Rail-highway semitrailer

Railway rolling stock – Trains – Articulated

Patent

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

105 43, 1051994, 280DIG3, B60F 100

Patent

active

048691771

ABSTRACT:
The semi-trailer is capable of traveling on roads or on rails. It is characterized in that both a rail truck and a highway carriage are rapidly removable. Therefore the semi-trailer can travel on roads with only the highway carriage, and on rails with only the rail truck. The advantage is a reduction in the tare of the rail-operable unit. An additional advantage is the lack of a need for all the means intended for maintaining the wheels of the highway carriage elevated above the plane of the rails when traveling on rails, which means are required for all prior art binary rail and road vehicles. Other characteristics of the invention are the coupling device between the semi-trailers, the system of connection of a center pin socket to a hemispherical center-bearing counter-element of the rail truck, and the use of special support props and jacks.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1272486 (1918-07-01), McManis
patent: 2787971 (1957-04-01), Obes
patent: 2934217 (1960-04-01), Simmons et al.
patent: 3294420 (1966-12-01), Martin
patent: 3317219 (1967-05-01), Hindin et al.
patent: 3332362 (1967-07-01), Fisher
patent: 3802578 (1974-04-01), Farnworth
patent: 3841511 (1974-10-01), Haun
patent: 3854597 (1974-12-01), McClure et al.
patent: 4015720 (1977-04-01), Peche
patent: 4342265 (1982-08-01), Hindin et al.
patent: 4416571 (1983-11-01), Krause
patent: 4669391 (1987-06-01), Wicks et al.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Rail-highway semitrailer does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Rail-highway semitrailer, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Rail-highway semitrailer will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-181248

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.