Railway rolling stock – Locomotives – Gripping drivers
Patent
1994-07-27
1997-09-09
Morano, S. Joseph
Railway rolling stock
Locomotives
Gripping drivers
105 73, 105150, 105154, 104 95, B61C 1100
Patent
active
056645023
ABSTRACT:
Wheel assembly capable of maintaining engagement with a rail having an uneven portion therein. The wheel assembly includes a frame adapted to pivot about a pivot axis defined by the frame. At least one wheel is rotatably connected to the frame for traversing the rail. The wheel maintains engagement with the rail as the wheel traverses the uneven portion of the rail because the frame pivots about the pivot axis as the wheel encounters the uneven portion of the rail. Service tooling may be suspended from the wheel assembly to service a nuclear reactor pressure vessel located below the rail.
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Morano S. Joseph
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
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