GB1130172A - A universal pivotal connection interconnecting railway cars - Google Patents

A universal pivotal connection interconnecting railway cars

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GB1130172A
GB1130172A GB4699865A GB4699865A GB1130172A GB 1130172 A GB1130172 A GB 1130172A GB 4699865 A GB4699865 A GB 4699865A GB 4699865 A GB4699865 A GB 4699865A GB 1130172 A GB1130172 A GB 1130172A
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Prior art keywords
casting
side bearings
bolster
boss
head
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GB4699865A
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Frederick Charles Kulieke
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Amsted Industries Inc
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Amsted Industries Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61G—COUPLINGS; DRAUGHT AND BUFFING APPLIANCES
    • B61G5/00—Couplings for special purposes not otherwise provided for
    • B61G5/02—Couplings for special purposes not otherwise provided for for coupling articulated trains, locomotives and tenders or the bogies of a vehicle; Coupling by means of a single coupling bar; Couplings preventing or limiting relative lateral movement of vehicles
    • 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
    • B61F5/00—Constructional details of bogies; Connections between bogies and vehicle underframes; Arrangements or devices for adjusting or allowing self-adjustment of wheel axles or bogies when rounding curves
    • B61F5/02—Arrangements permitting limited transverse relative movements between vehicle underframe or bolster and bogie; Connections between underframes and bogies
    • B61F5/14—Side bearings
    • 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
    • B61F5/00—Constructional details of bogies; Connections between bogies and vehicle underframes; Arrangements or devices for adjusting or allowing self-adjustment of wheel axles or bogies when rounding curves
    • B61F5/02—Arrangements permitting limited transverse relative movements between vehicle underframe or bolster and bogie; Connections between underframes and bogies
    • B61F5/16—Centre bearings or other swivel connections between underframes and bolsters or bogies

Abstract

1,130,172. Railway vehicle undercarriages; cars continuous forming trains. AMSTED INDUSTRIES Inc. 5 Nov., 1965, No. 46998/65. Heading B7L. An articulated structure for interconnecting and supporting the adjacent ends of two railway car bodies 2, 3, Fig. 2, having underframes and centre sills 7, 8, comprises, a bolster 13 of a six-wheeled truck 15, which bolster has a centre bearing 12 and a pivot pin socket 19; a primary end casting 4 securable to the sill 7 and having a cavity 35, Fig. 3, with an upper wall 14 and a lower wall 9 provided with an annular bearing boss 11 rotatably supported in the bearing 12; a secondary end casting 6 securable to the sill 8 and having a head 23 supported for universal pivotal movement on the casting 4, the head 23 and the boss 11 having openings 16, 24 in vertical alignment with the socket 19; and a pivot pin 18 extending downwardly through the openings 16, 24 and having its lower end journalled in the socket 19. The head and boss have complementary abutting convex and concave surfaces 22, 21 and the top wall 14 has an aperture 17 to receive the pin 18 which is prevented from upward movement by a cover-plate 26. The casting 4 has lateral arms 27, Fig. 3, provided with side bearings 28 engageable with side bearings 29 on the bolster 13. Secondary side bearings are also provided at the ends of the arms 27 to engage side bearings on the bottom of the underframe of the body 3 as described with reference to Figs. 1 and 4 (not shown).
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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2603855A1 (en) * 1986-09-16 1988-03-18 Habegger Ag Von Roll SUSPENSION AND GUIDANCE DEVICE FOR RAIL VEHICLE, PARTICULARLY FOR MONORAIL

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2603855A1 (en) * 1986-09-16 1988-03-18 Habegger Ag Von Roll SUSPENSION AND GUIDANCE DEVICE FOR RAIL VEHICLE, PARTICULARLY FOR MONORAIL
US4953472A (en) * 1986-09-16 1990-09-04 Von Roll Transportsysteme Ag Rail vehicle, particularly monorail

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