Motor control apparatus for a railway switch machine
    1.
    发明授权
    Motor control apparatus for a railway switch machine 有权
    铁路开关机电机控制装置

    公开(公告)号:US06300734B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-10-09

    申请号:US09490306

    申请日:2000-01-24

    IPC分类号: H02P700

    CPC分类号: B61L5/107 H02P7/05

    摘要: A motor control apparatus for a railway switch machine includes a power source for a voltage; a selector for providing the voltage to a reversible motor of the switch machine in a normal state, and for providing a reverse polarity of the voltage to the reversible motor in a reverse state; a first transistor for switching reverse current flowing through the reversible motor; a first diode electrically connected in parallel with the first transistor for conducting normal current for the reversible motor; a second transistor for switching normal current flowing through the reversible motor; a second diode electrically connected in parallel with the second transistor for conducting reverse current for the reversible motor; and a circuit for controlling the first and second transistors based upon the position or operating mode of the railway switch machine.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于铁路开关机的电动机控制装置包括用于电压的电源; 选择器,用于在正常状态下将电压提供给开关机器的可逆电动机,并且以相反的状态向可逆电动机提供电压的相反极性; 用于切换流过可逆电动机的反向电流的第一晶体管; 与第一晶体管并联电连接的第一二极管,用于对可逆电机进行正常电流; 用于切换流过可逆电动机的正常电流的第二晶体管; 与第二晶体管并联电连接的第二二极管,用于对可逆电动机进行反向电流; 以及基于铁路开关机的位置或操作模式来控制第一和第二晶体管的电路。

    Controller for switch machine
    2.
    发明授权
    Controller for switch machine 有权
    开关机控制器

    公开(公告)号:US06484974B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-11-26

    申请号:US09951141

    申请日:2001-09-10

    IPC分类号: B61L500

    CPC分类号: B61L5/107

    摘要: A switch machine electronic controller includes a point detecting circuit having Namur sensors for detecting an indication rod target in first and second point positions, and a lock detecting circuit having Namur sensors for detecting a lock box target in first and second lock positions. A microprocessor processes the signals to provide Normal and Reverse outputs. The Normal output is enabled when the first point and lock detection signals have values within a predetermined ON value range, and the second point and lock detection signals have values within a predetermined OFF value range. The reverse output is enabled when the second point and lock detection signals have values within the ON value range, and the first point and lock detection signals have values within the OFF value range. Both outputs are disabled when any of the signals has a value that corresponds to a shorted, open or indeterminate value range.

    摘要翻译: 开关机电子控制器包括:点检测电路,其具有用于检测第一和第二点位置中的指示杆目标的纳姆尔传感器;以及锁定检测电路,其具有用于在第一和第二锁定位置检测锁定盒目标的纳姆尔传感器。 微处理器处理信号以提供正常和反向输出。 当第一点和锁定检测信号具有在预定ON值范围内的值,并且第二点和锁定检测信号具有在预定OFF值范围内的值时,正常输出被使能。 当第二点和锁定检测信号具有ON值范围内的值,并且第一个点和锁定检测信号的值在OFF值范围内时,反向输出被使能。 当任何信号具有对应于短路,开路或不确定值范围的值时,两个输出都被禁止。

    Captivity point detection system with single switch position target
    3.
    发明授权
    Captivity point detection system with single switch position target 有权
    具有单开关位置目标的摄像点检测系统

    公开(公告)号:US06186448B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-02-13

    申请号:US09149195

    申请日:1998-09-08

    IPC分类号: E01B700

    CPC分类号: B61L5/107

    摘要: A point detection system is provided for use in a typical switch machine with a typical indication system, wherein a point detector bar is slidably captivated within a point detector sleeve, and wherein a target that is integrally engaged with the point detector bar is sensed by at least one sensing device, thereby to detect movement of the point detector bar. The point detector sleeve is supported by a track side bearing affixed to a track side wall of the switch machine, and by a field side bearing affixed to an opposing wall of the switch machine. The point detector bar extends outside the switch machine from only the track side bearing, thereby eliminating the bearings and the pinch point between the hand throw lever and the two piece point detector bar that otherwise extended from the related art switch machine. The sensing device may be mounted upon a slide mechanism to adjust the sensing device relative to the target. Use of the sensing device eliminates the need for cams to monitor in order to detect movement of the point detector bar, as well as eliminates moving parts between the cams and the mechanical linkages. Further, at least one other sensing device detects a normal and reverse locked position of a lock bar assembly and lock box of the switch machine.

    摘要翻译: 提供一种用于具有典型指示系统的典型开关机器中的点检测系统,其中点检测器杆可滑动地固定在点检测器套筒内,并且其中与点检测器棒整体接合的目标由 至少一个感测装置,从而检测点检测器杆的运动。 点检测器套筒由固定到开关机器的轨道侧壁的轨道侧轴承以及固定到开关机器的相对壁的现场侧轴承支撑。 点检测器杆仅从轨道侧轴承延伸到开关机外部,从而消除了从相关技术的开关机器延伸的手柄杆和两件式点检测器杆之间的轴承和夹点。 感测装置可以安装在滑动机构上,以相对于目标调节感测装置。 传感装置的使用消除了对凸轮进行监控的需要,以便检测点检测器杆的移动,以及消除凸轮和机械连杆之间的运动部件。 此外,至少一个其他感测装置检测开关机器的锁杆组件和锁箱的正常和反向锁定位置。

    Point detector sleeve for railroad switch machine and associated method
    4.
    发明授权
    Point detector sleeve for railroad switch machine and associated method 有权
    铁路开关机点检测器套筒及相关方法

    公开(公告)号:US06474605B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-11-05

    申请号:US09934754

    申请日:2001-08-22

    IPC分类号: E01B724

    CPC分类号: B61L5/107

    摘要: An improved point detector sleeve includes a tube portion and an adjustment portion that are integrally formed with one another as a monolithic member, whereby the point detector sleeve is substantially free of joints between the tube portion and the adjustment portion. The tube portion includes a beveled surface formed thereon, and the adjustment portion includes an internally threaded region formed thereon. In accordance with one method of manufacturing the improved point detector sleeve, a first end of a cylindrical pipe formed with a cylindrical cavity is cut with a rotary cutting tool to form a substantially cylindrical inner surface. The rotary cutting tool advantageously closely follows the cavity to form the cylindrical inner surface without the rotary cutting tool radially “walking” away from a central longitudinal axis of the pipe. In another embodiment, the pipe receives therein an insert having an externally threaded region and an internally threaded surface.

    摘要翻译: 改进的点检测器套筒包括作为整体构件彼此一体地形成的管部分和调节部分,由此点检测器套管在管部分和调节部分之间基本上没有接合。 管部分包括形成在其上的倾斜表面,并且调节部分包括形成在其上的内螺纹区域。 根据制造改进的点检测器套筒的一种方法,用旋转切削工具切割形成有圆柱形腔的圆柱形管的第一端,以形成基本上圆柱形的内表面。 旋转切割工具有利地紧密地跟随空腔以形成圆柱形内表面,而旋转切割工具不会径向地“走”远离管道的中心纵向轴线。 在另一个实施例中,管接收具有外螺纹区域和内螺纹表面的插入件。

    Low profile switch machine gear box
    5.
    发明授权
    Low profile switch machine gear box 失效
    低调开关机齿轮箱

    公开(公告)号:US6138959A

    公开(公告)日:2000-10-31

    申请号:US167106

    申请日:1998-10-06

    IPC分类号: B61L5/02 E01B7/00

    CPC分类号: B61L5/02

    摘要: A railroad switch machine gear box having a low vertical profile is provided, wherein a compound gear rotatably mounted within a housing along a first vertical axis cooperatively engages an adjacent main crank gear. The main crank gear is rotatably mounted within the housing about a main crank shaft that extends vertically within the gear box housing along a second vertical axis that is different than the first vertical axis. A bevel gear fixedly mounted to a hand throw shaft rotatably mounted within the housing along a first horizontal axis cooperatively engages the compound gear, thereby to rotate the compound gear when the hand throw shaft is rotated, typically with a hand throw lever affixed to the hand throw shaft external to the housing. The hand throw shaft may be rotatable about an eccentric shaft that is independently mounted and rotatable with the housing along the first horizontal axis. A motor/manual mode selector lever may be affixed to the eccentric shaft external to the gear box housing, thereby to rotate the eccentric shaft in a manner known in the art. Typically, rotation of the mode selector lever in a first direction selects a manual mode of gear box operation; rotation in the opposite direction selects a power mode of operation. A clutch yoke may be slidably mounted about a clutch cup assembly and the main crank shaft, and may be pivotable at a first end along a pivot pin positioned along a pivot axis that is parallel to the first horizontal axis, thereby to provide the advantage of simplifying movement of the hand throw lever and the mode selector lever from one side of the gear box to the other. The pivoting action of the eccentric shaft may be detected by a proximity sensor that senses a target associated with the second end of the clutch yoke.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种具有低垂直轮廓的铁路开关机齿轮箱,其中沿着第一竖直轴线可旋转地安装在壳体内的复合齿轮协同地接合相邻的主曲柄齿轮。 主曲柄齿轮围绕主曲轴可旋转地安装在壳体内,该主曲柄轴沿着与第一垂直轴不同的第二垂直轴在齿轮箱壳体内垂直延伸。 固定地安装到手轮上的可旋转地安装在壳体内的手轮的锥齿轮沿着第一水平轴线配合地接合复合齿轮,从而当手轮旋转时旋转复合齿轮,通常手柄固定在手上 将轴扔在外壳外部。 手动转轴可以围绕偏心轴旋转,所述偏心轴独立地安装并随壳体沿第一水平轴线旋转。 马达/手动模式选择杆可以固定在齿轮箱壳体外部的偏心轴上,从而以本领域已知的方式旋转偏心轴。 通常,模式选择杆在第一方向的旋转选择手动模式的变速箱操作; 在相反方向的旋转选择电源操作模式。 离合器轭可以围绕离合器杯组件和主曲轴可滑动地安装,并且可以沿着沿着平行于第一水平轴线的枢转轴线定位的枢轴销在第一端枢转,从而提供 简化了手把杆和模式选择杆从齿轮箱一侧到另一侧的运动。 偏心轴的枢转作用可以由感测与离合器轭的第二端相关联的目标的接近传感器来检测。

    Swing nose frog switch point adjuster
    6.
    发明授权
    Swing nose frog switch point adjuster 失效
    摇摆青蛙切换点调节器

    公开(公告)号:US5527005A

    公开(公告)日:1996-06-18

    申请号:US339763

    申请日:1994-11-15

    IPC分类号: E01B7/12 E01B7/00

    CPC分类号: E01B7/12

    摘要: An apparatus is provided for moving a movable switch point a selected distance as a result of the throw of a switch machine. The apparatus includes an operating rod connected to and movable by the switch machine and a switch point adjuster mounted directly to the switch point and movable by the operating rod. The switch point adjuster has an elongated housing with a bore provided therethrough, in which the operating rod is disposed through the housing bore. The switch point adjuster also has first and second adjusting nuts that are adjustably secured to the operating rod on opposed sides of the housing, preferably by mated threading. The operating rod is movable bidirectionally through the housing until one of the adjusting nuts contacts the housing. In this way, lost motion of the switch machine may be compensated for. The adjusting nuts preferably have a head portion and a body portion, in which the head portion has a width greater than the width of the body portion. Thus, the head portions of the adjusting nuts are contactable with respective opposed ends of the housing. Alternatively, or in addition, the housing may have an interior ledge provided within the housing bore, and leading edges of the adjusting nuts which are disposable within the housing may contact the interior ledge.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于将可移动开关点移动到作为开关机器的投掷的结果的选定距离的装置。 该装置包括连接到开关机器并可移动的操作杆,以及直接安装在开关点上并由操作杆移动的开关点调节器。 开关点调节器具有细长壳体,其中提供有穿过其中的孔,其中操作杆设置穿过壳体孔。 开关点调节器还具有第一调节螺母和第二调节螺母,其优选地通过配合螺纹可调节地固定到壳体的相对侧上的操作杆。 操作杆可以双向移动通过壳体,直到其中一个调节螺母接触壳体。 以这种方式,可以补偿开关机器的运动失调。 调整螺母优选具有头部和主体部,头部的宽度大于主体部的宽度。 因此,调节螺母的头部可与壳体的相对的相对端接触。 或者或另外,壳体可以具有设置在壳体孔内的内部突出部,并且在壳体内一次性的调节螺母的前缘可接触内部突出部。