CONNECTING BEAMS OF FOUR-AXILE TROLLEY Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC B61F5/52 B61F3/10 

FIELD: transportation.

SUBSTANCE: connecting beam of four-axle carriage includes four supports of the end bearers, a pair of central slips, a pair of outer brushes (2) and one central bowl (4). The beam is made in the form of two vertically oriented frames (1) located on both sides of the spiral beam of the car, connected by a horizontally oriented frame. There are end center plates (2) placed on the end elements of the horizontal frame, and center bowl (4) on the central element. Distance between vertical frames is chosen in a such way, that the rotation of the spinal beam is provided when passing the track sections of the given curvature.

EFFECT: mass and metal capacity of the connecting beam have been reduced by more than 2 times.

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