EP0403021A1 - Railway system and bogie, tail wagon, vehicle frame, bearing member and trailer therefor - Google Patents

Railway system and bogie, tail wagon, vehicle frame, bearing member and trailer therefor Download PDF

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EP0403021A1
EP0403021A1 EP90201514A EP90201514A EP0403021A1 EP 0403021 A1 EP0403021 A1 EP 0403021A1 EP 90201514 A EP90201514 A EP 90201514A EP 90201514 A EP90201514 A EP 90201514A EP 0403021 A1 EP0403021 A1 EP 0403021A1
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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
    • B61D3/182—Wagons or vans adapted for carrying special loads for vehicles specially adapted for heavy vehicles, e.g. public work vehicles, trucks, trailers
    • B61D3/185—Railway vehicles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D3/00—Wagons or vans
    • B61D3/10—Articulated vehicles
    • B61D3/12—Articulated vehicles comprising running gear interconnected by loads
    • 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
    • B61D3/182—Wagons or vans adapted for carrying special loads for vehicles specially adapted for heavy vehicles, e.g. public work vehicles, trucks, trailers
    • B61D3/184—Wagons or vans adapted for carrying special loads for vehicles specially adapted for heavy vehicles, e.g. public work vehicles, trucks, trailers the heavy vehicles being of the trailer or semi-trailer type
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61F—RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES
    • B61F3/00—Types of bogies
    • B61F3/12—Types of bogies specially modified for carrying adjacent vehicle bodies of articulated trains
    • B61F3/125—Types of bogies specially modified for carrying adjacent vehicle bodies of articulated trains with more than one axle or wheel set
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61F—RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES
    • B61F5/00—Constructional details of bogies; Connections between bogies and vehicle underframes; Arrangements or devices for adjusting or allowing self-adjustment of wheel axles or bogies when rounding curves
    • B61F5/02—Arrangements permitting limited transverse relative movements between vehicle underframe or bolster and bogie; Connections between underframes and bogies
    • B61F5/16—Centre bearings or other swivel connections between underframes and bolsters or bogies
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61G—COUPLINGS; DRAUGHT AND BUFFING APPLIANCES
    • B61G5/00—Couplings for special purposes not otherwise provided for
    • B61G5/02—Couplings for special purposes not otherwise provided for for coupling articulated trains, locomotives and tenders or the bogies of a vehicle; Coupling by means of a single coupling bar; Couplings preventing or limiting relative lateral movement of vehicles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61J—SHIFTING OR SHUNTING OF RAIL VEHICLES
    • B61J1/00—Turntables; Traversers; Transporting rail vehicles on other rail vehicles or dollies
    • B61J1/12—Rollers or devices for shifting or transporting rail vehicles on rails

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  • the invention relates in the first place to a railway system comprising at least one bogie for bearing via a bearing member a first and a second vehicle frame, which bearing member is rotatable about a vertical swivel axis relative to the bogie chassis, has a coupling arm extending from the vertical swivel axis in the direction towards the first vehicle frame and gripping outside the vertical swivel axis onto the first vehicle frame and, is pivotally connected by means of universal pivoting means to the second vehicle frame.
  • Such a railway system is known from US-A-2963986.
  • the universal pivoting means for bearing the second vehicle frame are located in the vertical swivel axis of the bogie.
  • the supporting of the vehicle frames is therein arranged in the vertical swivel axis such that the bogie is thereby cen­trally loaded so that the wheel shafts are loaded uniformly.
  • the bearing member engages close to the end wall on the first vehicle frame with a considerable moment. Vertical loading, braking and/or tractive longitudinal forces and/or transverse load in the transmitting of transverse forces can lead to unacceptable deformations and/or to breakage of the connection between the bearing member and the first vehicle frame.
  • the invention has for its object the better transfer of the loads of both vehicle frames to the bogie.
  • the railway system according to the invention has the charac­teristic that the universal pivoting means are disposed out­side the vertical swivel axis and are connected to a bearing member piece extending from the vertical swivel axis in the direction towards the second vehicle frame.
  • the bearing member is now loaded on both sides of the vertical swivel axis so that the clamping moment of the bear­ing member on the first vehicle frame is reduced.
  • the invention also relates to and provides a tail wagon, a vehicle frame, a bearing member, a bogie and a trailer as designated in the following claims. Preferred embodiments thereof are specified in following claims and in the figure description following hereinafter and annexed drawings. In the drawing, by way of non-limiting example:
  • the railway system 1 preferivelyably consists of a considerable number of elements for assem­bling trains.
  • Each train comprises at each of its ends a tail wagon 2 which is provided with the normal relevant rail equipment 3.
  • the railway system 1 preferably further comprises trailers 4 which, drawn by a tractive unit, can each be trans­ported by road on wheels 5 provided with pneumatic tyres (fig. 3) and which can be arranged in a train; bogies 6; vehicle frames 7 without wheels, and bearing members 8.
  • a tail wagon 2 rests close to the rail equipment 3 in normal manner on a normal bogie 9 and by means of a console 11 on an end bogie 10 protruding outside the tail wagon 2 (fig. 6).
  • another vehicle frame 7 without wheels supports on the bogie 10, while it supports at the other end on a bogie 9 via a bearing member 8.
  • Supporting on the bearing member 8 is the vehicle frame 68 of a trailer 4 which also supports at its other end on a bogie 9 via a bearing member 8 (fig. 4).
  • the bogie 9 is a normal railway bogie whereof the chassis 70 comprises a universal central pivot 15 consisting of a fixed pivot bearing 14 in which a swivel ring 16 is enclosed for movement by means of a bolt 20. Attached to the swivel ring 16 with bolts is a coupling plate 17 which is provided with two positioning stops 18 and into which is recessed a round coupling opening 19 with positioning edge.
  • a bearing member 8 which is coupled in advance to a trailer 4 but which is not yet quite coupled to the bogie 9.
  • the bearing member 8 has a connecting edge 21 with a positioning surface 22 which can pass through the opening 19.
  • the connecting edge 21 centres the bearing member 8 in the central vertical swivel axis 23 of the bogie 9.
  • the bearing member 8 has a coupling arm 13 which extends from the swivel axis 23 over a considerable length a of for instance 1.5 m to a first receiving member 25 of a trailer 4.
  • This first receiving member 25 has a passage 27 adapted to the height of the free end 12 of the coupling arm 13 and sloping positioning surfaces 26 adjoining it, while the free end 12 also has a converging point 28.
  • the wheels 5 provided with tyres which are each indepen­dently suspended by means of air springs 35 and which are rotatably mounted on swivel arms 44 are retracted upwards from the travel surface 66 (level of the rails 67) by means of air cylinders 45.
  • the trailer 4 is then placed on its normal supports 46 and the relevant trailer is removed after disengaging the coupling pin 47.
  • a bogie 9 can be placed thereunder having a bearing member 8 resting thereon and another trailer 4 resting on the member 8.
  • each trailer 4 has at its front end a third receiving member 48 in the form of a part-spherical cup disposed in the longitudinal central plane which fits around a part-spherical support member 49 disposed on a protruding bearing member piece 41 for the forming of a universal pivot 50 between the trailer 4 and the bearing member 8.
  • the distances b of the support member 49, of the univer­sal pivot 50 and the supports 32 to the vertical transverse plane 56 are preferably equal and small, in any event con­siderably smaller than the distance a of the free end 12 of the coupling arm 13 to this transverse plane 56.
  • the trailers 4 and the vehicle frames 7 are well placed on the bogies 9 without wrenching.
  • the construction height is therein small, which is of advantage both for en­larging the available loading height and for absorbing length­wise forces.
  • the shaft loads of a bogie 9 are equal whereby a joint load-dependent braking system is used for both shafts.
  • the transverse load is also absorbed without wrenching by means of the bearing member 8.
  • the reaction forces of the bearing member 8 pass without torsion as vertical and/or horizontal forces into the trailer 4 via the receiving mem­bers.
  • the bogie 9 can rock about its universal pivot 15 under the bearing member 8 without this leading to jerking forces in the trailers 4.
  • a vehicle frame 7 without wheels can be placed by means of bearing members 8 on two bogies 9, for instance with a hoisting crane present at stations.
  • This vehicle frame 7 is accordingly provided with a first receiving member 25, two second receiving members 34 and a third receiv­ing member 48.
  • This vehicle frame 7 has a length suitable for receiving for instance three vehicle frames 7 stacked on one another, three bogies 9 or stackable or non-stackable con­tainers 57.
  • Fig. 7 also shows what the tail wagons 2 with a slightly greater length can carry.
  • the tail wagons 2 all have a similar console 11, wherein depending on the formation direction of the train to be formed, either a coupling device 60 with one support member 49 or a coupling device 61 with two supports 32 is placed by means of its swivel pin 62 in a rotating bearing 63.
  • the support plate 64 of coupling device 61 supports on two slide surfaces 65 of the consoles 11.
  • the coupling devices 60, 61 have locking means (not shown) to secure them to the console 11 in addition to the above descri­bed locking pin 51 with operating means.
  • the trailers 49 are placed at three points on two bearing members 8, wherein they rest with their closed front end on a universal pivot 50 and with their open rear end on two cylin­drical pivots so that they are pivotable there about a hori­zontal transverse axis 72 relative to a bearing member 8.

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A railway bogie (10) bears the ends of two vehicle frames (7) in releasable manner via a bearing member (8) which is swivellable about a vertical swivel axis (23) relative to the chassis of the bogie (10).

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  • The invention relates in the first place to a railway system comprising at least one bogie for bearing via a bearing member a first and a second vehicle frame, which bearing member is rotatable about a vertical swivel axis relative to the bogie chassis,
    has a coupling arm extending from the vertical swivel axis in the direction towards the first vehicle frame and gripping outside the vertical swivel axis onto the first vehicle frame and,
    is pivotally connected by means of universal pivoting means to the second vehicle frame.
  • Such a railway system is known from US-A-2963986. Herein the universal pivoting means for bearing the second vehicle frame are located in the vertical swivel axis of the bogie. The supporting of the vehicle frames is therein arranged in the vertical swivel axis such that the bogie is thereby cen­trally loaded so that the wheel shafts are loaded uniformly. The bearing member engages close to the end wall on the first vehicle frame with a considerable moment. Vertical loading, braking and/or tractive longitudinal forces and/or transverse load in the transmitting of transverse forces can lead to unacceptable deformations and/or to breakage of the connection between the bearing member and the first vehicle frame.
  • The invention has for its object the better transfer of the loads of both vehicle frames to the bogie. To this end the railway system according to the invention has the charac­teristic that the universal pivoting means are disposed out­side the vertical swivel axis and are connected to a bearing member piece extending from the vertical swivel axis in the direction towards the second vehicle frame.
  • The bearing member is now loaded on both sides of the vertical swivel axis so that the clamping moment of the bear­ing member on the first vehicle frame is reduced.
  • The invention also relates to and provides a tail wagon, a vehicle frame, a bearing member, a bogie and a trailer as designated in the following claims. Preferred embodiments thereof are specified in following claims and in the figure description following hereinafter and annexed drawings. In the drawing, by way of non-limiting example:
    • Fig. 1, 2 and 3 each show a side view of a fraction of a railway system according to the invention;
    • fig. 4 shows on a larger scale a partly broken away side view of detail IV of fig. 3;
    • fig. 5 shows on a larger scale a perspective view of detail V of fig. 4 in the position not yet coupled to the bearing member;
    • fig. 6 shows on a larger scale a partly broken away, exploded perspective view of detail VI of fig. 1; and
    • fig. 7 is a diagram of possible loadings of a fraction of a railway system according to the invention.
  • The railway system 1 according to the invention prefer­ably consists of a considerable number of elements for assem­bling trains. Each train comprises at each of its ends a tail wagon 2 which is provided with the normal relevant rail equipment 3. The railway system 1 preferably further comprises trailers 4 which, drawn by a tractive unit, can each be trans­ported by road on wheels 5 provided with pneumatic tyres (fig. 3) and which can be arranged in a train;
    bogies 6;
    vehicle frames 7 without wheels, and bearing members 8.
  • A tail wagon 2 rests close to the rail equipment 3 in normal manner on a normal bogie 9 and by means of a console 11 on an end bogie 10 protruding outside the tail wagon 2 (fig. 6).
  • As according to fig. 1 and 2 another vehicle frame 7 without wheels supports on the bogie 10, while it supports at the other end on a bogie 9 via a bearing member 8. Supporting on the bearing member 8 is the vehicle frame 68 of a trailer 4 which also supports at its other end on a bogie 9 via a bearing member 8 (fig. 4).
  • The bogie 9 is a normal railway bogie whereof the chassis 70 comprises a universal central pivot 15 consisting of a fixed pivot bearing 14 in which a swivel ring 16 is enclosed for movement by means of a bolt 20. Attached to the swivel ring 16 with bolts is a coupling plate 17 which is provided with two positioning stops 18 and into which is recessed a round coupling opening 19 with positioning edge.
  • In fig. 4 can be seen a bearing member 8 which is coupled in advance to a trailer 4 but which is not yet quite coupled to the bogie 9. The bearing member 8 has a connecting edge 21 with a positioning surface 22 which can pass through the opening 19. The connecting edge 21 centres the bearing member 8 in the central vertical swivel axis 23 of the bogie 9. The bearing member 8 has a coupling arm 13 which extends from the swivel axis 23 over a considerable length a of for instance 1.5 m to a first receiving member 25 of a trailer 4. This first receiving member 25 has a passage 27 adapted to the height of the free end 12 of the coupling arm 13 and sloping positioning surfaces 26 adjoining it, while the free end 12 also has a converging point 28. The bearing member 8, which weighs for instance 400 kg, can thereby be placed easily, for example with a fork-lift truck, into the first receiving member 25. Thereafter the coupling arm 13 is coupled to two consoles 29 arranged on the trailer 4 by two locking pins 30 which fit into holes of the consoles 29 being inserted into sizable corresponding holes 31 of the V-shaped coupling arm 13. The fork-lift truck is then removed and the trailer 4 is then moved in a position raised by means of its air springs 35 above the bogie 9 together with the bearing member 8 coup­led thereto (fig. 5), wherein vertical, sloping positioning surfaces 37 which are then situated at the level of the stops 18 locate these stops 18 and during the reverse movement of the trailer 4 cause the bearing member 8 to swivel slightly in the horizontal plane. Finally, a vertical stop 38 of the bearing member 8 strikes against the coupling plate 17. When the bearing meber 8 is thus centred the trailer 4 is lowered by reducing the air pressure of the air springs 35, whereby the coupling edge 21 of the trailer 4 comes to lie in the swivel ring 16. Locks 39 arranged on the bearing member 8 are now pushed beneath the stops 18. These are connected for this purpose to cranks 40 of shafts 41 which are mutually coupled by means of a coupling rod 42 and which are operated by means of a handle 43.
  • The wheels 5 provided with tyres which are each indepen­dently suspended by means of air springs 35 and which are rotatably mounted on swivel arms 44 are retracted upwards from the travel surface 66 (level of the rails 67) by means of air cylinders 45. The trailer 4 is then placed on its normal supports 46 and the relevant trailer is removed after disengaging the coupling pin 47. After the trailer 4 has been raised slightly further using its supports 46 a bogie 9 can be placed thereunder having a bearing member 8 resting thereon and another trailer 4 resting on the member 8. For this pur­pose each trailer 4 has at its front end a third receiving member 48 in the form of a part-spherical cup disposed in the longitudinal central plane which fits around a part-spherical support member 49 disposed on a protruding bearing member piece 41 for the forming of a universal pivot 50 between the trailer 4 and the bearing member 8.
  • When the receiving member 48 comes to lie about the support member 49 during retraction of the supports 46 the trailer 4 is locked around the bearing member 8 by means of a locking pin 51 which is displaceable using a crank arm 52 from the release position drawn in fig. 4 into a locking position wherein it engages onto a gripping member 53 of the trailer 4 in order to block an upward movement.
  • Finally, the supports 46 are further retracted. A crank 54 of the crank arm 52 grips in a vertical slot 55 of the locking pin 51 (fig. 5).
  • The distances b of the support member 49, of the univer­sal pivot 50 and the supports 32 to the vertical transverse plane 56 are preferably equal and small, in any event con­siderably smaller than the distance a of the free end 12 of the coupling arm 13 to this transverse plane 56.
  • Due to the considerable distance a compared to the dis­tances b the trailers 4 and the vehicle frames 7 are well placed on the bogies 9 without wrenching. The construction height is therein small, which is of advantage both for en­larging the available loading height and for absorbing length­wise forces. The shaft loads of a bogie 9 are equal whereby a joint load-dependent braking system is used for both shafts. The transverse load is also absorbed without wrenching by means of the bearing member 8. The reaction forces of the bearing member 8 pass without torsion as vertical and/or horizontal forces into the trailer 4 via the receiving mem­bers.
  • The bogie 9 can rock about its universal pivot 15 under the bearing member 8 without this leading to jerking forces in the trailers 4.
  • Instead of a trailer 4 a vehicle frame 7 without wheels can be placed by means of bearing members 8 on two bogies 9, for instance with a hoisting crane present at stations. This vehicle frame 7 is accordingly provided with a first receiving member 25, two second receiving members 34 and a third receiv­ing member 48. This vehicle frame 7 has a length suitable for receiving for instance three vehicle frames 7 stacked on one another, three bogies 9 or stackable or non-stackable con­tainers 57. Fig. 7 also shows what the tail wagons 2 with a slightly greater length can carry. The tail wagons 2 all have a similar console 11, wherein depending on the formation direction of the train to be formed, either a coupling device 60 with one support member 49 or a coupling device 61 with two supports 32 is placed by means of its swivel pin 62 in a rotating bearing 63. The support plate 64 of coupling device 61 supports on two slide surfaces 65 of the consoles 11. The coupling devices 60, 61 have locking means (not shown) to secure them to the console 11 in addition to the above descri­bed locking pin 51 with operating means.
  • The trailers 49 are placed at three points on two bearing members 8, wherein they rest with their closed front end on a universal pivot 50 and with their open rear end on two cylin­drical pivots so that they are pivotable there about a hori­zontal transverse axis 72 relative to a bearing member 8.

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1. Railway system (1) comprising at least one bogie (9) for bearing via a bearing member (8) a first and second ve­hicle frame (7, 68), which bearing member (8) is rotatable about a vertical swivel axis (23) relative to the bogie chas­sis (70), has a coupling arm (13) extending from the vertical swivel axis (23) in the direction towards the first vehicle frame (7, 68) and gripping outside the vertical swivel axis (23) onto the first vehicle frame (7, 68) and,
is pivotally connected by means of universal pivoting means (50) to the second vehicle frame (7, 68),
characterized in that the universal pivoting means (50) are disposed outside the vertical swivel axis (23) and are con­nected to a bearing member piece (71) extending from the vertical swivel axis (23) in the direction towards the second vehicle frame (7, 68).
2. Railway system (1) as claimed in claim 1, charac­terized in that the free end (12) of the bearing member (8) is received in a receiving member (25) of the first vehicle frame (7, 68) and has between the vertical swivel axis (23) and the free end (12) two bearing supports (32) positioned remotely from each other in transverse direction, relative to which the first vehicle frame (7, 68) can swivel about a horizontal transverse axis (72), which bearing supports (32) are preferably situated substantially at the same, preferably small distance b from the vertical transverse plane extending through the vertical swivel axis (23) as the turning centre of the universal pivoting means (50).
3. Railway system (1) as claimed in claim 1 or 2, charac­terized by at least one tail wagon (2) provided with an end console (11) which supports on a tail wagon bogie (10) and which is provided substantially above the universal pivot (15) of the tail wagon bogie (10) with receiving means (63) for receiving rotatably about a vertical swivel axis (23) a preferably interchangeable coupling device (60, 61) for bear­ing a vehicle frame (7, 68).
4. Railway system (1) as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, characterized by at least one vehicle frame (7) with­out wheels which can function as loading platform for instance for stackable or non-stackable containers (57), other vehicle frames (7) without wheels, bogies (9) or other loads.
5. Railway system (1) as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, characterized by at least one trailer (4) which is provided with a first receiving member (25) for receiving the free end (12) of a bearing member (8);
with at least one pair of second receiving members (34) for receiving supports (32) of the bearing member (8) arranged at a mutual distance; and
with a third receiving member (48) for receiving universal pivoting means (49) of a vehicle frame (7, 68).
6. Trailer (4) as claimed in claim 5, characterized by a first receiving member for receiving the free end of a bearing member;
at least one pair of second receiving members for receiving supports of the bearing member arranged at a mutual distance; and
a third receiving member for receiving universal pivoting means of a vehicle frame.
7. Bogie (9) for a railway system (1) as claimed in any of the claims 1-5, characterized by coupling means (17, 21, 39) for coupling the bearing member (8) to the universal bogie pivot (15).
8. Bearing member (8) for a railway system (1) as claimed in any of the claims 1-5, characterized by a coupling arm (13) for coupling to a first vehicle frame (7, 68);
supports (32) for bearing a first vehicle frame (7, 68);
universal pivoting means (50) for bearing a second vehicle frame (7, 68); and
coupling means (21, 39) for coupling to coupling means (17) of the universal pivot (50) of the bogie (9).
9. Tail wagon (2) for a railway system (1) as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, characterized by an end console (11) supporting on the bogie (10) and provided substantially above the universal pivot (15) of the tail wagon bogie (10) with receiving means (63) for receiving rotatably about a vertical swivel axis (23) a preferably interchangeable coup­ling device (60, 61) for bearing a vehicle frame (7, 68).
10. Wheel-less vehicle frame (7) for a railway system (1) as claimed in any of the claims 1 to 4, characterized in that this vehicle frame (7) is provided with a first receiving member (25) for receiving the free end (12) of a bearing member (8);
with at least one pair of second receiving members (34) for receiving supports (32) of the bearing member (8) arranged at a mutual distance; and
with a third receiving member (48) for receiving universal pivoting means (49) of a vehicle frame (7, 68).
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