EP0254679B1 - Spielzeug-Zahnradbahn - Google Patents

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EP0254679B1
EP0254679B1 EP87810393A EP87810393A EP0254679B1 EP 0254679 B1 EP0254679 B1 EP 0254679B1 EP 87810393 A EP87810393 A EP 87810393A EP 87810393 A EP87810393 A EP 87810393A EP 0254679 B1 EP0254679 B1 EP 0254679B1
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Werner Tanner
Heinz Looser
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H18/00—Highways or trackways for toys; Propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track
    • A63H18/02—Construction or arrangement of the trackway
    • A63H18/04—Up-and-down-hill trackways
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H19/00—Model railways
    • A63H19/02—Locomotives; Motor coaches
    • A63H19/10—Locomotives; Motor coaches electrically driven
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H18/00—Highways or trackways for toys; Propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track
    • A63H18/02—Construction or arrangement of the trackway
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H18/00—Highways or trackways for toys; Propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track
    • A63H18/08—Highways or trackways for toys; Propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track with mechanical means for guiding or steering
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H19/00—Model railways
    • A63H19/30—Permanent way; Rails; Rail-joint connections
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H21/00—Other toy railways
    • A63H21/04—Mono-railways, e.g. with vehicles embracing the rail in the form of a saddle

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  • a toy rack railway according to the preamble of claim 1 is known from US-A 2 782 730.
  • This rack and pinion railway has two spaced apart, U-shaped rails.
  • the two upper legs of the rails facing each other form a smooth running surface. Rectangular holes are cut out in the U-bars that run perpendicular to this driving surface. The remaining vertical rungs between the holes form a toothing.
  • a locomotive with four running axles is placed on the rails.
  • the running axles carry wheels with wheel flanges.
  • the wheel flanges lie laterally on the upper U-legs of the rails.
  • Each pair of axles also has a bracket under the upper U-legs of the rails. This keeps the locomotive safely on the rails.
  • a motor drives a vertical drive shaft via a worm gear, which carries a drive wheel at the bottom.
  • the drive wheel engages in one of the two toothings.
  • a sliding and rolling guide means is rotatably mounted on the drive shaft, which is supported on the inside of the two upper U-legs of the rails, which form the running surface.
  • the present invention has for its object to design a toy rack railway, a roadway and a traction vehicle in such a way that the vehicle can be easily placed on the roadway, that it is also possible to negotiate tight curves, and still have relatively large gradients and inclines high tensile and impact loads can be driven on. This object is achieved by the characterizing features of claims 1, 26 and 27.
  • the vehicle can easily be placed on the road from above. This means that the road can also be laid in a closed circle. Because the wheels have no wheel flanges, even tight corners can be negotiated without any problems.
  • the external forces acting on the locomotive namely the driving force on the drive wheel, the cornering force and the clutch force all act on the same point, so that these forces together cannot form any significant tipping moments.
  • the lateral toothing of the toothed member which is arranged perpendicular to the driving surface of the roadway, enables steep gradients to be overcome without the risk of the drive gear of the traction vehicle jumping out of this toothing.
  • FIGS. 1 to 8 an exemplary embodiment of the toy rack railway according to the invention is shown, with FIGS. 1 to 3 in side view, top view and bottom view of a train built from building blocks in the manner of a railcar train and FIGS. 4 to 8 various associated ones Show road sections.
  • the train shown has three cars, namely a head or control car 1, an intermediate car 2 and a trailer 3.
  • the head car 1 is connected to the intermediate car 2 via a chassis 4 coupled on both sides, and the intermediate car 2 connected to the end car 3 via a chassis 5 coupled on both sides.
  • the head coach 1 and the end coach 3 are also provided in their outer end regions with a bogie 6 and 7, respectively.
  • the outer linings of the carriages 1 to 3 and the chassis 4 and 5 are not shown, with the exception of the head carriage 1, in which a suitable carriage lining 8 composed of individual components is arranged.
  • each car 1 to 3 has a platform serving as a car chassis 9, 10 and 11, via which platform the cars 1, 2 and 3 are also coupled to the chassis 4 and 5, as will be explained later.
  • the platforms 9, 10 and 11 are provided with coupling pins 12 in a manner known per se (FIG. 2).
  • the platforms 9, 10 and 11 are designed as hollow bodies which are reinforced by struts 13 (FIG. 3).
  • the chassis 4 and 5 and the bogies 6 and 7 are made in one piece from a plastic in the present embodiment, apart from wheel axles and coupling or fastening elements.
  • the two bogies 6 and 7 have an essentially hollow underside, which has molded-on bearing parts 14 for receiving rotatable wheel axles 15, each of which is provided with two loosely pressed-on rotatable wheels 16 with a smooth running surface.
  • the bogies 6 and 7 have walls 17 and 18 which face each other in pairs and extend essentially in the longitudinal direction.
  • each bogie 6, 7 serves as guide walls of the bogies 6, 7 on a track provided with a toothed rack, the toothed rack coming to rest in the space between two opposing walls 17 and 18 when the train shown is on the roadway is put.
  • each bogie 6, 7 is provided with a pivot pin 19 (FIG. 1) which is captively inserted into a hole 20 (FIG. 2) in the corresponding platform 9 or 11. Further details will be explained later with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17.
  • the biaxial undercarriage 5, which is a drive-free undercarriage, is designed on its underside according to FIG. 3 similarly to the bogies 6 and 7. It accordingly also has the integrally formed bearing parts 14, in which the wheel axles 15 provided with the wheels 16 are accommodated. In addition, opposite guide walls 21 and 22 are provided in pairs on the underside.
  • the chassis 5 is provided on both sides with an attached, pivotable coupling bracket 23 or 24, which is pivotable about lateral pin 25.
  • the coupling brackets 23 and 24 are provided to releasably receive corresponding coupling elements at the adjacent ends of the platforms 10 and 11, respectively. This coupling device will be explained later with reference to FIGS. 12 to 15 and 19 to 21.
  • the chassis 5 is also provided with a few coupling pins 12 which, like the platforms 9, 10 and 11, permit the attachment of structures such as cladding.
  • the chassis 4 as far as its underside is concerned (FIG. 3), is basically of the same design as the chassis 5 and accordingly has the same Clamping tabs 14, wheel axles 15, wheels 16 and guide walls 21 and 22 respectively.
  • an essentially cylindrical electric motor 26 is fastened in a vertical position on its upper side (FIGS. 1, 2).
  • the electric motor 26 has a likewise vertical drive axis 27 (FIG. 3) which carries a gear wheel 28.
  • the gear wheel 28 is accordingly located on the underside of the chassis 4 in the region of the one guide wall 22, its axis 27 being located to the side of the longitudinal center line of the chassis 4.
  • the gearwheel 28 which is driven by the electric motor 26, preferably via a gear built into the electric motor, is intended to come into engagement with a side toothing of a toothed rack which is toothed on both sides and which is arranged centrally on a carriageway, in order to engage the chassis 4 and thus to move the entire train of FIGS. 1 to 3 along the roadway when the electric motor 26 is excited.
  • the electric motor 26 is fed via a plug 29 (FIG. 1) designed as a module and a feed cable 30 through a battery box 31 arranged on the head carriage 1.
  • a slide 32 is located in the chassis 4 near the underside of the electric motor 26 arranged.
  • the slide 32 is provided with switching contacts and can be brought from the illustrated "off" position (motor separated from the battery) by pressing in one or the other transverse direction into a circuit for forward or backward travel of the chassis 4 or the train .
  • the slide 32 protrudes laterally beyond the chassis 4 and has bevelled surfaces at the ends. This makes it possible to arrange actuating elements such as pins and the like on the carriageway, which act on the slider 32 when the train passes through and thus cause the train to stop or change direction.
  • a remote control for example an infrared remote control, in order to control the electric motor 26 continuously and with respect to the direction of rotation.
  • the carriages of the present train in particular the head carriage 1, have sufficient space to accommodate the necessary receiving and switching elements.
  • the chassis 4 is provided with two coupling brackets 23 and 24 mounted in lateral pins 25 in order to releasably connect the chassis 4 to the platform 9 of the head carriage 1 and to the platform 10 of the intermediate carriage 2. Furthermore, the electric motor 26 is also provided with a few coupling pins 12 for attaching covers or the like.
  • the toy rack railway according to the invention also comprises a track with a toothed member with which the gear of the electric motor of the locomotive engages. 4 to 8, preferred embodiments of straight and curved road sections are shown.
  • the straight lane section shown in perspective in FIG. 4 and in a bottom view in FIG. 5 can of course have any, but preferably standardized, length.
  • the track section has two smooth driving surfaces 41 and 42, which are separated in the longitudinal direction of the track section by a centrally located raised rack 43.
  • the toothed rack 43 has a toothing 44 and 45, which is perpendicular to the driving surfaces 41 and 42 on both sides.
  • the track section in its end regions is provided on both sides with two coupling pins 46 formed in lateral recesses.
  • a connecting plate 47, the rear side of which can be plugged onto the coupling pin 46 in FIG. 8, is provided with clamping pin 48, so that, as indicated in FIG. 8, the four coupling pins 46 of two pieces of road surface lying against each other through the connecting plate 47 are connected to one another be clamped connected.
  • FIG. 5 It can be seen from FIG. 5 that the underside of the track section of FIG. 4 forms a cavity reinforced by struts 49.
  • a box-shaped cavity 50 is also formed at each end of the road section. The purpose of this is to be able to plug the roadway piece onto a base or building plate, which is provided with coupling pins arranged according to a certain grid.
  • the two end faces of the straight track section are each provided with a projection 51 and a corresponding depression 52.
  • This design of the end faces causes a fixation of two lane pieces lined up in the transverse direction, so that the tabs 47 (FIG. 8) are only subjected to tension.
  • the projections 51 and depressions 52 are also provided as coding elements in order to prevent the stringing together and connecting of certain pieces of roadway that do not match, which will be explained below.
  • Fig. 6 is a plan view of a curved, extending over an angular range of 90 ° piece of roadway, which in turn has two smooth road surfaces 53 and 54, which are separated by a central, curved toothed rail 55, which has side teeth 56 and 57.
  • this curved track section is provided in its end regions with lateral coupling pins 46 and on the end faces with the projections 51 and depressions 52.
  • the underside of the curved lane section of FIG. 6 is likewise designed analogously to that of the straight lane section of FIGS. 4 and 5 and, in particular in the end regions, has the box-shaped cavity 50 for plugging the lane section onto coupling pins of a base plate.
  • the 90 ° lane section shown in FIG. 6 is to be regarded as the composition of two 45 ° lane sections which are separated along the radial 45 ° line 58. Each of these 45 ° lane sections is therefore composed of an arcuate section 59 or 60 and a much shorter straight section 61 or 62. 6 also shows the inner radius and the outer radius of the carriageway as well as the center radius of the toothed rail 55 of the arcuate sections 59 and 60 of the carriageway section, all of which emanate from a displaced center 63.
  • 45 ° lane sections which, as mentioned, result from the 90 ° lane section of FIG. 6 by separation along the radial line 58.
  • Such 45 ° track sections are of course provided at both ends with coupling pins 46 for connection to an adjacent, straight or curved track section. Since the 45 ° lane sections created by such a division, i.e. a lane section with sections 59 and 61 and a lane section with sections 60 and 62 are not identical, they are coded at the 45 ° ends with a different coding by protrusions and depressions provided, as indicated in Fig. 6 at the radial line 58.
  • the bogie 5 already described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 is shown in perspective in FIG. 12.
  • One associated coupling bracket 23 is shown in perspective in FIG. 13, in plan view in FIG. 14 and in a section in FIG. 15.
  • the coupling bracket 23 has two angled arms 65 which are provided with a clamping slot 66 at their ends. With this clamping slot 66, each arm 65 of the coupling bracket 23 can be applied to one of the pins 25 formed laterally on the chassis 5, as shown in FIG. 1.
  • the coupling bracket 23 has a slot 68, the upper and lower slot walls being provided with a small, groove-like recess 69 in the inner part of the slot 68.
  • the slot 68 of the coupling bracket 23 serves to receive a corresponding coupling tongue, which are attached to the ends of the platforms 9, 10 and 11. 18 to 21, the platform 10 of the intermediate car 1 (FIG. 1) is shown in detail, but on a larger scale.
  • the platform 10 is provided with an integrally formed tongue 70 and 71 on each end face. At their outer ends, the two tongues 70, 71 each have an upper and lower locking button 72.
  • the locking buttons 72 push the upper and lower slot walls slightly apart and into the groove-like recesses 69 (FIGS.
  • the tongue 70 at one end of the platform 10 of the intermediate carriage 2 has a different cross-sectional shape than the tongue 71 at the other end of the platform 10.
  • the tongue 70 (FIG. 20) has a rectangular cross-section, while the cross-sectional shape of the tongue 71 (FIG. 21) is similar to that of a rhombus.
  • the tongue 70 (rectangle) brings about a connection which is rigid with respect to the direction of rotation about the longitudinal axis of the platform 10 in the slot 68 of the coupling bracket 23, 24, since the tongue 70 lies against the upper and lower wall of the slot 68.
  • the tongue 71 (rhombus) allows a slight swiveling back and forth in the slot 68.
  • Fig. 12 the non-powered chassis 5 is shown.
  • the driven undercarriage 4 coincides with this, except for the applied electric motor 26 (FIG. 1), so that the design and arrangement of the coupling bracket 23, 24 in the driven undercarriage 4 in FIG. 1 is the same as in the traveling undercarriage 5.
  • the present toothed wheel path has one very high stability, even if the road is laid on steep inclines and tight bends without suitable pillars (ie "free hanging").
  • a slope limit is essentially only reached when the vertical plane passing through the center of gravity of a chassis intersects the contact points of the wheels on the affected wheel axle on the road. This corresponds to an incline of the road of significantly more than 100% in the present cog railway.
  • the advantages mentioned exist regardless of whether the traction vehicle pulls or pushes other, coupled vehicles.
  • FIG. 16 the bogie 6 or 7 (Fig. 1, 3) is shown in perspective; 17 is a perspective view of a rotating element 19 for mounting the bogie 6, 7 in the platforms 9 and 11 (FIGS. 1, 3).
  • the rotating element 19 has a cylindrical pin element 75 which is attached to a support bracket 76.
  • the support bracket 76 has two arms 77 which are provided with clamping slots 78.
  • the arms 77 are inserted through slot openings 79 of the bogie 6, 7 and then, as can be seen in FIG. 3, clamped onto retaining webs 80 of the bogie 6, 7.
  • the pin element 75 has an edge bead 81 which is elastic in that the pin element 75 is provided with two longitudinal slots 82.
  • the rotary element 19 with the attached bogie 6, 7 can therefore be inserted in a simple manner into the hole 20 (FIG. 2) provided in the platform 9 or 11, but it cannot be lost.
  • FIG. 22 shows an alternative guidance of the driven chassis 4 to the embodiment according to FIG. 9.
  • the guidance of the chassis and the absorption of the pressure exerted by the drive gear 28 via the rack 43 is taken over by two loosely rotatable toothed rollers 83.
  • the friction of the rack 43 on the chassis 4 is somewhat less than when it bears against the guide walls 21 (FIG. 9).
  • the chassis 4 can no longer be easily placed on the roadway because of the gear wheels 28 and 83 on both sides.
  • the locomotive can be a single locomotive which would consist of a driven chassis 4 and the coupled car 1 with bogie 6, with reference to FIG. 1, further car linings (not shown) being arranged and the coupling bracket 24 at the outer end of the chassis 4 could be omitted.
  • this exemplary embodiment relates to an electric locomotive which, as essential components, has a platform 85, a car body 86 built thereon with components, two chassis 87 and 88 and a coupling device 89 each connected to the chassis 87, 88, wherein one chassis 87 is driven and the other chassis 88 is a moving chassis.
  • this locomotive is intended for a carriageway which has a smooth driving surface 90 and a toothed rack 91 which is arranged in the center of the carriageway and has toothing on both sides, as is shown, for example, in FIG.
  • the embodiment of FIG. 23 is characterized in that not only the structure 86 of the platform 85 is composed of individual components, but also that the chassis 87 and 88 are formed by stacking several components on one another, as will be explained below.
  • FIGS. 24 and 25 show the two chassis 87 and 88 of FIG. 23 in a side view and on a larger scale, the side wheel cover plates 92 and the wheels 96 (FIG. 23) being shown on the view side in FIGS. 24 and 25 are omitted.
  • chassis 87 and 88 The individual components of the chassis 87 and 88 can be seen more clearly from FIGS. 26, 27 and 28, 29 and also from FIGS. 30 to 34.
  • FIG. 26 shows the driven chassis 87 including the wheel cover plate 92 (FIG. 23) in a perspective view.
  • the individual components are shown in an exploded perspective view in FIG. 27, but the wheels 96 (FIG. 26) and their wheel axles have been omitted.
  • the chassis 87 has the elongated guide and basic component 93, which is provided on its upper side with a number of the coupling pins 12 belonging to the system of the present components.
  • the guide component 93 according to FIG. 30 has molded, opposing sliding guide walls 107 and 108, the space 109 of which is intended to accommodate the rack 91 (FIGS. 23, 24), as has already been done with the embodiment of FIG. 1 to 3 has been described.
  • the guide component 93 is provided on its one long side with a recess 110 which serves to receive the drive gear 28 (FIG. 24). Both longitudinal sides are also provided with four molded bearing journals 111 a, 111 b, 111 c and 111 d and two stops 112 designed as molded projections.
  • the connecting bracket 102 and the coupling bracket 103 of the coupling device 89 are articulated to the guide component 93.
  • the connecting bracket 102 has two arms 113, which are provided at their ends with a clamping slot 114, such that the arms 113 can be plugged onto the inner bearing journal 111 c.
  • the yoke part of the connecting bracket 102 has a slot-like opening 115, in which a pin 116 is formed.
  • the connecting bracket 102 serves to pivotally connect the chassis 87 to the platform 85 of the locomotive according to FIG. 23. A pivoting movement of the connecting bracket 102 which is possible in the vertical direction is limited downwards by the fact that its arms 113 abut the adjacent projections 112 of the guide element 93 (FIG. 24).
  • the coupling bracket 103 of the coupling device 89 is similar to the connecting bracket 102 and also has two arms 117 and 118, each of which is provided with a hole 119 in its end regions.
  • the coupling bracket 103 can be plugged onto the outer bearing journal 111 a, a downward pivoting movement of the coupling bracket 103 being limited by the fact that extensions 120 of the arms 117, 118 on the adjacent projections 112 of the guide component 93 (Fig. 24).
  • the yoke part of the coupling bracket 103 also has a slot-like opening 121, in which a pin 122 is formed.
  • the opening 121 and the pin 122 serve to receive a clamping tab 123 of a further two-armed bracket 124, the two arms 125 of which each have a hole 126.
  • a magnet holder 127 which comprises a permanent magnet 128, is provided with two bearing pins 129 which fit into the holes 126.
  • the magnet holder 127 In the assembled state (FIG. 24), the magnet holder 127 can therefore rotate between the arms 125 of the bracket 124. In a manner known per se, therefore, the permanent magnets 128 of similar coupling devices 89 of two abutting vehicles can rotate in such a way that the north pole of one magnet faces the south pole of the other magnet and then a magnetic coupling of the two vehicles takes place.
  • two bearing plates 94 are attached to the coupling pins 12 of the guide component 93, each of which has two clamping openings 131 for receiving one wheel axle each (not shown).
  • the underside of one of these bearing plates 94 is shown in FIG. 31.
  • the otherwise hollow underside of the bearing plate 94 has, in a manner known per se, a central, short and integrally formed tube piece 133 which, together with the lateral inner surfaces of the hollow underside, serves as the coupling pin 12 of the guide component 93 to clamp.
  • the bearing plates 94 are also provided on their upper side with coupling pins 12. It can also be seen from FIG. 26 that the wheels 96 placed on the wheel axles 95 lie laterally outside the connecting bracket 102 and the coupling bracket 103.
  • the drive unit 97 is placed on the bearing plates 94 as a further component. As already mentioned with reference to FIG. 24, this has two longitudinal plate parts 98, two side plate parts 99 and the upright electric motor 100. The top of the longitudinal plate parts 98 and the side plate parts 99 are in turn provided with coupling pins 12. 32, the undersides of the longitudinal plate parts 98 are of the same design as those of the bearing plates 94 (FIG. 31), apart from the means for mounting the wheel axle. The drive gear 28 of the electric motor 100 protrudes between the side plate parts 99 and comes to rest in the recess 110 of the guide component 93 (FIG. 30). Furthermore, a pin 134 which is movable in its longitudinal direction is arranged in each side plate part 99 (cf. also FIGS.
  • the two retaining brackets 101 (FIG. 24) are present, which are plugged onto corresponding coupling pins 12 of the longitudinal plate parts 98 of the drive unit 97, and which with the their arms 135 provided clamping slots 136 are snapped into the remaining journals 111 b and 111 d of the guide component 93.
  • an outer wheel cover plate 92 is also provided on both sides, which is plugged onto the coupling pin 12 of the side plate parts 99 of the drive unit 97 and has only a purely decorative function.
  • FIGS. 28 and 29 showing a perspective view of the bogie complete including the wheel cover plates 92.
  • the individual components are shown in an exploded perspective view in FIG. 29, but the wheels 96 (FIG. 28) and their wheel axles 95 (FIG. 25) have been omitted. Since individual components are the same as in the driven undercarriage 87 according to FIGS. 26 and 27, their details are given the same names and are no longer described in detail.
  • the bogie 88 has the elongated guide and basic component 104 already shown in FIG. 25, which essentially, also with regard to the underside shown in FIG. 33, corresponds to the guide element 93 of the driven chassis 87 of FIGS. 26, 27.
  • the difference is that a recess 110 (FIG. 27) for receiving a drive gear wheel is not present, and that both longitudinal side walls instead are provided with a further journal 111 e.
  • a coupling device 89 comprising the coupling bracket 103, the further bracket 124 and the rotatably mounted magnet holder 127 with the permanent magnet 128, on the guide component 104 via the holes 119 of the coupling bracket 103 and Bearing pin 111d anchored, as has already been explained for the driven chassis 87 with reference to FIGS. 26 and 27.
  • Two bearing plates 94 for the rotation axes 95 (FIG. 25) provided with the wheels 96 are in turn attached to the guide component 104, the bearing plates 94 being identical to those of FIGS. 27 and 31.
  • the bogie 88 according to FIGS. 28 and 29 is provided with a pivot arrangement 138.
  • An unspecified base carries a pivot pin 139, which is provided with an upper edge bead 140 and has longitudinal slots 141 in the region of this edge bead. Furthermore, two downwardly directed tabs 142 are formed on the base (only one tab is visible in FIG. 29), the ends of which have a clamping slot 143.
  • the base has lateral projections, each of which is provided with an upper coupling pin 12.
  • the pivot pin arrangement 138 is pivotably mounted on the guide component 104 in that its tabs are latched into the additional, central bearing pin 111.
  • connection of the chassis 87 and 88 to the platform 85 of the locomotive (FIG. 23) is realized as follows.
  • the platform 85 has, in addition to a number of coupling pins 12 for plugging on any cladding and also a battery box (not shown) for feeding the electric motor 100 (FIG. 23), an opening 145 through which the electric motor 100 located on the chassis 87 can be passed through.
  • a tab 146 protruding into the opening 145 is formed on the platform 85 and is provided with a clamping slot 147 at its free end.
  • the motor 100 (FIG. 26) is guided through the opening 145.
  • the slot 115 of the connecting bracket 102 is brought onto the tab 146 until its clamping slot 147 engages in the pin 116 (FIG. 27) of the connecting bracket 102.
  • the chassis 87 is thus pivotably arranged on the platform 85.
  • the platform 85 is provided with a central bore 148 for the rotary fastening of the bogie 88.
  • the radially elastic pivot pin 139 (FIG. 29) of the chassis 88 is inserted into this bore.
  • the pivot 139 and thus the entire chassis 88 are rotatably held on the platform 85 by the edge bead 140.
  • the toy rack and pinion railway according to the invention can not only be designed, as previously described, in the sense of a railway with a roadway arranged flat or in ramps, but can also have the form of a monorail. 35 shows an example of such a monorail in a view transverse to the longitudinal direction of the carriageway, partly in section.
  • the carriageway consists of sections of carriageway 150 which can be lined up with a box-shaped profile which is open on its lower side. Since this roadway should be located above the floor 151 (suspension track), the roadway sections are supported at certain longitudinal intervals by pillars 152, which in the sense of the present component system can advantageously be plugged onto the roadway sections 150 in a manner not shown, in order to determine the roadway sections 150 in a certain manner Support height from the floor 151.
  • the profile of the roadway sections 150 accordingly has two legs 154 delimiting a lower opening 153, a yoke 155 opposite the opening 153 and two webs 156 connecting the yoke 155 to the legs 154.
  • the inner surfaces of the legs 154 form driving surfaces for the wheels 96 of a vehicle 157.
  • the inner side of the yoke 155 is provided with a toothed rack 158.
  • the vehicle 157 designed as a traction vehicle has a driven chassis 159, which is constructed essentially the same as the driven chassis 87 of FIGS. 26 and 17, but is adapted to the suspension construction in deviation from this and has a different coupling device.
  • the chassis 159 thus has the guide and basic component 93 of FIG. 27, furthermore the two bearing plates 94, in which the wheel axles with the wheels 96 are mounted, the drive unit 97 with the electric motor 100 and the two side plate parts 99, in which switching pins 134 for the electric motor 100 are arranged, and the two retaining brackets 101.
  • a coupling device with arms 65 of the coupling bracket 67 (FIG.
  • the electric motor 100 also has a drive axis perpendicular to the inner surface of the yoke 155, which has a drive gear (not shown) carries, which is in engagement with one of the two toothings of the rack 158.
  • the monorail of FIG. 35 has the same function as that of the train of FIG. 1 or the locomotive of FIG. 23. Since the wheels 96 of the vehicle 157 are caught in the inside of the box-shaped profile of the road section 150, that is to say the distance between the inner surfaces of the legs 154 and the inner surface of the yoke 155 is only slightly larger than the diameter of the wheels 96, the road section 150 can also be vertical or be arranged at an angle to form an elevator or inclined elevator with the car body 159 corresponding to the chassis. In order to be able to insert the vehicle 157 into the box-shaped profile of the roadway 150, the roadway must contain a specially designed roadway section at one or more points, in which the legs 154 can be removed or folded out.
  • 36g and 36h show lanes with a toothed rack toothed on both sides and a toothed groove toothed on both sides, which allow the vehicles to be designed in the so-called “monorail” form (wheel axles with only a single wheel).
  • the upper, smooth surface of the rack forms the only driving surface, while in the embodiment of FIG. 36h this is formed by the smooth bottom of the toothed groove.
  • a battery accommodated on one of the vehicles is provided as the source of supply for an electric motor, which battery can of course also consist of rechargeable battery elements.
  • a 3-way control (stop, forward drive, reverse drive) of the electric motor can be achieved by means of action elements arranged by hand or on the roadway, or practically any control of the electric motor by means of a remote control device known per se.
  • the use of batteries as a power source is by no means uneconomical and therefore not unreasonable, since it has been shown that the rack and pinion railway according to the invention operates perfectly with commercially available batteries on a road with numerous inclines over a period of 6 to 25 hours of pure travel time until the batteries are exhausted can be.
  • FIGS. 37 to 39 An expedient embodiment of such a roadway is shown schematically in FIGS. 37 to 39.
  • FIG. 37 shows a track section according to FIG. 4, which is provided with three rows 161, 162 and 163 of point contacts 164 known per se.
  • the point contacts protrude slightly above the two driving surfaces 165 and the upper surface 166 of the rack 167.
  • the two outer rows 161 and 162 of the point contacts 164 arranged in the driving surfaces 165 are electrically connected to one another, but are electrically isolated from the middle row 163 arranged in the rack 167.
  • Such point contacts 164 can be achieved in a simple manner by inserting and anchoring a corresponding metal strip 168 (FIG. 38) in a section of roadway formed with the required openings (slots).
  • the electrical connections between two mechanically interconnected track sections can also be achieved in a simple manner by arranging two resilient, electrically separate contact pieces 169 and 170 on the front side of each track section according to FIG which is the one with the outer rows 161 and 162 of the contacts 164 and the other is in electrical communication with the middle row 163 of contacts 164. Since a mechanically fixed connection of adjacent road sections is achieved by the connecting lugs 47 (FIG. 8), there is also a perfect electrical connection of resilient contact pieces 169 and 170.
  • the drive motor has been described as an electric motor. It goes without saying that the drive motor can also be a spring mechanism motor, a flywheel motor, a gas motor or even a steam engine without deviating from the subject matter of the invention.

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