TURNOUT SCREW DRIVE Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC B61L5/06 

FIELD: switch drives.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to switch drives of railway automatics and telemechanics and is intended for transferring, closing and monitoring the points of the turnout switch on rail transport and can be used in the transport industry. The turnout screw drive contains a body, a unit for converting the rotary motion of the propeller into the sliding movement of the gate, a gate closing unit containing a pusher, a carriage and a gate position control element fixed to the body. The gate position control element is represented by a contact sensor fixed in such a way that the carriage interacts with it in the extreme position.

EFFECT: risk of the gate position control element receiving inaccurate data on the gate screw position of the turnout is reduced.

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