US3417708A - Apparatus for lining a railroad track - Google Patents

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US3417708A
US3417708A US659741A US65974167A US3417708A US 3417708 A US3417708 A US 3417708A US 659741 A US659741 A US 659741A US 65974167 A US65974167 A US 65974167A US 3417708 A US3417708 A US 3417708A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B33/00—Machines or devices for shifting tracks, with or without lifting, e.g. for aligning track, for shifting excavator track
    • E01B33/06—Machines or devices for shifting tracks, with or without lifting, e.g. for aligning track, for shifting excavator track for slewing in a continuous operation, e.g. for tracks which carry excavators
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B27/00—Placing, renewing, working, cleaning, or taking-up the ballast, with or without concurrent work on the track; Devices therefor; Packing sleepers
    • E01B27/12—Packing sleepers, with or without concurrent work on the track; Compacting track-carrying ballast
    • E01B27/13—Packing sleepers, with or without concurrent work on the track
    • E01B27/16—Sleeper-tamping machines
    • E01B27/17—Sleeper-tamping machines combined with means for lifting, levelling or slewing the track
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B2203/00—Devices for working the railway-superstructure
    • E01B2203/10—Track-lifting or-lining devices or methods
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B2203/00—Devices for working the railway-superstructure
    • E01B2203/14—Way of locomotion or support
    • E01B2203/148—Way of locomotion or support having wheelsets that can be displaced horizontally or vertically

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  • the inventive apparatus comprises a pair of slewing arm means, each of which is operably associated with a given one of the rails of the railroad track and carries lateral rail impact means for each such associated rail.
  • the slewing arm means are pivotably mounted at the mobile track vehicle, and there is further provided a single drive means for operating both of the slewing arm means.
  • the present invention pertains to an improved apparatus for lining a railroad track which is mounted at a mobile track vehicle capable of moving along the aforementioned railroad track.
  • the lining or slewing of a railroad track necessitates a spatially limited transverse or sideways displacement of the track assembly or section consisting of both of the track rails and the crossties or sleepers which interconnect such track rails.
  • Such displacements can be in the order of magnitude of several millimeters up to several centimeters in both transverse directions.
  • the slewing force is applied to only one of the track rails within a limited or defined zone, and specifically, either at the outside or at the inside of the rail.
  • the slewing force acts upon the fastening or connecting means for the rails which are then loaded quite severely, and accordingly, damage to the track material occurs quite often.
  • These loads are even greater if the displacement or slewing force is exerted against the rail head, since when this happens a large tilting moment appears at the rails. This situation especially occurs in slewing devices which are combined with tamping mechanisms and which serve to operate at tracks having lashed together rails.
  • a first reason resides in the fact that the spacing between the rails is not always constant. Along straight stretches of the track this spacing can fluctuate several millimeters, in turn the fluctuations can in fact reach several centimeters.
  • the relevant force-applying devices are generally secured at the front of a track vehicle at an overhanging portion thereof, and therefore, are disposed outside of the center of the track when the track vehicle is located in a curve.
  • Another, more specific object of the present invention pertains to an improved apparatus for lining a railroad track which is relatively simple in construction, economical to manufacture, and extremely reliable in carrying out slewing of the track without damage to the track material.
  • Still a further significant object of the present invention relates to an improved slewing apparatus for a railroad track which is relatively simple in construction, economical to manufacture, extremely easy to work with, and highly efiicient in its operation.
  • the inventive apparatus for lining a railroad track provides a constructionally simple and relatively uncomplicated solution for the problem of effectively lining a railroad track in an automatic fashion.
  • the inventive lining .apparatus is mounted at a track vehicle which can travel along the railroad track. It enables a sideways or transverse displacement or slewing force to be exerted simultaneously to both of the track rails, by means of two slewing arm members which are pivotally mounted at the frame of the aforementioned track vehicle. These slewing arm members are each equipped with rail impact means which bear laterally of the associated rails.
  • the inventive apparatus is manifested by the features that the slewing force is generated by a single or common fluid actuated, e.g. hydraulic cylinder arrangement which is articulated with two different slewing arm members each equipped with lateral impact means.
  • the points of articulation of the hydraulic cylinder arrangement at the pair of slewing arms means are such with regard to the pivot axes of the slewing arm means that a change in the effective length of the hydraulic cylinder arrangement brings about a simultaneous rocking or pivotal motion of both slewing arm means about their own respective pivot axis in such a manner that the lateral impact means are moved in a substantially horizontal plane in the same direction and transverse to the track rails.
  • FIGURE 1 is a fragmentary schematic side view of a first embodiment of inventive lining apparatus for a railroad track
  • FIGURE 2 is a top plan view of the lining or slewing apparatus depicted in FIGURE 1;
  • FIGURE 3 is a schematic functional diagram serving to explain the principle of operation of the apparatus of FIGURES 1 and 2;
  • FIGURE 4 is a top plan view of a second embodiment of inventive slewing or lining apparatus for a railroad track;
  • FIGURE 5 is a side view of a third embodiment of inventive lining or slewing apparatus
  • FIGURE 6 is a front or end view of the apparatus depicted in FIGURE 5;
  • FIGURE 7 is a side view of a fourth embodiment of inventive lining apparatus for a railroad track.
  • FIGURE 8 is a sectional view of the apparatus depicted in FIGURE 7, taken along the line II thereof.
  • the track T Which is to be aligned incorporates both of the track rails 1 and 2 upon which travels the mobile vehicle 3.
  • This mobile track vehicle 3 can carry at its forward overhanging portion 3a a pair of overhanging tamping units 4 of conventional construction which can be moved up and down in vertical direction by means of a hydraulic drive 5 for instance.
  • the overhanging portion 3a is extended towards the front by a platform member 6 at which there is mounted the apparatus for lining or slewing the track which is the object of the present invention.
  • This platform member 6 is pierced by pivot bolts or pins 7 and 8 having vertically extending axes, as shown.
  • Two brackets 9 and 10 can rock or pivot about these pins 7 and 8 respectively.
  • These brackets 9 and 10 straddle the platform member 6 by means of bored flat leg members 9a and 10a respectively, in the respective bores 9b and 10b of which there are inserted the pivot pins 7 and 8 respectively.
  • the body of each bracket 9 and 10 is pierced horizontally by a respective pivot bolt or pin 11 and 12.
  • Slewing .ar-m means 13 and 14 are pivotably mounted for movement in corresponding vertical planes at these pivot pins 11 and 12 respectively.
  • the aforementioned slewing arm means 13 and 14 bear against the associated track rails 1 and 2 by means of the rollers 15 and 16 respectively.
  • Force impact members 17 and 18, which engage with play about both of the track rails 1 and 2 respectively, are fixedly connected with the slewing arm means 13 and 14 respectively. These lateral impact members 17 and 18 are specifically provided for exerting a horizontal pressure at the side surfaces of the associated rail head 1a and 2a. They can be replaced by pressure rollers in order to reduce wear.
  • FIGURES 1 .and 2 it will be recognized that a flat piece 19 is fixedly welded with the body of the bracket member 9, and a further flat piece or member 20 with the body of the bracket member 10. Both of these fiat pieces 19- and 20 are arranged parallel to the nails 1 and 2, yet extend in opposite directions.
  • the flat piece 19 is pierced by a hinge or pivot pin 21 serving to support a bifurcated member 22 which can thus rotate in a horizontal plane about the pivot pin 21.
  • the other flat piece 20, in turn, is pierced by a hinge or pivot pin 23 for a further bifurcated member 24.
  • the bifurcated member 22 is seated at the end of a piston rod 25 of a fluid-actuated e.g.
  • FIGURE 4 A second embodiment of inventive slewing or lining apparatus for a railroad track is shown in FIGURE 4. Once again, both of the track rails 1 and 2 are illustrated.
  • a mobile track vehicle 30 is situated upon these track rails 1 and 2.
  • This track vehicle 30 supports the inventive slewing or lining apparatus.
  • two carrier consoles or supports 31 and 32 which are fixedly mounted at the frame of the vehicle 30, each carry a respective pivot pin 33 and 34 having vertically disposed axes.
  • Bracket members 35 and 36 which correspond to the bracket members 9 and of the previously considered embodiment, can rotate about the pivot pins 33 and 34 respectively.
  • two slewing arm members 39 and 40 are pivotably mounted by means of horizontally disposed pivot pins 37 and 38 respectively, at the aforementioned bracket members 35 and 36 respectively.
  • These arm members 39 and 40 carry at each respective end a respective head piece or member 39a and 40a which are equipped with the respective bearing rollers 41 and 42 contacting the track running surfaces and also are provided with the respective lateral impact means 43 and 44.
  • a flat member 45 is welded or otherwise affixed to the slewing arm member 39, and a further fiat piece or member 46 is like- Wise connected with the other slewing arm member 40.
  • These flat pieces 45 and 46 are pierced by pivot pins 47 and 48 respectively.
  • pivot pins 47 and 48 serve as attachment locations for the bifurcated members 49 and 50 respectively.
  • the bifurcated member 49 is seated at the end of the piston rod 51 of a hydraulic cylinder 52 of the type previously considered for instance, whereas the bifurcated member 50 is rigidly connected with the floor of the cylinder housing 53.
  • FIGURES 5 and 6 show such an embodiment of a modified form of track lining apparatus in which the pivotal movement of the slewing arm means or members is carried out in vertical planes. More precisely, it will be seen that in this case the pivot pins 56 and 57 are secured to the front side of the vehicle frame 58a of a mobile track vehicle 58. Two slewing arm means 59 and 60 can rotate about these two pivot pins 56 and 57 respectively, in a plane which is perpendicular or vertical to the track axis. These slewing arm members 59 and 60 are pierced at the lower respective ends thereof by pivot bolts or pins 61 and 62 respectively.
  • the latter serve for hingedly mounting the head pieces 63 and 64 which are equipped with bearing or support rollers 65 and 66 respectively, which bear upon the track running surfaces of the rails 1 and 2 and are further equipped with the respective lateral impact means or members 67 and 68 respectively.
  • a pin member 69 serving for the pivotal mounting of a bifurcated member 70.
  • the latter is seated at the end of the piston rod 73 of a hydraulic cylinder arrangement 74 providing the previously considered fluid actuated drive.
  • a bifurcated member 72 In a similar manner, a bifurcated member 72,
  • FIGURES 7 and 8 depict a further embodiment of inventive track lining apparatus which is mounted beneath the vehicle frame 80a of a mobile track vehicle 80 and between the wheel axles 81 and 82 thereof. Additionally, it will be seen that a slewing arm member 83 is pivotably mounted for movement in a horizontal plane at a pivot bolt or pin 84 which is secured to the aforementioned vehicle frame 80a. The one end of the slewing arm member 83 is pierced by a horizontally extending pin member 85, about which rotate two connecting elements 86 to which there is pivotably secured a head piece 87 for rocking movement about a horizontal shaft 88.
  • This head piece 87 bears through the agency of the rollers 89 upon the track rail 1. Further, it carries at each side of this track rail 1 two pressure rolls 90 each of which has a vertical extending axis, and by means of which the force can be exerted upon the associated rail when the track is aligned.
  • the other end of the slewing arm member 83 is pierced by a pin 91 which pivotably supports a bifurcated member 92. The latter is seated at the end of the piston rod 93 of a hydraulic cylinder arrangement 94.
  • the slewing arm member 83 rotates in clockwise direction about the associated pivot pin 84, whereas the other slewing arm member 95 rotates in the opposite directional sense about the pivot pin 96.
  • both of the head pieces 87 and 99 are displaced in the same direction towards the top of FIGURE 8, whereby a lateral displacement or slewing force is exerted upon the track T.
  • the reactions to the slewing forces are absorbed by the vehicle frame 80a, as such is also the case in the previously considered embodiments, unless these apparatuses are combined with special support devices which bear on the ground in order to relieve or unload the wheel axles.
  • FIGURES 7 and 8 only schematically illustrate such a track lifting mechanism 105.
  • These mechanisms or apparatuses of standard construction can be used for levelling both of the track rails 1 and 2 simultaneous with the slewing or lining operation, or also for the mere lift ing of the track alone during slewing, in order to reduce the resistance against slewing.
  • An apparatus for lining a railroad track which is mounted at a mobile track vehicle capable of moving along the railroad track comprising, in combination:
  • each of said slewing arm means being associated with one of the rails of the railroad track for simultaneously exerting a laterally directed displacement force against both of the rails of the railroad track,
  • a common fluid actuated cylinder means for exerting the requisite slewing force
  • said common fluid actuated cylinder means being pivotably connected with both of said slewing arm means such that the points of articulation of said fluid actuated cylinder means with said slewing arm means are arranged in such a manner with respect to the pivot connectins of said slewing arm means at the track vehicle that operation of said fluid actuated cylinder means causes a simultaneous pivotal movement of both of said slewing arm means about their own axis of rotation whereby said lateral impact means are displaced in a substantially horizontal plane in the same direction and transverse to the rails of the railroad track.
  • An apparatus for lining a railroad track comprising, in combination:
  • each slewing arm means being operably associated with a given one of the rails of the railroad track

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US6089163A (en) * 1998-09-22 2000-07-18 Williams; Barnett Apparatus for adjusting the distance between rails
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