Load carrying vehicle and track therefor

Details Load carrying vehicle and track therefor Load carrying vehicle and track therefor

1980-02-26

1982-08-24

Bertsch, Richard A.

Railway rolling stock

Car framing and structure

Freight

105155, 238122, 280104, B62D 2100, B60P 100, B61F 100

Patent

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043455247

ABSTRACT:
A structure for a load carrying vehicle and the track therefor. The load carrying vehicle includes a load carrying platform and a pair of side plates, one plate located adjacent to each of the platform sides. The side plates are structurally weakened, that is, the rigidity of the side plates is controlled by, for example, fabricating them to include grooves, apertures, etc., so that the vehicle may deflect longitudinally. This is done so that all the wheels of the vehicle will be in contact with the track, and thereby serve to support at least part of the load being carried, thus improving the weight distribution of the vehicle load on the wheels and on the track. The track provided for supporting the load carrying vehicle, which track may be fabricated by roll forming a sheet of steel, includes four sections, two of which sections join the other two at an obtuse angle thereby providing a pivot point or flexure. The section of track supporting a vehicle wheel is thus enabled to pivot or flex away from the wheel, thereby permitting a more equal distribution of the load carried by the vehicle on the vehicle wheels and on the track on which the vehicle rides.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3584892 (1971-06-01), Moore
patent: 3598061 (1971-08-01), Flowers
patent: 4175763 (1979-11-01), Conner, Jr.

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