EP0345497A2 - Güterzugverbundwagen - Google Patents

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EP0345497A2
EP0345497A2 EP89108924A EP89108924A EP0345497A2 EP 0345497 A2 EP0345497 A2 EP 0345497A2 EP 89108924 A EP89108924 A EP 89108924A EP 89108924 A EP89108924 A EP 89108924A EP 0345497 A2 EP0345497 A2 EP 0345497A2
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Jorma Lukkari
Timo Heikkinen
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Rautaruukki Oyj
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D3/00—Wagons or vans
    • B61D3/16—Wagons or vans adapted for carrying special loads
    • B61D3/18—Wagons or vans adapted for carrying special loads for vehicles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D3/00—Wagons or vans
    • B61D3/16—Wagons or vans adapted for carrying special loads
    • B61D3/18—Wagons or vans adapted for carrying special loads for vehicles
    • B61D3/187—Details, e.g. bridges for floor connections

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  • the invention relates to a structure for forming on the railways a combination of car-carrying wagons or corre­sponding wagon combinations, wherein the vehicles or the like to be carried can be placed successively and across the couplings between the wagons, independently of them.
  • cars or other vehicles or the like are carried in car-­carrying wagons or the like on the railways
  • the cars are typically driven onto a railway wagon's deck, of which there may be one or several, one above the other.
  • the loading takes place by driving the cars from the end of the row of car-carrying wagons, in which case the cars can be driven from one wagon to another along driving bridges turned down between the railway wagons.
  • the driving bridges are folded to the side at the coupling points between the wagons, so that the wagons can move in the normal manner in relation to each other during transport.
  • the object of the invention is thus to provide a structure which enables a car-carrying wagon or the like to be filled with vehicles so that in the wagons there is left no wasted space due to differences between the varied vehicle lengths and the predetermined length of the wagon. It is another object of the invention to provide a structure in which the vehicles can always be placed in the wagons in their longi­tudinal direction, as close to each other as possible and in such a manner that this placement is not affected by the couplings between the different wagons. It is a further object of the invention to provide a structure which en­ables each vehicle to be placed in the car-carrying wagon in such a manner that no inter-wagon movements are trans­mitted to it; in this case the vehicles will not be subject to wear or damage.
  • the car-carrying wagons can be loaded full with vehicles of the like, without wasted space. It is a further advantage that all of the vehicles can be conven­tionally driven to any of the places in the wagons and can be secured to the wagon normally, all in the same manner. It is a further advantage of the invention that the struc­ture can be manufactured at a very low cost compared with the price of the freight wagon itself.
  • Figure 1 depicts a schematic side elevation of a car-­carrying wagon combination according to the invention.
  • the wagon combination is made up of individual car-carrying wagons 1a, 1b, 1c, which have conventionally been coupled to each other for the duration of their transport on the railway.
  • each car-carrying wagon has a lower freight deck 2 and an upper freight deck 3. All of the disclosed facts pertaining to the invention apply to both the upper deck and the lower deck.
  • the wagons are loaded by driving the cars in from one end 4 of the row of railway wagons.
  • Figure 2 depicts a cross section of an individual freight wagon 1a to illustrate the placement of the vehicles, the construction being at this point at least in the main con­ventional.
  • supporting bridges 5a...d are placed between each two car-carrying wagons, in this case between wagons 1a and 1b and respectively between wagons 1b and 1c, the bridges thus being rigidly attachable at the coupling point 6 either to wagon 1a or 1b and at the coupling point 7 to either wagon 1b or wagon 1c.
  • the sup­porting bridges 5a and 5b can be seen clearly as a cross section in Figure 3 under the vehicles 8 and respectively 9.
  • the supporting bridge has a minimum length of the axle spacing of the vehicles to be transported so that, when necessary, a vehicle can be placed only on top of the bridge.
  • the supporting bridge can be shifted in the longitudinal direction S of the wagons in order to fit in each given case under the vehicle to be transported, to support the vehicle.
  • This fact is evident, for example, at the coupling point 6 in Figure 3, where the vehicle 8 on the lower deck 2 is more or less centred across the coupling 6.
  • the vehicle 9 on the upper deck 3, on the other hand, is clearly offset from the centre of the coupling, although the rear part of the vehicle 9 is in the area of the coupling.
  • the supporting bridge 5a of the lower deck is also approximately centred across the coupling, the vehicle 8 fitting entirely on top of the bridge.
  • the supporting bridge in its position offset in the above-mentioned manner in the longitudinal direction S is fastened rigidly to one of the wagons.
  • the supporting bridge 5b under the vehicle 9 is in this case fastened to the wagon 1a, constituting a structural part of this wagon, and, as a result, the front and rear wheels 18, 22 of the vehicle 9 remain immobile in relation to each other.
  • the front and rear wheels 19, 23 of the vehicle 10, on the other hand, are entirely in the wagon 1b, and are thus, of course, immobile in relation to each other.
  • the supporting bridge 5a under the vehicle 8 is fastened rigidly to one of the freight wagons, constituting a structural part of this wagon.
  • This supporting bridge can, for example, be fastened rigidly to wagon 1b, where­upon the front and rear wheels 20, 21 of the vehicle 8 remain immobile in relation to each other in connection with the wagon 1b, as do the front and rear wheels of the vehicle 11.
  • the front and rear wheels of the vehicle 12, on the other hand, remain immobile in relation to each other in connection with the wagon 1a. Since at the coupling the wagon to which the supporting bridge has not been fastened rigidly can move, preferably completely freely in relation to the supporting bridge, the vehicles 9 and 10 on the upper deck will move in relation to each other, and respec­tively on the lower deck 2 the vehicles 8 and 12 will move in relation to each other, as will the wagons 1a and 1b in relation to each other.
  • the acting point at the coupling between the freight wagons is shifted to the desired dis­tance from the actual coupling 6.
  • the act­ing point, i.e. the moving point, on the upper deck is at point 13 and on the lower deck at point 14.
  • the structural principle described above can be applied at every coupling between car-carrying wagons, and thus it is possible to couple in a row as many car-carrying wagons as is necessary and for other reasons possible, and the entire freight wagon row can be filled completely with vehicles or the like, there being no unused wasted space left at any coupling between the railway wagons.
  • the supporting bridges 5 themselves are preferably, for example, "box beams” so wide that it is possible to drive on and off them, but somewhat narrower than the possible inside width of the wagon 1, so that the movement of the wagons in relation to each other on the side of that wagon to which the bridge is not fastened should not detach or damage the supporting bridge and the vehicle on top of it.
  • the ground clearance space be­tween the wheels of the vehicles can be exploited for an oblong casing 16 in order to stiffen and reinforce the supporting bridge.
  • the rigid joint between the frame 17 of the freight wagon and the supporting bridge 5 can be made in many ways, for example by using a screw joint or lever joint between the longitudinal flanges 15 or the longitudinal central casing 16 of the supporting bridge and the frame 17 of the first wagon, or by other various quick locking methods which make a rigid attachment and complete detachment possible for both this rigid joint and the moving "joint".
  • the non-attached end of the supporting bridge in each case can be arranged either to be completely separate from the second wagon, in which case there is a definite clearance between the bridge and this wagon, or the supporting bridge can be allowed to rest on the even surface of the frame of the second wagon, in which case provision must be made for making possible a slight angular yield of the supporting bridge in relation to the first wagon.
  • Another possible variation is to arrange the structure in such a manner that the supporting bridge is not rigidly attached to either freight wagon but is flexibly attached to each wagon.
  • Such a flexible joint must allow at least angular and longitudinal shifts between the supporting bridge and the wagon, the wagons moving in relation to each other, since the purpose is not to transfer the longitudi­nal forces of the train through the supporting bridge.
  • the supporting bridge must not move considerably in the lateral direction nor shift sub­stantially, at least not permanently, in the longitudinal direction, so that the vehicles will not touch each other or the frame of the wagon.
  • the joint must thus be flexible and self-centring.
  • the supporting bridges can be made divisible into parts or extendable by means of parts and attachable to each other and/or to the wagon frames in different ways so that all possible situations of use can be managed as effectively as possible. It is, of course, evident that such a supporting bridge at the same time serves as a driving bridge between the wagons and need not be folded away at any stage.

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EP19890108924 1988-06-10 1989-05-18 Güterzugverbundwagen Expired EP0345497B1 (de)

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FI882773A FI79814C (fi) 1988-06-10 1988-06-10 Vagnskombination.
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DE4020020A1 (de) * 1990-06-13 1991-12-19 Graaff Gmbh Eisenbahnwagen zum transport von personenkraftfahrzeugen
DE4131271C1 (de) * 1991-09-20 1992-10-22 Linke-Hofmann-Busch Waggon-Fahrzeug-Maschinen Gmbh, 3320 Salzgitter, De
DE4134699A1 (de) * 1991-10-21 1993-04-22 Altmann Rail System Uebergangseinrichtung fuer gueterwageneinheiten
DE4203848A1 (de) * 1992-02-10 1993-08-12 Niesky Waggonbau Gmbh Gueterwageneinheit
DE4203846A1 (de) * 1992-02-10 1993-08-12 Niesky Waggonbau Gmbh Doppelstockgueterwagen
DE4203847A1 (de) * 1992-02-10 1993-08-12 Niesky Waggonbau Gmbh Autotransportwagen
DE4235612A1 (de) * 1992-10-22 1994-04-28 Graaff Gmbh Zweiteiliger Eisenbahngüterwagen
DE4241124A1 (de) * 1992-12-07 1994-06-09 Niesky Waggonbau Gmbh Gedeckter Güterwagen zum doppelstöckigen Transport von Kraftfahrzeugen
FR2716855A1 (fr) * 1994-03-07 1995-09-08 Arbel Fauvet Rail Sa Dispositif de fermeture des capots mobiles de protection des véhicules d'une rame ferroviaire et rame pourvue de ces dispositifs de fermeture.
US5575222A (en) * 1995-08-09 1996-11-19 Pennsy Corporation Telescoping bridge plate for autorack railroad cars
US6550400B1 (en) 2000-08-29 2003-04-22 National Steel Car Limited Vehicle carrying rail road car
US6666148B1 (en) 1975-07-18 2003-12-23 National Steel Car Limited Vehicle carrying rail road car structure
US6857376B2 (en) 2000-08-29 2005-02-22 National Steel Car Limited Vehicle carrying rail road car
US6945176B2 (en) * 2001-11-16 2005-09-20 Talgo Oy Intercommunicating passageways in double-decker railway coaches
US7255047B1 (en) 2000-08-29 2007-08-14 National Steel Car Limited Vehicle carrying rail road car and bridge plate therefor

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CH416717A (fr) * 1964-07-29 1966-07-15 Venissieux Atel Wagon à étage pour le transport de véhicules
US3421454A (en) * 1966-04-15 1969-01-14 Edwin B Connerat Bridge plate for railroad cars
DE2944854A1 (de) * 1978-11-20 1980-05-29 Niesky Waggonbau Veb Ueberfahreinrichtung fuer kurzgekuppelte flachwagen
FR2566355A1 (fr) * 1984-06-21 1985-12-27 Venissieux Atel Passerelle d'extremite articulee pour plancher superieur mobile de wagon porte-vehicules

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US2788751A (en) * 1956-01-10 1957-04-16 Richard E Russell Bridge for piggyback flat cars
US3228355A (en) * 1963-11-15 1966-01-11 Pullman Inc Split bridge assembly
CH416717A (fr) * 1964-07-29 1966-07-15 Venissieux Atel Wagon à étage pour le transport de véhicules
US3421454A (en) * 1966-04-15 1969-01-14 Edwin B Connerat Bridge plate for railroad cars
DE2944854A1 (de) * 1978-11-20 1980-05-29 Niesky Waggonbau Veb Ueberfahreinrichtung fuer kurzgekuppelte flachwagen
FR2566355A1 (fr) * 1984-06-21 1985-12-27 Venissieux Atel Passerelle d'extremite articulee pour plancher superieur mobile de wagon porte-vehicules

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US6666148B1 (en) 1975-07-18 2003-12-23 National Steel Car Limited Vehicle carrying rail road car structure
DE4020020A1 (de) * 1990-06-13 1991-12-19 Graaff Gmbh Eisenbahnwagen zum transport von personenkraftfahrzeugen
DE4131271C1 (de) * 1991-09-20 1992-10-22 Linke-Hofmann-Busch Waggon-Fahrzeug-Maschinen Gmbh, 3320 Salzgitter, De
DE4134699A1 (de) * 1991-10-21 1993-04-22 Altmann Rail System Uebergangseinrichtung fuer gueterwageneinheiten
EP0538816A1 (de) * 1991-10-21 1993-04-28 ARS-ALTMANN RAIL SYSTEM GmbH Wettergeschützter flexibler Übergang zwischen zwei Güterwageneinheiten mit höhenverstellbaren Dächern
WO1993008061A1 (de) * 1991-10-21 1993-04-29 Ars-Altmann Rail System Gmbh Wettergeschützter flexibler übergang zwischen zwei güterwageneinheiten mit höhenverstellbaren dächern
DE4203848A1 (de) * 1992-02-10 1993-08-12 Niesky Waggonbau Gmbh Gueterwageneinheit
DE4203846A1 (de) * 1992-02-10 1993-08-12 Niesky Waggonbau Gmbh Doppelstockgueterwagen
DE4203847A1 (de) * 1992-02-10 1993-08-12 Niesky Waggonbau Gmbh Autotransportwagen
DE4235612A1 (de) * 1992-10-22 1994-04-28 Graaff Gmbh Zweiteiliger Eisenbahngüterwagen
DE4241124C2 (de) * 1992-12-07 2001-02-15 Dwa Deutsche Waggonbau Gmbh Gedeckter Güterwagen zum doppelstöckigen Transport von Kraftfahrzeugen
DE4241124A1 (de) * 1992-12-07 1994-06-09 Niesky Waggonbau Gmbh Gedeckter Güterwagen zum doppelstöckigen Transport von Kraftfahrzeugen
FR2716855A1 (fr) * 1994-03-07 1995-09-08 Arbel Fauvet Rail Sa Dispositif de fermeture des capots mobiles de protection des véhicules d'une rame ferroviaire et rame pourvue de ces dispositifs de fermeture.
WO1995024331A1 (fr) * 1994-03-07 1995-09-14 Arbel Fauvet Rail, S.A. Dispositif de fermeture des capots de protection des vehicules d'une rame ferroviaire et rame pourvue de ces dispositifs de fermeture
US5575222A (en) * 1995-08-09 1996-11-19 Pennsy Corporation Telescoping bridge plate for autorack railroad cars
US6550400B1 (en) 2000-08-29 2003-04-22 National Steel Car Limited Vehicle carrying rail road car
US6857376B2 (en) 2000-08-29 2005-02-22 National Steel Car Limited Vehicle carrying rail road car
US7255047B1 (en) 2000-08-29 2007-08-14 National Steel Car Limited Vehicle carrying rail road car and bridge plate therefor
US6945176B2 (en) * 2001-11-16 2005-09-20 Talgo Oy Intercommunicating passageways in double-decker railway coaches

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EP0345497A3 (en) 1990-02-07
DE68902688D1 (de) 1992-10-08
DE68902688T2 (de) 1993-01-28
ES2035427T3 (es) 1993-04-16

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