EP0225354A1 - Dispositif de connexion de modeles reduits de wagons de chemin de fer. - Google Patents

Dispositif de connexion de modeles reduits de wagons de chemin de fer.

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EP0225354A1
EP0225354A1 EP86903370A EP86903370A EP0225354A1 EP 0225354 A1 EP0225354 A1 EP 0225354A1 EP 86903370 A EP86903370 A EP 86903370A EP 86903370 A EP86903370 A EP 86903370A EP 0225354 A1 EP0225354 A1 EP 0225354A1
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coupling
coupling device
shaft
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armature
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Wolfgang Schuller
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H19/00—Model railways
    • A63H19/16—Parts for model railway vehicles
    • A63H19/18—Car coupling or uncoupling mechanisms

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  • the invention relates to a coupling device on a model railroad vehicle, which, seen from above, has a hook-shaped coupling part, a shaft connected to it, with an axis which can be aligned in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle in a normal position, and is formed on the shaft and is horizontal on both sides of the shaft extending armature and spring means which, in cooperation with the shaft and the armature, seek to hold the coupling part in the normal position in a spring-loaded manner, but allow the coupling part to pivot about a vertical axis against the spring force, the armature being counteracted by the spring means an abutment surface facing the free end of the coupling part is pushed so that when the coupling part is pivoted one of the end regions of the armature forms a pivot point on the abutment surface on the pivoting side.
  • the object of the invention is to improve the model-like replica in the coupling area of model railway vehicles with good functionality of the coupling device at the same time.
  • this object is achieved according to the invention in that the abutment surface, the armature and the spring are arranged in a chamber, that the chamber has a passage opening for the shaft which enables the pivoting movements of the shaft and that the spring has at least one compression spring element coupled to the shaft and / or the armature, which is supported against an inner wall of the chamber opposite the abutment surface.
  • This training improves the model accuracy of the simulation of the conditions in natural-sized railways.
  • the anchors Since the anchors are pressed by means of spring forces onto the abutment surfaces facing the free coupling ends, they can be lifted against the spring force by tensile forces.
  • the towing locomotives move the coupled vehicles one after the other, with the respective spring elements in the coupling devices, accelerated.
  • the required starting force is improved compared to the starting behavior of a train set with known coupling devices, and a tendency of the locomotive's wheels to spin on the tracks is reduced.
  • the shaft, the armature and at least part of the coupling part are designed as a one-piece plastic injection-molded part, with spring elements that are resiliently supported on at least one inner chamber part on the shaft and / or the side of the armature facing away from the abutment surface are injected with.
  • the free end of the coupling device is therefore arranged such that it can pivot about a transverse horizontal axis relative to the armature, in particular upwards. Since with this design only the weight of the relatively light molded part has to be raised, a coupling is reliably achieved even when approaching slowly.
  • the shifting of the swiveling range out of the vehicle end also has the advantage that no space is required for the swiveling up of the shaft and thus the end of the vehicle can be designed true to the model.
  • the coupling section which is the outermost free end of the coupling device when the opposite the coupling and which has an essentially triangular profile with horizontally extending edges, is complementary to the first coupling section and to its receptacle.
  • Model parts are very often in the way of the pivoting movement of the coupling device and / or of a bogie and / or the deflection movements of wheels, particularly in the case of model railway vehicles with a small track gauge.
  • such model parts are connected to the vehicle in a positionally variable manner.
  • the coupling device and / or the bogie and / or the wheel suspension has at least one driver on a horizontally pivotable or displaceable section, which can be brought into driving connection with the position-changing model parts.
  • Such model parts are, in particular, the footboard arrangements on passenger cars. These have already been attached to the bogies of the vehicles, but this results in unsightly slits between the vehicle body and the running board arrangements.
  • the model parts in particular the footboard arrangements, are preferably held in a guide on the floor of the vehicle so as to be displaceable.
  • the guides are arranged essentially concentrically around a vertical axis.
  • the footboard arrangements on opposite sides of a vehicle are connected to one another in a resilient manner and the footboard arrangements only from the circumferential profile of the vehicle slidable outwards.
  • the spring arrangement connecting the footboard arrangements can be designed in one piece with the footboard arrangements as a plastic injection-molded part.
  • At least one driver is provided on the bogie of a vehicle, which engages the armature or the shaft of the laterally pivotable coupling device, so that an uncoupled coupling part is held approximately on the middle of the track when cornering. Since the coupling device according to the invention is relatively short, the required lateral pivoting is accordingly small and can be controlled via the bogie.
  • Known coupling devices have a coupling pin pointing to the track, via which the vehicles can be uncoupled by means of a mostly electromagnetically actuated device.
  • the decoupling pin runs for decoupling on a run-up surface raised from the travel path, as a result of which both coupling devices are raised and thus lifted out of the coupling assembly. This happens when the vehicle association moves forward.
  • the clutch device to be disengaged according to the prior art must be positioned exactly over the run-up surface and then switched over to forward travel. This exact positioning is difficult with small model trains; in addition, the uncoupling position on the track is not always the parking position of the vehicle.
  • a separate contact surface is provided for each of the decoupling pins of the coupling devices for the pre-decoupling of the coupling devices of two coupled vehicles, a first contact surface when passing over a first coupling part, an upward contact surface directional movement component, a second run-up surface exerts a lateral movement component when passing over a second coupling part and the run-up surfaces are designed and arranged such that they become effective one after the other when uncoupling, the first run-up surface remains effective until the second coupling part is completely swung out laterally and the second ramp surface is effective until the first coupling part can pivot back into its original position when the second coupling part is swung out.
  • This design of a decoupling device also enables the decoupled vehicle to be pushed into a parking position even in the case of a pushed dressing without a new coupling being achieved.
  • FIG. 1 shows a second embodiment of a coupling device with a compression spring
  • FIG. 2 shows a third exemplary embodiment of a coupling device as a one-piece plastic injection-molded part with molded-on spring elements
  • FIG. 3 shows a fourth embodiment with an additional bearing of the shaft on a vertical axis
  • Fig. 5 footboard arrangements mounted in the vehicle body so as to be transversely displaceable; 6 shows a bogie coupled to the coupling device for pivoting the coupling hook when cornering;
  • FIG. 7 shows a decoupling device
  • FIG. 8 shows a top view of the uncoupling device.
  • the coupling device 1 is shown without the model parts of a model railroad car. It has a coupling hook 1 ', a shaft 4 and an anchor 5.
  • the armature 5 is urged by a compression spring 3 against an abutment surface 2 facing the free end (1 ') of the coupling device 1, which is connected to the vehicle body.
  • pivot points of the armature 5 at 6 and 7 result on the abutment surface 2.
  • the armature 5, part of the shaft 4 and the compression spring 3 are inside one Chamber 8 arranged.
  • an elastic foam element (not shown) can also press the armature 5 against the abutment surface 2.
  • spring elements 9 as shown in FIG. 2, can additionally be molded onto this injection-molded part. These spring elements are supported on one or more inner walls of the chamber and push the armature 5 against the abutment surface 2.
  • a vertical axis 10 is arranged in the chamber 8, which guides the shaft 4 when pivoting.
  • the respective pivot point 6 or 7 wanders inward on the abutment surface 2. From- pivoting movement of the coupling hook 1 'is relatively small in this embodiment.
  • the front part of the coupling hook is pivotably mounted about a horizontal axis 11.
  • the shaft 4 therefore remains in the approximately horizontal normal position when the coupling hook is pivoted during a coupling or uncoupling process and does not hinder the coupling process.
  • the outermost end 12 of the coupling hook 1 ' has an approximately triangular profile, and the bottom 13 of the coupling hook of a second coupling device is designed to be complementary thereto. During push operation, the complementary sections 12 and 13 lie on top of one another, and migration up or down and thus disengagement of the two coupling devices is prevented.
  • FIG. 5 shows the outline of one end of a model railway vehicle with transversely displaceable footboard arrangements 14, 14 '.
  • the footboard arrangement 14 On the left side the footboard arrangement 14 is pushed outwards, while the footboard arrangement 14 'is in the rest position on the right side.
  • the two footboard arrangements are connected via two plastic strips 15, 15 ', which act as springs.
  • a driver (not shown) on the shaft 4 urges e.g. when the coupling hook is swiveled out. to the left the footboard arrangement 14 from the rest position to the outside so that it cannot hinder the pivoting movement of the coupling device.
  • the plastic strips 15, 15 ' are drawn together as shown in the left part of the illustration. Due to their springy properties, they move the footboard assembly 14 back to its starting position when the coupling hooks pivot back.
  • a decoupling device 20 has a horizontal ramp surface 21 and two lateral ramp surfaces 22, 22 '.
  • the coupling hook 1 'of the vehicle 19 with its coupling pin 23 has already run onto the upwardly acting run-up surface 21 and has been pivoted upwards.
  • the coupling pin 23 ' has just come into contact with the run-up surface 22'.
  • the coupling hook belonging to the vehicle 18 When driving in the direction of arrow D, the coupling hook belonging to the vehicle 18 is held in the laterally pivoted position until the coupling pin can pivot inwards again at point 24 of the decoupling plate 20. At this point, the coupling hook of the vehicle 19 has fallen down again, since its coupling pin 23 has slipped from the run-up surface 21 at about point 25. The inwardly pivoting coupling hook of the vehicle 18 can no longer hook into the coupling hook 1 'of the vehicle 19 when it is in the normal position, so that no new coupling connection is established. The vehicles can therefore be pushed uncoupled into a distant parking position.

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Un dispositif de connexion (1) comprend un élément de connexion en forme de crochet (1'), une tige (4) reliée à ce dernier et ayant un axe s'étendant dans le sens de la longueur du wagon en position normale, une ancre (5) formée intégralement avec la tige avec des parties saillantes de ses deux côtés et un ressort (3) qui coopère avec la tige (4) et l'ancre (5) pour maintenir l'élément de connexion, chargé par ressort, en position normale, tout en permettant à l'élément de connexion de pivoter autour d'un axe vertical. L'ancre est poussée par le ressort (3) contre une surface de butée (2), de sorte qu'une extrémité de l'ancre forme un point de pivotement (6, 7) sur la surface de butée (2) lorsque l'élément de connexion pivote. La surface de butée (2), sur laquelle se situe le point de pivotement (6, 7) de l'ancre, est tournée du côté de l'extrémité libre de l'élément de connexion (1), de sorte que lors du pivotement de l'élément de connexion (1), le point de pivotement (6, 7) se situe du côté du pivotement. La surface de butée (2), l'ancre (5) et le ressort sont agencés dans une chambre (8) présentant une ouverture pour la tige (4). Le ressort comprend un élément de ressort de pression (3) qui s'appuie sur une paroi intérieure de la chambre opposée à la surface de butée.
EP86903370A 1985-06-11 1986-06-10 Dispositif de connexion de modeles reduits de wagons de chemin de fer Expired - Lifetime EP0225354B1 (fr)

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