Device for mounting third rail engaging equipment on railway tru

Details Device for mounting third rail engaging equipment on railway tru Device for mounting third rail engaging equipment on railway tru

1987-12-09

1989-07-25

Marbert, James B.

Electricity: transmission to vehicles

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Third-rail shoe

191 603, B60L 538

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048516171

ABSTRACT:
A device for mounting third rail engaging equipment on a railway truck comprises a fixed part mounted on and extending outwardly from a side member of a railway truck and a vertically moveable part pivotally mounted on the fixed part and mounting the third rail engaging equipment support, the moveable part being normally latched to the fixed part for maintaining the third rail engaging equipment such as current collectors and sleet scrapers at optimum operating pressure against the third rail, and arranged for automatic release responsive to receipt by the third rail engaging equipment of a predetermined upward impact from the third rail whereby to protect the third rail engaging equipment and its supports from the truck structure against impacts in excess of the predetermined impact, and for automatic gravity-responsive resetting whereby to cause the third rail engaging equipment to continue functioning at its optimum operating pressure.

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patent: 886319 (1908-04-01), Farnham
patent: 1199669 (1916-09-01), Dacey
patent: 1872351 (1932-08-01), Schaake et al.
patent: 3114441 (1963-12-01), Sprigings
patent: 3740498 (1973-06-01), Herbert
patent: 4042081 (1977-08-01), Pier

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