GB822571A - Improvements in or relating to railway trucks - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to railway trucks

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Publication number
GB822571A
GB822571A GB27871/56A GB2787156A GB822571A GB 822571 A GB822571 A GB 822571A GB 27871/56 A GB27871/56 A GB 27871/56A GB 2787156 A GB2787156 A GB 2787156A GB 822571 A GB822571 A GB 822571A
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Prior art keywords
webs
swing hangers
transom
sept
bolster
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GB27871/56A
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General Steel Castings Corp
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General Steel Castings Corp
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    • 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
    • B61F5/50—Other details
    • B61F5/52—Bogie frames

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Vehicle Body Suspensions (AREA)

Abstract

822,571. Railway vehicle undercarriages. GENERAL STEEL CASTINGS CORPORATION. Sept. 12, 1956 [Sept. 22, 1955], No. 27871/56. Class 103(6) [Also - in Group XXXI] In a railway truck, the bolster 8, Figs. 3 and 4, is received between the side webs 7 of a single transom of U-shaped crosssection and is pivotally suspended therefrom at each end by swing hangers 17, carrying bolster supporting cross-bars 19, which pass through apertures 18 in the webs 7. The webs 7 are united by horizontal webs 9...12 and by vertical webs 13. The upper edges of the webs 7 are provided with flanges 14 having down-turned extensions 15 for pins 16 supporting the swing hangers. Preferably, the transom structure 7, 9...13, is cast integral with the truck frame wheel pieces 6, Fig. 2, which frame is mounted on wheel axles 2, through springs 5 and equalizers 4 in known manner. Each axle 2 carries a drive motor housing 23, having lower and upper lugs 24, 25 between which is positioned a spring unit 26 mounted upon a pair of horizontally spaced brackets 27 on the associated web 7 of the transom structure. The units 26 are disposed between the swing hangers 17.
GB27871/56A 1955-09-22 1956-09-12 Improvements in or relating to railway trucks Expired GB822571A (en)

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US822571XA 1955-09-22 1955-09-22

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GB822571A true GB822571A (en) 1959-10-28

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