GB1213453A - Improvements in or relating to means of transportation - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to means of transportation

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GB1213453A
GB1213453A GB5132366A GB5132366A GB1213453A GB 1213453 A GB1213453 A GB 1213453A GB 5132366 A GB5132366 A GB 5132366A GB 5132366 A GB5132366 A GB 5132366A GB 1213453 A GB1213453 A GB 1213453A
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vehicle
guide surface
junction
engaged
guidance
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GB5132366A
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Francis Cyril Perrott
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61K—AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR RAILWAYS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61K1/00—Transferring passengers, articles, or freight to and from moving trains; Slipping or coupling vehicles from or to moving trains
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60L—PROPULSION 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
    • B60L13/00—Electric propulsion for monorail vehicles, suspension vehicles or rack railways; Magnetic suspension or levitation for vehicles
    • B60L13/003—Crossings; Points
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60L—PROPULSION 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
    • B60L13/00—Electric propulsion for monorail vehicles, suspension vehicles or rack railways; Magnetic suspension or levitation for vehicles
    • B60L13/10—Combination of electric propulsion and magnetic suspension or levitation
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
    • B61L23/00—Control, warning or like safety means along the route or between vehicles or trains
    • B61L23/002—Control or safety means for heart-points and crossings of aerial railways, funicular rack-railway
    • B61L23/005—Automatic control or safety means for points for operator-less railway, e.g. transportation systems
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60L—PROPULSION 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
    • B60L2200/00—Type of vehicles
    • B60L2200/26—Rail vehicles

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
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Abstract

1,213,453. Elevated railways; electric railways systems; vehicle guidance. F. C. PERROTT. 9 Feb., 1968 [16 Nov., 1966], No. 51323/66. Headings B7L and B7N. In a transportation system, each vehicle is provided with a pair of follower members, one of which engages for vehicle guidance, a guide surface running parallel to the vehicle route and at junctions two such guide surfaces are provided one on each side of the vehicle path whereby in response to a guidance programme triggered by a track element in advance of the junction the right or left guide surface is engaged by an associated follower to route the vehicle to the right or left path. The vehicle 17 is supported by a fluid bearing 24 running on a steel plate and is provided with a two guide followers 38a, 38b, a selected one of which can be lowered into engagement via fluid cushion pads 36a, 37a or 36b, 37b with guide surface 35a or 35b. Normally the vehicle runs with follower 38a engaged with left-hand guide surface 35a but at junctions a right-hand guide surface 35b is provided and engaged by follower 38b if the right-hand branch is required. After passing the junction the followers are switched over so that the left-hand guide is again engaged. The vehicle is driven by a linear induction motor including a track mounted aluminium plate 40a or 40b which reacts with the magnetic field set up in vehicle-carried coils 42a or 42b. The left- or right-hand arrangement is used depending on which follower is engaged with its associated guide surface. At points where routes converge, Fig. 4, a vehicle on the left track is guided by the left guide surface and a vehicle on the right track is switched over to guidance by a right-hand guide surface in approach to the junction and then switched to the left guide surface after passing the junction. Sensing surfaces 15, 16 are provided on the front and sides of each vehicle so that assuming two vehicles 19, 20, Fig. 6, approach a converging junction the side of the leading vehicle 20 is engaged by the front of the second vehicle 19 and as a result of the engagement the leading vehicle is accelerated and the second vehicle is retarded to allow the leading vehicle to reach the junction first. The same system is used to retard a following vehicle if its front sensing surface engages a vehicle in advance. The track elements and associated vehicle apparatus which trigger the shift of the followers in dependance on the guidance programme may be an electromagnetic wave or sound transmission system or may be an electric contact engaging arrangement.
GB5132366A 1966-11-16 1966-11-16 Improvements in or relating to means of transportation Expired GB1213453A (en)

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Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2196930A1 (en) * 1972-08-25 1974-03-22 Siemens Ag
FR2281258A1 (en) * 1974-08-05 1976-03-05 Gen Signal Corp SWITCHING SYSTEM INCLUDING EDGE AND TRACK SWITCHES
US4041876A (en) * 1974-09-13 1977-08-16 Transports-Recherches-Etudes Et Groupement D'interet Economique (Tregie) Vehicle guiding system
WO2007124740A1 (en) * 2006-04-30 2007-11-08 Uwe Stahn Active rail transport system
WO2016184984A1 (en) * 2015-05-19 2016-11-24 Metrolab Magnetic levitation transport system

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2196930A1 (en) * 1972-08-25 1974-03-22 Siemens Ag
FR2281258A1 (en) * 1974-08-05 1976-03-05 Gen Signal Corp SWITCHING SYSTEM INCLUDING EDGE AND TRACK SWITCHES
US4041876A (en) * 1974-09-13 1977-08-16 Transports-Recherches-Etudes Et Groupement D'interet Economique (Tregie) Vehicle guiding system
WO2007124740A1 (en) * 2006-04-30 2007-11-08 Uwe Stahn Active rail transport system
CN101432177B (en) * 2006-04-30 2011-04-13 乌韦·施塔恩 Active rail transport system
WO2016184984A1 (en) * 2015-05-19 2016-11-24 Metrolab Magnetic levitation transport system
FR3036335A1 (en) * 2015-05-19 2016-11-25 Metrolab MAGNETICALLY SUSTAINED TRANSPORT SYSTEM

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
415 Specification amended (sect. 15/1949)
SPA Amended specification published
PS Patent sealed
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee