GUIDE SYSTEM FOR TWO FOUR-WHEEL BOGIES WITH ADJUSTABLE WHEEL-TO-WHEEL CROSS DISTANCE AND GUIDE SYSTEM FOR FOUR-WHEEL BOGIE WITH ADJUSTABLE WHEEL-TO-WHEEL CROSS DISTANCE Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: railway transport; railway cars. SUBSTANCE: guide system for two four-wheel bogies has tie-rods and three balancers. Each bogie has central frame and carrying frames installed on central frame for turning around vertical axles. Carrying frames have two rocking forked levers carrying axle boxes made cylindrical upper part for thrusting the end of forked lever against cylindrical upper part, and four wheel units. Balancers and tie-rods are connected to each other, to bogie members and to car body. Guide system for four-wheel bogie has balancers and tie-rods connected to each other and to car body frame and bogie frame. EFFECT: provision of accurate direction of bogie wheelsets over curvilinear sections of track of any radius, elimination of dynamic loads on bogies with independent suspension of wheels. 4 cl, 19 dwg