JPS6020220B2 - How to operate a car-loaded vehicle - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention is aimed at transporting automobiles by rail from an unspecified station to an unspecified station, by allowing the automobile-loaded vehicle to enter two branch lines at the same time so that the vehicle can move diagonally to the rails. The present invention relates to a method for bringing a car loaded with a car into the platform, and allows loading and unloading of the car onto the car in a short time and efficiently.

In Japan, there are generally two ways to transport cars by rail: from the car manufacturing factory to the main sales point.
We organize a fleet of rental cars that specialize in transporting high-rise passenger cars.

This method has relatively few problems when transporting only cars from one point to another, and if a car unloading facility is installed at the end of the track at the terminal station, a large number of cars loaded on rental cars can be transported. It is suitable for transportation where there is no requirement to unload only one vehicle. In contrast to this method of transporting cars, a well-known method for transporting people inside the car is the railway that runs through tunnels that pass through the Alps.

This is because it makes it possible to transport vehicles through small-section tunnels without emitting vehicle exhaust gas, even in areas where roads are inadequate. Even in this case, once the loaded cars pass through the Alps, they all have the common purpose of disembarking, so when getting on and off, the loaded cars pass through the organized rental cars, so the structure of the freight car There are no particularly surprising problems. In addition to transporting passenger cars, methods called piggyback or kangaroo are used in the United States and other countries to transport trailer rental cars over long distances, but these methods are difficult to load and unload, so they are not used in Japan. It has been considered, but not implemented.

In addition, in order to run a large number of cars through a tunnel, such as the Tokyo Bay Crossing Tunnel, which has a distance of about 15 km, a ventilation tunnel that is larger than the tunnel for cars is required to ventilate the exhaust gas, which reduces costs. The use of various electric drive vehicles has been studied and prospects for realization have been obtained. On the other hand, when considering future forms of transportation, energy, economic efficiency, the amount of labor per unit of transportation, and passenger cars are being rented out at many terminal stations as a means of eliminating wasted effort in driving en route to the destination. Railways can be used as land ferries if goods and passenger cars are loaded into rental cars and transported to a station near the destination, and then the cars are driven by waiting cars or cars that are on the same train. can play a role called If this becomes possible, it is expected to bring about a huge revolutionary change in rental car transportation and passenger car driving. For travelers traveling by car, it is often not desirable to drive a car to a distant destination due to the fatigue factor. Separate transportation is desired, in which only the items are transported separately and the items are transported directly to the destination by train or aircraft.

In Europe, special trains called car sleeper trains are already running in designated sections, and when a traveler drives a car to a station, the traveler and the car are connected to the same train, with one sleeping car and the other connected to the sleeping car. Furthermore, more and more transportation is being carried out. However, loading and unloading a car is a fairly large task and cannot be easily done in a short period of time.

For this reason, there are cases where rental cars are equipped with special turntables for loading and unloading cars, but this is expensive and requires a considerable amount of time, so the driver must wait on the station platform. I had to wait. Furthermore, while it is fine if all the passengers on one train get off at the same destination station, it is extremely difficult to take them all together if they get off little by little at many stations. The present invention has been made from this point of view, and its purpose is to allow trains to be operated as single-car units, but to form a train formation when running on the main line, and at terminal stations to be separated into single-car units for a short period of time. To provide a method for transporting a vehicle loaded with automobiles, by which vehicles requiring boarding and alighting are parked on the platform of a terminal station, and the loading and unloading of the automobiles can be carried out easily and in a short time. The details of the present invention will be explained below with reference to the drawings which are one embodiment.

1 and 2 are a plan view and a side view, respectively, of a car-loading vehicle used in the present invention. Car loading vehicle 11
Triangular boarding plates 13A and 13B are rotatably attached to the tip and rear end of the underframe 12 of the (hereinafter referred to as loading car), and when the train is assembled, as shown by the imaginary line in Fig. 2, Lift up and couplers 14A and 148 installed at the end of the car.
It is now possible to form protruding trains. A car 15 is loaded on the top surface of the underframe 12, and although a bus is shown as an example in the figure, the same applies to a passenger car. Underframe 12
Carts 16A and 16B are rotatably provided on the lower surface of the frame 12, and the carts 16A and 16B are designed so that no problem will occur even if the swivel angle with respect to the underframe 12 is increased. Further, the carts 16A and 16B are provided with electric motors (not shown) for driving them. The above electric motor is not necessarily required, but if it is not provided, the loading vehicle 11
Since it is necessary to devise ways to move the motor, this explanation assumes that an electric motor is provided. For this purpose, an electric motor control device 17 is provided on the underside of the underframe 11, and a battery is housed within the control device 17 to serve as a power source when the underframe 11 does not have a power graph. Such a loaded vehicle 11 has a boarding plate 13
A and 13B are connected to each other by flip-up couplers 14A and 148 to form a train.

In this case, if this train is towed by a large locomotive,
In some cases, only the control vehicle is connected to the front. When towed by a large locomotive, the loaded car 11 becomes a mere rental car, and the prime mover installed therein is not driven. However, in this case, there is a system in which a bus bar is passed from a large locomotive to all the loaded cars 11, and this bus bar connects the batteries installed in each loaded car 11 with floating electric power, and an electric motor installed in each loaded car 11 ( Alternatively, there is a method of floating charging of the battery by driving a generator (not shown) from the axle via a belt or the like (not shown). The former busbar system allows for easy vehicle control and low running resistance, but on the other hand, when disassembling a train, it is necessary to separate the busbars and operation is complicated.

The latter charging method is a little more complicated from a control point of view, and the running resistance of the vehicle increases slightly compared to the former method, but the command wire for control only needs to be an extremely thin wire, so it is easy to operate when disassembling the train. It is. As described above, both methods have their advantages and disadvantages, and the present invention assumes that either method can be used and the battery is automatically charged at all times. Next, Figure 3 explains the branching device used when the loaded cars shown in Figures 1 and 2 arrive at their destinations by large locomotives, are separated, and guided to specific car platforms. do.

The main lines are shown as seals 21A and 218,
The main lines 21A and 21B are branched into two branch lines 22A and 22B and 23A and 23B. Main lines 21A and 21B, branch lines 22A and 22B, and 23A and 23B are connected to branch rails 24A and 24B insulated from other rails, and iron fork rail located between the above rails and also insulated from other rails. 2
5A and 258, V-shaped rail 26 connected to and insulated from rails 228 and 23A, fixed rail 27A connected to rails 25A and 25B.
and 27B, and the fixed rails 27A and 27
One side is rotatably connected to B, and the other side is connected by tongue-shaped rails 28A and 28B fixed by tie rods 29. Tie rod 2 of tongue rail 288
A piston rod 32 fixed to a piston 31 of a cylinder 30 is connected to the portion connected to the piston 9 . On the other hand, a pump 34 that sucks hydraulic oil from the tank 33 is connected to an operating valve 36 via an accumulator 35, and the operating valve 36 is connected to the pipe line 3.
7 and 38 are connected to both sides of the piston 31 of the syring 30. The iron prong rails 25A and 25B and the V-shaped rail 26 are connected by wiring 39, and this wiring 3-
9 is connected to one side of the power source 41 through a wiring 40'. The branch rail 24A is connected to the contactor coil 43 by the wiring 42.
is connected to the other side of the power supply 41 via the branch rail 2.
4B is the power supply 41 via the contactor coil 45 from the wiring 44
connected to the other side.

The wiring 40 branches in the middle to become a wiring 46, which is connected to the other side of the power source 41 via a contact 45A of the contactor coil 45, a contact 43A of the contactor coil 43, a contactor coil 47, and a saddle contactor coil 48. Contact 47A of contactor coil 47 is connected in parallel to contact 43A, and contact 4 of contactor coil 48 is connected in parallel to contact 43A.
8A is the other side of the power supply 41 and the solenoid 3 of the operating valve 36.
Connect the monopod of 6A, and connect the end of solenoid 36A to power supply 41.
It is connected to one side by a wiring 49. The operation of the branching device described above will be explained.

Assuming that the loaded vehicle 11 (not shown) approaches from the main line 21 side, the tongue-shaped rail 28B will move toward the main line 21 as shown in the figure.
Since it is in close contact with B, the other truck 16A (not shown)
continues toward branch line 22. Here, when the trolley 16A advances to the top of the dividing skin rail 24A and the iron prong rail 25B,
Both rails 24A and 25B are short-circuited by the wheel axle of the truck 16A. For this reason, contactor coil 43 connected between wires 40 and 42 is energized and contact 43A is closed, so contactor coils 47 and 48 are energized and both contacts 47A and 48A are closed. The solenoid 36A of the operating valve 36 is energized by the closing of the contact 48A.
The operating valve 36 moves from the illustrated right-hand position to the left-hand position.

As a result, the hydraulic oil flows into the right chamber of the piston 31 through the pipe 37, and since the left chamber is open to the tank, the piston 31 moves to the left. This action causes the tongue-shaped rail 28B to separate from the main line 21B, and the tongue-shaped rail 28A to move away from the main line 21B.
1A, and the main line 21 is connected to the branch line 23. During this time, the contact 47A is closed due to the energization of the contactor coil 47, so a self-holding circuit is formed, and the contact 48A is also kept closed, and the trolley 16A is connected to the branch rail 2.
4A etc., and even if the contactor coil 43 is turned off and the contact 43A is opened, the connection is maintained in this state. In the above-mentioned switching operation, the tongue-shaped rails 28A and 28B are switched because the truck 16A passes the tongue-shaped rail 28B and all the sliding work is completed before the truck 16B enters the tongue-shaped rail 28A. It must be finished, so
There is a close relationship between the distance between the two trolleys 16A and 168 and the speed of the loading vehicle 11, and the lengths of the fixed rails 27A and 27B and the operating speeds of the tongue rails 28A and 28B must be carefully considered. When the tongue-shaped rails 28A and 28B are switched in this way, the truck 16B moves to the branch line 23.
When the trolley 16B advances to above the iron fork rail 25A and the insulated rail 24B, both rails 25A and 24B
is short-circuited by the wheel axle of the trolley 16B, and as a result, the wiring 40
and 44 are connected, the contactor coil 45 is energized, and the contact 4
5A opens.

This releases the self-holding circuit of the contactor coils 47 and 48, and also releases the solenoid 36A of the operating valve 36, returning the operating valve 36 to the position shown, pushing the piston 31 to the right, and pushing the tongue rail 28A and 28B also returns to the position shown. In the above description, a method has been described in which it is detected that the leading truck 16A has passed over the tongue-shaped rail 28B and has traveled a certain distance by detecting that a pair of rails are short-circuited by the wheel set.

This is because this method is currently highly reliable, but it is not limited to this and there are many other methods. For example, trolley 16A
A method of detecting by providing a wheel flange etc. on the branch rail 24A or the iron fork rail 25B or stepping on a mitt switch, a method of detecting by providing a light source and a light receiving section and the loading vehicle 11 entering between them and blocking the light. There are various methods such as a method of detecting the position of the loaded vehicle 11 using radar, and a method of incorporating a rod cell into the rail to detect the entry of the loaded vehicle 11, and any of these methods can be used. As can be understood from the above explanation, this branching device is used to force an abnormal approach, which is a serious accident in general railways, and when passing through this branching device, the bogie 16A goes to the branch line 22, and the bogie 16B goes to the branch line 22. Branch line 23
The loaded vehicle 11 advances diagonally on two rails.

In this case, the loaded vehicle 11 is driven by its own electric motor from the Batte River, and running, stopping, speed control, etc. are performed by remote control or automatic operation control. The details are omitted because they are not directly related to the present invention. Next, the loading and unloading of automobiles onto and from the loading vehicle 11 after passing through the above-mentioned special branching mechanism will be explained with reference to FIG.

The loaded vehicle 11, which was automatically brought into an unusual position by the side of the special branching machine, rides its respective bogies 16A and 16B on the branching lines 22 and 23, and the underframe 12 runs at an angle to the branching lines 22 and 23. do. At this time, both branch lines 22 and 2
3, the center distance is L, the distance with respect to the traveling direction of the loaded vehicle is 8, and the distance between the carts 16A and 16B is set as L=kusj ship...{1'.

The loaded vehicle 11 that has entered the branch lines 22 and 23 stops at a position facing the platform 51 and/or 52, and when the platforms 13A and 138 are placed in a horizontal state, the couplers 14A and 14B are hidden, and the platforms 13A and 13B are hidden. The front end faces the boarding platforms 51 and 52 with a slight interval and the same height.

In the drawing, each of the boarding/disembarking platforms 51 and 52 is located relative to the loading vehicle 11, but only the platform on one side may be installed, and the platform on the pond side may be provided offset. Loading car 1 like this
1 comes into contact with the platform 51 and/or 52, the automobile loaded on the loading vehicle 11 crosses the gap A and alights onto the platform 51. Further, a car can be loaded onto the loading vehicle 11 from the boarding platform 52. It is possible to save a lot of labor by having the car owner or driver perform this work of loading and unloading the car, but the inside of the loading car 11 cannot be made large enough on current railways. The loading and unloading operations should be carried out by specialized staff who are skilled in such driving, and measures must also be taken to prevent the vehicle from moving due to shocks such as brakes while the loaded vehicle 11 is in progress. It is preferable to do so.

As shown in Fig. 4, the loaded vehicles are on platforms 51 and 5.
As many as 2 cars can be parked in parallel. The car-loading vehicle of the present invention has two bogies attached to the lower part of the underframe, and has boarding plates with slanted tips on the front and rear surfaces of the underframe, and this car-loading vehicle has two branch lines. When traveling, the tongue-shaped rail provided between the main line and the branch line is moved so that the front bogie of the car-loaded vehicle advances to one branch line and the rear bogie to the other branch line. As a result, the car loaded with cars moves forward, that is, at an angle to the platform.

Therefore, a car loaded onto a car-loading car can move forward and get off at the platform, and a car on the platform can be immediately moved onto the car-loading car and loaded onto the car-loading car. As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to load or unload a vehicle in a short time and efficiently, and it brings about a great effect on railway transportation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Each of the figures shows one embodiment of the present invention, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a car-loaded vehicle, Figure 2 is a side view of Figure 1, Figure 3 is an explanatory diagram of a branching device, and Figure 4 is a branching device. It is an explanatory diagram of the relationship between a car-loaded vehicle and a platform afterward. 1 1...car loading vehicle, 12...underframe, 13...
・Getting on and off board, 16...bogie, 21...main line, 22, 23・
... Branch line, 24 ... Insulated rail, 28 ... Tongue rail, 30 ... Schilling, 36 ... Operation valve, 43,
45, 47... Contactor coil. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. First and second carts are provided at the front and rear of the underframe, respectively, so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction, and approximately triangular boarding plates are provided on the front and rear surfaces of the underframe, so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. When guiding a loaded car from one set of wooden lines to two sets of branch lines, the first truck is provided between the wooden line and the branch line to switch the traveling direction of the truck. When passing a tongue-shaped rail, the tongue-shaped rail is switched to guide the first truck to the branch line on the one side and guide the second truck to the branch line on the other side. , and a method for operating a vehicle loaded with automobiles, wherein the underframe is operated at a predetermined angle of inclination with respect to the branch line.