Railway switches and signals – Cab signal or train control – Speed-control systems
Patent
1989-03-09
1991-01-29
Olszewiki, Robert P.
Railway switches and signals
Cab signal or train control
Speed-control systems
246186, 246167R, B61L 2704
Patent
active
049880616
ABSTRACT:
The invention concerns a method and an apparatus for the automatic control of a guided vehicle (2) and proposes a new safety concept which, if breakdowns and/or emergencies arise, prevents the vehicle from being stopped in tunnels, on bridges or on pathless terrain. The invention lies in that between preselected stopping regions (11, 12, 13) provided with system for evaluation of passengers and for intervention by rescue services, the vehicle is always operated at such a high speed that even if the driving force fails, travel can still continue from every point of the line on account of its instantaneous momentum at least as far as a preselected subsequent stopping region in the direction of travel, and if a breakdown and/or emergency situation arises the vehicle (2) is brought to a standstill by initiation of automatic train stop or target automatic train stop in this preselected stopping region (FIG. 1).
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Jansen Herbert
Miller Luitpold
Le Mark T.
Olszewiki Robert P.
Thyssen Industries AG
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