EP0548431A1 - Einrichtung zum Einrichten mindestens eines Schienenteils einer Schiene mit einsetzbarer Krümmung zum Führen mindestens einer beweglichen Einheit - Google Patents

Einrichtung zum Einrichten mindestens eines Schienenteils einer Schiene mit einsetzbarer Krümmung zum Führen mindestens einer beweglichen Einheit Download PDF

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EP0548431A1
EP0548431A1 EP91402376A EP91402376A EP0548431A1 EP 0548431 A1 EP0548431 A1 EP 0548431A1 EP 91402376 A EP91402376 A EP 91402376A EP 91402376 A EP91402376 A EP 91402376A EP 0548431 A1 EP0548431 A1 EP 0548431A1
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Jean Claude Cousin
Yvon Leroy
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CARONI CONSTRUCTION SARL
Universite de Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B25/00—Tracks for special kinds of railways
    • E01B25/22—Tracks for railways with the vehicle suspended from rigid supporting rails
    • E01B25/24—Supporting rails; Auxiliary balancing rails; Supports or connections for rails

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  • the invention relates to a device intended to constitute at least one section of a rail comprising at least one section with substantially flat adjustable overall curvature and serving as a guide for at least one movable assembly according to an at least locally adjustable trajectory.
  • the invention relates more particularly but not exclusively to a guide rail of at least one mobile assembly cooperating with the rail essentially by rolling on the track which it constitutes.
  • the invention relates to temporary installations with a view to guiding at least one load supported by the mobile assembly on a predetermined path depending on the site where the installation is temporarily carried out but which can be variable, in particular from site to site. another.
  • the successive elements constituting the rail section are, instead of the pivot means, interconnected, on the one hand, by means of flanges and, on the other hand, by means of at least one flexible member extending substantially longitudinally so as to be constrained in bending during their mutual orientation towards at least one of the extreme positions.
  • This flexible member is disposed on each side but at a certain distance from the passage area of the mobile assembly and therefore has no action on the mobile.
  • the rail has side walls giving it a U-shaped section and the flexible member has its internal face facing the median axis of the rail which rests on the side wall elements.
  • the axis around which two successive elements can be relatively oriented is located beyond the end of each of these elements which, in order to tolerate their relative reciprocal orientations, have their ends which have shapes reserving between they have some play at least on the outside of the curve.
  • One of the results which the invention aims at is a rail which ensures good guidance of the mobile assembly whatever the curvature imparted to this rail.
  • the subject of the invention is a rail of the aforementioned type, in particular characterized in that the pivot axis between two successive elements is located inside an element and the means for interconnecting the elements between them consist in a cylindrical socket.
  • the installation 1 implements, on the one hand, at least one rail 4 which determines the trajectory 3 and on the other hand at least one assembly 5, said mobile assembly, which, cooperating with the rail 4, ensures the guidance of the said mobile 2 on its path 3 in particular relative to a support 4a of the rail.
  • the rail 4 and the mobile assembly 5 cooperate with each other (FIGS. 1, 2, 5 and 5) by bearing surfaces 6 (6a, 6b) and 7 and bilateral guide surfaces 8, 8a, 9, 9a, 10 which are organized on this rail and this mobile assembly 5.
  • the bearing surface 6, 6a, 6b of the rail 4 forms a displacement table with which the surface 7 of the bearing members cooperates at least with the resumption of the load of this movable assembly.
  • the guide surfaces 8, 8a, 9, 9a of the rail 4 make it possible, by cooperating with those 10 of the mobile assembly 5, to provide bilateral guidance of this assembly on the determined path 3.
  • the rail 4 comprises at least one section 4b with adjustable overall curvature by which, during its installation, it can at least locally be shaped in an adjustable manner to control the movement of the mobile on a predetermined path in particular to avoid different obstacles.
  • This section 4b with adjustable overall curvature consists of successive elements 11 generally rectilinear which are arranged end to end and interconnected by means 12 comprising a pivot of axis 13 substantially perpendicular to a common plane P1 said of curvature allowing an orientation of the 'One with respect to the other of these elements inside the common plane P1 and this at least between two extreme positions 14, 15 defining for the rail section 4b considered at least two extreme curvatures.
  • the rail section 4b comprises flexible members 26 extending substantially longitudinally and arranged so as to be constrained in bending during their articulation towards at least one of the extreme positions.
  • the pivot axis 13 between two successive elements 11 is located inside an element 11 and the means 12 for interconnecting the elements 11 between them consist of a cylindrical socket.
  • the articulation means 12 comprise complementary cylindrical bearing surfaces 12a, 12b cooperating with each other, of axis 13 approximately orthogonal to the bearing surface 6 (6a, 6b) which they each comprise.
  • the rail section comprises at least one flexible member 16, 17 substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis 4c of the section of rail considered, which flexible member 16, 17 is located directly adjacent to the passage area of the mobile so that its face turned towards the longitudinal axis forms a fraction 8a, 9a of the lateral guide surface 8, 8a, 9, 9a of the mobile.
  • the articulation axis 13 defined by each articulation means 12 between two elements 11 is substantially intersecting with the longitudinal axis 4c of the rail 4 and, on the other hand, the flexible members 16, 17 extend at the same substantially constant distance from said longitudinal axis.
  • the movable assembly 5 comprises at least one rolling member 7a, such as a roller, for example substantially cylindrical of revolution and of which, on the one hand, the cylindrical surface 7 constitutes at least in part the surface d 'support 7 of the movable assembly 5 and, on the other hand, at least one of the sides 10 of which constitutes at least partially the surface 10 of lateral guide of said movable assembly.
  • rolling member 7a such as a roller, for example substantially cylindrical of revolution and of which, on the one hand, the cylindrical surface 7 constitutes at least in part the surface d 'support 7 of the movable assembly 5 and, on the other hand, at least one of the sides 10 of which constitutes at least partially the surface 10 of lateral guide of said movable assembly.
  • the surfaces 8, 8a, 9, 9a which provide bilateral guidance for each movable assembly 5 are located opposite each other on either side of the bearing surface 6 (6a, 6b).
  • the flexible members 16, 17 for bilateral guidance are at least elastically applied by any means known for this purpose at least in line with their ends 18, 19 against fixed stops 20, 21 secured to the elements 11 which they equip and these stops 20, 21 are arranged, on the one hand, so as to hinder any transverse movement of said flexible members 16, 17 for bilateral guidance under the effect of a movable assembly 5 and, on the other hand, in such a way that said flexible members constitute bilateral guide surfaces 8a, 9a substantially in continuity with any guide surface 8, 9 for its part presented by the element with which they cooperate for guiding the mobile assembly towards an element contiguous.
  • One of the ends 18 of the flexible members 16, 17 is substantially embedded in one of the elements which they equip.
  • Each blade constituting a flexible member 16, 17 which is pre-bent so as to mount it to apply its free end 19 against the stop 20, 21 with which it must cooperate so that, whatever the articulation position of the elements 11 between, it ensures the continuity of the guide surface 8, 8a, 9, 9a.
  • the rail 4 which comprises the sections 4a according to the invention is intended to constitute an overhead rail, that is to say to guide at least one mobile suspended from at least one mobile assembly by a connecting member and for this purpose, at least some of the rail elements are integral with at least one gantry 40 provided with at least one support means on a supporting surface 4a such as the ground.
  • the articulation means 12 define two extreme positions in particular substantially symmetrical with respect to a rectilinear position of said elements and in each of these positions the longitudinal axis of the section 4c extends according to a predetermined curvature and, on the other hand, in each of these extreme positions, the flanks 22a, 22b of the cutouts 22 located inside the curve defined by the straight path of the section extend along curved surfaces 22a, 22b equidistant from this longitudinal axis 4c of said section.
  • the stops which, at each articulated element of a section, limit the transverse movement of a flexible member 16, 17 each consist of a curved surface 20, 21 which extends longitudinally at the element considered and this at a substantially constant distance from that of the sides 22a, 22b of the cutout 22 to which it is connected by a lateral bearing surface 6a, 6b.
  • the marginal bearing surface 6 (6a, 6b) can be reduced or even present solutions of continuity according to a predetermined pitch.
  • the support members of each mobile assembly could be multiple and distributed at a different pitch from that of any possible continuity solutions.
  • complementary means 16a, 17a are carried at least locally by at least some of the flexible members 16, 17 and have at least one heel d 'support 16a, 17a located in the plane of the support surface 6 of the element 11 which comprises the flexible member considered and intended to cooperate with each movable assembly.
  • the articulated elements 11 obviously include housings with a depth at least equal to the thickness of each of the bearing heels 16a, 17a indicated.
  • the width of the marginal surfaces is provided for greater than offset from the side 22a, 22b of the cutout at the end 11b of the element 11 where the cutout is widest when the elements are articulated and, on the other hand, the movable element presses on the marginal surfaces at less in its zones closest to the bilateral guide surfaces 8, 8a, 9, 9a.
  • the elements 11 have their means 12 of articulation which comprise complementary cylindrical bearing surfaces 12a, 12b cooperating with each other, of axis approximately orthogonal to the bearing surface 6 (6a, 6b) which they each comprise.
  • the elements thus equipped also cooperate at least indirectly with stops 24, 25 for immobilizing in translation along the axis 13 of articulation defined by the cylindrical bearings 12a, 12b.
  • the cylindrical surfaces are for example formed over the entire height of the elements 11.
  • each movable assembly They of course each include a cutout for the passage of each movable assembly.
  • parts 26 which, on the one hand, are flexible according to the articulation plane P1 of elements 11 and rigid in a direction approximately orthogonal to said plane P1 and, on the other hand, these parts 26 each comprise at least two faces 24 substantially parallel to the bearing surface 6 defined by the elements and the faces each cooperate with faces 25 as to they carried by the elements 11 and between which extend each of the parts 26.
  • the flexible parts are arranged in grooves 27 arranged in lateral faces 28 which each include articulated elements 11.
  • the flexible parts 26 have one 26a of their ends 26a, 26b secured to an element 11 while their other end 26b bears freely on the other element against the bottom 27a of the groove in which it finds housing.
  • the installation 1 comprises means 41 for adjusting and maintaining the curvature of each section of rail with adjustable curvature.
  • these means each consist of a tie rod 41 which, interposed between the extreme elements of a section, makes it possible to constrain this section according to a desired arc of curvature.
  • the elements can be cut from a metal block or molded or obtained by stamping ( Figure 10).
  • each element 11 is formed of two symmetrical half-shells in the plane P1
  • the flexible members 16, 17 are each integrated into a half-shell in particular during molding.
  • An equally advantageous use of the device of the invention is the production of a switching device between at least three separate fixed rails (use not shown).
  • the section of rail with adjustable curvature is in this case integral with one of the fixed rails by one of its ends and, preferably, is at its other end equipped with a connection means at the end of another rail.
  • the so-called extreme guide element because located at the free end of the section with adjustable curvature, is connected at least indirectly to the fixed rail which carries this section by at least one so-called orientation means (FIG. 11) which, at least at the time of the docking of the ends concerned, directs the said extreme element in a direction substantially coincident with the guide direction defined by the free end of the fixed rail to be connected, which means of orientation is controlled by the displacement of the end element of the section with adjustable curvature.
  • orientation means FIG. 11
  • the extreme element will pass, for example, from an orientation parallel to the fixed rail to which the deformable section is connected to an orientation perpendicular to this fixed rail.
  • this orientation means consists of a linkage comprising levers organized in a crossed quadrilateral.
  • the arms of this crossed quadrilateral which are arranged in a cross are of equal length and the transverse segments are also of the same length in order to allow a flattening of this quadrilateral.
  • the displacement of the end element of the section with adjustable curvature to lead it to its docking point can obviously be controlled by any means (not shown) such as a jack.

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EP91402376A 1990-04-19 1991-09-05 Einrichtung zum Einrichten mindestens eines Schienenteils einer Schiene mit einsetzbarer Krümmung zum Führen mindestens einer beweglichen Einheit Withdrawn EP0548431A1 (de)

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FR2387319A1 (fr) * 1977-04-15 1978-11-10 Tourtellier Sa Ets Aiguillage pour voie suspendue en particulier pour monorail
FR2534483A1 (fr) * 1982-10-18 1984-04-20 Mattel Inc Voie flexible pour vehicules jouets

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FR1182397A (fr) * 1957-07-29 1959-06-24 Tourtellier Sa Ets Gaine flexible pour chemins de roulement de voies suspendues ou de prises de courant mobiles
FR2387319A1 (fr) * 1977-04-15 1978-11-10 Tourtellier Sa Ets Aiguillage pour voie suspendue en particulier pour monorail
FR2534483A1 (fr) * 1982-10-18 1984-04-20 Mattel Inc Voie flexible pour vehicules jouets

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CN108188498B (zh) * 2018-01-31 2023-05-02 天津大学 一种实现鼓形齿加工的刨齿机滑枕机构

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