REKUNOV'S HIGH-SPEED SWITCH Russian patent published in 2025 - IPC E01B7/00 B61L5/06 

FIELD: railways.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to railway transport, particularly, to point switches. High-speed switch comprises a transfer curve equipped with a curvilinear cage with a gear guide, on which a switch box is installed, the curvilinear cage is connected to a guide with several lateral and straight directions of track rails, locks interacting with locks arranged at connection points of switch-running rails with straight and side tracks are arranged on said switch box. Lower surface of the switch box has channels for lubrication, and in its ends there are scraper devices. Switch-running rails are located on metal guides attached to the under-rail base and attached to each other along the entire length of the switch by adjusting rods, wherein on each third guide there are stepped motor-reducers, and on the other guides in the under-rail base there are locks fixing the position of the switch-running rails, and an equalizing mechanism is installed at the beginning of the switch.

EFFECT: possibility to transfer rolling stock from the main track directly to more than two following tracks, which allows to increase movement speed on this section, to increase safety of passenger and cargo transportation.

7 cl, 5 dwg