Railway rolling stock – Locomotives – Gripping drivers
Patent
1990-06-29
1992-04-14
Oberleitner, Robert J.
Railway rolling stock
Locomotives
Gripping drivers
104112, 104 93, 105150, 105153, 901 1, B61C 706
Patent
active
051037394
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for tracking an overhead line includes a carriage, an arm provided relatively movable on the carriage, a hook assembly provided at both end portions of the arm and for slinging the arm over the overhead line, a vertical/rotational motion shaft provided vertically movable and rotatably on the carriage, a wheel supporting arm provided on the top end portion of the vertical/rotational motion shaft swingably, a pair of wheels provided at both ends of the wheel supporting arm with an extension line of the vertical/rotational motion shaft being between the wheels, and a clamp member for clamping the wheels on the overhead line.
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Ishikawa Yoshinobu
Kobayashi Yoshikata
Matsumoto Yasuhiro
Sawada Jun
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Morano S. Joseph
Oberleitner Robert J.
The Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc.
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