Foreign material removing device of track turnout portion

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9873140-B2
Application number	US-201214345191-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2012
Priority date	Sep 16, 2011
Publication date	Jan 23, 2018
Grant date	Jan 23, 2018

Abstract

There is provided a foreign material removing device of a track turnout portion which can tightly attach and fix nozzles to a rail belly portion stably without machining a rail itself. A foreign material removing device of a track turnout portion which has point rails which can move to contact and move away from stock rails of the track turnout portion, and which removes a foreign material dropped between the stock rail and the point rail, includes a piping unit which includes a plurality of nozzle portions which spray compressed air to remove the foreign material, and the piping unit includes a close-contact arrangement structure in which the piping unit is arranged in close contact with a lateral surface of the stock rail opposed to the point rail.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A foreign material removing device of a track turnout portion which removes a foreign material dropped between a stock rail of the turnout portion and a point rail which can move to contact and move away from the stock rail, the foreign material removing device comprising:
a piping unit which includes a plurality of nozzle portions which spray compressed air to remove the foreign material, and
a close-contact arrangement structure to which the piping unit is mounted and arranged so that the piping unit presses against a concave portion of a lateral surface of the stock rail opposed to the point rail by elastic deformation,
wherein the close-contact arrangement structure is an elastically deformable structure, distinct from the nozzle portions and located in an area between the stock rail and the point rail, and includes a surface extending along the concave portion of the stock rail lateral surface with the surface forming an acute angle from a horizontal plane toward the concave portion of the stock rail lateral surface and away from the point rail.

2. The foreign material removing device of the track turnout portion according to claim 1 , wherein the piping unit extends from below the stock rail to a lateral surface side which does not oppose the point rail, and is fastened by way of screwing in a vertical direction by a member which includes a tapered surface on a leg portion of the stock rail.

3. The foreign material removing device of the track turnout portion according to claim 1 , wherein the close-contact arrangement structure is provided separately with
a fixing portion which presses the piping unit against the concave portion of the lateral surface of the stock rail opposed to the point rail to fix, and
a compressed air supply portion which supplies compressed air to the piping unit.

4. The foreign material removing device of the track turnout portion according to claim 3 , wherein the compressed air supply portion includes an extendable mechanism.

5. The foreign material removing device of the track turnout portion according to claim 1 including a fixing member engaged with the elastically deformable structure provided along a lower surface of leg portions of the stock rail, and the horizontal plane is along a surface of the fixing member so that the fixing member surface and the elastically deformable structure surface forms the acute angle therebetween.

6. The foreign material removing device of the track turnout portion according to claim 1 , including:
a first fixing member disposed below the stock rail, the stock rail including a first leg portion distal from the point rail and a second leg portion proximate the point rail,
a second fixing member disposed on one end portion of the first fixing member so as to sandwich the first leg portion between the second fixing member and the first fixing member, the second fixing member having a tapered surface on its lower surface,
a fixing portion for accommodating the second leg portion provided on the other end portion of the first fixing member,
wherein the second fixing member is fastened to the one end portion of the first fixing member with a bolt in a vertical direction, and
the first leg portion and the second leg portion of the stock rail are sandwiched between the second fixing member and the fixing portion such that the close-contact arrangement structure is elastically deformed with the piping unit pressing against the concave portion of the lateral surface of the stock rail.

7. The foreign material removing device of the track turnout portion according to claim 6 , wherein the close-contact arrangement structure has a fixing member for supporting the piping unit, and
the second fixing member is fastened to the one end portion of the first fixing member so that a lower portion of the fixing member is sandwiched between the fixing portion and the stock rail.

8. The foreign material removing device of the track turnout portion according to claim 6 , wherein
the close-contact arrangement structure has a fixing member which is elastically deformable provided at the other end portion of the first fixing member,
the second fixing member is fastened to the one end portion of the first fixing member so that the fixing member is elastically deformed to cause the piping unit to press against a concave portion of the lateral surface of the stock rail.

9. The foreign material removing device of the track turnout portion according to claim 1 , including:
a first fixing member disposed below a stock rail, the stock rail including a first leg portion distal from the point rail and a second leg portion proximate the point rail,
a second fixing member disposed on one end portion of the first fixing member so as to sandwich the first leg portion between the second fixing member and the first fixing member, the second fixing member having a tapered surface on its lower surface,
a fixing portion for accommodating the second leg portion provided on the other end portion of the first fixing member,
wherein the second fixing member is fastened to one end portion of the first fixing member with a vertical direction bolt so that the close-contact arrangement structure is shifted against the lateral surface of the stock rail, the close-contact arrangement structure is elastically deformed, and the piping unit presses against the concave portion of the lateral surface of the stock rail.

10. The foreign material removing device of the track turnout portion according to claim 1 , wherein
the stock rail includes a first leg portion and a second leg portion, the first leg portion and the second leg portion being below the concave portion,
a first fixing member is disposed along the first leg portion and the second leg portion of the stock rail below the stock rail,
the first fixing member is movable in a horizontal direction along the first leg portion and the second leg portion of the stock rail,
a second fixing member having a tapered surface formed at a lower surface of the second fixing member is disposed at one end of the first fixing member, and a fixing portion for accommodating the second leg portion is provided at the other end of the first fixing member,
one of the leg portions of the stock rail is disposed between the second fixing member and the one end of the first fixing member, and the second fixing member is fastened to the first fixing member in a vertical direction by a bolt to sandwich the one of the leg portions of the stock rail between the one end of the first fixing member and the tapered surface of the second fixing member so that the fixing portion is moved toward the stock rail to sandwich a lower portion of a fixing member of the close-contact arrangement structure between the stock rail and the fixing portion of the first fixing member, the fixing member supporting the piping unit.

11. A foreign material removing device of a track turnout portion which comprises a stock rail of the track turnout portion, and a point rail that can move to contact and move away from the stock rail, and which removes a foreign material dropped between the stock rail and the point rail, the foreign material removing device comprising:
a piping unit which includes a plurality of nozzle portions which spray compressed air to remove the foreign material, and
a close-contact arrangement structure including a fixing member that presses against a concave portion of a lateral surface of the stock rail opposed to the point rail, wherein
the piping unit presses against the fixing member with the fixing member elastically deforming with respect to the concave portion of the lateral surface of the stock rail opp

Assignees

• Sato Masahumi
• Kigami Shogo
• Kinugasa Yuki
• Nabtesco Corp
• Higashi Nippon Ryokaku Tetsudo

Inventors

• Sato Masahumi
• Kigami Shogo
• Kinugasa Yuki

Classifications

• E01B7/20

  Safety means for switches, e.g. switch point protectors, auxiliary or guiding rail members · CPC title

• E01B19/00 Primary

  Protection of permanent way against development of dust or against the effect of wind, sun, frost, or corrosion; Means to reduce development of noise (snow fences E01F7/02, snow-ploughs E01H8/02, watering E01H11/00) · CPC title

• B61L1/20

  Safety arrangements for preventing or indicating malfunction of the device, e.g. by leakage current, by lightning · CPC title

• B08B5/02 Primary

  Cleaning by the force of jets, e.g. blowing-out cavities {(airguns or nozzles per se B05B1/005)} · CPC title

• B61L5/02

  Mechanical devices for operating points or scotch-blocks {, e.g. local manual control} · CPC title