Railway bogie

Details Railway bogie Railway bogie

1974-09-16

1976-03-23

Spar, Robert J.

Railway rolling stock

Trucks

Radial

105182R, 105211, 105218A, 105224R, 267 3, 267 54R, B61F 308, B61F 506, B61F 538, B61F 552

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039453251

ABSTRACT:
A railway vehicle bogie comprising a main transverse beam and two axles each carrying a pair of wheels, each axle being linked to the beam by two radius arms, one on each side of the bogie, each radius arm being pivoted to the respective axle and to the beam in a manner permitting vertical and lateral swinging of each arm relative to the beam, and a leaf spring at each side of the bogie, each leaf spring being fixed at its center to the transverse beam and having each of its two ends linked to a respective radius arm by a respective unit, each unit comprising a wire cable which is secured to the radius arm and to the leaf spring, and abutments which are attached to the radius arm and which engage the cable between the radius arm and the leaf spring when the radius arm is swung laterally relatively to the transverse beam of the bogie.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1526410 (1925-02-01), Aspinwall
patent: 1576298 (1926-03-01), Barbey et al.
patent: 2098459 (1937-11-01), McWhirter
patent: 2242422 (1941-05-01), Eksergian

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