US2925049A - Intercommunication passage for railway coaches - Google Patents

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US2925049A
US2925049A US663981A US66398157A US2925049A US 2925049 A US2925049 A US 2925049A US 663981 A US663981 A US 663981A US 66398157 A US66398157 A US 66398157A US 2925049 A US2925049 A US 2925049A
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Frei Max
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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

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  • the present invention relates to an intercommunication passage which complies with these requirements in that it consists of a rigid tubular portion which is attached between the railway coaches through a lever system in such a manner that membrane-like sealing elements arranged between the tubular portion and the railway coaches are loaded only by forces deriving from the movements of the tubular portion relative to the railway coaches, but not by the guiding forces proper.
  • the invention relates to an intercommunication rigid passageway member arranged between passenger railroad cars of a train that operates as a unit in which the individual cars remain coupled together in service and only disconnected for the purpose of making repairs.
  • One object of the invention is to provide a passageway enclosure between railway cars which will exclude snow, dust, cinders and the like and to provide for the airtight connection of the passenger vestibule such that the usual doors or panels may be eliminated and enabling the passengers to move freely throughout the entire length of the train without opening or closing doors and panel members.
  • Another object is to provide a passageway device comprising a solid and yieldable part in which the solid part is so designed that it will take up all the forces placed thereon by passenger movement thereover while the yieldable part effectively seals the passenger compartment in an airtight manner without receiving various stresses and strains imposed by the passageway structure.
  • Fig. l is a plan view of the intercommunication passage with the center lines of the coaches in alignment
  • Fig. 2 is a section on the line II--II of Fig. 1,
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the intercommunication passage device looking in a direction from below,
  • Fig. 4 .15 a plan view in the position of a right hand curve
  • Fig. 5 is a plan view of the intercommunication passage member with the parts in the position of a left hand curve
  • Fig. 6 is a plan view of the intercommunication device with the linkage in the position when passing over a short S-shaped cross-over between adjacent parallel tracks.
  • the diagrammatically indicated railway coaches 1 and 2 have each an eccentrically disposed aperture for receiving the rigid intercommunication passage member 3.
  • This passage member 3 has a square cross section with rounded corners. It carries on its underside a ball joint 4 which I rests on a correspondingly designed yoke 5.
  • This yoke 5 is supported by two triangular levers 6, 7 which in turn are mounted pivotally about vertical axes 8 and 9, respectively, on the coaches 1 and 2, respectively.
  • the vertical ,position of the center line .10 of the passage passing through the ball joint 4 is secured by a pin 11 which is mounted on the passage 3 and. carries a twoarmed lever 12.
  • the arms of this lever 12 are each connected by means of :a link 13 and 14, respectively to the coaches 1 and 2,, respectively.
  • the links 13, 14 are pivotally mounted at '15 and .16 respectively, to the coaches 1 and 2., .respectively.
  • sealing elements 2 3 are inserted between the outer wall surface of the passage and the wall at the apertures of the coaches sealing elements 2 3 inserted.
  • These sealing elements are preferably diaphragm-like, e.g. made of rubber, or may consist of a cushion-like foam rubber composition which is covered with a compact rubber membrane.
  • flexible side-wall closure devices are provided. Along the vertical edges of the pagge 3 there is one side wall 24 arranged on each side, and along the upper edge a top wall 25 is inserted.
  • a flexible bottom plate 26 is superimposed across the passage 3 between the coaches 1 and 2. This plate 26 may either be attached at its center on the passage 3, or it may be mounted pivotally about a transverse axis.
  • the links 17, 18 always hold the longitudinal axis 27 of the passage with great approximation parallel to the tracks, or in bends of the track parallel to the tangents thereof.
  • the lever system 5, 6, 7 and 12, 13, 14 has the effect that the line perpendicular to this axis 4 through the joint 4 at least approximately coincides with the bisecting line of the angle included between the center lines of the coaches. When the axis 27 is in alignment with the center lines of the coaches, this perpendicular line coincides with the said bisecting line of the angle.
  • the construction illustrated has numerous advantages.
  • the movements of the sealing elements can be accurately determined, and consequently their stresses can be controlled and reduced, and their life span can be increased.
  • a very effective sealing can be attained, which on the one hand is very important for air-conditioned train combinations, and on the other hand affords a draft-free passage.
  • the passage can be constructed as a unit in such a manner that it is provided with two frames which carry all the moving and sealing elements and can be inserted into the corresponding apertures of the railway coaches. It has moreover no lubrication points with which persons could come into contact. The inertia forces are unequivocally taken by the lever system only, and not as hitherto partly by the sealing elements.
  • An intercommunication passageway for railroad passenger cars having passageway apertures at the ends thereof, comprising a rigid tubular member arranged with its ends extending into the passageway apertures between adjacent passenger cars, brackets on the ends of said passenger cars adjacent said passageway apertures, a yoke member, a ball and socket joint connecting said rigid tubular passageway member to said yoke, and reinforced link members pivotally connecting the ends of the yoke to said brackets.
  • An intercommunication passageway between the ends of railroad passenger cars having passageway openings comprising a rigid tubular passageway member arranged between the ends of adjacent passenger cars with the ends projecting into said passageway openings to provide a through'passage, a yoke member extending transversely of said tubular passageway member on the underside thereof, pivot means connecting said yoke member intermediate itsends to the underside of said tubular passageway member, brackets attached to the ends of said railway cars adjacent said openings and offset from the pivot point of said yoke arm to extend in a direction away from the car and on opposite sides of the pivot axis of said yoke arm, link members pivotally connecting said brackets to the ends of said yoke arm, a similar yoke arm pivoted to the upper portion of said tubular passageway with its axis extending co-axially with the pivot axis of said first yoke arm, and links connecting the ends of said second mentioned yoke arm to pivot members on the ends of the railroad passenger cars with their

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US3884155A (en) * 1974-06-17 1975-05-20 Boeing Co Articulate railway vehicle stabilizing linkage apparatus
DE3206761A1 (de) * 1981-02-26 1982-10-28 Urban Transportation Development Corp. Ltd., Toronto, Ontario Gelenkfahrzeug
US4458911A (en) * 1981-02-26 1984-07-10 Urban Transportation Development Corporation Ltd. Centering mechanism for articulated vehicle
FR2564386A1 (fr) * 1984-05-19 1985-11-22 Linke Hofmann Busch Portique central coulissant pour un passage d'intercommunication entre deux vehicules, en particulier deux vehicules ferroviaires
US4690068A (en) * 1984-10-02 1987-09-01 R.A.T.P. Regie Autonome Des Transports Parisiens Inter-carriage passage for a railway train
EP2161175A1 (de) * 2008-08-22 2010-03-10 HÜBNER GmbH Brücke eines Übergangs mit einem Balg zwischen zwei gelenkig miteinander verbundenen Fahrzeugen, z. B. eines Einschienenfahrzeuges
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US2354045A (en) * 1942-08-24 1944-07-18 Karl F Nystrom Passageway enclosure for passenger cars
US2789518A (en) * 1951-01-04 1957-04-23 Daniels Joseph Model railways

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US2354045A (en) * 1942-08-24 1944-07-18 Karl F Nystrom Passageway enclosure for passenger cars
US2789518A (en) * 1951-01-04 1957-04-23 Daniels Joseph Model railways

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US3884155A (en) * 1974-06-17 1975-05-20 Boeing Co Articulate railway vehicle stabilizing linkage apparatus
DE3206761A1 (de) * 1981-02-26 1982-10-28 Urban Transportation Development Corp. Ltd., Toronto, Ontario Gelenkfahrzeug
US4458911A (en) * 1981-02-26 1984-07-10 Urban Transportation Development Corporation Ltd. Centering mechanism for articulated vehicle
FR2564386A1 (fr) * 1984-05-19 1985-11-22 Linke Hofmann Busch Portique central coulissant pour un passage d'intercommunication entre deux vehicules, en particulier deux vehicules ferroviaires
US4690068A (en) * 1984-10-02 1987-09-01 R.A.T.P. Regie Autonome Des Transports Parisiens Inter-carriage passage for a railway train
EP2161175A1 (de) * 2008-08-22 2010-03-10 HÜBNER GmbH Brücke eines Übergangs mit einem Balg zwischen zwei gelenkig miteinander verbundenen Fahrzeugen, z. B. eines Einschienenfahrzeuges
EP2161176A1 (de) * 2008-08-22 2010-03-10 HÜBNER GmbH Brücke eines Übergangs mit einem Balg zwischen zwei gelenkig miteinander verbundenen Fahrzeugteilen, z. B. eines Straßenbahnzuges
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US10717449B2 (en) * 2012-08-08 2020-07-21 Bombardier Transportation Gmbh Monorail vehicle with interior shells arrangement
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