US1656589A - Shunting arrangement and arrangement for removing cars from and placing cars on to the rails of suspension railways - Google Patents

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Jan; 17, 1923. 1,656,589

F KRUCKENBERG ET AL I SHUNTINWARRANGEMEENT AND ARRANGEMENT FOR REMOVING CARS FROM AND PLACING CARS ON TO THE RAILS OF SUSPENSION RAILWAYS Filed Jan. 24, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet l Q Q Jan. 17, 1928. 1,656,589

F. KRUCKENBERG ET AL SHUNTING ARRANGEMENT AND ARRANGEMENT FOR REMOVING CARS FROM AND PLACING CARS ON TO THE RAILS OF SUSPENSION RAILWAYS Filed Jan. 24, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Jan. 17, 1928. 1,656,589

F. KRUCKENBERG' ET AL SHUNTING ARRANGEMENT AND ARRANGEMENT FOR REMOVING CARS FROM AND PLACING CARS ON TO THE RAILS OF SUSPENSION RAILWAYS Filed Jan. 24. 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 //7 venfors M rLQ/QK Af/vrweys holdiu the Patented Jan. 17, 1928.

UNITED STATES I insane PATENT OFFICE.-

KR'tIflI'IENBERG- AIQTD CUBE STEDEFELD, OF Z-IEIDELBERG, GERL'IANYjSAID srnnnrnzc'n assrsnon ro SAID Kauoirnnsnne.

SHUNTING ARBANGEMIENT-AND Al'dRJ-IGEEVEEIQ'T FOR REMOVING CARS FROM AND ELAGING- CARS ON TO THE RAILS OF SUSPENSION RAILVTAYS.

Application filed January 24, 1925, Serial No. 4,570, and in Germany February 6, 1924:.

Cars running on railsare usually propelled by means of additional vehicles (loconiotives, motor-coaches or the like), running on the same rail over switches, turntables or traverse-tables for thepurpose oft changing the track, in order to reach workor repair-shops or for other purposes. lVit-h suspension railways all these angements are very complicated and involve large and costly constructions. lVhen the suspension railway is used for high speed tratfic, with rapid sequence of cars, the construction of such arran 'ements becomes either impossihis or extraordinarily ditiicult, it they are to it'ulfill the requirements of such a high speed railway, namely that the rail shall have a. running surface as exactas possible, without any unevenness at joints, crossings or switches. v i

The principal object of the present invention is to provide means whereby the cars may be transferred to and from the suspension rails without the use of the conventional rail switches or by otherwise interrupting thecontinuity or the rail surface. The use of such switches is restricted to places where two main lines of track cross as in Fig. 1 or here several branch lines converge, or the like.

Referring to the drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation view o1 one form of our invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the arrangement shown in Fig.1; A

Jig. 3 is an end elevation of a crane arrangement and illustrates one method of transferring the cars to and from the'sus pension rails to the car carrying tractors;

ins. l and 5 are plan and end views, respeclively, oi? another term of our inven tion in which the car is shunted by means oi a crane mounted on an auxiliary traclc which is also mounted overhead;

Figs. 6, "I" rational views of another term of transfer- :cng means comprising an overhead crane; 9 is a side view of a. car fitted with auxiliary wheels for use in case the ordinary running gear breaks down;

Fig. is a side view of a device used for h suspension c0unter-wheels out otcontactwith. the suspension rail during the shunting operation.

lo the stations where the velocity of shunt- Ill 8 side, plan, and end els ing very small the special rail arrangements d and cl ot the high speed track a can be replaced by normal switches,

crossings, joints and so on. If we can use the surface of the ground we can lay the rails tri for the auxiliary shunting cars thereon or 5 can advantageously be laid above the suspension rail on an extension of the girderwork system. The shuntingrails 65 must be, in this case, constructed ina similarinanner to the suspension railway, the requirements however of the travelling motor crane 0 are not so exacting with regard to space for runninggears, accuracy of switches, radius of curves and so on, as the suspension car 6 itself, so that the whole arrangement involves much less construe tional work, than is the case with the suspension railways ct proper; In the case of the trausterence from thesuspension line to the auxiliary line, the auxiliary locomotives c and 0 must naturally support the weight of the suspension car,while remov ing itft'rom the rail. If the suspension car has only running wheels 6, above the rail without counter wheels 7" below it, it would be suilicient tor the auxiliary rail to be raised shortly before the car is to be removed "from the rail of the suspension railwaybya ramp or the like, so that the shunting locomotive c and 0, whichuntil now has only been propelling the suspension car 5. lifts it free from its running gear 6. If

these counterwheels f are used theyniust be moved downwards out of contact with the rail by some convenient arrangement, for instance, that shown in Fig. 10, in order that the suspension car 6 be moved sideways clear of the rail. In order that the suspension car 6 may be handled byfthe auXil without shock iary locomotives 0' and 0 it would be 'advantageousto provide the latter for example, with a movable platform 7 to lift the car up and down or a cranelilie arrangement 9" to lift the car from above.

The break down of a car on the track with the high speed suspension railway is a so rious occurrence, becausethe whole train oi cars and all trafiic must be held up while the disabledcar is either repaired or removed from the track. or traverse-tables for the removal of the cars is. to be avoided, the car must be raised Sincethe use of switches upwards and moved sideways out of Contact with the rail. This can be done'as already described by means of an auxiliary shunting locomotive 0', 0, which runs on rails belowthe suspension-car track a. If these methods are found to be too slow in operation, or if a normal railway not below or beside the suspension track, short; ramps can be arranged at certain distances, where possible at signal stations or the like, provided with emergency platforms tor the passengers and on these short ramps can be run auxiliary cars very simply, for example, by a, winch, below the suspension car. The lat ter can then by means of: the ramp be lifted clear oil. the rail, moved sideways and transported on a branch line to the nearest railway. Another solution for removing the.

car 6 at emergency depots, as shown for example in Fig. 6 (side view) Fig. 7 (plan view) and Fig. 8 (section), consists of a travelling crane it with a i'l'iechanism i for transferring the broken, down high speed suspension car 7) to special cars it. Such lifting arrangements must naturally be constructed so that, if a normal railway runs below the suspension track, they do not interfere with itisn'orkino' or with the other track of the suspension railway. If the driver has been unable to stop the broken down car b at an emergency station and it the ear is incapable of proceeding under its own power and if it is umilesirable to use the following car for propelling it. the nearestinspect-ion car (indicated by m in Fig. 3) running on separate rails on the suspension railway girder-work, can be signalled for, and can then tow the broken down suspension car to the next emergency station. It the runninggear of the suspension car is so damaged, that is cannot move along the rail at all, auxiliary wheels n (Fig. 9) can very simply be employed, which running on the suspension rail can support the weight ofthe car, while it is moved along. If it should happen that the ear disabled on soine'part of the track where it cannot be reached by any of the above mentioned auxiliary means, e. g. on long sus iension-ln'idges. the *ar must be lowed by a rope until it can be reached by other auxiliary means.

In Fig. 9 a high speed suspension ear is shown to which are titted auxiliary wheels a that enable the car (1 to travel along the rail, it the running gears proper are so damaged, that they cannot be used further.

Fig. 10 shows the means for holding the counter wheel out of contact with the rail. The running wheel a is supported in a movable arin g, and the counter wheel is supported in a movable arm 7. and the two arms are connected with each other by a toggle-lever which is connected by a rod 0 to a bell-crank lever 0. This lever can be turned by means of a threaded spindle a provided with a. hand-wheel n. It is obvious that t-he arms I/ and r and with them the wheels 0 and 7' can be moved asunder by turning the spindle n" in the proper direction. the motion being then transmitted by the l)Ollt?l'lll1l{ lever 0 and the rod 0 to the toggle-lever p.

\Vhat we claim is:

1.111 a slmnting arramrement: for high speed railway suspension cars suspended from continuous elevated rails by running gear, in combination, an auxiliary track disposed in proximity to said elevated rails. tractors capable oi transporting said suspension cars mounted on the auxiliary track. said tractors having transfer mechanism mounted thereon. so eonstruettul and arranged that the suspension cars nniy be attached to and detacluutl from the elerat t'd rails.

2. In a shunting arrmigement for high speed cars suspended lrom continuous elevated rails by running gear, in combination, auxiliary tracks provided at convenient in-- tervals below said continuous suspension raih tractors capable oil transpmiiup said SllSPQllrlUll ears .mounted on the auxiliary track, means for disconnectin said suspension cars from the elevated rails and means tor transferring the suspension cars to and from said tractors.

3. lo a shunting, arraiurement for high speed cars suspended from continuous elevated rails. in con'ibination, ramps providi'al at convenient intervals below said continue ous mt-ipcnsion rails and having an auxiliary track attached thereto, tractors mounted on the auxiliary i'ltltfli capable of transporting the suspension cars, said tractors having supports lined thereto whereby the suspension car may be lifted from or attached to the elevated rails by running the tractors on and oil the ramps.

-il-. in a shunting: arrangement for high speed cars suspended from elevated rails by running gear comprising suspension wheel-1 and counter wheels which bear. respectively. on the upper and lower surfaces of said elevated rails. in eomhimit'ion. mechanism to! lifting the cars to and from said elevated rails. and me.-iir-= 'l'or nniintaininn the ernlnlel wheels tree from contact with the rail: durinn the lilting operations.

a. A shunting]; device tor a high speed ear suspended 'l rom continuous elevated rails by running gear, comprising auxiliary suspension wheels mounted on said rails. ear supporting, means depending from the sns iension wheels, and means attachable to the car. whereby the car may he supported trout and more along the elevated rails by said auxit iary suspension wheels.

in testimony whereof we a'llix our sigma tin-es.

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