GB1072683A - Improvements relating to the propulsion of vehicles running along a track - Google Patents

Improvements relating to the propulsion of vehicles running along a track

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Publication number
GB1072683A
GB1072683A GB4798363A GB4798363A GB1072683A GB 1072683 A GB1072683 A GB 1072683A GB 4798363 A GB4798363 A GB 4798363A GB 4798363 A GB4798363 A GB 4798363A GB 1072683 A GB1072683 A GB 1072683A
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Prior art keywords
plate
track
vehicle
plates
conductors
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GB4798363A
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Eric Roberts Laithwaite
Frederick Thomas Barwell
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British Railways Board
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British Railways Board
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Priority to GB4798363A priority Critical patent/GB1072683A/en
Priority to FR4720A priority patent/FR1430423A/en
Priority to CH227365A priority patent/CH426926A/en
Publication of GB1072683A publication Critical patent/GB1072683A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • HELECTRICITY
    • H02GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02KDYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
    • H02K41/00Propulsion systems in which a rigid body is moved along a path due to dynamo-electric interaction between the body and a magnetic field travelling along the path
    • H02K41/02Linear motors; Sectional motors
    • H02K41/025Asynchronous motors
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60LPROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
    • B60L13/00Electric propulsion for monorail vehicles, suspension vehicles or rack railways; Magnetic suspension or levitation for vehicles
    • B60L13/03Electric propulsion by linear motors
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60LPROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
    • B60L13/00Electric propulsion for monorail vehicles, suspension vehicles or rack railways; Magnetic suspension or levitation for vehicles
    • B60L13/10Combination of electric propulsion and magnetic suspension or levitation
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60VAIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V3/00Land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft, adapted or modified to travel on air cushions
    • B60V3/02Land vehicles, e.g. road vehicles
    • B60V3/04Land vehicles, e.g. road vehicles co-operating with rails or other guiding means, e.g. with air cushion between rail and vehicle
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01BPERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B25/00Tracks for special kinds of railways
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60LPROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
    • B60L2200/00Type of vehicles
    • B60L2200/26Rail vehicles

Abstract

1,072,683. Electric railway systems. BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD. Jan. 21, 1965 [Dec. 4, 1963], No. 47983/63. Heading B7L. [Also in Division H2] A railway or similar track vehicle is propelled by a linear induction motor comprised of a continuous plate 1, Figs. 1 and 2, secured to the track and a magnet structure 8 carried by the bogie frame 9 or body underframe, of the vehicle, through horizontally resilient spring hinges 10. The structure 8 has arms 11 which embrace the plate 1 with clearance and support laminated polepieces 12 which carry flat windings 13 connected to a three-phase alternating current supply. Rollers 14 at the ends of the structure engage the sides of the plate 1. The plate 1 has a greater area than the area swept by the magnetic field produced by the structure 8 and thus has a larger conducting capacity than would be afforded by a plate having only such swept area. The plate 1 may be made more conductive by the provision of an upper edge part of copper. The characteristics of the motor may be modified by the use of a plate comprised of a sandwich of different metals. In another embodiment the plate is disposed horizontally and the polepieces of the energizing structure are then vertical and the hinges 10 are disposed so as to be resilient in the vertical direction. According to a further embodiment supporting wheels for the vehicle are dispensed with and inclined polepieces of the energizing structure are provided at each side of the vehicle and connect with inclined and upwardly concave lateral plates as described with reference to Fig. 5 (not shown). In this case magnetic forces normally slightly in excess of the loaded vehicle act upwardly and the lifting is resisted by rollers engaging beneath the lateral plates. When a single plate 1 in the centre of the track or a plate 1 outside each track rail are utilized, turn-outs are provided with suitably cut-away sections of the plates hinged elastically to the remainder of the plate or plates, as described with reference to Figs. 6 and 7 (not shown), the cut-aways allowing the upper sections of the plates to pass over the track rails. When a horizontal plate is used turnouts are provided with a series of transversely movable parallelogram-shaped sections as described with reference to Fig. 8 (not shown). When the vehicle is supplied with three-phase current from two overhead conductors, the third phase being earthed through the track rails, the overhead turnouts are each provided with two intersecting insulated sections connected together and through a two-way switch to ensure continuity of supply, to either of the outer conductors beyond the turn-out, the switch being operated with the point mechanism controlling the running rails and plates, all as described with reference to Fig. 9 (not shown). The overhead conductors are supported by triangular droppers from an auxiliary catenary in turn suspended from a main catenary mid-way between masts which alternate along each side of the track. The masts have arms which serve to impose lateral restraint on the conductors. When running rails are dispensed with, pneumatically-tyred wheels may be used.
GB4798363A 1963-12-04 1963-12-04 Improvements relating to the propulsion of vehicles running along a track Expired GB1072683A (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB4798363A GB1072683A (en) 1963-12-04 1963-12-04 Improvements relating to the propulsion of vehicles running along a track
FR4720A FR1430423A (en) 1963-12-04 1965-02-08 Improvements in the electric propulsion of vehicles on railways
CH227365A CH426926A (en) 1963-12-04 1965-02-18 Propulsion installation for a vehicle guided along a track, in particular for a railway vehicle

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB4798363A GB1072683A (en) 1963-12-04 1963-12-04 Improvements relating to the propulsion of vehicles running along a track

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GB1072683A true GB1072683A (en) 1967-06-21

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Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE4025313A1 (en) * 1989-09-01 1991-03-14 Daifuku Kk TRANSPORTSYSTEM DRIVEN BY A LINEAR MOTOR
NL1017462C2 (en) * 2001-02-28 2002-08-29 Arcadis Bouw Infra B V Track system.
WO2007045544A1 (en) * 2005-10-20 2007-04-26 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Magnetic levitation system
GB2449871A (en) * 2007-06-05 2008-12-10 John Stuart Hyslop Track assembly and magnetic levitating train
WO2017080886A1 (en) * 2015-11-13 2017-05-18 Metrolab Track-guided vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, having an eddy current brake, and transport arrangement comprising the latter
ES2882829A1 (en) * 2020-06-01 2021-12-02 Saenz De Urturi Montemayor Jose Luis ELECTROMAGNETIC OPERATING APPARATUS FOR REDUCING VERTICAL LOADS OF TRAIN CARS ON THE RAIL (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR1559018A (en) * 1967-12-28 1969-03-07
JPS5218444B2 (en) * 1972-06-15 1977-05-21
DE2241792C3 (en) * 1972-08-25 1976-01-08 Siemens Ag, 1000 Berlin Und 8000 Muenchen Mechanically adjustable switch for a magnetic suspension railway
DE2256608C3 (en) * 1972-11-17 1975-12-11 Siemens Ag, 1000 Berlin Und 8000 Muenchen Mechanically adjustable switch for a magnetic Schebebahn
DE2933451C2 (en) * 1979-08-17 1985-04-04 Götz Dipl.-Phys. 8136 Percha Heidelberg Magnetic levitation vehicle with gap adjustment and position-defining device

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE4025313A1 (en) * 1989-09-01 1991-03-14 Daifuku Kk TRANSPORTSYSTEM DRIVEN BY A LINEAR MOTOR
NL1017462C2 (en) * 2001-02-28 2002-08-29 Arcadis Bouw Infra B V Track system.
EP1236608A1 (en) * 2001-02-28 2002-09-04 Arcadis Bouw/Infra B.V. Rail system
WO2007045544A1 (en) * 2005-10-20 2007-04-26 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Magnetic levitation system
GB2449871A (en) * 2007-06-05 2008-12-10 John Stuart Hyslop Track assembly and magnetic levitating train
WO2017080886A1 (en) * 2015-11-13 2017-05-18 Metrolab Track-guided vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, having an eddy current brake, and transport arrangement comprising the latter
FR3043626A1 (en) * 2015-11-13 2017-05-19 Metrolab GUIDE VEHICLE ON TRACK, PARTICULARLY RAILWAY VEHICLE, HAVING AN INDUCTION BRAKE AND TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING THE SAME
ES2882829A1 (en) * 2020-06-01 2021-12-02 Saenz De Urturi Montemayor Jose Luis ELECTROMAGNETIC OPERATING APPARATUS FOR REDUCING VERTICAL LOADS OF TRAIN CARS ON THE RAIL (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

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FR1430423A (en) 1966-03-04
CH426926A (en) 1966-12-31

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