GB657513A - Improvements in or relating to the loading of road vehicles on to rail vehicles - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to the loading of road vehicles on to rail vehicles

Info

Publication number
GB657513A
GB657513A GB2705748A GB2705748A GB657513A GB 657513 A GB657513 A GB 657513A GB 2705748 A GB2705748 A GB 2705748A GB 2705748 A GB2705748 A GB 2705748A GB 657513 A GB657513 A GB 657513A
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
rail vehicle
road
wheels
vehicle
turn
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
GB2705748A
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
COMMER CARS Ltd
ULSTER TRANSP AUTHORITY
Original Assignee
COMMER CARS Ltd
ULSTER TRANSP AUTHORITY
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by COMMER CARS Ltd, ULSTER TRANSP AUTHORITY filed Critical COMMER CARS Ltd
Priority to GB2705748A priority Critical patent/GB657513A/en
Publication of GB657513A publication Critical patent/GB657513A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60P—VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
    • B60P1/00—Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading
    • B60P1/64—Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading the load supporting or containing element being readily removable
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D47/00—Motor vehicles or trailers predominantly for carrying passengers
    • B62D47/003—Motor vehicles or trailers predominantly for carrying passengers convertible in order to modify the number of seats

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Vehicle Cleaning, Maintenance, Repair, Refitting, And Outriggers (AREA)

Abstract

657,513. Loading road vehicles on to rail vehicles; screw jacks. COMMER CARS, Ltd., SMITH, A. J., WHITE, C. H., ULSTER TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, and COURTNEY, J. Oct. 18, 1948, No. 27067. [Classes 78 (iii) and 78 (iv)] In a combination of a road vehicle and a rail vehicle for carrying it, in which the rail vehicle provides a platform on to which at least one pair of road wheels adjacent one end of the road vehicle may be run in a direction transverse to the rail vehicle, and in which the combination provides means whereby the other end of the road vehicle may be supported and swung laterally over the rail vehicle to bring the vehicle in line, is characterized in that the rail vehicle has a turntable on to which the said road wheels are run and which may then be rotated during the swinging operation. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the rail vehicle comprises a four-wheeled truck 11 having a flat well 12, part of which is formed by a turn-table 13 having an extending portion 14 adapted to overlie the gap between the truck and a fixed ramp or platform. The rear wheels of the semi-trailer shown may be run up the ramp and over the portion 14 of the turn-table 13 to be guided by a ramp 14a so that automatic latches 15 on the turn-table engage the axle of the semi-trailer when it lies over the axis of the turn-table. The front of the semitrailer when detached from its tractor is supported by pairs of jockey wheels 17 which may be fixed with their axes intersecting the axis of the turn-table 13 or may castor. The jockey wheels may be driven by a detachable handle on the shaft of a worm shown in Fig. 4, the worms for the two pairs of jockey wheels being coupled by a shaft 22, or by power means. When the jockey wheels are so driven the semitrailer is turned about the axis of the turntable 13 until the semi-trailer lies wholly upon the rail vehicle, as shown in Fig. 1. Hinged bridge-plates 16 on the rail vehicle facilitate this movement. When in position on the rail vehicle the semi-trailer is held by automatically engaging catches 25 (Fig. 1) and the weight of its forward end is transferred to a jack 26. As shown in Fig. 4, the axles 18 supporting the jockey wheels 17 may be retracted by manuallyoperated jacks 19. U.S.A. Specification 1,968,196 is referred to.
GB2705748A 1948-10-18 1948-10-18 Improvements in or relating to the loading of road vehicles on to rail vehicles Expired GB657513A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB2705748A GB657513A (en) 1948-10-18 1948-10-18 Improvements in or relating to the loading of road vehicles on to rail vehicles

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB2705748A GB657513A (en) 1948-10-18 1948-10-18 Improvements in or relating to the loading of road vehicles on to rail vehicles

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB657513A true GB657513A (en) 1951-09-19

Family

ID=10253457

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB2705748A Expired GB657513A (en) 1948-10-18 1948-10-18 Improvements in or relating to the loading of road vehicles on to rail vehicles

Country Status (1)

Country Link
GB (1) GB657513A (en)

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US2373398A (en) Tractor and trailer construction
US2043507A (en) Means for transporting railway vehicles by road
ATE22421T1 (en) TRAILER WITH DETACHABLE BODY.
US2860800A (en) Trailer
US3421778A (en) Dual purpose dolly for semitrailers
GB657513A (en) Improvements in or relating to the loading of road vehicles on to rail vehicles
DE3070290D1 (en) Transformable vehicle for railway and road transport of goods
GB1300701A (en) Road transport vehicle
US3526414A (en) Landing gear assembly
GB541205A (en) Improvements relating to trailers for road vehicles
GB1247014A (en) Improvements in or relating to semi-trailers
US3380397A (en) Convertible rail-highway locomotive
GB1361395A (en) Road transport vehicles
US1308764A (en) Semitrailer elevating-horse
GB489483A (en) A transportable jack for motor vehicles
US1443749A (en) Lumber-carrying vehicle
US1925827A (en) Jack for semitrailers
GB906509A (en) Apparatus for moving a wheeled vehicle
GB256334A (en) Improvements in or relating to means or apparatus for lifting and towing automobiles, and other road vehicles, applicable also for other lifting and towing purposes
US3689109A (en) Tractor-trailer combination connected for maneuverability as a uni assembly
GB901524A (en) Improvements in or relating to trolleys
GB975065A (en) Improvements in semi-trailers
GB409417A (en) An improved coupling for tractor and trailer units of motor vehicles
GB1250050A (en) Improvements relating to vehicle trailers
GB451624A (en) Improvements in or relating to road vehicles for the combined road and rail transport of material