High-speed magnetic train system with two-tier tracks

Abstract

A high-speed magnetic train system with two-tier tracks, comprising a guide system, mounted on struts, whereby above the guide system an upper track and below it a lower track are disposed on which vehicles are displaced by means of magnetic train technology. Every vehicle comprises at least two drive and guide units, disposed opposite each other above and below the vehicle and associated pair-wise. These drive and guide units are used to optionally place the vehicle on the upper track or suspend it from the lower track and displace it on the respective track, thereby allowing an orbital operational mode of the vehicles. The vehicles travel on the upper track exclusively in the one direction of travel and on the lower track exclusively in the other direction of travel.

1 . High-speed magnetic train system with two-tier tracks, consisting of a guide system ( 4 ) mounted on struts, in which an upper track ( 12 ) is arranged above the guide system ( 4 ), and a lower track ( 11 ) is arranged below it, on which vehicles ( 1 ) can be displaced using the magnetic train technology, 
 wherein    every vehicle ( 1 ) has at least two drive and guide units ( 2 ), arranged opposite one another above and below the vehicle ( 1 ), and assigned to one another in pairs, with which the vehicle ( 1 ) can be optionally set onto the upper track ( 12 ) or suspended from the lower track ( 11 ), and can be displaced on the respective track ( 11 ,  12 ).    
   
   
       2 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the drive and guide units ( 2 ) that belong to one another in pairs, in each instance, are arranged fixed in place on the top and the bottom of the vehicle ( 1 ).  
   
   
       3 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the drive and guide units ( 2 ) that belong to one another in pairs, in each instance, are arranged on the vehicle ( 1 ) in such a manner, preferably so that they can be flipped in or out, so that only the drive and guide units ( 2 ) that are required, in each instance, at the top or the bottom of the vehicle ( 1 ), respectively, are in use during operation, preferably flipped out,  
   
   
       4 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 3 , wherein the drive and guide units ( 2 ) that are not needed can be pivoted in behind paneling components of the vehicle ( 1 ), so that they are covered.  
   
   
       5 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the vehicles ( 1 ) can be run in circulating operation, whereby the vehicles ( 1 ) on the upper track ( 12 ) exclusively run in the one direction of travel ( 18 ), and those on the lower track ( 11 ) exclusively run in the other direction of travel ( 18 ′).  
   
   
       6 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein at the end ( 19 ) of the track ( 11 ,  12 ), the vehicles  1  can be switched to the other track ( 11 ,  12 ), in each instance, by means of a switching station ( 20 ).  
   
   
       7 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 6 , wherein the vehicles ( 1 ) are switched at the end ( 19 ) of the track ( 11 ,  12 ) by means of a vertical elevator ( 20 ) between the upper track ( 12 ) and the lower track ( 11 ).  
   
   
       8 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 7 , wherein the vertical elevator ( 20 ) is formed from a horizontal track segment ( 13 ) that can be changed in height by way of lifting devices, with which the vehicle ( 1 ) is switched between the upper track ( 12 ) and the lower track ( 11 ), after driving ( 15 ) onto this track segment ( 13 ).  
   
   
       9 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 6 , wherein the vehicles ( 1 ) are switched between the upper track ( 12 ) and the lower track ( 11 ), at the end ( 19 ) of the track ( 11 ,  12 ), by means of ramp-shaped switching segments having rising or falling track segments.  
   
   
       10 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the vehicles ( 1 ) are turned at the end ( 19 ) of the track ( 11 ,  12 ), by means of a turning device, in such a manner that they are turned into the opposite direction of travel ( 18 ,  18 ′) by means of rotation ( 14 ) about their height axis.  
   
   
       11 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 10 , wherein the turning device is configured in the form of a turntable that can preferably be adjusted in height.  
   
   
       12 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the vehicles ( 1 ) have driver's stations on both sides, in their end regions, and can be run in both directions ( 18 ,  18 ′).  
   
   
       13 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the guide system ( 4 ) has a structure that has approximately a double-T profile.  
   
   
       14 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the vehicles ( 1 ) are equipped with separate traveling mechanisms ( 6 ,  7 ), preferably traveling mechanisms with tires, which can be moved in and out, for leaving the tracks ( 11 ,  12 ) or being moved onto the tracks ( 11 ,  12 ), respectively, with which they can be uncoupled from the track ( 11 ,  12 ), in each instance, at special transfer-in and transfer-out regions.  
   
   
       15 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the vehicles ( 1 ) are fitted out for passenger transport.  
   
   
       16 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the vehicles ( 1 ) are fitted out for freight transport.  
   
   
       17 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 16 , wherein the vehicles ( 1 ) fitted out for freight transport have accommodation devices for common transport units ( 9 ) such as containers, which can be accommodated in the transport spaces ( 10 ) of the vehicles ( 1 ).  
   
   
       18 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 16 , wherein the vehicles ( 1 ) fitted out for freight transport, transport goods ( 9 ) fully automatically, by means of point-to-point transport.  
   
   
       19 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the automatic control of the vehicles ( 1 ) can be carried out by means of remote control.  
   
   
       20 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein other transport systems are provided in the region of the track ( 11 ,  12 ,  17 ).  
   
   
       21 . High-speed magnetic train system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the track ( 11 ,  12 ) can be divided up into two spatially separate track segments ( 11 ,  12 ) over its course, particularly at stops, and then brought together again, whereby the upper track ( 12 ) and the lower track ( 11 ) can be brought to essentially the same height level by means of ramp-shaped switching segments having rising or falling track segments.