US2642816A - Streamlined corridor vehicle - Google Patents

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US2642816A
US2642816A US88535A US8853549A US2642816A US 2642816 A US2642816 A US 2642816A US 88535 A US88535 A US 88535A US 8853549 A US8853549 A US 8853549A US 2642816 A US2642816 A US 2642816A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D17/00—Construction details of vehicle bodies
    • B61D17/04—Construction details of vehicle bodies with bodies of metal; with composite, e.g. metal and wood body structures
    • B61D17/20—Communication passages between coaches; Adaptation of coach ends therefor
    • B61D17/22—Communication passages between coaches; Adaptation of coach ends therefor flexible, e.g. bellows
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    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D17/00—Construction details of vehicle bodies
    • B61D17/02—Construction details of vehicle bodies reducing air resistance by modifying contour ; Constructional features for fast vehicles sustaining sudden variations of atmospheric pressure, e.g. when crossing in tunnels
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y02T30/00—Transportation of goods or passengers via railways, e.g. energy recovery or reducing air resistance

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  • An object of the present invention is to pfo vide Strootufes vvhich ofe operative fo define oof ridorS of pasSages betvveen coupled railway cafs and vvhich nlay be fetfacted of vvitfldravvn to an inoperative position at the endsof the train so as not to inteffefe with the stTeafnlining of the tfain,
  • Another object is to pfovide apassage denning Stfuctufe for a failvvay oar having a oontro1 oabin at the end, Wherein the paSSage denning stfucture, when in itS fetracted position, does not in teffere vvith access to the oontro1 cabin of with viSibility ffon1 the latter,
  • a further objeot iS t pfovide a pasSage of coffidor dening stfucture of the desoffbed chafacter, vvhefein a sn1ooth afld.
  • continuous fioor Sur face is pfovided thfough the stfuctufe vvhen the lattef is in it inopefative or vvithdfavvn position aS vve11 aS vvhen it iS extended to pfovide oj oofnfnunicating paSSage betvveen succeSSive fai1- vvay oafs.
  • a coffidor Section is fflounted for 1inear Inovenlent betvveen o fetfaot ed of Withdfawn position within the relatod nof Tow connecting paSSageWay and an extended oo Sition in the contro1 cabin and projeoting thfough the end opening.
  • the f1ooT of the coffidof Section is at sub Stantiany the Safne leve1 as the fioor of the paiS Sengef cofnpaftInent, aund the noof of the con neoting passageway iS vertically fnovable betwoen aJ depreSSed or lovvefed position, vvhicf1it oocupies r derStood, a.ni1111strotive enobodifnont thofoof fs hefeinaftef desofibed in detai1 ond Shownfn the acoompanying dfa ingS, Whioh for a poffhe e away ohd in Section, showing a Strean11ined foi1- vvay car ha.ving fotraotible InechanisIn for coo neoting the car to anothef with intefcon1fn
  • ig. 2 is a top plan vievv, partly broken aWay and in seotion of tho rai1Wo oar and ret actible InechanisIn Shown in the San1e conditfon as that fepresented in 1;
  • Fig. 3 is a vieW Similolf to Eg. 1, but showinggeff er and oon1nlunioatiog fvith each othef thfoogh nlechaniSIn en1bodying the pfeSent in vention; ahd
  • 'ig, 6 is a ve tica1 seotiona1 view taken the line Gs of E,ig. L 4
  • thefai1- vvayoar of vehiole includeS a con1partfnent f oo cupying a sobstantia1 poportion of the lengfhof the oaf foI acoofnff1odoting the pasSengerS of othef pay 1oad.
  • fft eaoh end ofthe failvvoy oa.1 of' yehfc1 a contro1 cabin C is provided andfho lat tef is oonneoted to the odjacent end of tho paSSenger conlpartment through a felatively narrow connectingpaSSageway or interInediate cor fid01 BWfth stovvage sp ces l3 and l4 being pfovideo at the opposite Sides of tho paSSageway B.
  • a movable corfidor seotion 2 is S1idable on guides extendin fron1 the connectn aS Sagevvay of coffidor B into the contro1 oabin c so that the coffidor Seotion 2 is Inovabe betWeen a fetfaoted position (,igS. 1 and 2), Within the cofridor B, and an operative position (Pigs. 3 and Within the cabin C and proecting through the doofvay.
  • the sides of the ooffidor Seotion 2 are fofn1ed With openings l and 2 fo peffnit accesS therethrough to the spaoeS 3 and l2 at the opposite sides of the corfidor 13
  • Section 2 iS in itS fe tracted poSition E,igs. 1 and 2
  • vithin the coffi do1 B and folding doorS fo and 2o afe pfeferably pfovided to cloSe the openingS and 2 when the corridoI' Section 2 is in its extended position (EgS. 3 and 4)
  • EgS. 3 and 4 Within the oontro1 oabin c.
  • a folding gangway 5 is connected to the noor of the coffidor Section 2 at the end of the latter caffying the be11ows 3-, and this gangwoy sefves as a noor in the be11ows,
  • the cofridof seo tion is extended (E,igs. 3 and and as a tfanSitiona1 inoline ffon1 the noof of the ooffido1' Sec tion 2 of the floor of the oabin C, when the seo tion 2 is in itS fetfacted poSition (PigS- 1 and 2).
  • the noof of the coffidof Seo tion 2 is at subSfantiany the same leve1 as the fioor of the paSSenger coInpaftfnent So that, vhen the cofridof Section 2 iS in its retracted condition, a Sfnooth f1001 Sufface is pfovided be tween the ooITlpaftInent A and the corfidor 13.
  • the oable T is alSo attached to the coffidof Seotion 2 So that, aS the oable is diSplaced to Inove the doof l outof the doofvvay and to its stowed position IZ), the corridor seotion 2 iS SiInultaneouSly Inoved ffom itS retfacted position to its extended posifion to pToject the be11ows 3 through the open doofvvay- ConvefSely, vvhen the cable 2 is fna nipulated, by actuation of the crank To, to retract the section 2 into its inoperative position in the intefnlediate cofridor B, the doo1 iS 1owefed and returned to itS position for olosing the doorWay at the end of the railway car.
  • vvhile have illustfated a pfeferred efnbodinlent of the invention and desoribed the SaIne in detai1, it iS to be undefStood that the preSent invention is not lifnited to that pfeciSe en1bodinlent and that vofious ohanges and n1odioations can be effected thefein Without depafting froTn the Scope or spirit of the invention aS deoned in the appended olain1.

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US2859705A (en) * 1956-04-30 1958-11-11 Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Motor train power unit, passageway, and cab structure
US3486464A (en) * 1968-01-29 1969-12-30 Budd Co Retractable and extensible railway car diaphragm
EP0167766A2 (fr) * 1984-06-30 1986-01-15 Duewag Aktiengesellschaft Véhicule, en particulier ferroviaire
EP0732245A1 (fr) * 1995-03-15 1996-09-18 FIAT-SIG Schienenfahrzeuge AG Passage d'intercirculation pour une face frontale aérodynamique d'un véhicule ferroviaire
US20110115254A1 (en) * 2009-03-05 2011-05-19 Joseph Skopic Apparatus for reducing drag on vehicles with planar rear surfaces
US20130291758A1 (en) * 2010-09-10 2013-11-07 Bombardier Transportation Gmbh Vehicle Head

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DE1113960B (de) * 1958-09-12 1961-09-21 Maschf Augsburg Nuernberg Ag UEbergangseinrichtung an der Stirnseite von Fahrzeugen, insbesondere von Eisenbahnfahrzeugen
DE1115283B (de) * 1958-09-16 1961-10-19 Maschf Augsburg Nuernberg Ag UEbergangseinrichtung an der Stirnseite von Fahrzeugen, insbesondere von Eisenbahnfahrzeugen
DE1072641B (de) * 1961-11-09 1960-01-07 Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nurn berg A G Zweigniederlassung, Nürnberg Übergangseinrichtung an der Stirnseite von Fahrzeugen, insbesondere von Eisenbahnfahrzeugen
DE1220463B (de) * 1962-08-03 1966-07-07 Kloeckner Humboldt Deutz Ag UEbergangseinrichtung am windschnittigen Kopf von Schienentrieb- und -steuerwagen
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US2190144A (en) * 1935-07-20 1940-02-13 Pullman Standard Car Mfg Co Railway car

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2859705A (en) * 1956-04-30 1958-11-11 Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Motor train power unit, passageway, and cab structure
US3486464A (en) * 1968-01-29 1969-12-30 Budd Co Retractable and extensible railway car diaphragm
EP0167766A2 (fr) * 1984-06-30 1986-01-15 Duewag Aktiengesellschaft Véhicule, en particulier ferroviaire
EP0167766A3 (en) * 1984-06-30 1986-07-16 Duewag Aktiengesellschaft Vehicle, especially a rail vehicle
EP0732245A1 (fr) * 1995-03-15 1996-09-18 FIAT-SIG Schienenfahrzeuge AG Passage d'intercirculation pour une face frontale aérodynamique d'un véhicule ferroviaire
US20110115254A1 (en) * 2009-03-05 2011-05-19 Joseph Skopic Apparatus for reducing drag on vehicles with planar rear surfaces
US20130291758A1 (en) * 2010-09-10 2013-11-07 Bombardier Transportation Gmbh Vehicle Head
US9481377B2 (en) * 2010-09-10 2016-11-01 Bombardier Transportation Gmbh Vehicle head

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