the service equipment required for producing and controlling the various machine movements, said platform being able to slide along the machine frame under the control of a hydraulic cylinder-piston unit.
  • said platform is supplied with two pairs of flanged wheels which are able to be swivelled so that they can be disposed either to the side of the longitudinal members or below these latter to enable the machine to be transferred under international clearance gauge conditions, and to lock the rail switch against the grippers and permit the machine to be levelled.
  • the machine in question is overall of portal configuration (Figure 1) so as to be able to be disposed transversely to a section of a railway line such as the switch 1 shown in Figure 5, or the trbck section indicated by 2 in Figures 3 and 4.
  • the cross structure of said portal comprises a rectangular frame 3 of elongated shape (Figures 1, 2), to the outside of its longitudinal members there being fixed two robust tubular members 4, in each of which two tubular bars 5 are slidingly housed.
  • each bar 5 there is fixed a telescopic foot or upright comprising an upper hollow column 7 which slidingly houses a lower shank 8 provided with a support plate 9 ( Figure 1).
  • Said shank 8 is controlled by a coaxial hydraulic cylinder-piston unit 10 which is housed in the column 7 as shown in Figure 3, and the two opposing columns 7 of each pair are connected together by suitable stiffening elements 11 ( Figures 1, 4).
  • the length of the tubular members 4 is less than the length of the rectangular frame 3, in order to form four recesses for receiving the columns 7 when in their withdrawn position.
  • Each axle 13 (see Figure 4) is supported by two arms 14 branching from a shaft 15 which is rotatably mounted on a descending wall 16 pertaining to a sliding platform 17 disposed to centrally embrace the elements 3, 4.
  • each shaft 15 is caused to swivel by two hydraulic cylinder-piston units 19 hinged to the platform 17 below the frame 3 ( Figure 4).
  • the wheels 12 can be disposed either in a working position or in a rest position, these being indicated by continuous lines and dashed and dotted lines respectively in Figure 4.
  • the platform 17 is lowerly provided, on the same side as said units 20, with a carriage comprising two vertical end walls 21 connected together by a central cross-member 22, and provided upperly with a pair of wheels 23 and lowerly with a pair of rollers 24 (Figure 4).
  • the elements 23, 24 are arranged to roll on the upper and lower faces of the longitudinal members of the rectangular frame 3.
  • a further carriage 25 also provided with upper rollers 230 and lower rollers 240 ( Figures 2, 3) is fixed to the said platform 17 in an intermediate position.
  • a third carriage is provided identical with the described carriage 21, 22, 23, 24, so that no description thereof will be given.
  • carriage 21-24 which in Figure 3 is situated on the right hand side and is directly fixed to the platform by its plates 21, the left hand carriage 21-24 is connected to the platform by way of a hydraulic cylinder-piston unit 26 which lies between said platform 17 and frame 3, and is parallel to the longitudinal members of this latter.
  • each carriage 21-24 there is slidingly mounted a trolley comprising a channel member 27 which is mounted from below over said cross-member, and is upperly provided with a pair of rollers 28 disposed in contact with said cross-member 22.
  • Each trolley 27, 28 is controlled by a respective hydraulic cylinder-piston unit 29 disposed above the cross-member 22, and hinged to one of the end plates 21 of this latter ( Figures 2, 4).
  • each trolley 27, 28 there is lowerly pivoted a lifting hook 30 having an upper lever 31, this latter being caused to swivel by a hydraulic cylinder-piston unit 32 which is hinged to said trolley 27, 28 by way of two lateral plates 33 ( Figures 2, 3).
  • a motor unit 34 for driving the hydraulic service pumps, a hydraulic oil tank 35 and a control and monitoring console 36 are disposed on the platform 17.
  • the machine in question is arranged to operate together with at least one other identical machine, the number of these latter machines depending obviously on the weight and dimensions of the structure 1 or 2 to be handled and/or laid.
  • a rail switch 1 or a track section 2 is handled in known manner by laterally shifting said structure 1 or 2 through successive steps, this being done by lifting it, shifting it to one side of the frame 3, then resting it on the ground, then moving the frame 3 in the same direction with the feet 7, 8 completely raised, then again lifting the structure by extending the feet 7, 8 to then continue in the aforesaid manner until the required location is reached.
  • the invention attains all the stated objects in that its stability is ensured by the four telescopic uprights 7, 8, while the ample facility for moving and adjusting the two pivotally-mounted hooks 30 allows simple and accurate laying of a track section 2 or rail switch 1, as stated in the introduction.
  • said laying accuracy is made possible by the fact that the hooks 30 are advantageously able to slide in a direction parallel to the railway line above which the machine of the invention lies.

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EP86200386A 1985-03-25 1986-03-11 Machine for handling and replacing rail switches, and track sections generally Expired EP0196701B1 (en)

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AT86200386T ATE44060T1 (de) 1985-03-25 1986-03-11 Vorrichtung zur behandlung und zum ersetzen von eisenbahnweichen und eisenbahnschienenabschnitten im allgemeinen.

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IT8534833U IT8534833V0 (it) 1985-03-25 1985-03-25 Macchina per la movimentazione/sostituzione di scambi e deviatoi ferroviari,e campate di binario in genere
IT3483385U 1985-03-25

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