US3682104A - Device for suspending side-frames on axle boxes for railway carriages and similar applications - Google Patents

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US3682104A
US3682104A US48351A US3682104DA US3682104A US 3682104 A US3682104 A US 3682104A US 48351 A US48351 A US 48351A US 3682104D A US3682104D A US 3682104DA US 3682104 A US3682104 A US 3682104A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61F—RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES
    • B61F5/00—Constructional details of bogies; Connections between bogies and vehicle underframes; Arrangements or devices for adjusting or allowing self-adjustment of wheel axles or bogies when rounding curves
    • B61F5/26—Mounting or securing axle-boxes in vehicle or bogie underframes
    • B61F5/30—Axle-boxes mounted for movement under spring control in vehicle or bogie underframes
    • B61F5/305—Axle-boxes mounted for movement under spring control in vehicle or bogie underframes incorporating rubber springs

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  • the invention concerns a device for suspending sideframes on axle boxes for railway carriages and similar uses, wherein the housings in the side-frames are formed by openings with a central rim defining two side housings, the axle boxes having a generally cylindrical shape with, frontwards and rearwards, a crown forming a rim, rubber beads being pressed in said side housings of side-frames by the said rims of the axle box.
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  • This invention relates more particularly to bogies the structure of which comprises substantially the combination of two side-frames and a bolster in cast steel or manufactured by any other process.
  • the object of the invention is to provide such simple suspending device readily mounted and dismantled, reducing substantially the wear and providing a good insulation against the noise and the shocks coming from the wheels rolling on the rails.
  • Said device is characterized in that the housings in the side-frames are formed by circular openings with a central rim defining two side housings; the axle boxes have generally a cylindrical shape presenting, frontwards and rearwards, a crovm forming a rim, rubber beads being pressed into said side housings of the sideframes by said rims of the axle box.
  • One of said rims of the axle box is a part of a lid which may be removed for mounting and dismantling the suspending device.
  • the rubber beads may have a variable section so that the parallelism of the axles may be adjusted.
  • FIG. 1 shows a vertical section of the essential elements of a bogie using the device according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view
  • FIG. 3 shows an exploded partial section according to line III-Ill of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is similar to FIG. 3, the different elements being shown in the assembled position
  • FIG. 5 shows a longitudinal section of a side-frame of the type used in the example of the preceding figures
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 show diagrammatically two characteristic positions of the resilient suspending elements according to the invention.
  • the side-frames 2 of the car truck 1 have each two circular recesses 2' the adjoining wall of which is profiled to provide a median rim 3, thereby defining two side housings 4-5.
  • the axle box 6 has a cylindrical shape. Rearwards, it has a rim 7. Frontwards, it has a slightly tapered portion 8 and a number of tapped holes 9 uniformly distributed about the longitudinal axis of the axle box.
  • a lid 10 having an outer rim 11 is provided to engage the terminal tapered portion of box 6 and to be secured thereto through screws 12 traversing holes 13 of the lid, it being possible to secure it in the tapped holes 9 of the box.
  • Said device is completed by two rubber torus-shaped beads 14-15 having a suitable section which may be circular.
  • the chambers 4-5 of the side-frames together with the rims 7-11 respectively of the axle box 6 and the lid 10 have their shapes and sizes conditioned to form together spaces in which are enclosed and secured the rubber beads 14-15.
  • the rubber beads 1445 may readily contribute to adjust or to provide the parallelism between the axles 16-17 of the bogie.
  • the rubber beads have a varying section, e.g. such that, as seen in plane, the circles respectively having the larger and the smaller diameter defining them are slightly out of center.
  • the side-frames 2 are compressing the rubber beads 14-15 between the median rim 3 of the circular holes 2', the rims 7-1 1 pressing the latter upon the outer face of box 6.
  • This arrangement is such that slight relative movements between the box and the side-frames are still allowed in any direction, whereas said movements are limited and controlled by the return force due to rubber.
  • the maximum value of 6 may not be greater than the throwing off center of the inner and outer circumferences of the beads.
  • the flexibility provided by the device for guiding the axles allows to suitably orientate the latter, thereby improving the behavior of the bogie in curves, particularly as regards the slidings at the level of the treads and the contacts of the wheel rim upon the rail.
  • the device according to the invention provides a good sound insulation while absorbing the effects resulting from the shocks of the wheels rolling on the rails.
  • Still another advantage of said suspending device lies in the use of a box having a very simple shape and relatively reduced sizes, namely a relatively light box.
  • rubber beads means, of course, any annular element having suitable shape, sizes and material and having a function and a result equivalent to those of rubber beads.
  • the rubber may be natural or synthetic or manufactured from a suitable synthetic resin.
  • the beads may be solid or hollow. in the second case, they will be generally interiorly pressurized.
  • said beads may be integral or they may be made in several parts in accordance with the manufacture method and the intended applications.
  • the invention relates to the suspending device as well as to each of its constituting characteristical parts.
  • a suspending device for railway carriages comprising in combination, a cylindrical axle box having front and rear portions, an outer rim upon said rear portion, a lid fixed to said front portion, said lid having an outer rim, a side-frame having a central rim and two curved recesses located on opposite sides of said central rim, said side-frame surrounding said axle box, a rubber bead fitting between the first-mentioned outer rim and one of said recesses and another rubber bead fitting between the second-mentioned outer rim and the other one of said recesses.
  • the beads are made of natural rubber, synthetic resin or any other suitable material.

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BE2049995A BE747778A (fr) 1970-03-23 1970-03-23 Dispositif de suspension de longerons sur boites d'essieu pour wagons de chemin de fer et applications similaires;
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US3945327A (en) * 1974-01-10 1976-03-23 Societe Anonyme Usines Emile Henricot Suspension device for side members on axle-boxes for railway carriages or similar appliances
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US2033864A (en) * 1934-03-12 1936-03-10 Transit Res Corp Rail vehicle
US2908230A (en) * 1956-01-30 1959-10-13 Budd Co Railway car truck
US3381629A (en) * 1965-07-01 1968-05-07 Buckeye Steel Castings Co Cushion mounted bearing adaptor for railway trucks

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US1825530A (en) * 1931-03-02 1931-09-29 J G Brill Co Mounting for car axles
US2033864A (en) * 1934-03-12 1936-03-10 Transit Res Corp Rail vehicle
US2031862A (en) * 1934-07-23 1936-02-25 Harris P Richardson Pneumatic automobile spring
US2908230A (en) * 1956-01-30 1959-10-13 Budd Co Railway car truck
US3381629A (en) * 1965-07-01 1968-05-07 Buckeye Steel Castings Co Cushion mounted bearing adaptor for railway trucks

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US3945327A (en) * 1974-01-10 1976-03-23 Societe Anonyme Usines Emile Henricot Suspension device for side members on axle-boxes for railway carriages or similar appliances
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