ES1248559U - DEVICE TO ADAPT A VEHICLE OF LARGE TONNAGE TO BE MOVED BY A RAILWAY (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Device for adapting a large tonnage vehicle (1) to be moved on a railway track (100), characterized in that it comprises: - at least two trains (2) of first railway wheels (20) supporting the rails (101) of the track (100), comprising at least one front train and one rear train, - anchors (7) for fixing said first railway wheels (2) trains (20) to the structure (10) of the vehicle (1), removable, and - a light leveling and hauling platform (3), comprising: - second railway wheels (30) supporting the rails (101) of the track (100), -a support surface (31) during boarding of the vehicle (1), which is arranged at a height equal to a platform (50) or boarding ramp, - cut-outs (32) for passing the first railway wheels (20), - at least one immobilizer (33) for securing the vehicle (1) to the platform, and - railway couplings (34) of the platform (3) to a locomotive or railway train. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

DEVICE TO ADAPT A HIGH-TONNAGE VEHICLE TO BE

DISPLACED BY A RAILWAY

Object of the Invention

The present invention relates to a device for adapting a large tonnage vehicle (such as a truck) to be moved on a railway track.

Background of the Invention

At present, a combined transport system is known as a railway highway, which consists of a railway shuttle line destined for truck transport. Trucks travel the road to the start of the rail motorway, ride in special cars, and are unloaded at the final station to continue on the road to their destination. Its purpose is to combine the advantages of economy and safety of the railroad and direct access to the destination of trucking.

This concept of railway motorway is distinguished from the simple transport of trucks by rail, or container, in that it is a fixed route between two stations specially prepared for this service, where the railway company is exclusively in charge of transport during the railway motorway, being oblivious to the logistics of the truck before and after the railway section.

Rail motorways are established for various reasons, such as increasing the share of rail transport by partially transporting those goods that require a truck, or serving as an alternative route that prevents the circulation of trucks on dangerous routes such as mountain ranges.

However, these railway highways have the disadvantage that they require expensive special carriages, as well as enormous and sophisticated infrastructures that allow trucks to be loaded onto the train, such as loading docks with lateral or rotary displacers, enormously long boarding ramps and chains etc. This supposes a limitation that has truncated the potential evolution of the rail motorways

Description of the Invention

The device for adapting a large tonnage vehicle, typically a truck, to be moved on a railway track has a configuration that allows the direct movement of the vehicle on the railway track, dispensing with expensive special wagons or with large and expensive docks. load.

According to the invention, the device comprises:

-at least two tracks (firstly eight trains) of railway support wheels on the rails (each train comprising one or more axles with each side rail wheels (solid, with lower wing), comprising at least one train front and a rear train,

-Anchors for direct fixing of said railway wheel trains to the vehicle structure, removable, allowing the trains to be marketed as kits, and

- a light leveling and towing platform, comprising:

-a second railway support wheels on the rails

-a support surface during the boarding of the vehicle, which is arranged by the size and arrangement of its wheels and structure, at a height equal to a boarding platform,

-a few cut-outs for the first railway wheels,

-at least one hook for securing the vehicle to the platform, and

-a railway couplings of the platform to a locomotive or railway train.

In this way, by fixing the anchorages to the truck's structure, it can circulate on the track, dragged by the train, like a wagon, taking advantage of the concept of a railway highway at a much lower cost. To be able to hook it to the train or locomotive, the leveling and towing platform is used, which is nothing more than a false towing structure, supporting only the support of the truck tires, since the total weight of the same is supported for the first railway wheels, the braking of the entire convoy will be the exclusive function of the second railway wheels of the platform, which will be of smaller diameter, and preferably between three and four wheels each support to have more friction surface for braking.

But it is also that this has the following additional advantages:

- The investment of the administration is the most benefited of the three intervening parties.

-get energy savings, improve road safety and the most important, given the growing social alarm, is the reduction of polluting emissions.

For this reason it would be reasonable to assume that the administration was willing to promote and subsidize the project.

- The investment of the railway company is reduced considerably, thanks to changing a transport wagon for a light drag platform.

- The investment that the carrier makes in the truck, gives it an immediate direct benefit, which sets it apart from its competitors.

In addition it achieves:

-A very important fuel saving.

-A very important extension in the life of the truck.

- Personnel savings by requiring only a single driver.

-A faster speed on the routes, as there is no need to take breaks, since the driver will be resting in the sleeper car or the passenger car; Also, it is possible that the driver does not have to travel with the convoy, coordinating a driver upon arrival at the destination.

-In the short term, these trucks could be hybrid or electric since most of their routes will take them by rail and therefore charging their batteries, consuming their own energy only on the routes to the station of origin and to the final destination.

On the part of the railway network it would also be interesting because:

- Remarkably simplifies the towing vehicle.

- Minimizes the cost of the system, since a part of the investment is assumed by the carrier,

- You do not have to make large investments in infrastructure, since they can be recovered

stations currently in disuse, such as, in the case of the Spanish railways, Portbou, Irún, Vilamalla, La Sagrera, etc.

-At the level of the Spanish railways, it would enable the international AVE line for the transport of goods, which currently cannot be used due to excess weight and in some tunnels, due to height limitations.

- At the level of the Spanish railways, it could be the solution for the implementation of the Mediterranean corridor.

- At the international trade level, it could solve the distribution to the whole of Europe of the goods arriving at the port from Asia.

Brief Description of Drawings

Figure 1.- They show a side view of a truck mounted on a device of the invention. Figure 1a shows an enlarged area of fig 1.

Figure 2.- Shows a front view of a truck mounted on a device of the invention, at the same height as a boarding platform.

Figure 3.- Shows a plan view of the leveling and drag platform, where the position of the first railway wheels and the truck's own wheels is outlined.

Description of the Preferred Embodiment

The device for adapting a large tonnage vehicle (1) to be moved on a railway track (100) of the invention comprises:

-at least two trains (2) running (ideally four trains) of first railway wheels (20) supporting the rails (101) of the track (100) (each train (2) comprising one or more axles (21 ) with first solid side railway wheels (20), with inner wing), comprising at least at least one front and one rear train,

-a few anchors (7) (see fig 1a) for fixing said trains (2) with first railway wheels (20) to the structure (10) of the vehicle (1) (see fig 1a), which are removable, which allows commercialization of the trains (2) as kits, and

- a light leveling and hauling platform (3), comprising:

-a second railway wheels (30) supporting the rails (101) of the track (100), -a supporting surface (31) during the loading of the vehicle (1), which is arranged, by size and arrangement of its wheels and structure, at a height equal to a platform (50) or boarding ramp, as seen in fig 2,

-a recesses (32) for the passage of the first railway wheels (20), as seen in FIG. 3, to allow them to reach the rails (101) of the track (100) from the height of the vehicle raised on the platform (3), fig 3 also showing the position of the vehicle's own wheels (55) (1)

-at least one immobilizer (33) for securing the vehicle (1) to the platform (3), and -a few rail hooks (34) of the platform (3) to a locomotive or railway train (see figs 1 and 3) .

Preferably, the first railway wheels (2) trains (2) comprise retractable mechanisms, so that they can be carried at all times by the vehicle without the need to assemble and disassemble them. Said retractor mechanisms ideally comprise retractor elements selected from hydraulic cylinders (99) and / or electric motors.

Additionally, the possible provision of magnetic self-brakes, not shown, on the railway wheels (20, 30) has been foreseen, in order to transform them into small generators that would accumulate energy during the journey.

Lastly, it should be noted that the undercarriages preferably comprise at least eight first-wheel railway undercarriages (20), comprising at least four front and four rear trains, to increase the friction surface for braking.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, and since the description made corresponds only to a preferred embodiment of the invention, it will be understood that within its essential nature, multiple variations of detail may be introduced, also protected, which may affect the shape, size or the materials for manufacturing the assembly or its parts, without this implying any alteration of the invention as a whole, limited only by the claims that are provided below.

Claims (5)

1. -Device to adapt a large tonnage vehicle (1) to be moved on a railway track (100), characterized in that it comprises: -at least two trains (2) of first railway wheels (20) supporting the rails (101) of the track (100), comprising at least one front train and one rear train, - anchors (7) for fixing said first railway wheels (2) trains (20) to the structure (10) of the vehicle (1), removable, and - a light leveling and hauling platform (3), comprising: -a second railway wheels (30) supporting the rails (101) of the track (100), -a supporting surface (31) during the loading of the vehicle (1), which is arranged at a height equal to one platform (50) or boarding ramp, -a recesses (32) for the passage of the first railway wheels (20), - at least one immobilizer (33) for securing the vehicle (1) to the platform, and -a railway couplings (34) of the platform (3) to a locomotive or railway train. 2. -Device for adapting a large tonnage vehicle (1) to be moved on a railway track (100) according to claim 1, where the first-wheel railway trains (2) comprise retractable mechanisms. 3. -Device for adapting a large tonnage vehicle (1) to be moved on a railway track (100) according to claim 2, where the retractor mechanisms comprise retractor elements selected from: -hydraulic cylinders (99), -electric motors. 4. -Device to adapt a vehicle (1) large tonnage to be displaced by a track (100) rail according to any of the preceding claims, comprising self magnetic brakes on rail wheels (20, 30). 5.-Device for adapting a large tonnage vehicle (1) to be moved on a railway track (100) according to any of the preceding claims, where the running trains comprise at least eight first-wheel running trains (2). (20), comprising at least four front trains and four rear trains.