US3760737A - Monorail - Google Patents

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US3760737A
US3760737A US00210052A US3760737DA US3760737A US 3760737 A US3760737 A US 3760737A US 00210052 A US00210052 A US 00210052A US 3760737D A US3760737D A US 3760737DA US 3760737 A US3760737 A US 3760737A
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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
    • E01B25/00—Tracks for special kinds of railways
    • E01B25/22—Tracks for railways with the vehicle suspended from rigid supporting rails
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60L—PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
    • B60L13/00—Electric propulsion for monorail vehicles, suspension vehicles or rack railways; Magnetic suspension or levitation for vehicles
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B25/00—Tracks for special kinds of railways
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B25/00—Tracks for special kinds of railways
    • E01B25/08—Tracks for mono-rails with centre of gravity of vehicle above the load-bearing rail
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B25/00—Tracks for special kinds of railways
    • E01B25/08—Tracks for mono-rails with centre of gravity of vehicle above the load-bearing rail
    • E01B25/10—Mono-rails; Auxiliary balancing rails; Supports or connections for rails
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60L—PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
    • B60L2200/00—Type of vehicles
    • B60L2200/26—Rail vehicles

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  • ABSTRACT Disclosed herein is a new monorail with plural bearing surfaces, one of which serves to guide and to support suspension (top supported or below rail) railway vehicles and another which serves to guide and to support upright (bottom supported or above rail) railway vehicles, all of which vehicles are powered by electrolinear motors energized through secondaries forming part of the new monorail.
  • An object of the invention is to develop a monorail in which the vehicle carrying capacity is doubled by permitting simultaneous use of the monorail in two directions, even in branching line areas, by railway vehicles driven separately with quick starting and high'stopping power by electrolinear motors. This is achieved by adding to the sides of the top and bottom of the rail horizontal secondaries for the electrolinear motors of the upright and suspension railway vehicles.
  • the stabilizing rails may serve as electrical contacts which are arranged preferably on both sides of the vertical rail axis in order to assure uninterrupted motor energization and motion in the area of branching lines.
  • branching line areas there may be separate guide rails for auxiliary wheels of upright and suspension railway vehicles, which auxiliary wheels are arranged in such a manner that they may be moved crosswise on their axis, so that one of the auxiliary wheels takes over the guidance in the desired direction.
  • the new rail is reinforced with brackets attached to its sides be tween the upper and lower bearing surfaces, which bracketsdo not hinder the passage of upright and suspension railway vehicles.
  • brackets may be fastened to stable structures or supports, such as posts, columns, towers, etc.
  • both sides of the rail may be provided with brackets for separate supports.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevational, schematic view of one section of a rail assembly with upright and suspension transportation of people in cities, the environment will not be affected as much as it would be with two rails running side by side. Moreover, side-by-side rails cannot readily bend around narrow street corners due to the fact that the curve of the inner railcannot be inferior to the restricted curve radii.
  • a rail assembly constructed according to the principles of the present invention may be employed in such 7 a way that upright and suspension railway vehicles are run in the same direction, for example, during rush hours.
  • the bearing surfaces or flange tracks for suspension and upright vehicles are preferably superimposed, in accordance with the invention.
  • the invention contemplates the employment of the secondaries as stabilizing rails or flanges (auxiliary to the bearing surfaces of upright and suspension railway vehicles) for the prevention of tilting and swinging of the vehicles in cross winds and in traversing curves.
  • the profile of the new rail includes a generally vertically elongated box-shaped web profile; lower bearing surfaces for the wheels of the suspension railway vehicles and lower stabilizing rails forming a lower flight extending transversely outwardly of the mainly vertical members of the box web profile, and corresponding vehicles traveling thereon in opposite directions; and
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged, cross-sectional view of a rail embodying the principles of the invention with indications of upright and suspension railway vehicle carriages mounted thereon.
  • a plurality of upright vehicles A move to the left and a plurality of suspension vehicles B travel to the right.
  • the distance between the vehicles may vary since each vehicle advantageoulsy is self-propelled.
  • the new rail is attached to the support C by means of laterally extending brackets 12, as will be understood and as illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • the box-shaped new monorail is formed mainly by vertical web members 1, upper flights 2a, 2b, and upper inverted U-profile 3a, 3b; lower flight 4a, 4b, and lower U-profile 5a, 5b.
  • the upper flight or flange track 2a, as well as the lower flight or flange track 4a extend outwardly from members 1, and their extensions form bearing surfaces 20 and 4c for the wheels 6 of the upright and suspension vehicles A and B.
  • auxiliary wheels 10 are arranged adjacent the bearing surfaces 2c and 4c.
  • the auxiliary wheels are movable crosswise drives for said railway vehicles; on their axis with wheels 6.
  • the elements 11, indicated i. bracket means extending outwardly from said web in phantom, are usually provided only in the branching between said upper and lower flights for supporting are ;said monorail in an elevated position without inter- At the side of the new monorail, at the elevation of 5 f i with th travel of top and bottom supported the wheels 6, sliding contact surfaces 13 are provided hi l therealong. ensurmg current p y Current P p 14 t0 the 2.
  • an upper flight including an upper bearing surface for supporting the wheels of bottom supported vehicles
  • said upper bearing surface being an upper horizontal flange means extending bilaterally outwardly of upper portions of said web;
  • a lower flight including a lower bearing surface for supporting the wheels of top supported vehicles
  • a monorail according to claim 1 further characterized in that a. said bearing surfaces are of greater width than said stabilizing flange means. 5. A monorail according to claim 1, further characterized in that a. said bracket means extends from both sides of said web. 6. A monorail according to claim 1, further characterized in that a. said hollow web comprises two vertical side walls, an upper horizontal wall, and'a lower horizontal e. said lower bearing surface being a lower horizontal wall;
  • flange means extending bilaterally outwardly of th b. said side walls are intersected and reinforced by lower portions f aid w b; said upper and lower flange means, to provide said f. an upper stabilizing flange means extending bilater- Web With a Cross-Sectional profile including three ally outwardly of said web and being disposed Superimposed rectangles. above and parallel with said upper bearing surface; 7.

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US3882786A (en) * 1973-05-14 1975-05-13 Gordon Woligrocki Transit system
US3919947A (en) * 1973-01-10 1975-11-18 Maschf Augsburg Nuernberg Ag Track unit for high-performance rapid-transit trains
US3942450A (en) * 1974-04-05 1976-03-09 Carlos Bordons Elorza Overhead transportation system
US4002125A (en) * 1974-10-01 1977-01-11 Demag, A.G. Monorail support
US6602038B2 (en) * 2000-11-30 2003-08-05 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Unified conveying apparatus, and semiconductor device manufacturing facility comprising the same
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US3516361A (en) * 1966-09-06 1970-06-23 Hovercraft Dev Ltd Electromagnetically-propelled vehicle
US3626858A (en) * 1968-07-11 1971-12-14 Tracked Hovercraft Ltd Linear induction motor stator assembly
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US3319580A (en) * 1965-03-15 1967-05-16 Henry L Bohm Girder crane monorail beam
US3516361A (en) * 1966-09-06 1970-06-23 Hovercraft Dev Ltd Electromagnetically-propelled vehicle
US3626858A (en) * 1968-07-11 1971-12-14 Tracked Hovercraft Ltd Linear induction motor stator assembly
US3650216A (en) * 1969-08-11 1972-03-21 Rex Chainbelt Inc Railway car speed control transportation system
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US3919947A (en) * 1973-01-10 1975-11-18 Maschf Augsburg Nuernberg Ag Track unit for high-performance rapid-transit trains
US3882786A (en) * 1973-05-14 1975-05-13 Gordon Woligrocki Transit system
US3942450A (en) * 1974-04-05 1976-03-09 Carlos Bordons Elorza Overhead transportation system
US4002125A (en) * 1974-10-01 1977-01-11 Demag, A.G. Monorail support
US6602038B2 (en) * 2000-11-30 2003-08-05 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Unified conveying apparatus, and semiconductor device manufacturing facility comprising the same
US20060150859A1 (en) * 2003-07-09 2006-07-13 Senyo Kiko Co., Ltd. Vehicle for running on rail
WO2016187650A1 (en) * 2015-05-25 2016-12-01 Unobtainium Holdings Pty Ltd A transport system for bulk ores
CN107415961A (zh) * 2017-08-07 2017-12-01 西南交通大学 一种空轨列车车体及轨道结构
CN107415961B (zh) * 2017-08-07 2019-02-26 西南交通大学 一种空轨列车车体及轨道结构

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