EP0493818B1 - Passerelle d'intercommunication pour des véhicules ferroviaires - Google Patents

Passerelle d'intercommunication pour des véhicules ferroviaires Download PDF

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EP0493818B1
EP0493818B1 EP91122317A EP91122317A EP0493818B1 EP 0493818 B1 EP0493818 B1 EP 0493818B1 EP 91122317 A EP91122317 A EP 91122317A EP 91122317 A EP91122317 A EP 91122317A EP 0493818 B1 EP0493818 B1 EP 0493818B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D17/00—Construction details of vehicle bodies
    • B61D17/04—Construction details of vehicle bodies with bodies of metal; with composite, e.g. metal and wood body structures
    • B61D17/20—Communication passages between coaches; Adaptation of coach ends therefor
    • B61D17/22—Communication passages between coaches; Adaptation of coach ends therefor flexible, e.g. bellows

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  • the present invention relates to a transition bridge for rail vehicles according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a transition bridge with the generic features 1.1 to 1.5 of claim 1 is known from US Pat. No. 4,942,825.
  • the bridge plate which covers the free space enclosed by the fork-shaped bridge frame at the top, is the only bridge plate of the transition bridge. It lies essentially loosely on the frame.
  • the seal between the fork-shaped bridge frame and the lower of the two bridge plates, which is closer to the bridge frame, is firmly clamped in the operating state, it is not stressed by alternating loads occurring during carriage travel and is therefore practically not at risk of wear, and therefore has a relatively long life expectancy.
  • a transition device with a transition bridge according to the invention can thus be sealed against external influences over a long period of operation, be it weather influences, noise effects or pressure waves.
  • the transition device with a transition bridge is assigned to the end face of a railway carriage 1, in which there is a passage opening which can be closed by a door.
  • a bellows 2 is attached to the front of the car by means of a rear or inner end or connecting frame 36, which bellows forms an all-round closed tube with a horizontal bottom, horizontal roof and vertical side walls.
  • the bellows is designed in the usual way, in that a rubberized fabric is placed in folds which run upwards into the tunnel roof from the lower end of one side wall of the tunnel in this side wall, run in the tunnel roof to the upper end of the other side wall and enter there to run in this side wall again to the lower end and finally as a floor under the transition bridge to the starting point to go back.
  • the tunnel-shaped part of the transition protection formed by the front end frame 3, the other part of which forms a closed tube, the bellows 2 and the other part of which is the rear end frame 36, is supplemented at the lower end to form a closed tube by the front part of a transition bridge 5, which protrudes with its rear end into the tubular part of the transition protection formed by the bellows 2.
  • This transition bridge has one fork-shaped bridge frame 6, which essentially consists of two lateral side members 6a and a rear (carriage-side) cross member 6b, which rigidly connects the two side members at their rear ends. In the region of their front ends, the longitudinal beams 6a are firmly connected to the lower ends of the side walls of the front end frame 3.
  • a bridge plate construction 8, 9 according to the invention is assigned to this bridge frame 6 in joints 7 at the rear end so as to be vertically pivotable.
  • the bridge plate construction 8, 9 lies directly in front of the front wall of the car and lies against it, the through opening being closed by the door. It is important that regardless of the position of the rigid tunnel section or the front end frame 3 to the front of the railroad car 1 when the bridge plate construction 8.9 is folded up, the space between the longitudinal beams 6a and the crossbeam 6b is accessible to a coupler, so that the coupler in can operate this so-called "Bernese area" and vehicle coupling 100 located between the buffers 101 in order to couple or separate the rail vehicle under consideration from another vehicle.
  • the door can be opened manually and closed manually or automatically, the bellows 2 is approximately half extended, so that the rigid tunnel section 3 is in its front end position, and the bridge plate construction 8.9 of the bridge folded into its horizontal position, where it rests laterally on the side members 6a.
  • the transition bridge rests on a rigid, rigidly fixed to the carriage front side or the carriage base 10.
  • the carriage plate 10 ends with its front end approximately in the area in which the connection between the bellows 2 and end wall of the car body 1 is when the transition device is in its normal operating position.
  • a roller 30 is mounted on the cross member 6b at a predetermined distance from each outer end of the rear cross member 6b between two bracket plates 60 of this cross member, both of which Rollers are rotatable about a common axis of rotation running parallel to the cross member 6b.
  • correspondingly acting sliders can be more expedient because of the necessary transverse displacements between the bridge with the bridge frame 6 and the bridge plate construction 8.9 on the one hand and the carriage plate 10 on the other hand when the carriage is offset laterally.
  • the bridge plate construction 8.9 is now, in deviation from the previously known construction according to US Pat. No. 4,942,825, to which express reference is made in connection with the present invention and for its understanding, not a one-piece sheet metal which is designed to be thick and plate-shaped in accordance with the desired bending stiffness and optionally stiffened by a skeleton and on the underside of which the pocket 31 is attached.
  • two bridge plates 8 and 9 form the essential parts of the bridge plate construction.
  • the lower, closer to the bridge frame 6 of the two bridge plates, that is to say the bridge plate 8 is pivotably mounted up and down on the pins of the joints 7 pointing horizontally in the transverse direction of the vehicle and can be locked in the lower, horizontal end position with respect to the bridge frame 6.
  • FIG. 1 schematically shows that the bellows 2 is connected in a suitable manner to the rigid tunnel section 3 in the region of the front ends of the bellows side walls and the bellows roof.
  • the bellows base is attached at the front end to a side bar 37a of the bar 37 mentioned (FIG. 3).
  • the bellows is attached all around to a connecting frame 36, which in turn is assigned to the front of the car, which in turn is also shown schematically in FIG. 1.
  • the upper bridge plate 9 Aligned axially with the lower bridge plate 8, which is closer to the bridge frame 6, the upper bridge plate 9 is now vertically pivoted on the transverse pin of the bearings 7. In the lower, horizontal end position, the upper bridge plate 9 is as close as possible to the lower bridge plate 8 or the upper bridge plate 9 lies loosely on the bridge plate 8, which is also folded down into its horizontal end position (9 'in FIG. 4a). The upper bridge plate 9 can be moved upwards out of this end position independently of the lower bridge plate or pivoted upwards and, of course, can be pivoted back into its lower, horizontal end position.
  • the upper bridge plate 9 and the lower bridge plate 8 are coupled to one another such that when an upward force is exerted on the horizontal lower bridge plate 8, the upper bridge plate 9 is entrained from the beginning, while an upward force is exerted on the horizontal upper bridge plate 9 initially only causes the upper bridge plate 9 to pivot and only at the end of a selected freewheel path does the upper bridge plate 9 take the lower bridge plate 8 with it.
  • springs 40 are arranged between the upper and lower bridge plate, the spring travel of which is exhausted in order to pivot the upper bridge plate 9 alone upwards and initially leave the lower bridge plate 8 in its horizontal end position, but these coupling elements after the spring play has been exhausted are which take the lower bridge plate 8 with them when the upper bridge plate 9 is pivoted further upwards. 4a, such springs 40 are shown schematically.
  • sealing surface 33 and the upper bridge plate 9 can be pivoted depending on the function and for this purpose can be coupled to one another by a linkage 36 ', which on the one hand on the bracket 34 and on the other on the upper Bridge plate 9 is articulated.

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  1. Passerelle d'intercommunication (5) pour des véhicules ferroviaires, l'une des extrémités de ladite passerelle étant prévue pour être associée à l'un de deux véhicules ferroviaires pouvant être attelés l'un à l'autre de manière articulée, l'autre extrémité étant destinée à coopérer de préférence avec une passerelle d'intercommunication correspondante, mais pas nécessairement identique du second des deux véhicules ferroviaires pouvant être attelés l'un à l'autre, ladite passerelle d'intercommunication présentant les caractéristiques suivantes :
    1.1 un châssis en forme de fourche (6) prend appui, dans la zone de sa traverse arrière (6b), sur une tôle de wagon (10) du châssis du wagon avec possibilité de déplacement longitudinal et les extrémités avant de ses longerons latéraux (6a) dépassent de l'extrémité avant de la tôle de wagon jusqu'à pénétrer sensiblement dans la zone d'attelage entre les deux véhicules, et ces longerons sont accrochés au véhicule dans la zone de leurs extrémités avant,
    1.2 le châssis en forme de fourche (6) délimite un espace libre qui est recouvert vers le haut par une plaque formant passerelle (8) qui, dans la zone de son extrémité arrière, est associée, avec possibilité de pivotement autour d'un axe transversal horizontal (7), au châssis en forme de fourche dans la zone de la traverse de châssis (6b) et dont l'extrémité avant est destinée à être appliquée sur un élément comparable du second véhicule ferroviaire, de préférence sur une passerelle d'intercommunication correspondante de ce second véhicule et est conçue de manière correspondante,
    1.3 entre le châssis (6) et la plaque formant passerelle (8) se trouve un joint (35) et, dans la zone de la face frontale avant de la plaque formant passerelle, est prévu un joint (33),
    1.4 entre la passerelle (5) et le véhicule proprement dit (1) se trouvent des ressorts (4a) qui exercent sur la passerelle une force de précontrainte agissant dans le sens longitudinal,
    1.5 à l'extrémité avant de la passerelle sont prévus des moyens de guidage et de centrage (31) pour guider la passerelle par rapport au second des deux véhicules attelés l'un à l'autre, de préférence par rapport à une passerelle d'intercommunication correspondante de cet autre véhicule,
    et étant caractérisée en ce que :
    1.6. la plaque formant passerelle (8) est l'une de deux plaques formant passerelles (8, 9) sensiblement de même surface qui sont superposées et dont les extrémités arrière sont associées, avec possibilité de pivotement autour d'un axe de pivotement commun (7), dans la zone de la traverse (6b) du châssis de la passerelle,
    1.7 en position de service, celle des deux plaques formant passerelles (8, 9) placée en dessous repose, avec le joint (35) intercalé, sur le châssis de passerelle (6) et peut, dans cette position, être verrouillée avec le châssis de passerelle, et
    1.8 en position de service, celle des deux plaques formant passerelles (8, 9) placée au-dessus repose librement sur la plaque inférieure formant passerelle (8) et comporte les moyens de centrage (31) destinés à coopérer avec le second des deux véhicules pouvant être attelés l'un à l'autre, de préférence avec une passerelle correspondante de ce second véhicule.
  2. Passerelle d'intercommunication selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les deux plaques formant passerelles (8, 9) sont accouplées l'une à l'autre, de sorte que les deux plaques formant passerelles s'entraînent mutuellement en cas de déplacement de l'une des deux plaques formant passerelles entre ses deux positions extrêmes.
  3. Passerelle d'intercommunication selon la revendication 2, caractérisée par une course libre dans les moyens d'entraînement (40), ce qui a pour effet de permettre une course partielle prédéfinie de la plaque supérieure formant passerelle (9) de la position extrême horizontale à la position extrême verticale, sans que la plaque inférieure formant passerelle (8) soit entraînée lors de cette course partielle, tandis que, lors de la course restante vers la position extrême verticale, la plaque supérieure formant passerelle entraîne la plaque inférieure formant passerelle.
  4. Passerelle d'intercommunication selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que le joint (33) placé au niveau de la face frontale extérieure de la passerelle d'intercommunication est associé à la face frontale de la plaque inférieure formant passerelle (8).
  5. Passerelle d'intercommunication selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que le joint (33) de la plaque inférieure formant passerelle (8) est mobile.
  6. Passerelle d'intercommunication selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que le joint (33) peut pivoter pour être appliqué contre la face inférieure de la plaque inférieure formant passerelle (8), afin d'être, dans une position extrême, perpendiculaire à la plaque inférieure formant passerelle et, dans l'autre position extrême, parallèle à la plaque inférieure formant passerelle, en dessous de cette plaque inférieure formant passerelle.
  7. Passerelle d'intercommunication selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que le pivotement du joint (33) s'effectue en fonction du déplacement de la plaque supérieure formant passerelle (9) dans la zone de la première course partielle.
  8. Passerelle d'intercommunication selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisée en ce que le verrouillage de la plaque inférieure formant passerelle (8) par rapport au châssis de passerelle (6) s'effectue automatiquement lorsque la plaque inférieure formant passerelle s'approche du châssis de passerelle, tandis que le déverrouillage doit être effectué manuellement par un agent de service.
  9. Passerelle d'intercommunication selon la revendication 8, caractérisée en ce que les moyens de verrouillage sont des verrous à ressort (37).
  10. Passerelle d'intercommunication selon les revendications 5 et 6, caractérisée en ce que, lorsque l'ensemble de plaques formant passerelles est en position de service avec les plaques supérieure et inférieure formant passerelle (8, 9) horizontales, le bord avant de la plaque supérieure formant passerelle (9) se trouve devant le bord avant de la plaque inférieure formant passerelle (8), et le joint pivotant (33) conçu sous la forme d'une surface d'étanchéité et le bord avant de la plaque supérieure formant passerelle (9) se trouvent au moins sensiblement dans un plan transversal vertical commun du véhicule.
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