JPH0316300B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention converts cabins of passenger trains into containers, and allows the passenger containers to be easily and reliably transferred between passenger container trains with different gauges. This enables direct passenger transport between lines of different gauges without the need for

[Description of prior art]

Conventionally, in order to run a train directly on tracks with different gauges, a) bogies were changed.

b. Changing the wheel gauge by using a special structure for the wheels or trolley.

c 3-rail or 4-rail track.

The following methods are used. Among these methods, method a has a problem in that it takes a lot of time and manpower to change the cart. In method b, the wheel gauge variable mechanism is precise and complicated, and its failure may lead to derailment, so there are doubts about reliability and safety. Method c has problems such as requiring changes to the track equipment along the entire long line, resulting in an enormous cost for ground equipment and complicating the structure of the turnout.

After all, direct train operation between tracks of different gauges is not very common at present, and passengers change trains at the connection point between high-speed broad gauge railways and conventional narrow gauge railways. That is the reality.

[Purpose of the invention]

In the present invention, two passenger container trains with different gauges are stopped side by side, and the passenger containers are guided from one train to the next train in the front and rear directions while simultaneously moving laterally. This is a safe, reliable and quick method of transferring passenger containers, in which the container is moved to a specified location on the flat car and then fixed to the flat car.By directly transporting the passenger container, it is possible to transfer the passenger container to a line section with a different gauge than before. This is intended to provide convenience for passengers who were forced to change trains as direct service was not possible.

[Description of the structure and operation of the invention]

The present invention will be explained below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view for explaining the entire invention, and FIG.
The figure is a sectional view, and FIG. 3 is a plan view.

In these drawings, several flat vehicles 3 having two flat decks 13 at both ends connected by two deck connecting beams 14 are connected by a coupler 6. Further, the same number of passenger containers 1 as the number of flat cars 3 are connected with the same length as the flat cars.

Passenger container transfer base's broad gauge track 30, narrow gauge track 31, and narrow medium platform 12 between both tracks
These three ground facilities are laid so that each deck 13 of a flat vehicle 3 stopped on each track and an intermediate platform 12 between them are at the same height and close to each other.

Below, from the train loaded with passenger containers 1 stopped on the broad gauge track 30 on the left, to the narrow gauge track 3 on the right.
A method of transferring a passenger container to an empty train stopped at No. 1 will be explained when there is a slight difference in the stopping positions of these two trains.

Two sets of roller units 4 are attached to the bottom surface of the passenger container 1, each having guide rollers 19 on both sides of both ends and several support rollers 18 on the bottom surface. By rolling the container 18, the passenger container 1 can be easily moved laterally. The force for the lateral movement at this time is provided by driving the conveyor chain 22 stretched around the deck connecting beam 14.

The pin holes of the two guide and fixing bars 5 with flanges, each having a pin hole in the center and extending approximately the width of the deck 13, are connected to the two pins 17 protruding on the left and right center lines on the deck 13, respectively. Once fitted, the guide and fixing bar 5 can be rotated on the plane of the deck 13 using the pin 17 as a fulcrum to an angle at which the guide and fixing bar 5 hits the opening stopper 15 or the closing stopper 16 protruding on the deck 13.

Figures 2 and 3 show the passenger container 1 being transferred from the train on the left to the train on the right.The guide fixing bars 5 of each pair of the empty train on the right are opened in advance and placed against the stoppers 15. Open it in a V-shape toward the middle platform 12 side. When the conveyor chain 22 of the left train is driven for passenger container transfer, the support rollers 18 move until the guide roller on the side of the front end of the roller unit 4 that is shifted from the stopping position hits the open guide fixing bar 5 on the same side. Roll to the side. From there, the guide rollers roll on the side surfaces of the angled guide and fixing bars 5, so that the roller unit 4 is pushed in the direction away from the stop position, so that the support rollers 18 slide and roll diagonally.

At this time, the feed roller 2 of the conveyor chain 22
0 and the receiving roller 21 roll while pushing the pusher 8. As a result, the position of the passenger container 1 is corrected so that it is at the normal position in the longitudinal direction of the right train. In addition, in order to reduce the frictional force when the support roller 18 rolls diagonally, the support roller 18 and the deck 1
3. Make the transfer surface slippery.

Furthermore, the guide roller 19 of the roller unit 4 passes the position of the pin 17, and the inner platform 12 of the deck 13
When the roller unit 4 is pushed in until it hits the passenger container stopper 11 protruding from the opposite side, each pair of guide fixing bars 5 is pushed by the guide roller 19 at the tip and closed until it hits the stopper 16. As a result, the leading and trailing pairs of guide rollers 19 are sandwiched between the pair of guiding and fixing bars from both sides, and the passenger container 1 is automatically fixed in the longitudinal direction. It turns out.

In addition, regarding the fixation of the passenger container 1 in the left and right direction, the passenger container stopper 11 is used on the side opposite to the center platform.
This is done by protruding a separate movable stopper using an air cylinder or the like on the middle platform side to prevent the roller unit 4 from moving to that side after being pushed in.

FIG. 4 is a detailed sectional view when the guide fixing bar fixes the roller unit in the longitudinal direction of the train.
Support rollers 18 of a roller unit attached to the lower surface of the passenger container 1 roll on the deck 13 to move the passenger container 1 laterally. The passenger container 1 is fixed in the longitudinal direction of the train by sandwiching the guide rollers 19 on both sides of the roller unit with a pair of guide fixing bars 5 fitted into two pins 17 protruding on the deck 13. Further, the upper flange of the guide fixing bar 5 prevents the passenger container 1 from jumping up.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the conveyor device that applies force to move the passenger container 1 laterally, and FIG. 6 is a detailed diagram of the conveyor device. Conveyor chain sprockets 23 are attached to both sides of the two deck connecting beams 14 of the flat vehicle, and a conveyor chain 22 is fitted thereto so as to go around the deck connecting beams 14. The sending roller 20 and receiving roller 21 of the passenger container 1 are mounted on the conveyor chain 22 at a certain distance in a protruding manner. In the case of a train on the left side, the push metal fitting 8 on the left side is held, and in the case of a train on the right side, the push metal fitting 8 on the right side is sandwiched between a sending roller 20 and a receiving roller 21.

FIG. 5 shows the progress during the transverse movement of the passenger container 1 from the left train to the right train. First, the conveyor chain 22 of the left train is turned to the right, and the left pusher 8 is moved. Push the receiving roller 21 with the feed roller 20 until it faces sideways to the right end. On this occasion,
In the initial state of the conveyor chain 22 of the train on the right, the receiving roller 21 is placed horizontally on the left end, and only the sending roller 20 protrudes from the upper part of the left end. When the passenger container 1 is sent, the push metal fitting 8 on the right side The conveyor chain 22 of the right train is rotated until it hits the roller 20 and reaches the state shown in FIG.

After that, turn the conveyor chain 22 of the right train to the right and move the push metal fitting 8 on the left side to the receiving roller 21.
to move the passenger container 1 until it touches the passenger container stopper 11 on the right side of the deck, and then a movable stopper is projected on the left side of the deck to fix the passenger container 1 in the left-right direction.

The drive shaft 24 of the sprocket 23 in FIG. 6 is driven by an electric motor.

〔Effect of the invention〕

The present invention makes it possible to safely, reliably, and quickly transfer passenger containers, and allows direct connection between high-speed broad gauge railways and conventional narrow gauge railways using the passenger container system, thereby improving passenger transportation by railway. Improved convenience.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 shows the configuration of the vehicle of the present invention in Figure 2, Figure 3 shows the passenger container transfer system of the present invention, Figure 4 shows the configuration of the roller unit in Figure 5, and Figure 6 shows the conveyor system. Show the configuration. 1... Passenger container, 2... Hollow, 3... Flat vehicle, 4... Roller unit, 5... Guide fixing bar, 6... Coupler, 8... Push metal fitting, 9...
Trolley, 11...Passenger container stopper, 12...
...Inner platform, 13...Deck, 14...Deck connecting beam, 15...Opening stopper, 16...Closing stopper, 17...Pin, 18...Support roller, 19...
...Guide roller, 20...Feed roller, 21...Receiving roller, 22...Conveyor chain, 23...
Sprocket, 24... Drive shaft, 30... Broad gauge track, 31... Narrow gauge track.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Passenger container transfer where two tracks of different gauges are installed close to each side of a narrow medium platform so that the height of the medium platform matches the deck height of the flat vehicle on the two tracks. Equipment is provided on the flat vehicle deck, which can rotate around a pin and has a stopper on the deck,
The rotation range is restricted in the horizontal direction from a V-shape to parallel, and during transfer, the front-to-back deviation of the passenger container is corrected by the guidance angle that opens in a V-shape toward the middle platform. A pair of guide and fixing bars are provided at the bottom of the passenger container, which fix the passenger container in the longitudinal direction by being parallel to each other after the transfer, and further fix the passenger container in the vertical direction with their flanges. The support rollers roll on the flat vehicle deck and the intermediate platform and roll in contact with the guide fixing bar, and after the transfer, the passenger container is fixed in the longitudinal and vertical directions by the guide fixing bar. A roller unit having guide rollers is provided, and the flat vehicle is further provided with a power device for laterally moving the passenger containers, and the passenger containers loaded on the flat vehicle are collectively connected by a pin, A passenger container train for direct transportation between tracks of different gauges, characterized in that it is transferred and fixed to the flat car on the other line via an intermediate platform.