GB1019949A - A vehicular transportation system - Google Patents

A vehicular transportation system

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GB1019949A
GB1019949A GB3776062A GB3776062A GB1019949A GB 1019949 A GB1019949 A GB 1019949A GB 3776062 A GB3776062 A GB 3776062A GB 3776062 A GB3776062 A GB 3776062A GB 1019949 A GB1019949 A GB 1019949A
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vehicle
air
tunnel
flaps
control
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Priority to GB3776062A priority Critical patent/GB1019949A/en
Priority to US244858A priority patent/US3155050A/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B13/00—Other railway systems
    • B61B13/12—Systems with propulsion devices between or alongside the rails, e.g. pneumatic systems
    • B61B13/122—Pneumatic systems
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B13/00—Other railway systems
    • B61B13/10—Tunnel systems

Abstract

1,019,949. Railway tunnel systems. T. HAFNER. Oct. 5, 1962, No. 37760/62. Heading B7L. A vehicle 1, Figs. 1, 2, is separated from a tubular tunnel 2 by an air flow created by propeller P, a supporting cushion being formed between tunnel 2 and vehicle 1; adjustable surfaces 4-11 control the attitude of the vehicle which has retractable wheels 12-14 arranged at the corners of a triangle for engaging rails 12<SP>1</SP>, 13<SP>1</SP>, 14<SP>1</SP>. The surfaces 4, 5, 6, 7 are independently adjustable and are mounted in a cylinder 3. In other arrangements, two propellers or a reaction motor distribute air through tubes mainly to the bottom of the vehicle; several reaction motors are distributed along the length of the vehicle; the vehicle and/or tunnel may be oval in cross-section. In Figs. 12, 13 the vehicle has reaction motors 57, 58, 59 delivering air and gases through pipes 60, 61, 62, 63 to form the air gap, and has retractable wheels 64, 65, 66 which are shown extended at 64<SP>1</SP>, 65<SP>1</SP>, 66<SP>1</SP>. Horizontal, vertical and rear control flaps are provided at 67-73, 91-98 controlled automatically according to the width of the air gap by mechanical sensors 73<SP>1</SP>, 73<SP>11</SP>, or by supersonic crystal oscillators 74-77; pressure measuring means may be used to control the flaps. A control system is described with reference to Fig. 14, not shown, employing a computer supplied with signals from the sensors and flaps and controlling the air feed from the various motors 57, 58, 59.
GB3776062A 1962-10-05 1962-10-05 A vehicular transportation system Expired GB1019949A (en)

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GB3776062A GB1019949A (en) 1962-10-05 1962-10-05 A vehicular transportation system
US244858A US3155050A (en) 1962-10-05 1962-12-11 Air-cushion supported vehicles

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GB3776062A GB1019949A (en) 1962-10-05 1962-10-05 A vehicular transportation system

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GB1019949A true GB1019949A (en) 1966-02-09

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2451302A1 (en) * 1979-03-14 1980-10-10 Moulet Marcel Francois Train speed-increasing equipment - draws in air at front and discharges at rear via interior
DE3904766A1 (en) * 1989-02-17 1990-08-23 Gegege Gmbh Grundstuecks Und B Air pressure-reduced or vacuum transport tube system (ART transport system), jet trains, track changing and transfer systems, jet train stations, jet train transport lines
WO2018011443A1 (en) * 2016-07-14 2018-01-18 Manuel Muñoz Saiz Levitation, stabilisation and propulsion system for vehicles travelling through air ducts

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2451302A1 (en) * 1979-03-14 1980-10-10 Moulet Marcel Francois Train speed-increasing equipment - draws in air at front and discharges at rear via interior
DE3904766A1 (en) * 1989-02-17 1990-08-23 Gegege Gmbh Grundstuecks Und B Air pressure-reduced or vacuum transport tube system (ART transport system), jet trains, track changing and transfer systems, jet train stations, jet train transport lines
WO2018011443A1 (en) * 2016-07-14 2018-01-18 Manuel Muñoz Saiz Levitation, stabilisation and propulsion system for vehicles travelling through air ducts

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