Device for assembling railway wheel with brake discs

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9523401-B2
Application number	US-201214374280-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2012
Priority date	Jan 27, 2012
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

A device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs, the brake discs arranged to face each other across a railway wheel web and a center-deviation prevention key penetrating the web, includes a disc support supporting an internal hole of one of the brake discs; a wheel support provided concentrically with the disc support within the disc support, and supporting a hub's bore of the railway wheel on the brake disc supported by the disc support; and a bolt support provided concentrically with the disc support and the wheel support outside of the disc support, and supporting the bolt to correspond to bolt holes formed in the brake discs and the web of the railway wheel. The disc support and the wheel support are individually rotatable about a railway wheel central axis. The disc and wheel supports and the bolt support move up and down relatively to each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs, a pair of brake discs being arranged to face each other across a web of the railway wheel and center-deviation prevention keys penetrating web, the brake discs being fastened to the wheel by bolts, the device comprising:
a disc support supporting an internal hole of one of the brake discs;
a wheel support provided concentrically with the disc support within the disc support, and supporting a hub's bore of the railway wheel on the brake disc supported by the disc support; and
a bolt support provided concentrically with the disc support and the wheel support outside of the disc support, and supporting the bolts to correspond to bolt holes formed in the brake discs and the web of the railway wheel, wherein
the disc support and the wheel support are individually rotatable about a central axis of the railway wheel, and
the disc and wheel supports and the bolt support move up and down relatively to each other.

2. The device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs according to claim 1 , wherein the brake disc supported by the disc support is the brake disc arranged on a side opposite to a flange of the railway wheel.

3. The device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs according to claim 1 , wherein the disc support includes an annular portion into which the internal hole of the brake disc is fitted.

4. The device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs according to claim 2 , wherein the disc support includes an annular portion into which the internal hole of the brake disc is fitted.

5. The device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs according to claim 1 , wherein the disc support includes three or more clutch portions, the clutch portions elastically supporting the internal hole of the brake disc radially outward.

6. The device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs according to claim 2 , wherein the disc support includes three or more clutch portions, the clutch portions elastically supporting the internal hole of the brake disc radially outward.

7. The device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs according to claim 1 , wherein the bolt support includes a bolt holding column, the bolt holding column being columnar and holding a head of the bolt.

8. The device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs according to claim 2 , wherein the bolt support includes a bolt holding column, the bolt holding column being columnar and holding a head of the bolt.

9. The device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs according to claim 3 , wherein the bolt support includes a bolt holding column, the bolt holding column being columnar and holding a head of the bolt.

10. The device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs according to claim 4 , wherein the bolt support includes a bolt holding column, the bolt holding column being columnar and holding a head of the bolt.

11. The device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs according to claim 5 , wherein the bolt support includes a bolt holding column, the bolt holding column being columnar and holding a head of the bolt.

12. The device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs according to claim 6 , wherein the bolt support includes a bolt holding column, the bolt holding column being columnar and holding a head of the bolt.

13. The device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs according to claim 7 , wherein
an elongate hole is provided in the bolt holding column, the elongate hole radially penetrating the bolt holding column, a lower portion of the elongate hole having an increased width, the bolt holding column is fitted into a cylindrical guide portion and allowed to move up and down and to rotate, and a pin supported by the cylindrical guide portion penetrates the elongate hole.

14. The device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs according to claim 8 , wherein
an elongate hole is provided in the bolt holding column, the elongate hole radially penetrating the bolt holding column, a lower portion of the elongate hole having an increased width, the bolt holding column is fitted into a cylindrical guide portion and allowed to move up and down and to rotate, and a pin supported by the cylindrical guide portion penetrates the elongate hole.

15. The device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs according to claim 9 , wherein
an elongate hole is provided in the bolt holding column, the elongate hole radially penetrating the bolt holding column, a lower portion of the elongate hole having an increased width, the bolt holding column is fitted into a cylindrical guide portion and allowed to move up and down and to rotate, and a pin supported by the cylindrical guide portion penetrates the elongate hole.

16. The device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs according to claim 10 , wherein
an elongate hole is provided in the bolt holding column, the elongate hole radially penetrating the bolt holding column, a lower portion of the elongate hole having an increased width, the bolt holding column is fitted into a cylindrical guide portion and allowed to move up and down and to rotate, and a pin supported by the cylindrical guide portion penetrates the elongate hole.

17. The device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs according to claim 11 , wherein
an elongate hole is provided in the bolt holding column, the elongate hole radially penetrating the bolt holding column, a lower portion of the elongate hole having an increased width, the bolt holding column is fitted into a cylindrical guide portion and allowed to move up and down and to rotate, and a pin supported by the cylindrical guide portion penetrates the elongate hole.

18. The device for assembling a railway wheel with brake discs according to claim 12 , wherein
an elongate hole is provided in the bolt holding column, the elongate hole radially penetrating the bolt holding column, a lower portion of the elongate hole having an increased width, the bolt holding column is fitted into a cylindrical guide portion and allowed to move up and down and to rotate, and a pin supported by the cylindrical guide portion penetrates the elongate hole.

Assignees

• Iwahashi Toru
• Kouchi Naoto
• Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp

Inventors

• Iwahashi Toru
• Kouchi Naoto

Classifications

• B60B17/00 Primary

  Wheels characterised by rail-engaging elements ({wheel-axle combinations B60B37/00;} of model railways A63H19/22) · CPC title

• B61H5/00

  Applications or arrangements of brakes with substantially radial braking surfaces pressed together in axial direction, e.g. disc brakes · CPC title

• F16D65/12

  Discs; Drums for disc brakes · CPC title

• B60B31/06

  for removing or attaching cover discs, hub caps, or the like · CPC title

• B60B2900/113

  Production or maintenance time · CPC title