SLIDING SUSPENSION OF OVERHEAD WIRE Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC B60M1/24 

FIELD: railway transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the sphere of electrical railways. Sliding suspension of the overhead wire consists of sliding string terminal of the overhead wire, two string terminals fixed on the messenger cable and two skew strings. Between the jaws of sliding string terminal there is a horizontal insert with holes. The jaws of sliding string terminal and horizontal insert are inter-connected by screw and nut. Lower ends of the skew strings are connected to the end holes of horizontal insert and the upper ends are connected to the string terminals. The depression angle of the skew strings is 45-50° to horizontal line. With fully tightened screw the gap between the jaws' grips of the sliding string terminal and the slot of the overhead wire is 0.2 - 0.4 mm.

EFFECT: increases the quality of current collection and the safety of the connections of the sliding suspension with overhead wire.

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