JP2015143456A - Device for regulating width between rails - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide devices for regulating a width between rails, which are provided in parallel except for an existing sleeper fixing system and which enable a safely travelable track device to be secured by regulating an interval between the rails so that the interval can fall within an allowable range for as long a period of time as possible.SOLUTION: A device for regulating a width between rails, which is provided in such a relationship as to be parallel to a sleeper of a track device making a pair of rails fixed onto the sleeper buried in burial bedrock, comprises a fitting base material that is provided through the bottom sides of the right and left rails, and at least one rail fixture that is fixedly installed in each of right and left positions of the fitting base material to regulate an interval between the right and left rails in such a manner as to keep the interval constant.

Description

  The present invention relates to a rail-to-rail width defining device.

  The rail-to-rail width of the railway is always defined within an allowable range, so that troubles such as derailment can be avoided.

  No. 47-26903

  As seen in the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1, except for some high-speed railways such as the Shinkansen, the general form of railway tracks is still fixed to sleepers embedded in ballasts. It is a thing. It is described that the fixing of the rail to the sleepers is performed using a dog nail, and the dog nail a has a pointed lower shape as illustrated in FIGS. 7 and 8 of the present application. As shown in FIG. 9, the rail R is fixed directly on the sleeper W, and the base of the rail R is held by the head c of the dog nail a driven into the sleeper W as shown in FIG. 9. There is a description that it is adopted when pressing the part Rb, and ..... The case where it is adopted, and a large lateral load on the track such as a straight line other than when a large lateral load is applied to the track It is disclosed that the rail R is fixed by driving a dog nail a when it is not applied. There is still a method of fixing sleepers with such dog nails, and in any case, it is necessary to drive a large number of hammers with a large hammer in a short period of time when the train does not pass. Therefore, it is easy to loosen over time, and the width between rails widens or narrows, and if it is left for many years without exceeding the allowable range, for example, problems such as derailment may occur, resulting in a major accident. It was supposed to be connected.

  The present invention is intended to solve the above-described problem, and provides a track device that can be safely run by providing a parallel width other than the existing sleeper fixing method so that the width between rails is within an allowable range as long as possible. An object of the present invention is to provide a rail-to-rail width regulating device that can be secured.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 is a rail-to-rail width defining device provided in a relationship parallel to a sleeper of a track device in which a pair of rails are fixed on a sleeper embedded in an embedded base. The mounting base provided so as to pass through the bottom sides of the left and right rails, and at least one mounting base is fixedly installed at each of the left and right positions of the mounting base so as to uniformly define the width between the left and right rails. Rail fixtures.
The invention according to claim 2 is an inter-rail width defining device provided in a relationship parallel to the sleepers of the track device in which a pair of rails are fixed on the sleepers embedded in the embedded base, and each bottom of each of the left and right rails. A pair of left and right mounting bases provided so as to pass through the side, a rail fixture provided to form a pair of left and right on each mounting base, and the rails connected between the left and right of the mounting base And an adjustment regulating mechanism whose width can be adjusted by screw means.
The invention according to claim 3 is an inter-rail width defining device provided in a relationship parallel to the sleepers of the track device in which a pair of rails are fixed on the sleepers embedded in the embedded base, and screws provided at both ends Mounting base provided so that the portion passes through the bottom side of each of the left and right rails, and a pair of rail fixtures attached so as to be capable of advancing and retreating corresponding to the outer periphery of each screw portion of each mounting base It was.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, the mounting base is composed of a pair of screw shafts separated on the left and right, and the screw shafts are connected by a shaft whose length can be adjusted. .
The invention according to claim 5 is an inter-rail width defining device provided in a relationship parallel to the sleepers of the track device in which a pair of rails are fixed on the sleepers embedded in the embedded base, and screws provided at both ends Mounting base provided so that the portion passes through the bottom side of each of the left and right rails, and a pair of rail fixtures attached so as to be capable of advancing and retreating corresponding to the outer periphery of each screw portion of each mounting base It was.

  As described above, the invention described in claim 1 is an inter-rail width defining device provided in a relationship parallel to the sleepers of the track device in which a pair of rails are fixed on the sleepers embedded in the embedded base, A mounting base that is provided so as to pass through the bottom side of the rail, and at least one rail fixing tool that is fixedly installed to define the width between the left and right rails at each of the left and right positions of the mounting base. Since it is provided, it is provided in parallel with the existing sleeper fixing method, and the rail-to-rail width defining device that can ensure a track device that can travel safely by defining the rail-to-rail width to be within the allowable range for as long as possible Can be provided.

  The top view which shows one Embodiment of this invention as a thing corresponding to FIG.   AA sectional view taken on the line AA of FIG.   The top view which expands and shows the rail fixing | fixed part of FIG.   Sectional drawing which shows the construction point of the mounting | wearing operation | work of the adjustment regulation mechanism of FIG.   Sectional drawing which shows other embodiment.   Sectional drawing which shows other embodiment.   The principal part enlarged view of FIG.   Sectional drawing which shows the construction point of the mounting | wearing operation | work of the adjustment regulation mechanism of FIG.   Sectional drawing which shows other embodiment.   Sectional drawing which shows the construction point of FIG.   The top view which shows other embodiment.   BB sectional drawing of FIG.   The principal part expanded sectional view of embodiment of FIG.   The expanded sectional view which shows other embodiment.   The expanded sectional view which shows other embodiment.   The cross-sectional view of FIG. 17 which is another embodiment.   The CC sectional view taken on the line of FIG.   The top view of FIG. 19 which is other embodiment.   FIG. 19 is a cross-sectional view of FIG.   The top view of FIG. 21 which is other embodiment.   The DD sectional view taken on the line of FIG.   The top view which shows other embodiment.   The top view of FIG. 24 which is other embodiment.   EE sectional view taken on the line of FIG.   Sectional drawing which shows the construction point of embodiment of FIG.   Sectional drawing which shows other embodiment.   The principal part selection top view of FIG.   The top view of FIG. 29 which shows other embodiment.   FIG. 29 is a sectional view taken along line FF in FIG. 28.   Sectional drawing which shows the mode at the time of construction of FIG.   The principal part expanded sectional view which shows other embodiment   Sectional drawing which shows other embodiment.   Sectional drawing which shows the mode at the time of construction of FIG.   The top view of FIG. 35 which shows other embodiment.   FIG. 35 is a cross-sectional view of FIG.   FIG. 36 is a right sectional view of FIG. 35.   The top view of FIG. 38 which shows other embodiment.   FIG. 38 is a cross-sectional view of FIG.   The expanded sectional view along the GG line of FIG.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a laying ground, on which a buried base 2 that is a ballast is laid as a flat trapezoidal cross section. The embedded base 2 in these drawings is provided corresponding to the linear guiding portion of the track device.

  An existing sleeper 3 is made of PC, but may be made of wood, FFU (glass fiber), or resin (PE + waste tire). A plurality of these sleepers 3 are embedded on the embedded substrate 2 so as to be exposed on the upper surface in a form that is parallel to each other with a certain distance in the front and rear. On the sleeper 3, rails 5 and 5 on one side and the other side are provided, and they are fixed by a dog nail or a rail fixing tool 6 which is a holding spring type fastener shown in the figure.

  7 is an adjustment regulating mechanism, and 8 is a mounting base material, which is a main part thereof, and is located between the front and rear of a pair of sleepers 3 and 3 which are made of a square metal pipe or a hard resin or made of PC and separated by a certain distance. Are arranged to be. As shown in FIG. 4, the through passage 9 is formed by excavating and removing a portion corresponding to the lower part between the pair of sleepers 3 and 3 in the embedded base 2. It is lifted up through the material 8 so that the upper surface hits the lower surface of the rail 5.

  In the longitudinal direction of the mounting base 8, a pair of receiving screws consisting of an inner side 8a and an outer side 8b are symmetrically arranged on one side (left side) and the other side (right side) as shown in FIG. Two inner rail fixtures 12 and one outer rail fixture 13 are attached to each receiving screw of the outer side 8b on the one side (left side) and the inner side 8a on the other side (right side) via the fastening device 11, respectively. It has been. Since these rail fixtures 12 and 13 each have a long hole 14, advancement and retraction can be adjusted in a direction perpendicular to the rail 5 by loosening the fastening device 11.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, one each of the inner rail fixture 12 and the outer rail fixture 13 is attached in advance on the mounting base 8, and both 12 and 13 are in the same direction. The fasteners 11 and 11 are firmly fixed so that the tip-to-head dimension is the appropriate dimension W.
And in order not to change the space | interval between the rails 5 and 5 with a time-dependent change, first, the attachment base material 8 is first attached to the rail lower part equivalent between a desired pair of sleepers 3 and 3 among the existing embedment bases 2. A passage 9 for passing through is made, and the rail fixture 12, passing through the passage 9 as shown by the arrow in FIG. 4 while lifting the mounting base 8 having the rail fixtures 12, 13 using the passage 9. 13 is pushed so as to be related to the left and right rails 5, 5, and held so that the tips of the rail fixtures 12, 13 abut each web 5 a of the rail 5 as shown in FIG. The holding is performed by inserting a bottom block (not shown) or temporarily lifting it with a jack.

  After that, as shown in FIG. 4, the other inner and outer rail fixtures 12 and 13 are slightly loosened by the fasteners 11 and 11 and attached to the mounting base 8 side, and a pair of rail fixtures 12 and 13 on the left and right sides, respectively. Is held tightly by a vise, and the loose fastening device 11 side is strongly tightened to obtain a state in which the rail 5 is clamped by the front and rear rail fixtures 12 and 13 as shown in FIG. The rail fixtures 12 and 13 are configured such that the tips of the rail fixtures 12 and 13 contact the surface of the web 5a.

  In this sandwiched state, the fasteners 11 are firmly fixed so that the distance between the left and right rails 5 and 5 (the distance between the centers) is adjusted and maintained at an appropriate dimension W and is reliably and strongly defined. become. The mounting base material 8 after the regulation is made up to its original state with the embedded base 2 that is a ballast, including the bottom area. The Z shape is an abbreviation for a shape in which an angle is integrated on a lower mounting flange.

The receiving screws 8a and 8b may be of an embedded plug type. The normal dimension W is made by a screw type advance / retreat adjustment tool (not shown).
The rail fixtures 12 and 13 are Z-shaped with angles. However, as shown in the right column of FIG. 3, the lower flange for mounting and the arc portion for width regulation by contact are integrated. You may make it into a shape.
In the embodiment of FIG. 3, the rail fixtures 12 and 13 hit the web 5 a of the rail 5, but the rail fixtures 12 and 13 hit the base flange 5 b of the rail 5 as shown in FIG. 5. You may make it prescribe | regulate a width | variety. In this case, the rail fixtures 12 and 13 may be Z-shaped, but may be L-shaped as shown in the upper right column with unnecessary portions omitted as much as possible, or may be flat as shown in the lower column diagram.

  FIG. 6 (after construction), FIG. 7 (enlarged view of the main part of FIG. 6) and FIG. 8 (under construction) show other embodiments, and this embodiment is a square metal pipe (or hard resin, made of PC, etc.). The outer rail fixing tools 13 and 13 are provided on the mounting base 8 and the adjustment regulating mechanism 7 is configured, one of which is fixed in advance by welding as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the attachment base 8 is passed through the passage 9, and is attachable / detachable by the fastener 11.

  Reference numeral 17 denotes a nut that is a receiving screw cylinder that is inserted and fixed by welding. The fastening tool 11 is screwed in, and the other outer rail fixing tool 13 is aligned in the front-rear direction through a long hole. As shown in FIG. 4, the position is determined by hitting the web 5a of the rail 5 in the same manner as the one outer rail fixture 13.

  If a stopper 18 is provided after the rail fixture 13, the rail fixture 13 can be more reliably prevented from shifting. The state shown in FIG. 6 is obtained by making up the embedded base 2 from the state shown in FIG. If the inner width of the rail fixtures 13 and 13 is W + web width, the distance between the centers of the rails 5 and 5 is defined as W, and the size is more precisely defined by adjusting the advance and retreat of the rail fixture 13 by the long holes. Will be.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 6, the expansion of the width is restricted, but there is a disadvantage that the narrowing is not restricted, but in the embodiment shown in FIG. 9 (after construction) and FIG. 10 (under construction), the narrowing can also be restricted. . In this embodiment, the outer rail fixture 13 on one side (left side in the figure) and the inner rail fixture 12 on the other side (right side in the figure) are welded and fixed to the mounting base 8 that is the main part of the adjustment regulating mechanism 7. Then, the mounting base 8 is passed through the passage 9 as shown in FIG. 10 and lifted while the rail fixtures 13 and 12 are applied to the rails 5 and 5, and then one side (left side in the figure). The inner rail fixture 12 and the outer rail fixture 13 on the other side (the right side in the figure) are retrofitted to the mounting base 8 by a nut 17 and a fastener 11 and the fasteners 11 and 11 are tightened as shown in FIG. Thus, the rail 5 is clamped between the rail fixtures 12 and 13 so that the interval between the rails 5 and 5 can be defined. If the stopper 18 is provided after the rail fixtures 12 and 13, it will prevent slippage. If the distance between the ends of the rail fixtures 13 and 12 welded and fixed in FIG. 10 is set to W, the distance between the centers of the rails 5 and 5 is defined as W as shown in FIG. Can be defined as follows.

11, 12 and 13 show another embodiment.
In this embodiment, after the construction, one attachment base material 8 which is a main part of the adjustment regulating mechanism 7 is a metal-made flat bar as shown in the right column of FIG. Attached to the side of the desired sleeper 3 that has been abolished (or assumed to be abolished) in the form of the sleeper 3 and the upper surface combined, and connected to the sleeper 3, and the width W between the rails 5 and 5 Are fastened and arranged so as to be always kept constant.

The mounting base 8 is passed from the side through a passage 9 formed in one armpit of the sleeper 3, and the upper surface thereof is the same as the upper surface of the sleeper 3, and is spaced apart and arranged in parallel on the side of the sleeper 3. ing. Reference numeral 21 denotes a side connecting plate, which is attached to the longitudinal end portion of the mounting substrate 8 with a fastening tool 22 so as to form a right angle. The connecting plate 21 extends on the sleeper 3 and is fastened by the fastening tool 22. It is connected and fixed.
In addition, the central connecting plate 20 may also be fastened to the center in the longitudinal direction of the mounting base 8 and connected and fixed by the sleeper 3 side and the fastening tool 22 to increase the strength.

  As shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 13, the mounting base 8 is a machined product in which the tip portion rides on the lower flange 5b via the buffering hard rubber plate 28, and is in the form of a flat plate. Rail fixtures 12 and 13 are provided, and the inner and outer rail fixtures 12 and 13 are of a common type having a pair of elongated holes 14 on the front and rear sides, and are a set of bolts, nuts, flats and spring washers. The tool 11 is fixed so that it can be moved forward and backward.

  The width (interval) between the centers of the rails 5 and 5 is preferably W as a reference value for ensuring safe driving. The reference value W is, for example, 1132 mm, and is defined by tightening and fixing with the fasteners 11 while adjusting the positions of the left and right rail fixtures 12 and 13. Here, the facing distance c between the outer rail fixture 13 and the side connecting plate 21 is set to a certain dimension as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, for example, a safety allowable value of 19 mm when both rails 5 and 5 are displaced. Set it.

  In this way, even if the outer rail fixing tool 13 is displaced outward by, for example, 10 mm due to aging, the deviation is within the range of c (19 mm) and is safe for vehicle travel, and c is 0. Thus, if the deviation is 19 mm, that is, if the deviation is stopped by the limit of the place where the outer rail fixing tool 13 hits the side-side connecting plate 21, safety is ensured. The side-side connecting plate 21, the attachment base material 8, and the sleepers 3 can be connected to each other by adjusting the size of the above-mentioned c or the like by means of a long hole (not shown) that faces the longitudinal direction of the rail 5.

The through passages 9 formed for the attachment base material 8 to pass therethrough are embedded on the embedded base 2 that is a ballast, including the bottom region of the attachment base material 8.
The mounting base 8 is integrated with the sleeper 3 to form one strong sleeper, and the rail fixing tools 12 and 13 are provided on the mounting base 8, so that the function of defining the width between the rails is stable and reliable. Will be demonstrated.

As shown in FIG. 13, when the rail fixing parts 12, 13 are machined into a right angle by machining, the rail 5 lifts the neck and scoops up so that the rail 5 is displaced outward. Even if it tries, it can be effectively prevented.
The rail fixtures 12 and 13 may be press-formed products as shown in the upper left column of FIG.
Moreover, although the attachment base material 8 was made into the flat bar type in the said embodiment, as shown to the right column of FIG. If the attachment base material 8 is connected, the attachment base material 8 side is stably and reliably fixed.

The rail fixtures 12 and 13 are prevented from being displaced to the outside of the rail 5 due to the right angle under the neck, but as shown in FIG. It is also possible to effectively prevent the rail 5 from shifting by interposing the rail 5 and raising the flange portion of the rail 5 a little.
In order to prevent the rail fixtures 12 and 13 from shifting, the back surfaces of the rail fixtures 12 and 13 are roughened as shown in the lower column of FIG. The rail fixtures 12 and 13 may be provided with an advance / retreat adjustment tool 31 so that the rail fixtures 12 and 13 are more accurately applied to the rail surface. Moreover, in order to prevent the fastening tool 11 from loosening, a lock nut 33 may be attached as shown in FIG.

16 and 17 show another embodiment for preventing the fastening device 11 from loosening. Through holes 35 are formed in the heads of the respective fasteners 11, and the plurality of fasteners 11, 11 may be prevented from freely rotating through the rotation stopper wire 36 using these through holes 35. .
Also, as shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, an anchor bolt 38 having a through portion such as an eyebolt is screwed into a position near the fastening device 11 in the rail fixtures 12 and 13, and the through portion of the anchor bolt 38 and the fastening portion are fastened. The through hole 39 of the tool 11 is connected by a non-rotating wire 40. These detent wires 36 and 40 are made of deformable materials such as spring wires and SUS wires.

  20 and 21 show another embodiment, and this embodiment shows an example of measures when the existing sleeper 3 is worn out for many years and the function as an original sleeper becomes thin. For example, in the case where the sleeper 3 shown in FIG. 20 is shown in the middle of the upper and lower stages, the base material (part of the adjustment regulating mechanism 7) 8 made of H-shaped steel or PC as shown in FIG. 20 and FIG. 21 with the left outer rail fixture 13 and the right inner rail fixture 12 mounted on the upper surface and passing through a passage (not shown) and mounting. Pass the base material 8 parallel to the sleeper 3 and pass the rail fixtures 13 and 12 under the rails 5 and 5 so that they rest on the rails 5 and 5. The right outer rail fixture 13 is tightened from the loosened state and fixed so that the distance between the rails 5 and 5 is an appropriate dimension W.

  Note that reference numeral 42 in FIG. 20 denotes a built-in deviation detection sensor that detects when the width between the rails fluctuates due to the deviation of the rail fixtures 12 and 13 and sends a signal to a control center (not shown) to notify the deviation. Is.

  FIG. 22 shows another embodiment, in which the existing obsolete sleepers 3 are removed by removing the rail fasteners 6, and thereafter, the rail fasteners 5, 5 are passed through the rail fasteners 12, 13 through a new sleeper 45 such as an H shape. Tightened and fixed so that there is an appropriate gap between them.

FIG. 23 and FIG. 24 show another embodiment in which the width dimension between the centers of the rails 5 and 5 is simply and reliably defined by using a distance adjusting means to a reference value W (example dimension: 1132 mm) that ensures safe traveling of the vehicle. The resulting embodiment is shown.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a laying ground, on which a buried base 2 that is a ballast is formed in a trapezoidal embankment shape. The embedded base 2 in these drawings is provided corresponding to the linear guiding portion of the track.

  3 is an existing sleeper, which is made of wood that may be worn out, but may be made of PC, FFU (glass fiber), or resin (PE + waste tire). A plurality of these sleepers 3 are embedded in the embedded substrate 2 so as to be exposed at the upper surface in a form parallel to each other with a certain distance in the front and rear direction. On the sleeper 3, rails 5 and 5 on one side (left side in the figure) and on the other side (right side in the figure) are arranged, and they are fixed by rail fixtures 6.

Reference numeral 48 in FIG. 25 denotes an adjustment regulating mechanism that employs a turnbuckle mechanism, which has a pair of left and right mounting bases 8 that are short rectangular flat bars made of metal, and is welded to each mounting base 8 via its upper surface. The inner rail fixture 12 is provided, and the receiving screw 49 is fixed by welding via the bottom surface thereof.
The mounting base 8 can be made of metal angle, square pipe, channel steel, H steel or the like, and any material such as hard resin or PC can be used.

The inner rail fixture 12 is a flat bar type metal plate material having a tip end bottom surface that has a slanted surface and has a tip portion that can be directly or indirectly mounted on the lower flange 5b of the rail 5 via a buffer rubber. ing.
The receiving screw 49 is formed with a female screw that is a reverse screw in the left-right relationship in FIG.

  Reference numeral 50 denotes a buckle shaft, which is provided with a screw portion having a reverse screw relation at both ends of the shaft and screwed into the receiving screw 49, and a rotation operation portion 51 such as a four-surface shaft portion is provided in the middle of the shaft. At the same time, the lock nut 52 is locked after the operation. As shown in the lower column of FIG. 25, if the rotary operation unit 51 is a hexagonal or quadrangular long axis with a large diameter, it is easy to rotate and has strength.

  This adjustment regulating mechanism 48 is brought in through the passage 9 in FIG. 25 formed by excavating and removing the ballast corresponding to the side of the desired one of the sleepers 3... After that, set it on the rails 5 and 5 side. In this set, the distance between the tips of the inner rail fixtures 12 and 12 is sufficiently smaller than the interval between the lower flanges 5b and 5b of the rails 5 and 5, and the inner rail fixture 12 is connected to the lower flange 5b. Then, the rotation operation portion 51 is turned so that the two receiving screws 49 and 49 are spaced apart as shown by the arrows so that the other inner rail fixture 12 can be placed on the corresponding lower flange 5b. To. At this time, the interval between the centers of the rails 5 and 5 is set to a reference value W by the rotation operation of the rotation operation unit 51.

  The outer rail fixing tool 13 and the side arm connecting plate 21 are attached to the adjustment regulating mechanism 48 set in this way by fasteners (bolts and nuts) 11 and 22, respectively. The outer rail fixture 13 is fastened by a long hole so as to be able to advance and retreat, so that the tip neck portion is firmly fixed on the lower flange 5b and fixed to press the rail 5 from the outside. The side-side connecting plate 21 extends on the sleeper 3 and is fixed by the fasteners 22...

The side arm connecting plate 21 has a distance c from the outer rail fixture 13 in the same manner as described above. Even if the outer rail fixture 13 may be displaced outward with time, the side arm connecting plate 21 Since 13 functions as a stopper, it is set to be within an allowable range that does not hinder safe driving.
The ballast is filled in the through passage 9 of FIG. 25, and the solid embedment base 2 is formed as shown in FIG.

As shown in the lower column of FIG. 24, the mounting base 8 is an angle type, and a square tube-shaped receiving screw 49 is welded and fixed to the inside thereof, and a thick-shaft buckle shaft 50 is screwed to the receiving screw 49. Thus, a strong adjustment regulating mechanism 48 can be obtained.
Further, the adjustment regulating mechanism 48 employs a turnbuckle mechanism, but any mechanism can be used as long as the distance between the mounting bases 8 and 8 can be adjusted by a screw mechanism (variable axial length adjustment mechanism). For example, FIG. The screw shaft having the screw portion on the right side may be rotatably supported in the left joint, and the right end screw portion may be configured to be screwed forward and backward by the right receiving screw 49.

  26 and 27 show another embodiment, in which the inner rail fixture 12 of the adjustment defining mechanism 48 is welded and fixed on the mounting base 8 as a receiving screw 49, and the inner rail fixtures 12 and 12 are buckled. The shaft 50 is connected. A pressing plate 54 is attached to the tip of the inner rail fixing tool 12 by a fastening tool 55 and presses the lower flange 5b from above to prevent the flange 5b from floating upward.

  In addition, the same components as those in FIGS. 23 to 25 are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. Since the buckle shaft 50 of the adjustment regulating mechanism 48 is exposed between the rails 5 and 5 on the buried base 2, the width W can be finely adjusted to a suitable value at any time without excavating the ballast 2. become.

  The adjustment regulating mechanism 48 is brought in through the passage 9 in FIG. 26 formed by excavating and removing the ballast corresponding to the side of a desired one of the sleepers 3... After that, set it on the rails 5 and 5 side. In this set, the inner rail fixtures 12 (49) are arranged such that the distance between the tips of the inner rail fixtures 12, 12 is sufficiently smaller than the interval between the lower flanges 5b, 5b of the rails 5, 5. Attaching to the lower flange 5b and placing the pressing plate 54 on the lower flange 5b, and then rotating the rotation operation portion 51 in the extending direction to separate the interval between the two receiving screws 49, 49 as indicated by the arrows. The pressing plate 54 is placed on the corresponding lower flange 5b. At this time, the interval between the centers of the rails 5 and 5 is set to a reference value W by the rotation operation of the rotation operation unit 51.

  The outer rail fixing tool 13 and the side arm connecting plate 21 are attached to the adjustment regulating mechanism 48 set in this way by fasteners (bolts and nuts) 11 and 22, respectively. The outer rail fixture 13 is fastened by a long hole so as to be able to advance and retreat, so that the tip neck portion is firmly fixed on the lower flange 5b and fixed to press the rail 5 from the outside. The side-side connecting plate 21 extends on the sleeper 3 and is fixed by the fasteners 22...

The side arm connecting plate 21 has a distance c from the outer rail fixture 13 in the same manner as described above. Even if the outer rail fixture 13 may be displaced outward with time, the side arm connecting plate 21 Since 13 functions as a stopper, it is set to be within an allowable range that does not hinder safe driving.
In the through passage 9 of FIG. 26, the ballast is embedded and the solid embedded base 2 is reconstructed.

  In addition, as shown in the lower column of FIG. 26, the mounting base 8 is made into an angle type, and a thick square cylindrical receiving screw 49 is integrally fixed thereto by welding, and a thick-shaft buckle shaft 50 is integrated with the receiving screw 49. The adjustment regulation mechanism 48 can be made strong by screwing. In this case, the attachment base material 8 may be fastened to the sleepers 3 by the fastening tool 25 to integrate the both.

  In addition, it has been conventionally configured to detect and use as a necessary signal by flowing a small current individually to the left and right rails 5 and 5. There is a possibility that an individual signal cannot be taken out when an electric current flows, and in response to such a situation, any member or part of the adjustment regulating mechanism 48 configured between the rails 5 and 5 in this embodiment, for example, a mounting base material 8, the receiving screw 49, the buckle shaft 50, or the like or any desired combination can be configured as the insulating material.

  As another insulating method, as shown in the lower right column of FIG. 26, it is possible to deal with by putting an insulating covering material 32 such as an insulating rubber having an anti-vibration / vibration-proof function around the flange 5b of the rail 5. it can. You may coat | cover the waterproof cover for preventing the possibility of electricity supply by snowfall, rainfall, etc. on the outer periphery, such as the said attachment base material 8 and the buckle axis | shaft 50. FIG.

28 to 30 show another embodiment. In this embodiment, 1 is a laying ground, 2 is an embedded base, 3 is a plurality of existing sleepers, and 5 is a pair of left and right rails that are the main part of the track device. A plurality of webs 5a and lower flanges 5b are provided and spaced apart by a rail fixture 6 in a parallel relationship.
Reference numeral 60 denotes an adjustment regulating mechanism, which includes a screw shaft 61 having screw portions 61a formed at both ends, and a tip portion of the screw shaft 61 on the lower flanges 5b and 5b. L-shaped rail fixtures 64 and 64 with through holes are provided to fix the rail 5 from both sides by screwing with a fastening device 63 such as a spring washer or nut.

  As shown in FIG. 30, the adjustment defining mechanism 60 provided with a pair of rail fixtures 64, 64 at both ends is passed under the rail 5 in which the passage 9 is formed, and the rail fixture 64.64 is used. In this case, the width W between the rails is within an allowable value by adjusting the fastening means 63 to advance and retract the inner rail fixtures 64, 64 while slightly loosening the outer rail fixtures 64, 64. Follow the specified operation. When the adjustment is completed, the outer rail fixtures 64 and 64 are tightened by adjusting the fastening fixture 63 to fix the rail 5 as the width W by the inner and outer rail fixtures 64 and 64.

By directly combining the rail fixture 64 with the screw shaft 61 in this way, for example, a device having a simple structure in which the mounting base material 48 and the receiving screw 49 are omitted as in the embodiment shown in FIGS. Can do.
In addition, by attaching an insulating coating material 66 around the lower flange 5b of the rail 5 as shown in the upper left column of FIG. 30, or by installing an insulating pipe 67 around the screw shaft 61 as shown in the lower column of FIG. The left and right rails 5 and 5 may be insulated so that signals can be propagated independently.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 30, a through hole is formed in the integral base portion of the rail fixture 64 and the screw shaft 61 is passed therethrough. However, as shown in FIG. A certain base member 65 may be welded and integrated as a separate object, and may be configured to pass through the threaded portion 61a and be fixed by the stopper 63 so as to be movable.

  The screw shaft 61 is integrally formed with a threaded portion 61a and a central shaft portion 61b at both ends. As shown in the lower column of FIG. The shaft 70 may be configured as a central shaft portion, and the rail fixtures 64 and 64 previously fixed by separately operating the buckle shaft 70 may be configured to be movable. There is an advantage of easy adjustment. FIG. 31 shows only the main part of the apparatus, the background at the time of construction is the same as that shown in FIG. 30, and the state after construction is the same as the background shown in FIGS.

32 and 33 show another embodiment. In this embodiment, the screw shaft 61 which is a part of the adjustment defining mechanism 69 is a pair of left and right, and each has a pair of rail fixtures 64 and 64 and a fastener 63 and the screw shaft 61 with the fastener 63. The buckle shaft 70 is connected so that the length can be adjusted.
By making the left and right screw shafts 61 and 61 adjustable in the longitudinal direction by operating the buckle shaft 70 in this way, it is easy to operate the buckle shaft 70 after fixing the rail fixtures 64 and 64 to the rail 5 first. The width W can be reliably obtained for a desired time.

As shown in FIG. 33, the buckle shaft 70 may be of a type having a hexagonal shaft shape as shown in the lower column of the figure, in addition to a type having a partially chamfered rotation operation portion 70a. .
In each of the embodiments described above, the width between rails has been described as the width between rail centers.

34 to 36 show another embodiment. This embodiment is provided in parallel with other than the existing sleeper fixing method, and the rail width is defined such that the rail width is within an allowable range for as long a period as possible so that a track device capable of safe traveling can be secured. The object is to provide an apparatus.
Of the rails 5, a through passage is formed in a side portion of the illustrated sleepers 75... Of the sleepers 75. The width is kept constant.

  The adjustment regulating mechanism 76 is integrally provided with a screw shaft 77 and screw portions 78 at both ends thereof, and a rotation operation portion 79 is formed on the outer periphery of the screw shaft 77, and the screw shaft 77 is a short tube having an electric insulation function. 80 is externally fitted, and a pair of pressing plates 81 are provided at the ends thereof, and the pressing plate 81 is pressed onto the flange 5b of the rail 5 by the fastening device 82, whereby the inner width dimension of the rails 5 and 5 (between the center of the rail). (Dimension W−Rail width dimension) is set to 1067 mm, which is considered appropriate.

  Reference numeral 83 denotes an insulating covering material that covers both the upper and lower surfaces of the flange 5 b of the rail 5, and the pressing plate 81 sandwiches the rail 5 through the insulating covering material 83. After the inner width is prescribed by the adjustment regulating mechanism 77, the base 74 is embedded to obtain a trajectory in which the width is less likely to fluctuate over a long period of time.

  37 to 39 show another embodiment. This embodiment is provided in parallel with other than the existing sleeper fixing method, and the rail width is defined such that the rail width is within an allowable range for as long a period as possible so that a track device capable of safe traveling can be secured. The object is to provide an apparatus.

  If the sleepers 87 arranged in parallel to the buried base 86 are made of wood, the humus deterioration proceeds at an early stage, and the dog nail that holds the sleepers 87 is easily removed under the circumstances. In particular, when the rail is in a curved track condition with a difference in height on the left and right, and the train repeatedly runs there, a biased load in the direction of falling on the rail is applied, and the dog nail that stops the lower rail comes up and the other Trouble that wheel of side falls off occurs. In this embodiment, measures are taken to prevent such troubles.

  That is, FIGS. 37 to 39 show one of the sleepers 87 at regular intervals, and this sleeper 87 is buried and fixed by the buried base 86 and a pair of left and right rails 5 and 5 through its upper surface. Is passed. Protection covers 88 and 88 are provided on the sleepers 87 so as to form a pair of left and right.

  The protective cover 88 is a groove-shaped frame member made of steel, aluminum alloy, resin, or the like that fits into the sleeper 87 from above and fits the upper surface and the front and rear sides thereof. Are fixed by a plurality of hammering-type fixtures 90 so that the centers in the longitudinal direction of the covers 88, 88 are at the same position as the end position of the width W between the centers of the rails 5, 5. .

  As shown in the lower column of FIG. 37, the protective cover 88 has fixing tool holes a through which the fixing tools 90 are passed in the peripheral portion, and the first receiving seat b is located at the width position. The pair and the second receiving seat c are fixed by welding or the like so as to form the same row, and a rail pressing member 91 is mounted on the first receiving seat b and screwed by a fastening device 92 which is a bolt. The end joint 94 of the adjustment defining mechanism 93 is mounted on the second seat c and is fixed by screwing with a connecting tool 95 that is a bolt.

  The adjustment regulating mechanism 93 includes a buckle shaft 96 that is a rotatable main body and each screw shaft 97 screwed into the end thereof, and the end joint 94 is integrally provided on the screw shaft 97. ing. The rail pressing member 91 and the fastening device 92 may be dog nails integrated with each other. In this case, the first seat b is a through-hole type. An insulating means such as the insulating covering material 83 may be provided around the flange of the rail 5 to electrically cut off the rail 5 so that the signal flows independently. The end joint 94 may be configured such that a plurality of connectors 95 are fixed as shown in the upper column of FIG.

  Each protective cover 88 is inserted so as to correspond to the lower side of the rails 5 and 5 of the sleeper 87, and then connected to the rail 5 by fixing the rail pressing member 91 with the fastening member 92. Then, an adjustment defining mechanism 93 is passed between the protective covers 88 and 88, and the length of this adjustment defining mechanism 93 is adjusted so that the inner width of FIG. After the width between the rails is defined, the fixing tool 90 is driven and the protective cover 88 is fixed to the sleeper 87 side. Since the important part of the sleeper 87 is protected by the protective cover 88, the width between the rails 5 and 5 can be maintained at a predetermined dimension over a long period of time.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Laying ground 2 ... Embedded base 3 ... Sleeper 5 ... Rail 6 ... Rail fixing tool 8 ... Mounting base material 11 ... Fastening tool 12, 13 ... Inner / outer rail fixing tool 14 ... Long hole 17 ... Nut.

Claims (5)

  A rail-to-rail width defining device provided in parallel relation to a sleeper of a track device in which a pair of rails is fixed on a sleeper embedded in an embedded base, and is provided so as to pass through the bottom side of the left and right rails A rail-to-rail width defining device comprising a material and a rail fixture fixedly installed so as to uniformly regulate the width between the left and right rails at each left and right position of the mounting base.   A rail-to-rail width defining device provided in parallel relation to a sleeper of a track device in which a pair of rails are fixed on a sleeper embedded in an embedded base, and provided to pass through the bottom side of each of the left and right rails A pair of mounting bases, a rail fixture provided in a pair on the left and right on each mounting base, and the width between the rails connected to the left and right of the mounting base can be adjusted by screw means. And a rail-to-rail width regulating device having an adjustment regulating mechanism.   A rail-to-rail width defining device provided in a parallel relationship with a sleeper of a track device in which a pair of rails are fixed on a sleeper embedded in an embedded base, and screw portions provided at both ends are respectively on the bottom sides of the left and right rails A rail-to-rail width defining device comprising: a mounting base provided so as to pass through; and a pair of rail fixtures attached so as to be capable of advancing and retreating corresponding to the outer periphery of each screw portion of each mounting base.   4. The rail-to-rail width defining device according to claim 3, wherein the mounting base is composed of a pair of screw shafts separated into left and right, and the screw shafts are connected by a shaft whose length is adjustable.   A rail-to-rail width defining device provided in a parallel relationship with a sleeper of a track device in which a pair of rails are fixed on a sleeper embedded in an embedded base, and screw portions provided at both ends are respectively on the bottom sides of the left and right rails A rail-to-rail width defining device comprising: a mounting base provided so as to pass through; and a pair of rail fixtures attached so as to be capable of advancing and retreating corresponding to the outer periphery of each screw portion of each mounting base.