EP3851356B1 - Train coupler adapter and train - Google Patents
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- the system according to the invention has an adapter according to the invention and has a draw hook coupler, whereby the tip of the hook of the draw hook coupler has been inserted into the opening of the adapter.
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- The invention relates to a train coupler adapter for connecting a coupler of a first geometry with a draw hook coupler. The invention also relates to a system of such an adapter and a draw hook coupler. The invention also relates to a train with a first car with a coupler of a first geometry and a second car with a draw hook coupler. The invention also relates to a method for connecting such an adapter with a hook of a draw hook coupler.
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EP 2 384 948 A1WO 2015/162122 A1 a train coupler adapter for connecting a coupler of a first geometry with a draw hook coupler is known, whereby the disclosed adapter has a front section with an interface suitable to couple with a coupler of a first geometry and a rear section with an opening suitable for the tip of the hook of the draw hook coupler to be inserted into and a safety bracket at the rear section that has a traversing section that is positioned between the opening and that traverses over the opening. - Given this background the problem to be solved by the invention was to suggest a train coupler adapter, a system of such an adapter with a draw hook coupler and a train with a first car with a coupler of a first geometry and a second car with a draw hook coupler and a method for connecting an adapter with a hook of a draw hook coupler that would allow the train coupler adapter to be connected to the hook of the draw hook coupler with handling operations that predominantly can be performed from the front.
- This problem is solved by a train coupler adapter according to
claim 1, a system according toclaim 9, a train according toclaim 10 and a method according to claim 11. Further embodiments of the invention are described in the subordened claims and in the description following hereafter. - The invention is based on the idea of making the safety bracket swivel relative to the rear section, while at the same time providing a blocking element that limits the swiveling motion of the safety bracket. Such an arrangement allows the rear section to be attached to the hook of the draw hook coupler in an easy manner. During the attachment phase, the safety bracket preferably is allowed to swivel relative to the rear section. If the safety bracket is allowed to swivel relative to the rear section, this allows the tip of the hook to be more easily introduced into the opening of the rear section, because the safety bracket will make room for the maneuvering of the rear section relative to the hook and will not be in the way of any relative motion of the hook relative to the rear section, be it transvers movements or rotational movements. The invention does, however also provide the blocking element to limit the swivel angel of the safety bracket relative to the rear section. This allows to keep the safety bracket in a certain position/ in a certain area. This feature can, for example, be used to make sure that the safety bracket remains in a certain area once the hook has been connected to the rear section of the adapter and hence allows the safety bracket to be used as reassurance to prevent that the hook decouples from the rear section of the adapter.
- The invention is directed to a train coupler adapter. These adapters are used, if a car of a train, for example a passenger car of a train is to be connected to different car of a train, for example a locomotive, for example a shunting lock (shunting locomotive), which might have a coupler geometry that is not suitable to couple with the coupler geometry of the first train of the car. A train coupler adapter hence makes sure that it can be coupled to the coupler of the first car of the train as well as being coupled to the draw hook coupler of the second car of the train in such a manner that it allows towing and/or pushing forces to be transmitted from the first car of the train to the second car of the train or vice versa.
- The adapter has a front section, this front section has an interface that is suitable to couple with a coupler of a first geometry. In a preferred embodiment, the first geometry is the geometry of a central buffer coupling (German term: "Mittelpufferkupplung"). Embodiments of the invention are feasible, where the first geometry of the coupler is a draw hook (German term: "Zughaken"), or the first geometry of the coupler is a automatic coupling, for example of the built-type "Scharfenberg" (German term: "Automatische Kupplung; Bauart Scharfenberg"), for example the couplers that have become known in the industry under the abbreviation "
type 10", or the first geometry of the coupler is an automatic coupling of the type as they have become known in the industry under the names US AAR, India AAR, Chinatype 17 or SA3, or the first geometry of the coupler is for example of a Albert coupler or of a Miller Hook and Platform coupler or of a Norwegian coupler or of a Johnston coupler or of a bell-andhook coupler or of a Janney/MCB/ARA/AAR/APTA coupler or of a Willison/SA3 coupler or of a Westinghouse H2C coupler or of a WABCO N-Type or of a Tomlinson coupler or of a ward coupler or of a shibata coupler. - The interface at the front section of the adapter can be of a reduced design relative to the design of a complete coupler head of the first geometry. Often, it is sufficient for the purposes of shunting cars of a train to work with reduced designs on the interface of the adapter. The interface of the adapter only needs to make sure that the adapter is attached to the coupler on the car of a train sufficiently securely for the traveling speeds of the shunting. Likewise, the interface needs to be sufficiently strong to allow the pushing forces and/or pulling forces that occur during shunting to be safely transmitted to the coupler on the car of the train. The interface for these purposes need not have to have the electronic connections or the hydraulic connections that a fully designed coupler had would normally have. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the interface of the front section of the adapter is a coupler head that has all counter elements that a coupler head of a normal train of a car that would couple to the coupler of the car of the train would have, for example would also have the electronic connections and the hydraulic connections.
- The adapter also has a rear section with an opening suitable for the tip of the hook of the draw hook coupler to be inserted into. The opening can be a blindhole in the sense that the tip of the hook of the draw hook coupler remains inside the opening, once it is inserted into the opening. In a preferred embodiment, the opening is, however, a through-opening that allows the tip of the hook to leave the opening on the opposite side to that side, on which the tip of the hook has been inserted into the opening.
- The hook could for example be the hook of a draw hook coupler as shown in DIN 25 605
Blatt 1. - The adapter further has a safety bracket at the rear section. The safety bracket has a traversing section that is positioned beneath the opening. The traversing section traverses over the opening. In a preferred embodiment, the traversing section does not traverse over the opening directly at the mouth of the opening, but is arranged at a distance to the mouth of the opening. With a hook, which has been inserted with its tip into the opening, the safety bracket can be used to limit a travel of the tip of the hook out of the opening. The safety bracket hence can be used to prevent the hook from disconnecting to the adapter. The term "beneath" is considered to describe the position of the traversing section relative to the rear section in a situation, where front section and the rear section are arranged in such a manner that the front section is arranged next to the rear section, but not immediately above or immediately below the rear section.
- The safety bracket is attached to the rear section in a manner that allows the safety bracket to swivel relative to the rear section.
- According to the invention, the adapter has a blocking element that limits the swivel angle of the safety bracket. The blocking element has a first part and a second part. The first part of the blocking element can be connected to the safety bracket. The second part of the safety bracket is connected to a remove clamp that is attached to either the front section or the rear section, whereby the remove clamp can be moved from a clamping position to a non-clamping position.
- By way of the second part of the blocking element being attached to the remove clamp and the first part of the blocking element being attached to the safety bracket, a movement performed by the remove clamp when being moved from the clamping position into the non-clamping position can be used to move the safety bracket. In a preferred embodiment, the safety bracket is arranged with its traversing section positioned beneath the opening and traversing over the opening when the remove clamp is in the clamping position. In a preferred embodiment, the safety bracket swivels relative to the rear section when the remove clamp is moved from the clamping position to the non-clamping position. In a preferred embodiment the traversing section of the safety bracket is closer towards the front section in the non-clamping position than in the clamping position.
- In a preferred embodiment the safety bracket has a first arm arranged on one side of the rear section. The first arm has a first part and a second part. The first part of the first arm is attached to the rear section. The attachment of the first part of the first arm to the rear section is provided in such a manner that it allows the second part of the first arm to swivel relative to the rear section. This can, for example be obtained by providing the first part of the first arm with a through hole and by a bolt that bolts the first part of the first arm to the rear section to pass through this through-hole, whereby the first part of the first arm is held to the rear section by way of the bolt sufficiently loosely to allow a swivel movement of the second part of the first arm relative to the rear section. In alternative embodiments, bearings, like bushes or ball bearings can be used as part of the connection of the first part of the first arm to the rear section.
- In a preferred embodiment the safety bracket also has a second arm. The second arm is arranged on the opposite side of the rear section relative to that side, on which the first arm is arranged. The second arm has a first part and has a second part. The first part of the second arm is attached to the rear section. The attachment of the first part of the second arm to the rear section is provided in such a manner that it allows the second part of the second arm to swivel relative to the rear section. This can, for example be obtained by providing the first part of the second arm with a through hole and by a bolt that bolts the first part of the second arm to the rear section to pass through this through-hole, whereby the first part of the second arm is held to the rear section by way of the bolt sufficiently loosely to allow a swivel movement of the second part of the second arm relative to the rear section. In alternative embodiments, bearings, like bushes or ball bearings can be used as part of the connection of the first part of the second arm to the rear section
- In a preferred embodiment, the first arm and/or the second arm are punched parts.
- According to the invention, the safety bracket has a traversing section that is connected to the second part of the first arm and the second part of the second arm or is made as one-piece with the second part of the first arm and the second part of the second arm. In a preferred embodiment, the second part of the first arm includes one end of the first arm. In a preferred embodiment, the second part of the second arm includes one end of the first arm. In a preferred embodiment, the traversing section hence connects one end of the first arm with one end of the second arm. The connection between the traversing section and the second part of the first arm and/or the connection between the traversing section and the second part of the second arm can be a fixed connection, for example a connection obtained by welding or by glueing. The connection between the traversing section and the second part of the first arm and/or the connection between the traversing section and the second part of the second arm can, however, also be a form-fit connection, for example by way of parts of the traversing section passing through openings in the second part of the first arm or the second part of the second arm. These parts can be provided with locks, for example nuts that are screwed onto external threads provided on parts on the traversing section. In the embodiment, where the traversing section is made as one-piece with the second part of the first arm and the second part of the second arm, the first arm, the second arm and the traversing section can be embodied by one single, unitary piece, for example a U-shaped or horseshoe-shaped piece.
- In a preferred embodiment, the remove clamp has a traversing section that is positioned above the opening and traverses over the opening, when the remove clamp is in the clamping position. In a preferred embodiment, the traversing section has a socket that can take up the tip of the hook of a draw hook coupler. In a preferred embodiment, the traversing section has an elastic element, preferably a rubber element, whereby the socket is arranged in the elastic element. In a preferred embodiment, the rubber element is attached to a metal plate that forms part of the traversing section.
- In a preferred embodiment the remove clamp has
- a first arm arranged on one side of the rear section, whereby a first part of the first arm is attached to the rear section or the front section in a manner that allows a second part of the first arm to swivel relative to the rear section and/or the front section,
- a second arm arranged on the opposite side of the rear section relative to that side, on which the first arm is arranged, whereby a first part of the second arm is attached to the rear section in a manner that allows a second part of the second arm to swivel relative to the rear section (4) and/or the front section,
- In a preferred embodiment, the blocking element connects the first arm of the safety bracket to the first arm of the remove clamp. In a preferred embodiment, the blocking element is connected to the first arm of the safety bracket in a manner that allows the blocking element to swivel relative to the first arm of the safety bracket. In a preferred embodiment, the blocking element is connected to the remove clamp in a manner that allows the blocking element to swivel relative to the remove clamp.
- In a preferred embodiment a first blocking element connects the first arm of the safety bracket to the first arm of the remove clamp and a second blocking element connects the second arm of the safety bracket to the first arm of the remove clamp.
- In a preferred embodiment a vertical support with a first end and a second end is provided, whereby the first end of the vertical support is attached to the front section or the rear section and the first arm of the remove clamp is attached to the second end of the vertical support in a manner that allows the first arm of the remove clamp to swivel about the second end of the vertical support.
- In a preferred embodiment the second end of the vertical support is arranged lower than the first part of the first arm.
- In a preferred embodiment, the vertical support extends along a longitudinal axis and the first arm of the remove clamp extends along a longitudinal axis, whereby in the clamping position, the angle between the longitudinal axis of the vertical support and the longitudinal axis of the first arm is between 15° and 120°, preferably between 20° and 100°, preferably between 40° and 80°. In a preferred embodiment, the angle between the longitudinal axis of the vertical support and the longitudinal axis of the first arm in the non-clamping position is smaller than the angle between the longitudinal axis of the vertical support and the longitudinal axis of the first arm in the clamping position.
- In a preferred embodiment, the blocking element extends along a longitudinal axis and the first arm of the remove clamp extends along a longitudinal axis, whereby in the clamping position, the angle between the longitudinal axis of the blocking element and the longitudinal axis of the first arm is between 15° and 120°, preferably between 20° and 100°, preferably between 40° and 80°. In a preferred embodiment, the angle between the longitudinal axis of the blocking element and the longitudinal axis of the first arm in the non-clamping position is larger than the angle between the longitudinal axis of the blocking and the longitudinal axis of the first arm in the clamping position.
- In a preferred embodiment, the vertical support contains a coil spring, the coil spring allowing the first end and the second end of the vertical support to move towards each other under application of a force.
- In a preferred embodiment, the rear section has a first plate and has a second plate that is arranged parallel to the first plate. The first plate and/or the second plate do not need to be plane plates. It is feasible that the first plate and/or the second plate have steps, creases, kinks or bends. For example, a design is feasible, where the first plate and the second plate are connected directly to each other at a first end and then each have a bend section, which allows a mouth to be provided by the first plate and the second plate. Such an arrangement would still be considered to have the second plate arranged parallel to the first plate.
- In a preferred embodiment, the first plate and/or the second plate has a rear end and the rear end preferably has a rounded end and not a rectangular shaped end.
- In a preferred embodiment, a bolt passes between the first plate and the second plate. The bolt preferably is fixedly attached to the first plate and/or the second plate. The bolt can be of such a shape that it can be inserted into the mouth of the hook of the draw hook coupler.
- In a preferred embodiment, a surface section of the first plate delimits the opening. In a preferred embodiment, a surface section of the second plate delimits the opening. In a preferred embodiment a surface section of the bolt delimits the opening.
- In a preferred embodiment, the opening is delimited completely by a surface section of the first plate, a surface section of the second plate and a surface section of the bolt. This can be obtained by having the first plate being directly connected to the second plate, for example at a location opposite the location, where the bolt passes between the first plate and the second plate. In an alternative preferred embodiment, the opening is delimited completely by a surface section of the first plate, a surface section of the second plate, a surface section of the bolt and a surface section of an intermediate element arranged between the first plate and the second plate opposite to the location where the bolt is arranged.
- In a preferred embodiment, the first arm is attached to the first plate. In a preferred embodiment, the second arm is attached to the second plate.
- The system according to the invention has an adapter according to the invention and has a draw hook coupler, whereby the tip of the hook of the draw hook coupler has been inserted into the opening of the adapter.
- In a preferred embodiment, the traversing section of the safety bracket is arranged beneath the hook of the draw hook coupler.
- In a preferred embodiment the traversing section of the remove clamp sits on the tip of the hook.
- The train according to the invention has a first car with a coupler of a first geometry. The train according to the invention also has a second car with a draw hook coupler. According to the invention, the train is provided with an adapter according to the invention, whereby the tip of the hook of the draw hook coupler has been inserted into the opening of the adapter and the interface of the adapter has been coupled to the coupler.
- In a preferred embodiment, the car of the train that has a draw hook coupler is a shunting locomotive.
- According to the method of the invention in a first step the tip of the hook of the draw hook coupler is inserted into the opening and in a second step the remove clamp is moved from the non-clamping position, where the traversing section of the remove clamp does not sit on the tip of the hook, to the clamping position, where the traversing section of the remove clamp sits on the tip of the hook, whereby the movement of the remove clamp from the non-clamping position to the clamping position leads to the blocking element pushing the traversing section of the safety bracket beneath the opening (5) and to traverse over the opening.
- Below, the invention will be described by reference to figures that only show embodiments of the invention. They show:
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- a perspective, schematic view onto the system according to the invention with the remove clamp in the clamping position;
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- a rear view onto the system according to
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- a side view onto the system of
Fig. 1 , but with the remove clamp in the non-clamping position; - Fig. 5
- a top view onto a train coupler adapter as used in the system of
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- a sectional view of the adapter according to
Fig. 5 , the section being made along the line A-A inFig. 5 . - A
train coupler adapter 1 for connecting a coupler of a first geometry with adraw hook coupler 100 is shown inFig. 1 to 4 as part of the system according to the invention. The 1 has afront section 2 with aninterface 3 suitable to couple with a coupler of a first geometry and arear section 4 with anopening 5 suitable for the tip 6 of the hook 7 of thedraw hook coupler 100 to be inserted into. Asafety bracket 8 at therear section 4 has atraversing section 9 that is positioned beneath theopening 5 and traverses over theopening 5. Thesafety bracket 8 is attached to therear section 4 in a manner that allows thesafety bracket 8 to swivel relative to the rear section 4 (Fig. 3; Fig. 4 ). A blockingelement 16 is provided that limits the swivel angle of thesafety bracket 8. The blockingelement 16 has afirst part 17 that is connected to thesafety bracket 8 and a second part 18 that is connected to aremove clamp 30, whereby theremove clamp 30 can be moved from a clamping position (Fig. 3 ) to a non-clamping position (Fig. 4 ). - The
safety bracket 8 has afirst arm 10 arranged on one side of therear section 4, whereby a first part 11 of thefirst arm 10 is attached to therear section 4 in a manner that allows asecond part 12 of thefirst arm 10 to swivel relative to therear section 4. Asecond arm 13 of thesafety bracket 8 is arranged on the opposite side of therear section 4 relative to that side, on which thefirst arm 10 is arranged, whereby a first part 14 of thesecond arm 13 is attached to therear section 4 in a manner that allows a second part 15 of thesecond arm 13 to swivel relative to therear section 4. Thetraversing section 9 is made as one-piece with thesecond part 12 of thefirst arm 10 and the second part 15 of thesecond arm 13. Thefirst arm 10 thesecond arm 13 and thetraversing section 9 form a u- or horseshoe-shaped piece. - The
remove clamp 30 has atraversing section 31 that is positioned above theopening 5 and traverses over theopening 5, when theremove clamp 30 is in the clamping position (Fig. 3 ). - The
remove clamp 30 has afirst arm 32 arranged on one side of therear section 4 whereby afirst part 33 of thefirst arm 32 is attached to therear section 4 or thefront section 2 in a manner that allows asecond part 34 of thefirst arm 32 to swivel relative to therear section 4 and/or thefront section 2. Asecond arm 35 of theremove clamp 30 is arranged on the opposite side of therear section 4 relative to that side, on which thefirst arm 32 is arranged, whereby afirst part 36 of thesecond arm 35 is attached to therear section 4 or thefront section 2 in a manner that allows asecond part 37 of thesecond arm 35 to swivel relative to the rear section and/or the front section. The traversingsection 31 of theremove clamp 30 is connected to thesecond part 34 of thefirst arm 32 and thesecond part 37 of thesecond arm 35. - A
first blocking element 16 connects thefirst arm 10 of thesafety bracket 8 to thefirst arm 32 of theremove clamp 30 and asecond blocking element 16 connects thesecond arm 13 of thesafety bracket 8 to thesecond arm 35 of theremove clamp 30. - A
vertical support 40 in the form a coil spring with afirst end 41 and asecond end 42 is provided, whereby thefirst end 41 of thevertical support 40 is attached to thefront section 2 and thefirst arm 32 of theremove clamp 30 is attached to thesecond end 42 of thevertical support 40 in a manner that allows thefirst arm 32 of theremove clamp 30 to swivel about thesecond end 42 of thevertical support 40. Thesecond end 42 of thevertical support 40 is arranged lower than thefirst part 33 of thefirst arm 32. - As can be seen from
Fig. 3 thevertical support 40 extends along a longitudinal axis and thefirst arm 32 of theremove clamp 30 extends along a longitudinal axis, whereby in the clamping position, the angle between the longitudinal axis of thevertical support 40 and the longitudinal axis of thefirst arm 32 is approx. 60°. As can be seen in the comparison ofFig. 3 and Fig. 4 the angle between the longitudinal axis of thevertical support 40 and the longitudinal axis of thefirst arm 32 in the non-clamping position (Fig. 4 ) is smaller than the angle between the longitudinal axis of the vertical support and the longitudinal axis of the first arm in the clamping position (Fig. 3 ). - As can be seen from
Fig. 3 the blockingelement 16 extends along a longitudinal axis and thefirst arm 32 of theremove clamp 30 extends along a longitudinal axis, whereby in the clamping position, the angle between the longitudinal axis of the blockingelement 16 and the longitudinal axis of thefirst arm 32 is approx. 90°. As can be seen in the comparison ofFig. 3 and Fig. 4 the angle between the longitudinal axis of the blockingelement 16 and the longitudinal axis of thefirst arm 32 in the non-clamping position (Fig. 4 ) is larger than the angle between the longitudinal axis of the blockingelement 16 and the longitudinal axis of thefirst arm 32 in the clamping position (Fig. 3 ). - The
rear section 4 has afirst plate 20 and asecond plate 21 that is arranged parallel to thefirst plate 20. Abolt 22 passes between thefirst plate 20 and thesecond plate 21. A surface section of thefirst plate 20 delimits theopening 5. A surface section of thesecond plate 21 delimits theopening 5 and a surface section of thebolt 22 delimits theopening 5. Theopening 5 is also delimited by a surface section of an intermediate element 23 arranged between thefirst plate 20 and thesecond plate 21. - The
first arm 10 is attached to thefirst plate 20. The second arm 11 is attached to thesecond plate 21. - An elastic element of the
traversing section 31 in form of arubber element 38 has a recess to receive the tip 6 of the hook 7. - According to the method of the invention in a first step the tip (6) of the hook (7) of the draw hook coupler (100) is inserted into the opening (5) (
Fig. 4 ) and in a second step the remove clamp (30) is moved from the non-clamping position (Fig. 4 ), where the traversing section (31) of the remove clamp (30) does not sit on the tip (6) of the hook (7), to the clamping position (Fig. 3 ), where the traversing section (31) of the remove clamp (30) sits on the tip (6) of the hook (7), whereby the movement of the remove clamp (30) from the non-clamping position to the clamping position leads to the blocking element (16) pushing the traversing section (9) of the safety bracket (8) beneath the opening (5) and to traverse over the opening (5).
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- Train coupler adapter (1) for connecting a coupler of a first geometry with a draw hook coupler (100), whereby the adapter (1) has• a front section (2) with an interface (3) suitable to couple with a coupler of a first geometry,• a rear section (4) with an opening (5) suitable for the tip (6) of the hook (7) of the draw hook coupler (100) to be inserted into,• a safety bracket (8) at the rear section (4) that has a traversing section (9) that is positioned beneath the opening (5) and traverses over the opening (5),whereby the safety bracket (8) is attached to the rear section (4) in a manner that allows the safety bracket (8) to swivel relative to the rear section (4), whereby a blocking element (16) is provided that limits the swivel angle of the safety bracket (8), whereby the blocking element (16) has• a first part (17) that is connected to the safety bracket (8) and• a second part (18) that is connected to a remove clamp (30), whereby the remove clamp (30) can be moved from a clamping position to a non-clamping position.
- Adapter according to claim 1, characterized in that the safety bracket (8) has• a first arm (10) arranged on one side of the rear section (4), whereby a first part (11) of the first arm (10) is attached to the rear section (4) in a manner that allows a second part (12) of the first arm (10) to swivel relative to the rear section (4),• a second arm (13) arranged on the opposite side of the rear section (4) relative to that side, on which the first arm (10) is arranged, whereby a first part (14) of the second arm (13) is attached to the rear section (4) in a manner that allows a second part (15) of the second arm (13) to swivel relative to the rear section (4),• the traversing section being connected to the second part of the first arm and the second part of the second arm or being made as one-piece with the second part (12) of the first arm (10) and the second part (15) of the second arm (13).
- Adapter according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the remove clamp (30) has a traversing section (31) that is positioned above the opening (5) and traverses over the opening (5), when the remove clamp (30) is in the clamping position.
- Adapter according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the remove clamp (30) has• a first arm (32) arranged on one side of the rear section (4), whereby a first part (33) of the first arm (32) is attached to the rear section (4) or the front section (2) in a manner that allows a second part (34) of the first arm (32) to swivel relative to the rear section (4) and/or the front section (2),• a second arm (35) arranged on the opposite side of the rear section (4) relative to that side, on which the first arm (32) is arranged, whereby a first part (36) of the second arm (35) is attached to the rear section (4) or the front section (2) in a manner that allows a second part (37) of the second arm (35) to swivel relative to the rear section (4) and/or the front section (2),• the traversing section (31) of the remove clamp (30) being connected to the second part (34) of the first arm (32) and the second part (37) of the second arm (35) or being made as one-piece with the second part of the first arm and the second part of the second arm
- Adapter according to claim 4, characterized in that• the blocking element (16) connects the first arm (10) of the safety bracket (8) to the first arm (32) of the remove clamp (30) or• the blocking element (16) connects the second arm (13) of the safety bracket (8) to the second arm (35) of the remove clamp (30).
- Adapter according to claim 4, characterized in that• a first blocking element (16) connects the first arm (10) of the safety bracket (8) to the first arm (32) of the remove clamp (30) and• a second blocking element connects the second arm(13) of the safety bracket (8) to the second arm (35) of the remove clamp (30).
- Adapter according to any one of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that a vertical support (40) with a first end (41) and a second end (42) is provided, whereby the first end (41) of the vertical support (40) is attached to the front section (2) or the rear section (4) and the first arm (32) of the remove clamp (30) is attached to the second end (42) of the vertical support (40) in a manner that allows the first arm (32) of the remove clamp (30) to swivel about the second end (42) of the vertical support (40).
- Adapter according to claim 7, characterized in that the second end (42) of the vertical support (40) is arranged lower than the first part (11) of the first arm (10) of the safety bracket (8).
- System comprising an adapter according to any one of claims 1 to 8 and a draw hook coupler (100), whereby the tip (6) of the hook (7) of the draw hook coupler (100) has been inserted into the opening (5) of the adapter (1) and the traversing section (31) of the remove clamp (30) sits on the tip (6) of the hook (7).
- Train with a first car with a coupler of a first geometry and a second car with a draw hook coupler, characterized in that an adapter (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 8 is provided, whereby the tip (6) of the hook (7) of the draw hook coupler (100) has been inserted into the opening (5) of the adapter (1) and the interface (3) of the adapter (1) has been coupled to the coupler.
- Method for connecting an adapter according to any one of claims 1 to 8 with a hook (7) of a draw hook coupler (100), whereby in a first step the tip (6) of the hook (7) of the draw hook coupler (100) is inserted into the opening (5) and in a second step the remove clamp (30) is moved from the non-clamping position, where the traversing section (31) of the remove clamp (30) does not sit on the tip (6) of the hook (7), to the clamping position, where the traversing section (31) of the remove clamp (30) sits on the tip (6) of the hook (7), whereby the movement of the remove clamp (30) from the non-clamping position to the clamping position leads to the blocking element (16) pushing the traversing section (9) of the safety bracket (8) beneath the opening (5) and to traverse over the opening (5).
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