Railway rolling stock – Trains – Articulated
Patent
1988-01-04
1989-01-03
Reeves, Robert B.
Railway rolling stock
Trains
Articulated
105 81, 213 1R, 213 13, 213 74, 213 78, 280491A, 280408, B61D 1700, B61G 506
Patent
active
047948671
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to an omnibus which is suitable for train formation, can be driven independently and can either be freely steered or guided on tracks. In order not to disfigure the omnibus front by protruding coupling devices, and to be able to carry out the coupling operation without an assistant from the driver's position of the particular omnibus to be coupled, it is envisaged that at least the front coupling is designed in the form of a bar which can be extended or retracted under remote control. In the extended state, the bar can be moved under control within limits and can be engaged with the counter coupling head of the omnibus in front. The coupled omnibuses of a train are simultaneously and uniformly controlled from the driver's position of the first omnibus with regard to all their traction and braking functions. Consequently, the coupling bars between the omnibuses are substantially relieved of towing and braking forces; the coupling bars have essentially only the function of keeping the omnibuses coupled together in a train at a distance from one another. Thanks to this function, the coupling bars can also be arranged in an inclined position and/or off-center.
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Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
Pape Joseph D.
Reeves Robert B.
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