AUTONOMOUS BALLAST DELIVERY CONSIST
    1.
    发明公开
    AUTONOMOUS BALLAST DELIVERY CONSIST 审中-公开
    自由人肖像画家

    公开(公告)号:EP3150765A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-05

    申请号:EP16190277.0

    申请日:2016-09-23

    发明人: Landes, Nathan A.

    IPC分类号: E01B27/02 B61D7/32 B60P1/56

    摘要: An autonomous ballast consist for unloading ballast along a railway and methods for unloading ballast thereby. The consist 10 includes a plurality of ballast cars and at least one control car 16. The control car 16 includes a controller, a navigation system, and electric, hydraulic, or pneumatic generators that power the hopper cars 18. The controller employs the navigation system to determine the location of the consist 10 relative to a track survey indicating locations and amounts of ballast to be unloaded. The controller instructs the hopper cars to open/close ballast doors to dump appropriate amounts of ballast in desired locations. The controller also monitors the status of the hopper cars 18 and the accuracy of the navigation system to automatically adjust the operational state of the consist relative thereto. The unloading operation is carried out automatically, without need for operator intervention, and without risk of damage to railroad facilities.

    摘要翻译: 自主的镇流器用于沿着铁路卸载压载物以及用于从其卸载压载物的方法。 组合件10包括多个镇流器轿厢和至少一个控制轿厢16.控制轿厢16包括控制器,导航系统以及为漏斗车18供电的电动,液压或气动发电机。控制器采用导航系统 确定组合10相对于轨迹测量的位置,指示要卸载的镇流器的位置和数量。 控制器指示料斗车辆打开/关闭镇流器门,将适量的镇流器倾倒在所需的位置。 控制器还监视料斗车18的状态和导航系统的精度,以自动调整组合的操作状态。 卸货操作自动进行,不需要操作员干预,不会损坏铁路设施。

    SYSTEM FOR GUIDING RAILS ON A RAIL TRAIN
    2.
    发明公开
    SYSTEM FOR GUIDING RAILS ON A RAIL TRAIN 有权
    SYSTEM FOR导轨上轨列车

    公开(公告)号:EP2971357A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-20

    申请号:EP14779538.9

    申请日:2014-03-05

    IPC分类号: E01B29/05

    CPC分类号: E01B29/17

    摘要: A rail guide for loading railroad rails onto a rail train. The rail guide includes a guide beam disposed to depend vertically downward over each shelf in a rack on a rack car. The guide beam extends substantially the length of the rack car and is coupled to a corresponding guide beam of an adjacent car via a bridge that is configured to accommodate relative movement between the cars. A shoe is provided that is coupled to a leading end of a rail to be loaded. The shoe includes a follower that engages the guide beam to guide a rail being loaded along a path defined by the guide beam. The guide beam can provide vertical and lateral support to the leading end of the rail during loading.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BALLAST CAR HOPPER DOOR
    4.
    发明公开
    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BALLAST CAR HOPPER DOOR 审中-公开
    用于操作压载车跳箱门的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:EP3321420A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-16

    申请号:EP17201056.3

    申请日:2017-11-10

    IPC分类号: E01B27/02

    CPC分类号: B60P1/56 E01B27/02 F15B21/08

    摘要: A system (100) and method for operating a ballast car hopper door (20) includes logic and control circuitry (26), a hydraulic actuator (22), a door position sensor (126), and one or more sensors operable to measure system operational parameters. During normal operation of the hopper door the logic and control circuitry records the system operational parameters.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于操作压载舱漏斗门(20)的系统(100)和方法包括逻辑和控制电路(26),液压致动器(22),门位置传感器(126)以及一个或多个可操作以测量系统 操作参数。 在漏斗门正常工作期间,逻辑和控制电路记录系统操作参数。

    AUTOMATED TRACK SURVEYING AND BALLAST REPLACEMENT
    5.
    发明公开
    AUTOMATED TRACK SURVEYING AND BALLAST REPLACEMENT 有权
    AUTOMATED轨道测量和砾石续期

    公开(公告)号:EP2769173A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-27

    申请号:EP12842521.2

    申请日:2012-10-18

    IPC分类号: G01B5/28

    CPC分类号: E01B27/02 B61K9/00

    摘要: A method of surveying a section of a railway to determine amounts of ballast to be replaced keyed to position coordinates of track locations includes moving a survey vehicle along the railway, optically scanning the track at selected intervals to obtain optical data points with associated position coordinates, recording images at the intervals with position coordinates, recording position coordinates of no-spread zones, processing the optical data points to derive ballast unit weights associated with locations along the track, detecting anomalous unit weights, accessing images associated with the locations of the anomalous unit weights, accessing the anomalous unit weights to adjust as necessary, and loading the adjusted data into a computer of a ballast train to control the application of replacement ballast along the track according to the detected position of the ballast train.

    TRACK-LIFTING AND BALLAST-SPREADING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:EP3733969A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-04

    申请号:EP20170568.8

    申请日:2020-04-21

    IPC分类号: E01B27/02 E01B29/04

    摘要: A rail-lifting and ballast-spreading apparatus (10) that may be employed to rehabilitate damaged tracks or aid rough in of new tracks, is described. The apparatus includes a track-lifting unit (32) at a forward end thereof that includes an arm (34) that is pivotable to extend forwardly and over a section of track in need of repair or ballast replenishment. Rail clamps (38) are provided on a distal end of the arm (34) that engage and travel along the rails as the apparatus moves forward. A conveyor (16) provides a stream of ballast across the width of the tracks while the tracks are lifted and as the apparatus moves forward onto the now repaired tracks.

    ARTICULATED RAIL-TRANSPORT CAR
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3712326A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-23

    申请号:EP20162927.6

    申请日:2020-03-13

    IPC分类号: E01B29/17 B61D3/10 B61D45/00

    摘要: An articulated rail-transport car for transporting long sections of ribbon rail is described. The car includes a plurality of segments arranged end-to-end and coupled and supported at their adjacent ends by shared trucks. Dedicated trucks are provided near each terminal end of the car and couplers configured to couple to an adjacent rail car are provided at the respective terminal ends. Rail stands are disposed along the length of the car with a spacing that is independent of the locations of the shared and dedicated trucks and that provides a greater number of rail stands than trucks. The segments may be configured to enable interchangeability and to allow any number of the segments to be included in the car. A plurality of the cars can be coupled to enable transport of ribbon rails of any length.

    RAIL LOADING AND UNLOADING MACHINE

    公开(公告)号:EP2954116B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-05

    申请号:EP14749114.6

    申请日:2014-02-03

    IPC分类号: E01B29/16

    摘要: A guide box for a rail loading and unloading machine. The guide box guides a rail from a ground location toward a drive unit and can be provided with actuators to enable steering of the rail. The guide box includes a base roller that underlies a rail path through the guide box. An arm extends upwardly along each side of the rail path and carries a guide roller. The arms are pivotable toward one another to abut the guide rollers over the rail path and thereby capture the rail between the guide rollers and the base roller or away from one another to enable insertion of a rail therebetween. The guide rollers are vertically pivotable to enable obstructions on the rail to pass through the guide box.

    MATERIAL TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION CONSIST WITH CONTROLLED GATED HOPPER CARS AND CONVEYOR SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:EP3215408A4

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-04

    申请号:EP15857953

    申请日:2015-11-05

    IPC分类号: B61D7/00 B65G43/08

    摘要: A material transport and distribution consist including an offloading car, a generator car, and hopper cars. The offloading car includes a rotatable conveyor that can offload materials forward of and to the sides of the car. The generator car powers a plurality of hopper car conveyors. The hopper cars include a longitudinal conveyor that overlaps with conveyors of forward- and aft-located cars to enable transport of materials between cars and while the cars are negotiating a turn in the tracks. The hopper car hoppers are divided into chutes with respective guillotine-style gates. Each gate includes a resilient panel that flexes to enable closure of the gate without binding on materials exiting therefrom. A control system is provided to manage the gates and conveyors during offloading based on sensed characteristics of the operation thereof. An interlock system is also provided to initiate a cascading shutdown routine when a fault is detected.

    MATERIAL TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION CONSIST WITH CONTROLLED GATED HOPPER CARS AND CONVEYOR SYSTEMS
    10.
    发明公开
    MATERIAL TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION CONSIST WITH CONTROLLED GATED HOPPER CARS AND CONVEYOR SYSTEMS 审中-公开
    物料运输和配送包括控制的门控车和运输系统

    公开(公告)号:EP3215408A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-13

    申请号:EP15857953.2

    申请日:2015-11-05

    IPC分类号: B61D7/00

    摘要: A material transport and distribution consist including an offloading car, a generator car, and hopper cars. The offloading car includes a rotatable conveyor that can offload materials forward of and to the sides of the car. The generator car powers a plurality of hopper car conveyors. The hopper cars include a longitudinal conveyor that overlaps with conveyors of forward- and aft-located cars to enable transport of materials between cars and while the cars are negotiating a turn in the tracks. The hopper car hoppers are divided into chutes with respective guillotine-style gates. Each gate includes a resilient panel that flexes to enable closure of the gate without binding on materials exiting therefrom. A control system is provided to manage the gates and conveyors during offloading based on sensed characteristics of the operation thereof. An interlock system is also provided to initiate a cascading shutdown routine when a fault is detected.

    摘要翻译: 物料运输和配送包括卸货车,发电车和漏斗车。 卸载车包括可旋转的输送机,可以将物料从车辆前方和侧面卸载。 发电车为多个料斗车输送机提供动力。 漏斗车包括一个纵向传送带,它与前后位置的汽车传送带重叠,以便在汽车之间和汽车在轨道上转弯时进行物料输送。 料斗汽车料斗分为带有各自闸式门的料槽。 每个门包括弹性面板,该弹性面板弯曲以使门能够关闭而不会约束从其出来的材料。 提供一种控制系统,用于根据检测到的卸载过程中的特性来管理卸载过程中的闸门和输送机。 当检测到故障时,还提供联锁系统以启动级联关机例程。