CURRENT COLLECTOR Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: railway transport; electrified ground vehicles. SUBSTANCE: current collector has base with fitted-on lower shaft, upper shaft connected by posts with lower shaft, lifting springs and current sleeper carrier installed on upper shaft. Hollow shaft with double-arm lifting levers is freely fitted on lower shaft. One end of lifting levers is connected with lifting springs, and other end, with posts through flexible lifting tie-rods. Double-arm levers and current sleeper carriers are rigidly mounted on upper shaft. Free ends are connected with synchronization tie-rods. EFFECT: provision of constant pressure on current wire, reduced mass of current collector. 4 cl, 4 dwg