Railcar door apparatus and railcar

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9302684-B2
Application number	US-201214380471-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2012
Priority date	Dec 3, 2012
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

A railcar door apparatus includes: a side sliding door that opens and closes an opening of a side bodyshell of a railcar; a first elastic member attached vertically to an end of the door; and a second elastic member opposed to the first so they do not touch when the door is closed. The first elastic member includes a first base portion and a first projecting wall portion projecting from the base toward the second elastic member; the second elastic member includes a second base portion and a second projecting wall portion projecting from the base toward the first elastic member; when the door is closed, a gap space is formed between the first and second elastic members, and the projecting wall portions overlap; and vertical grooves or projections are formed on the outside of at least one of the projecting wall portions, the outer surface facing the gap space.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A railcar door apparatus comprising:
a side sliding door configured to open and close a door opening portion of a side bodyshell of a railcar;
a first elastic member attached to a door end of the side sliding door in a vertical direction; and
a second elastic member opposed to the first elastic member such that the entire second elastic member does not contact the first elastic member when the side sliding door is completely closed, wherein:
the first elastic member includes a first base portion and a first projecting wall portion projecting from the first base portion toward the second elastic member;
the second elastic member includes a second base portion and a second projecting wall portion projecting from the second base portion toward the first elastic member;
when the side sliding door is completely closed, a gap space is formed between the first elastic member and the second elastic member, and the first projecting wall portion and the second projecting wall portion are located so as to overlap each other when viewed from a normal direction of the side sliding door;
a plurality of grooves or projections extending in the vertical direction are formed on an outer surface of at least one of the first projecting wall portion and the second projecting wall portion, the outer surface facing the gap space; and
when the side sliding door is completely closed, the grooves or projections do not contact the first projecting wall portion or the second projecting wall portion.

2. The railcar door apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the grooves or projections are formed from an upper end to a lower end of the outer surface.

3. The railcar door apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the groove is formed at a base side of at least one of the first projecting wall portion and the second projecting wall portion, and the grooves or projections are formed at a tip end side of said at least one of the first projecting wall portion and the second projecting wall portion; and
a width of the groove formed at the base side is larger than each of widths of the grooves or projections formed at the tip end side.

4. The railcar door apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first base portion is opposed to a tip end of the second projecting wall portion; and
the first base portion includes a convex portion spaced apart from the first projecting wall portion in a horizontal direction and projecting toward a tip end of the second projecting wall portion.

5. The railcar door apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first water stop plate provided at a railcar inner side of a lower end portion of the first elastic member; and
a second water stop plate provided at a railcar inner side of a lower end portion of the second elastic member and opposed to the first water stop plate in a state where the side sliding door is closed, wherein:
the first water stop plate includes a first tapered surface inclined relative to a slide direction of the side sliding door; and
the second water stop plate includes a second tapered surface inclined in a direction along the first tapered surface and opposed to the first tapered surface.

6. A railcar comprising the door apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a floor provided at a railcar inner side of the side bodyshell includes a pocket portion that is recessed downward and opens toward the gap space formed between the first elastic member and the second elastic member when the side sliding door is completely closed.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Kawashima Takahiro
• Goto Tsunetoshi
• Hirata Hiroyuki

Classifications

• B61D19/005 Primary

  sliding (B61D19/008, B61D19/009 take precedence) · CPC title

• B61D19/026

  Safety devices for preventing passengers from being injured by movements of doors or variations in air pressure (safety devices in passenger lifts for preventing trapping of passengers between closing doors B66B13/26; acting on power-operated mechanisms for wings E05F15/00) · CPC title

• B61D19/00

  Door arrangements specially adapted for rail vehicles (locks for vehicles E05B77/00-E05B85/00; door-operating mechanisms E05F) · CPC title

• B61D19/02 Primary

  for carriages (B61D19/003 takes precedence) · CPC title