Single-axle wheel set with outer suspension supports for railway vehicles with pendulum-type suspension

Abstract

A single-axle wheel set with outer suspension supports for railway vehicles with pendulum-type suspension. This wheel set consists of a flat, horizontal chassis on which the independent, movable wheels are mounted, and upright suspension supports situated at the outer part of the wheels and joined to each other at their upper part by means of a crosspiece to form a portico, in whose upper part suspension springs are provided.

1 . A single-axle wheel set with outer suspension supports for pendulum-type railway vehicles comprising a chassis on which independent, movable wheels are mounted, said chassis having a pendulum-type suspension system with its suspension springs arranged in the upper part of upright supporting means, characterised in that the chassis is a flat, horizontal chassis, and in that the suspension supports are made up of a framework in the form of a portico, the lower ends of the upright legs of said portico being attached to said flat chassis at points situated on the outer part of said wheels and whose upper crosspiece incorporates shock-absorbing springs close to its outer ends.  
     
     
         2 . A single-axle wheel set in accordance with  claim 1 , characterised in that the attachment points of the lower ends of the legs of said portico are situated directly upon the outer bearing boxes of each wheel.  
     
     
         3 . A single-axle wheel set in accordance with  claim 1 , characterised in that the anchoring of the system of articulated bars which control the position of the wheel set in relation to the boxes of the carriages between which said wheel set is arranged, is in the outer, lower part of the legs of said portico.