Device for fixing railway equipment
阅读说明:本技术 用于固定铁路设备的装置 (Device for fixing railway equipment ) 是由 M-H·埃伦伯格 于 2019-01-15 设计创作,主要内容包括:一种用于固定铁路设备的装置(22),所述装置支撑平台(24)和用于所述铁路设备固定在支撑平台(24)上的机构(30),固定机构(30)包括:-至少一个在纵向方向延伸的导向滑轨(32),其由支撑平台(24)支撑;以及-用于将所述设备连接到平台(24)的构件(34),其能够沿着导向滑轨(32)移动。所述固定机构(30)还包括支撑导向滑轨(32)的上梁(27)和下梁(26),上梁(27)和下梁(26)通过连接构件(31)连接,从而使得可在垂直于导向滑轨(32)的纵向方向的方向上移动。此外,固定机构(30)还包括锁定装置(52),其构造成防止上梁(27)相对于下梁(26)在所述垂直方向移动。(An apparatus (22) for securing railway equipment, said apparatus supporting a platform (24) and a mechanism (30) for securing said railway equipment to the supporting platform (24), the securing mechanism (30) comprising: -at least one guide slide (32) extending in a longitudinal direction, supported by the support platform (24); and-means (34) for connecting the device to the platform (24), which are movable along the guide slide (32). The fixing mechanism (30) further comprises an upper beam (27) and a lower beam (26) supporting the guide rail (32), the upper beam (27) and the lower beam (26) being connected by a connecting member (31) so as to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the guide rail (32). Furthermore, the securing mechanism (30) comprises a locking device (52) configured to prevent the upper beam (27) from moving in said vertical direction with respect to the lower beam (26).)
1. An arrangement (22) for securing railway equipment (12), the arrangement comprising a support platform (24) for the railway equipment (12) and at least one mechanism (30) for securing the railway equipment (12) on the support platform (24), the securing mechanism being movable from a locked position to an unlocked position and vice versa, the securing mechanism (30) comprising:
-at least one guide rail (32) extending in a longitudinal direction;
-at least one member (31) for connecting the railway equipment (12) to the supporting platform (24), said member being movable along a guide slide (32); and
characterized in that said fixing means (30) further comprise:
-an upper beam (27) supporting a guide slide (32); and
-a lower beam (26) connected to the support platform (24);
the upper beam (27) and the lower beam (26) are connected by at least one connecting member, the at least one connecting member (31) being configured such that the upper beam (27) is movable relative to the lower beam (26) in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the guide slide (32),
and in that the fixing mechanism (30) comprises means (52) for locking the at least one connecting member (31), the locking means being configured to prevent the upper beam (27) from moving relative to the lower beam (26).
2. Fixing device (22) according to claim 1, wherein the at least one connecting member (31) is an assembly forming an articulated parallelogram (58), which assembly comprises at least one transmission rod (62) and a transmission rod (60a), wherein the at least one transmission rod (62) is connected to the upper beam (27) and the transmission rod (60a) is connected to the lower beam (26) and controlled by a screw and nut assembly (64) or a cylinder, such that the movement of the upper beam (27) is kinematically linked to the movement of a screw (65) in a nut (67) or correspondingly to the movement of a piston rod in a cylinder body.
3. Fixing device (22) according to claim 1, wherein the at least one connecting member (31) is a screw and nut assembly (52), for example trapezoidal, the screw (54) of which is carried by the lower beam (26) and the nut (56) of which is carried by the upper beam (27), so that the movement of the upper beam (27) is kinematically linked to the movement of the nut (56) along the screw (54) and the locking is ensured by the tightening torque of the screw and nut assembly (52).
4. Fixing device (22) according to any of the previous claims, wherein said at least one connection member (31) is a cylinder (52), for example a hydraulic cylinder, the body of which is carried by said lower beam (26) and a rod (56) is carried by the upper beam (27), so that the displacement of the upper beam (27) is kinematically linked to the movement of the cylinder within the cylinder body, so that the locking (52) is ensured by a system for locking the rod (56).
5. A fixture (22) according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the upper beam (27) has a stroke of at least 130mm relative to the lower beam (26).
6. Fixing device (22) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the fixing mechanism (30) comprises two upper beams (27a, 27b) connected to the lower beam (26), two guide runners (32a, 32b) and two connecting members (31a, 31b), the two connecting members (31a, 31b) connecting the upper beams (27a, 27b) to the lower beam (26), respectively, the connecting members (31a, 31b) being independently controllable.
7. Fixing device (22) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the attachment device (34) is moved along the guide rail (32) by a drive mechanism (36) which is preferably self-locking.
8. A fixture (22) according to claim 7, wherein the drive mechanism (36) comprises a movable chain (38) movable along the guide slide (32), which chain is driven by at least two sprockets (40) such that the movable chain (38) forms a loop.
9. A fixture (22) according to claim 8, wherein at least one of the chain wheels (40) is provided as a drive wheel (42), the chain wheel (40) being provided with a drive shaft (44), the drive shaft (44) being connected to a motor (46) for driving the drive wheel (42) in rotation about the drive shaft (44).
10. A fixation device (22) according to claim 9, wherein the drive wheel (42) is provided with a braking system (48) for preventing rotation of the drive wheel (42) about its drive shaft (44).
11. The fixture (22) according to claim 10, wherein the braking system (48) is fail-safe and includes, for example, a pair of brake discs (50).
12. Fixing device (22) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the support platform (24) is movable between a loading position and an inclined transport position, preferably by rotating about at least one horizontal pivot axis.
13. A fixture (22) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the fixture is controlled by a remote control or an emergency remote control in case of a failure of the master remote control.
14. The fixture (22) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the attachment mechanism (30) is configured to pivot about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the support platform (24), the pivoting of the attachment mechanism (30) being provided, for example, by a drive arrangement comprising a pivoting cylinder (77).
15. Vehicle (10) for transporting railway equipment (12), in particular a truck (10) for transporting railway equipment (12), characterized in that it comprises a fixing device (22) according to one of the preceding claims, said fixing device (22) being mounted on a transport chassis supported by a transmission.
Technical Field
The invention relates to a device for fixing railway equipment, in particular to a switch. It also relates to a transport vehicle, in particular a truck, with such a fixing device.
Background
Document FR3024470 describes a wagon for transporting railway equipment, comprising a support platform for the railway equipment, which has a support surface for the railway equipment, which support platform is movable between a horizontal loading position and an inclined transport position. The railway equipment is connected to the supporting platform by means of fixing means formed by respective flanges distributed over the railway equipment and arranged between the railway equipment sleepers and said platform.
However, a disadvantage of this particularly simple connection method is that manual tightening of the flanges into the loading platform is required, for example, before the railway equipment is fixed. Therefore, special precautions are required to ensure personnel safety during the loading and unloading phases.
In order to enable railway equipment to be connected to a platform without the need to access the platform, the company MATISA SA has marketed, since 2006, at least one railway equipment fixing mechanism comprising a connecting rod with a hook at one end for engaging a portion of the rail bottom of the railway equipment. Each bar is slidably mounted in a sleeve hinged to the platform so as to pivot about a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the bar. Thus, the operator can manipulate the rod in a lever-like manner, holding it by its free end opposite the hook, pivoting it until the hook approaches the rail bottom, while adjusting the effective length of the rod by sliding it into the sleeve. Once the hook engages the rail base, all that remains is to prevent the rod from sliding in the sleeve to lock the hook and the railway equipment in position relative to the platform. The length of the bar allows the operator to operate while maintaining a certain distance from the hook to the side of the platform. The system thus described is very similar to that shown in document WO2014154624a 1. This is effective but does not provide a large clamping force between the hook and the railway equipment, particularly because the force applied by the hook to the bottom of the rail during installation and fixing is in the general direction of the bar which is slightly inclined to the horizontal and therefore has a large horizontal component which tends to cause the railway equipment to slide on the platform. Such devices are also difficult to motorize.
In order to overcome this problem, document FR1653185 proposes a railway equipment fixing device comprising a supporting platform whose fixing mechanism comprises a carriage guided by a guide slide, means for blocking the carriage with respect to the rail, and means for locking the guide slide with respect to the platform. The locking member in particular comprises a bevel shim which engages with a corresponding inclined wall of a locking cavity formed in the support platform. Such a device is easy to motorize and allows safe operation of the railway equipment, since the oblique angular shape of the shim allows the movement of the attachment member to be decomposed into at least two components, namely a horizontal movement and a vertical movement. However, the construction of the bevel angle shim and associated locking cavity can be complex.
Disclosure of Invention
The object of the present invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art by proposing a device for fixing railway equipment which allows simple and safe operation of the railway equipment, and which is easy to mechanise and easy to construct. Another object of the invention is to precisely adjust the height of the attachment mechanism to accommodate different tie heights, such as wooden ties (short) or concrete ties (taller).
To this end, the invention relates to a device for fixing railway equipment, comprising a support platform for the railway equipment and at least one mechanism for fixing the railway equipment on the support platform, the fixing mechanism being movable from a locking position to an unlocking position and vice versa, the fixing mechanism comprising:
-at least one guide rail extending in a longitudinal direction;
-at least one member for attaching the railway equipment to the supporting platform, said member being movable along the guide slide;
characterized in that, the fixed establishment still includes:
-an upper beam supporting the guide slide; and
-a lower beam connected to the support platform,
the upper and lower beams are connected by at least one connecting member configured such that the upper beam is movable relative to the lower beam in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the guide slide,
and in that the securing mechanism comprises means for locking the at least one connecting member, the locking means being configured to prevent movement of the upper beam relative to the lower beam.
Thanks to the invention, the movement of the attachment member is always decomposed into at least two components, namely the movement of the connecting member in the longitudinal direction of the slide rail and the movement of the upper beam in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the slide rail. However, unlike the prior art, mechanisms that allow the motion to be broken down into two components are easier to manufacture and use. In fact, two separate mechanisms allow these movements in two different directions, not just one as in the prior art.
Furthermore, since it is the upper beam that supports the guide rails along which the attachment member moves, the height of the attachment mechanism can be easily adjusted precisely to accommodate different tie heights.
According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the connecting member is an assembly forming an articulated parallelogram, said assembly comprising at least one transmission rod connected to the upper beam and a transmission rod connected to the lower beam and controlled by a screw and nut assembly or a cylinder, so that the movement of the upper beam is kinematically linked to the movement of the screw in the nut or, respectively, the piston rod in the cylinder body. This choice of connecting elements makes it possible to limit the overall dimensions and to obtain a good distribution of forces between the lower and upper beams.
According to another embodiment of the invention, the connecting member is a screw and nut assembly, for example trapezoidal, carried by the upper beam, the screw of which is carried by the lower beam, and the nut of which is carried by the upper beam, so that the movement of the upper beam is kinematically linked to the movement of the nut along the screw, and the locking is ensured by the tightening torque of the screw and nut assembly. Screws or cylinders are in fact inexpensive and particularly simple connecting elements. Movement of the screw in the nut or the cylinder in the cylinder body can also precisely control movement of the upper beam.
In order to be able to absorb the height differences of different types of concrete or wooden railway equipment with the fixing device, the travel of the upper beam is at least 130 mm.
Preferably, the fixing mechanism comprises two upper beams connected to the lower beam, two guide runners and two connecting members connecting the upper beams to the lower beam, respectively, said connecting members being independently controllable. Thus, the two ends can be hooked independently, avoiding overhang, and the clamping force of the hook is constant regardless of the position of the hook in the guide rail. This alleviates the user from additional concerns and allows him to consume less attention. This therefore increases the operational safety.
To facilitate use of the device, the attachment member is moved along the guide rail by a drive mechanism, which is preferably self-locking, providing additional safety to the device.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the drive mechanism comprises a movable chain movable along the guide slide, which chain is driven by at least two chain wheels, such that said movable chain forms a loop. By the drive of the movable chain a natural self-locking mechanism is obtained, which is easy to manufacture and implement.
According to a particular embodiment, at least one of said sprockets acts as a driving wheel, which has the advantage of being easy to use and is provided with a driving shaft, which is connected to an electric motor so as to drive the driving wheel in rotation about the driving shaft.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, in order to provide additional safety to the device, the driving wheel is provided with a braking system for preventing the driving wheel from rotating about its driving shaft.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the braking system is fail-safe and comprises, for example, a pair of brake discs. Thus, by default, i.e. in the absence of power, the braking system prevents the drive wheel from rotating about its drive shaft. Therefore, the brake system must be energized to release the brake disc.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, which is easy to implement and use for the operator, the support platform is movable between the loading position and the inclined transport position, preferably by rotating about at least one horizontal pivot axis.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, in order to eliminate any physical effort on the operator, the securing means are controlled by the remote control or by an emergency remote control in case of a malfunction of the master remote control.
Preferably, the attachment mechanism is configured to pivot about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the support platform, the pivoting of the attachment mechanism being provided by a drive arrangement comprising a pneumatic cylinder, for example. This allows the position of the attachment mechanism to be adjusted to compensate for possible misalignment.
The invention also relates to a truck for transporting railway equipment, in particular for transporting railway equipment, characterized in that it comprises a fixing system according to the invention mounted on a transport chassis supported by a transmission.
Drawings
Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description, given with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
figure 1 shows a truck for transporting railway equipment, comprising a device for fixing railway equipment according to an embodiment of the invention, said device for fixing railway equipment being in a transport position;
FIG. 2 is a sectional view according to line II-II of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 2 of the fixture of FIG. 1 with its upper beam in a first position;
figure 4 is a plan view of a detail of the fixing device of figure 1, with the chain omitted;
figure 5 is a view similar to figure 3, showing different positions of the connecting member of the fixing device according to the invention;
figure 6 is a view similar to figure 3, showing different positions of the connecting member of the fixing device according to the invention, with the upper beam in a second position;
figures 7 to 9 are detail views of figure 3, showing different positions of the connecting member of the fixing device;
figure 10 is a view similar to figure 3 of a fixing device according to a second embodiment of the invention in a first position;
fig. 11 is a view similar to fig. 10 of a fixing device according to a second embodiment of the invention in a second position; and
fig. 12 is a plan view of a truck for transporting the railway equipment according to fig. 1.
Detailed Description
Fig. 1 shows a
As can be seen in particular in fig. 2, the
In fig. 1 and 2, the
The
In the embodiments shown in the figures, and in particular in fig. 1 to 9, the fixing
The fastening means 30 can be moved independently of one another on the
The upper beam 27 and the
As will be described in detail below, each securing
For this purpose, each fixing
Each securing
As shown in fig. 3, each
A drive mechanism 36 is associated with each
In the embodiment shown in the figures, and as can be seen in particular in fig. 3 and 4, each drive mechanism 36 here comprises a movable chain 38, said movable chain 38 being movable along the
Each chain 38 is driven by at least two
One of these
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In the absence of power, the
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The securing
Preferably, as shown in fig. 3 to 9, the connecting
By tightening the screw and
The displacement and tightening of the screw and
Another advantage of selecting the screw and
In a variant not shown in the figures, the screws are replaced by cylinders and the threads are replaced by cylinder bodies.
Due to the self-locking function of the
As shown in fig. 12, the securing
In fig. 7, the railroad equipment 12 with the
To secure the
The operator then unlocks the
Finally, the operator adjusts the position of the screw 54 in the
Once the railway equipment 12 is secured to the
The unload operation is performed in the reverse order of the load operation.
If desired, only one of the two
In the second embodiment of the invention shown in fig. 10 and 11, the fixing
More precisely, in the embodiment shown in the figures, the
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Furthermore, the
Symmetrically, the
In a variant of this second embodiment, not shown in the drawings, the screw and nut assembly is replaced by a cylinder and cylinder body assembly.
Furthermore, in the second embodiment shown in fig. 10 and 11, the fixing
Thus, since the clamping force of each hook is constant irrespective of the position of the hook in the guide rail, both ends can be hooked independently, thereby avoiding overhang. This relieves the user of additional vigilance and allows him to consume less attention. This increases the operational safety.
Naturally, the examples shown in the figures and discussed above are for illustrative purposes only and are not exhaustive. Various variations are possible.
In particular, the loading and unloading positions of the platform are not necessarily horizontal, but may be inclined, naturally lower than the transport position.
Furthermore, in practice, the same transport wagon may be equipped with a different number of fixing means than those described, distributed over the length of the platform, so as to locally adapt to the configuration of the railway assembly.
Other means for driving the attachment member may also be provided, such as a carriage guided by a guide rail, the carriage being provided with a raceway on which rollers or balls associated with the carriage roll, or a slideway formed on the carriage for the bottom.
It is explicitly specified that the different embodiments shown may be combined into other embodiments presented.
It is emphasized that all features derived from the description, drawings and appended claims, even if in practice only described in connection with other specified features (either individually or in any combination), may be used in combination with other features or groups of features disclosed herein, unless expressly excluded or a technical condition makes such combination impossible or meaningless.
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