Railways – Suspended – Single-rail type
Patent
1982-06-28
1985-06-04
Reese, Randolph
Railways
Suspended
Single-rail type
104110, 104162, 104165, 105150, 105153, 191 32, 238244, 238246, 295 9R, 295 33, B61B 302, E01B 2522
Patent
active
045207330
ABSTRACT:
A guide rail and follower wheel construction for a monorail are disclosed. The monorail vehicle follower wheel has a radially directed, circumferential groove shaped to fit over a raised track portion, and the cross sectional shape of the wheel groove and the track over which it fits are such that the uppermost portion of the track contacts the radially innermost portion of the wheel groove. The wheel is mounted on the system comprising: a shaft and wheel includes opposed side-plates mounted for rotation on the shaft and a center disc mounted on the shaft between the side-plates and having a diameter less than that of the side-plates so as to form the groove. The side-plates are shaped to taper in diameter towards the center disc so that the uppermost track portion contacts only the disc. The side plates are rotatable on the shaft independently of the disc. On sloping sections of the guide rail, the uppermost portion of the rail is truncated, so that side walls of the wheel groove and opposing side walls of the rail engage thereby increasing the frictional contact between them to improve the vehicle's traction on grades. The guide rail also incorporates an arrangement of notches and grooves on a center web to permit ready attachment of insulators, and upper and lower opposed grooves are provided for mounting fish plates. The fish plates are made adjustable in height by providing diagonally abutted edges and sliding abutted plates relative to each other prior to securement.
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Reese Randolph
Societe Anonyme Dite: Establissements Tourtellier S.A.
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