ES310175A1 - Improvements in or relating to transport vehicles - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to transport vehicles

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Publication number
ES310175A1
ES310175A1 ES0310175A ES310175A ES310175A1 ES 310175 A1 ES310175 A1 ES 310175A1 ES 0310175 A ES0310175 A ES 0310175A ES 310175 A ES310175 A ES 310175A ES 310175 A1 ES310175 A1 ES 310175A1
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Prior art keywords
track
vehicle
wheels
cushion
retracted
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Expired
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ES0310175A
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Spanish (es)
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Westland Group PLC
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Westland Aircraft Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V3/00—Land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft, adapted or modified to travel on air cushions
    • B60V3/02—Land vehicles, e.g. road vehicles
    • B60V3/04—Land vehicles, e.g. road vehicles co-operating with rails or other guiding means, e.g. with air cushion between rail and vehicle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B13/00—Other railway systems
    • B61B13/08—Sliding or levitation systems

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Platform Screen Doors And Railroad Systems (AREA)

Abstract

A vehicle for use over a prepared track and supported by cushions of gas has wheels which may serve to guide it on the track or may be extended to. serve as road wheels for driving and steering the vehicle on a road. A cushion 10 is formed beneath the vehicle by lift fans driven by one power plant, another plant being provided for driving the road wheels which in Fig. 4 are shown retracted to inclined," positions 4a to co-operate with inclined walls 15 of a track. The wheels may be retracted into a common horizontal plane to engage onopposite sides of a central guide rail on the track. The track and the co-operating base of the vehicle may be formed as a shallow V for the cushion, the road wheels being wholly retracted in the air cushion mode. Propulsion of the vehicle over the track may be by linear motor by driven wheels or by an air propeller. Air brakes may be provided and the cushion may be contained wholly or in part by flexible skirts and/or fluid curtains.
ES0310175A 1964-03-05 1965-03-05 Improvements in or relating to transport vehicles Expired ES310175A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB928264A GB1075763A (en) 1964-03-05 1964-03-05 Improvements in or relating to transport vehicles

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ES310175A1 true ES310175A1 (en) 1965-12-16

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ES0310175A Expired ES310175A1 (en) 1964-03-05 1965-03-05 Improvements in or relating to transport vehicles

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DE (1) DE1530020A1 (en)
ES (1) ES310175A1 (en)
FR (1) FR1425931A (en)
GB (1) GB1075763A (en)
NL (1) NL6502663A (en)

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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CN111452806A (en) * 2019-01-19 2020-07-28 李启飞 Wheel type driving air cushion suspension rail train
CN112026740A (en) * 2019-06-03 2020-12-04 李启飞 Wheel-driven dovetail type pneumatic guide air cushion suspension rail train

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FR1425931A (en) 1966-01-24
NL6502663A (en) 1965-09-06
DE1530020A1 (en) 1969-10-23
GB1075763A (en) 1967-07-12

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