EP1145928A3 - Bogie coupling system for convertible railway-roadway vehicle - Google Patents

Bogie coupling system for convertible railway-roadway vehicle Download PDF

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EP1145928A3
EP1145928A3 EP01114481A EP01114481A EP1145928A3 EP 1145928 A3 EP1145928 A3 EP 1145928A3 EP 01114481 A EP01114481 A EP 01114481A EP 01114481 A EP01114481 A EP 01114481A EP 1145928 A3 EP1145928 A3 EP 1145928A3
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trailer
bogie
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coupling system
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Ernest J. Larson, Jr.
Roger D. Sims
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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
    • B61D3/184—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

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A bogie (120) and a convertible roadway-railway trailer (160) for both roadway and railway use and a method of converting the trailer between roadway and railway mode, including a method of assembling and disassembling a plurality of such trailers (160) and bogies (120) into a train (113). A trailer (160) has retractable roadway tires (166) and three king pins (184, 185) mounted on the posterior end thereof forming a rigid coupling mechanism. A bogie (120), which is stored off a railway near a grade crossing, has three king pin engagement mechanisms (138, 153) which are used to rigidly couple the bogie (120) to a trailer (160). To convert a first trailer (160) from roadway use to railway use, a tractor (112) is used to back up the first trailer (160) to a first bogie (120), and the first trailer (160) is rigidly coupled to the first bogie (120). Additional trailers (160) can be added in a similar manner to form a train (113).
EP01114481A 1994-08-08 1994-08-08 Bogie coupling system for convertible railway-roadway vehicle Expired - Lifetime EP1145928B1 (en)

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DE1994634508 DE69434508T2 (en) 1994-08-08 1994-08-08 Bogie coupling system for a convertible rail-road vehicle

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EP94932172A EP0783423B1 (en) 1994-08-08 1994-08-08 Bogie coupling system for convertible railway-roadway vehicle

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EP94932172A Division EP0783423B1 (en) 1994-08-08 1994-08-08 Bogie coupling system for convertible railway-roadway vehicle
EP94932172.3 Division 1996-02-22

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EP1145928A2 EP1145928A2 (en) 2001-10-17
EP1145928A3 true EP1145928A3 (en) 2001-11-07
EP1145928B1 EP1145928B1 (en) 2005-10-12

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DE961714C (en) * 1953-08-06 1957-04-11 Schoema Christoph Schoettler M Changeover vehicle with exchangeable undercarriages for rail or road travel
US4416571A (en) * 1981-02-17 1983-11-22 Krause Robert A Truck and rail transportation system
US4773336A (en) * 1983-11-23 1988-09-27 Trailer Train Limited Railroad bogie for removably supporting coupled semi-trailers
EP0483924A1 (en) * 1990-11-01 1992-05-06 Stork Alpha Engineering B.V. Universal trailer

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US4448132A (en) 1981-09-17 1984-05-15 Beatty William T Convertible railway-highway vehicle
US5009169A (en) 1988-03-15 1991-04-23 Jacques Viens Twin axle rail bogie for convertible rail-highway vehicles
US4917020A (en) 1988-09-14 1990-04-17 The Chamberlain Group, Inc. Transition vehicle for use with convertible rail-highway trailers
US5220870A (en) 1992-05-26 1993-06-22 Larson Ernest J Convertible highway-railway hauling vehicle

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE961714C (en) * 1953-08-06 1957-04-11 Schoema Christoph Schoettler M Changeover vehicle with exchangeable undercarriages for rail or road travel
US4416571A (en) * 1981-02-17 1983-11-22 Krause Robert A Truck and rail transportation system
US4773336A (en) * 1983-11-23 1988-09-27 Trailer Train Limited Railroad bogie for removably supporting coupled semi-trailers
EP0483924A1 (en) * 1990-11-01 1992-05-06 Stork Alpha Engineering B.V. Universal trailer

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