DEVICE FOR MOUNTING RAILWAY VEHICLE KING PIN UNIT RETURNING APPARATUS Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: railway transport; devices for returning vehicle body in initial position after negotiating switches, curved sections of track and other track irregularities in plan. SUBSTANCE: device has resilient member previously compressed by clamping bolt and washers, and spring installed in tandem with resilient member and thrusting against stop flange. Stop is connected with king pin slider and is provided with threaded hole. Clamping bolt is hollow. Stop is connected with body by pullout bolt passing through hollow clamping bolt and body bottom to provide displacement of stop along its axis without rotation. EFFECT: reduced labour input at assembling of locomotive (lowering body onto bogies) and provision of high quality of assembly of vehicle running gear. 3 dwg