GB854643A - Suspension rail tracks - Google Patents

Abstract

854,643. Suspended railway rails. GRUBE, W. March 13, 1957, No. 8296/57. Class 104 (2). In a suspension railway having at least one rail track, comprising a plurality of rail sections suspended on supporting elements mounted on a framework or cable structure connecting the track-supporting columns the adjacent rail sections are mounted on the supporting elements so as to be slidable relative to one another in the longitudinal direction and their adjacent ends are connected to one another so as to be pivotable in the vertical and horizontal directions. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2 a beam 1, forming part of a lattice framework which is mounted on suitably-spaced pillars or posts, supports a spherical bushing 4 within a suitably-shaped bearing-member 3. A tubular extension 5 of a supporting-frame 6 extends through and is supported by the bushing 4. A pear-shaped member 7 secured to an adjacent supporting-frame 8 is engageable within the tubular extension 5 so as to be slidable and pivotally mounted therein, thus allowing the frames 6 and 8 to shift in the longitudinal direction and to pivot relative to one another. Each frame 6 or 8 supports two hollow rectangular cross-section rail-tracks 9 or 10. Connecting-members 14, 15 having spherical ends 16, 17 are slidably mounted in the adjacent hollow ends of the rails 9, 10 so as to permit the rails 9, 10 to move in the longitudinal direction and to pivot, a limited amount, in the vertical and horizontal directions. Springs 18, 19 of rectangular cross-section surrounding the central portion of the members 14, 15 and disposed in the gap between the ends of the rails 9, 10 provide a support for the running and check wheels of travelling-gear moving over the gap between the rail ends. In an alternative arrangement shown in Figs. 4 and 5 double-headed rails 20, 21 are supported on support-frame 6<SP>1</SP>, 8<SP>1</SP> by bolts 25 passing through slots 28 in the webs of the rails 20, 21. The bolts 25 are provided with spherical-headed washers 29 which engage the rails 20, 21. The end of one rail 20 is provided with a cut portion 89 which is engaged by a ballshaped head 30 provided on the other rail 21 to permit longitudinal movement and pivoting of one rail relative to the other. Coil-springs 31, 32 of rectangular cross-section are also provided in the gap between the adjacent ends of the rails 20, 21.