CONTACT SYSTEM SLIDING HANGER Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: electrified railways. SUBSTANCE: hanger has flexible clamp secured on contact wire for longitudinal displacement relative to wire. Clamp is provided with cutouts in middle part of each cheek from below in area of clamp-to-wire connection. Hanger is suspended from lower ends of vertical and two diagonal droppers by means of shackle fitted in above indicated cutouts. droppers are secured on carrier cable by means of three rigid bolted dropper clamps. Length of flexible clamp exceeds height of cutouts four times, minimum. Diagonal droppers are inclined in opposite directions at angle to vertical not less than 45 deg. Flexible clamp has catches consisting of rods and handles hinge-connected to each other to form cam mechanisms. EFFECT: reduced mass, enhanced reliability. 2 cl, 2 dwg