EP0609516A2 - Accouplement télécommandé pour train électrique - Google Patents

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EP0609516A2
EP0609516A2 EP93119504A EP93119504A EP0609516A2 EP 0609516 A2 EP0609516 A2 EP 0609516A2 EP 93119504 A EP93119504 A EP 93119504A EP 93119504 A EP93119504 A EP 93119504A EP 0609516 A2 EP0609516 A2 EP 0609516A2
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Wolfgang Richter
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63HTOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H19/00Model railways
    • A63H19/16Parts for model railway vehicles
    • A63H19/18Car coupling or uncoupling mechanisms

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  • the invention relates to a remote-controlled coupling for an electric play or model train with an electrically actuated release mechanism, in particular a hook coupling with coupling hooks that can be hooked into a coupling bracket of the respective mating coupling part and pivotable about a horizontal axis.
  • Remote controllable couplings for electric play and model railways have already been proposed in various embodiments.
  • these known remote-controlled couplings are all very complicated, e.g. through the use of high-frequency signals or low-frequency pulses and their evaluation in the device, with an additional in-vehicle voltage supply usually being required.
  • a separate actuating device is required on the remote or next to it, which further complicates and makes the decoupling process more expensive.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of providing a remote-controlled coupling which does not require an additional voltage supply or separate control elements and can thus be integrated immediately into existing railway systems.
  • a remote-controlled clutch of the type mentioned according to the present invention that the electrically actuated triggering element of the clutch is assigned a response circuit, which whenever the driving voltage exceeds a predetermined time interval within a voltage gate - That is, between two specific threshold values - emits a control signal for the trigger mechanism.
  • the voltage gate in the voltage range below the motor starting voltage of the vehicle, especially the locomotive. In this area you will never hold the voltage regulator during normal driving, but you turn the voltage regulator to zero, at least up to the motor starting voltage of the vehicle, and only at this value or above can it be possible to leave the voltage on. However, if the gate is below the motor starting voltage, the clutch can never be triggered undesirably during normal driving. It is always necessary to first regulate the vehicle voltage regulator below the starting voltage and to search for the voltage gate in the area between this starting voltage and the switch-off position.
  • a feedback element emitting a light or sound signal can be connected to the response circuit, which feedback element then always, for example, always emits a light or sound signal generated while the driving voltage is within the voltage gate.
  • the coupling bracket In the case of using the remote-controlled coupling according to the invention on a hook coupling, it has proven to be particularly expedient to form the coupling bracket from two superposed parts which can be moved relative to one another, the obliquely rising rear surfaces of the hooking legs forming a continuous inclined surface in the decoupling position, and the release mechanism of the hook pivoted and the parts of the coupling bracket moved against each other.
  • the remote-controlled coupling according to the invention only on one of the coupling parts two vehicles coupled together, preferably on the front and rear coupling part of a locomotive or other traction vehicle, so that only its coupling hook is pivoted out of the coupling position with the mating coupling part.
  • the coupling hook of the mating coupling part does not need to be pivoted into the open position at all, but it slips due to the displacement of the two parts of the coupling bracket when the vehicles move apart on the continuous inclined surface formed thereby of the mutually offset hooking legs and thus reaches the uncoupling position.
  • the hook coupling shown in the figures comprises, in a manner known per se, a coupling bracket 1 or 1 'and a coupling hook 3 which is pivotally mounted thereon about a horizontal axis 2 and which is under the action of a spring which acts on the left coupling part 4, for example attached to a wagon, is not shown in detail.
  • a coupling part 5 shown on the right in the figures which can preferably be arranged on a traction vehicle, for example a locomotive, at the front and rear, a somewhat different design of both the coupling bracket 1 'and the coupling hook 3' is provided to achieve remote-controllable decoupling.
  • the coupling bracket 1 ' is made up of two superimposed parts 1a and 1b which are displaceable relative to one another, of which the upper part 1a, on which the coupling bracket 3' is also mounted, is immovably mounted on the vehicle, while the part 1b, on the other hand, is made from the normal one 5 can be shifted in the direction of arrow 6 in FIG. 2.
  • the displacement takes place simultaneously or, if necessary, somewhat offset with the pivoting of the coupling hook 3 ', as can be seen in FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • a plunger 7 is moved in the direction of arrow 8 so that it bears against an inclined surface 9 of an actuating leg 10 of the coupling hook in the latter Opened position pivoted downward so that it unhooks from the coupling bracket 1 of the mating coupling part 4.
  • the plunger 7 also engages in an extension of the lower displaceable bracket part 1b in a manner not shown, with the aid of the hook extension 11, and moves this into the decoupling position according to FIG Both obliquely rising rear surfaces 12 and 13 of the hook legs 14 and 15 of the coupling bracket parts 1a and 1b have a continuous inclined surface, so that when the vehicles are pulled apart according to FIG. 4, the coupling hook 3 of the coupling part 4, which is not at all affected by the remote control itself , forcibly slips on the continuous inclined surface and thus also reaches the decoupling position.
  • the peculiarity of the actuation method of the remote-controlled clutch according to the invention, ie the triggering of the tappet 7, is not shown in the figures, since this is a pure circuit which could be designed in the most varied of variants.
  • the trigger mechanism for example a solenoid or the like. to actuate the tappet 7, is triggered by an evaluation circuit in the vehicle or vehicle containing the coupling part 5, which indicates a control signal for the solenoid when the vehicle voltage present, which can be supplied via the rails or an overhead line, via a predetermined time period is kept within a certain voltage gate, that is between two certain threshold values, these two being as far as possible below the starting voltage of the vehicle.
  • the tappet 7 With the generation of this control signal, the tappet 7 is actuated, the decoupling position for a specific one, of course Time must be maintained so that there is the possibility, by turning the voltage regulator further, to first move the vehicles apart according to FIGS. 4 and 5 without the coupling hooks previously returning to the coupling position.

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EP93119504A 1993-02-03 1993-12-03 Accouplement télécommandé pour train électrique Expired - Lifetime EP0609516B1 (fr)

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DE4302970 1993-02-03
DE4302970A DE4302970C1 (de) 1993-02-03 1993-02-03 Ferngesteuerte Kupplung für elektrische Spiel- und Modellbahnen

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EP0609516A2 true EP0609516A2 (fr) 1994-08-10
EP0609516A3 EP0609516A3 (fr) 1995-05-24
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ES2101205T3 (es) 1997-07-01
DE59306453D1 (de) 1997-06-19
DK0609516T3 (da) 1997-12-15
EP0609516B1 (fr) 1997-05-14

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