Railway rolling stock – Monorail – Single top guide
Patent
1979-04-12
1980-04-01
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Railway rolling stock
Monorail
Single top guide
104121, 105150, 188 43, 191 30, 191 35, 267 3, 295 9R, B61B 302, B61B 1304, B61C 300, B61C 1304
Patent
active
041955765
ABSTRACT:
A rail vehicle is disclosed for use on an elevated electric rail system having a lower rail below the vehicle and an upper rail above the vehicle. The vehicle includes a pair of lower wheels having independently rotatable flanges rollably carrying a vehicle cab along the lower rail and an upper wheel having independently rotatable flanges rollably engaging the upper rail. Electric motors, energized through contacts carried on the vehicle by an electric circuit associated with the upper rail, are drivingly connected through drive belts to the respective lower wheel to propel the vehicle along the rail system. The vehicle also includes a clamping rail brake carried by a vehicle which is engagable on the lower rail, and a vertically and laterally extendable servo system secured to the vehicle and carrying the upper wheel.
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Beltran Howard
Geimer Stephen D.
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
Pullman Incorporated
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