Title of Invention

A DEVICE FOR FIXING A CONTACT WIRE OF AN OVERHEAD LINE CATENARY

Abstract The invention relates to a device for fixing a contact wire of an overhead line catenary. At least one pair of rolls consisting of a first roll and a second roll is provided on a base body, said first and second rolls being arranged on opposing sides of the determined position of the contact wire with parallel axes in order to receive the contact wire between the running surfaces of the two rolls. The at least one second roll can be displaced in the direction of the determined position of the contact wire by means of a displacement device, and fixed. According to the invention, a gripping device is arranged on the base body, the grippers thereof being arranged opposite each other in order to grip the contact wire on both sides in two longitudinal channels. The dependence of the application force of the rolls and of the resistance of the contact wire corresponds to the formula Kn = (Sn . f): (L . B . A) where Kn represents between 29 and 33 for a first pair of rolls, between 21 and 25 for a second pair of rolls, and between 14 and 17 for a third pair of rolls.
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Description
Device for fixing a contact wire of an overhead line catenary
The invention relates to a device for fixing a contact wire of
an overhead line catenary, at least one pair of rollers
consisting of a first and of a second roller being present on a
basic body and being arranged with parallel-disposed roller
axes on opposite sides of the intended position of the contact
wire, in order to receive the contact wire between the running
surfaces of the two rollers, and the second roller being
displaceable toward the intended position of the contact wire
by an adjusting means and being fixable.
A contact wire fixing device of this type is known from EP 1
026 026 Al. In this case, two first rollers are provided,
counter to which a middle displaceable second roller acts. With
the contact wire inserted, this is smoothed by the acting force
of the second roller displaced toward the contact wire and by
the counterforce of the first rollers. The second roller is
moved toward the contact wire by means of a spindle.
By a contact wire being fixed, it is smoothed on two opposite
sides.
It became apparent that the known appliance can tilt at an
angle to the side during the fixing or smoothing of the contact
wire. The result of this is that the surface to be touched by
the pantograph is at least temporarily not smoothed. Moreover,
the quality of smoothing, in particular for high-speed traffic,
is not good enough.
The object on which the invention is based, therefore, is to
specify a device for fixing a contact wire, in which a

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tilting of the roller axes during the smoothing operation is
ruled out.
Moreover, the object on which the invention is based is,
particularly in the case of high-speed traffic, to eliminate
disturbing relatively low waves in the contact wire, which has
not yet been possible with the technique known hitherto.
Both objects are achieved, according to the invention, by means
of the feature combination of claim 1. In this case, a gripping
means is arranged on the basic body, the grippers of which
gripping means are positioned opposite one another so as to
engage on both sides into two longitudinal grooves of the
contact wire.
To be precise, a conventional contact wire, which is designated
as a grooved contact wire, has two mutually opposite grooves
which run in the longitudinal direction and which are necessary
for fastening the contact wire in the overhead line catenary.
The inventive step is to be seen in that these grooves are used
to ensure that the roller axes always assume a horizontal
position and therefore the rollers always run along the contact
wire at the top and bottom.
The device as claimed in claim 1 of the invention achieves the
advantage that the downwardly directed surface of the contact
wire, against which the pantograph of a rail vehicle would come
to bear, is always smoothed reliably.
The particular advantage achieved is that the contact wire can
be smoothed to a very great extent because the device cannot
vary its position during the smoothing operation. Even very
small waves are eliminated and therefore can no longer promote
spark formation.

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The second object is also achieved by means of the feature
combination of claim 2. It is important, in this case, that, in
the case of two pairs of rollers which are present, in the
formula mentioned Kn is between 29 and 33 for a first pair of
rollers and

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is between 21 and 25 for a second pair of rollers following in
the intended direction of movement.
If, for example, a third pair of rollers following the second
is present, Kn is between 14 and 17 for this.
The selection of the values for Kn achieves the advantage that
the contact wire can be smoothed particularly effectively for
high-speed traffic. Even very small waves are eliminated.
For example, on the device as claimed in claim 2, which
achieves the second object, a gripping means is arranged on the
basic body, the grippers of which gripping means are positioned
opposite one another so as to engage on both sides into two
longitudinal grooves of the contact wire.
This affords a combination of the devices as claimed in claims
1 and 2 which has all the advantages of both devices.
Advantageous developments of the devices as claimed in claims 1
and 2 may be gathered from the subclaims.
For example, the grippers have guide rollers which engage with
an exact fit into the longitudinal grooves. Jamming is thereby
prevented.
For example, the diameters of the rollers are selected as a
function of the diameter and/or of the strength of the contact
wire. This ensures a particularly reliable smoothing operation.
For example, the pressure forces of the rollers on the contact
wire are selected as a function of the diameter and/or of the
strength of the contact wire. This, too, ensures an improved
smoothing.

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A combination of these two functions is expediently possible.
For example, two or more first and/or second rollers are
arranged in each case one behind the other, and the spacings
between rollers arranged one behind the other are selected as a
function of the diameter and/or of the strength of the contact
wire.
Simply by a plurality of pairs of rollers being arranged, an
improved smoothing of the contact wire becomes possible. In
particular, however, taking into account a special spacing of
the rollers arranged one behind the other, which is dependent
on the diameter of the contact wire, even better smoothing is
advantageously achieved.
According to a further example, at least one third and at least
one fourth roller are arranged with parallel-disposed axes on
opposite sides of the intended position of the contact wire, in
order to receive the contact wire between the running surfaces
of the two rollers, at least one fourth roller being
displaceable toward the intended position of the contact wire
by a further adjusting means and being fixable. The axes of the
first and second rollers, on the one hand, and of the third and
fourth rollers, on the other hand, are in this case
perpendicular to one another.
This achieves the advantage that even a lateral smoothing of
the contact wire becomes possible, thus assisting the smoothing
of the lower surface.
The contact wire to be fixed consists, for example, of a
copper/magnesium alloy or of a copper/tin alloy or of even
harder materials. The formula mentioned is particularly
suitable for such a hard or strong contact wire.

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By means of the device for fixing a contact wire according to
the invention, in particular, the advantage is achieved that
that surface of the contact wire which will be touched by the
pantograph is always smoothed reliably. Moreover, even small
waves in the contact wire can be eliminated reliably, so that
they can no longer promote spark formation on the pantograph.

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Patent Claims
1. A device for fixing a contact wire of an overhead line
catenary, at least one pair of rollers consisting of a first
and of a second roller being present on a basic body and being
arranged with parallel-disposed axes on opposite sides of the
intended position of the contact wire, in order to receive the
contact wire between the running surfaces of the two rollers,
and the second roller being displaceable toward the intended
position of the contact wire by an adjusting means and being
fixable, characterized in that a gripping means is arranged on
the basic body, the grippers of which gripping means are
positioned opposite one another so as to engage on both sides
into two longitudinal grooves of the contact wire.
2. A device for fixing a contact wire of an overhead line
catenary, at least one pair of rollers consisting of a first
and of a second roller being present on a basic body and being
arranged with parallel-disposed axes on opposite sides of the
intended position of the contact wire, in order to receive the
contact wire between the running surfaces of the two rollers,
and the second roller being displaceable toward the intended
position of the contact wire by an adjusting means and being
fixable, characterized in that at least two pairs of rollers
are present, and in that the dependence of the pressure force
of the two rollers, on the one hand, illustrated by the
vertical adjustment travel Sn and the horizontal spacing L of
the pairs of rollers, and of the strength of the contact wire,
on the other hand, illustrated by the minimum stress at break B
and the cross section A of the contact wire, obeys the formula
Kn = (Sn . f) : (L . B . A) ,

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Sn being the vertical adjustment travel in mm, f being equal to
100000000 N, L being the horizontal spacing of two pairs of
rollers in mm, which is dependent on the diameter of the
rollers, B

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being the minimum stress at break of the contact wire in N/mm2,
A being the cross section of the contact wire in mm2, and Kn,
as a dimensionless number, being between 29 and 33 for a first
pair of rollers and being between 21 and 25 for a second pair
of rollers following in the intended direction of movement.
3. The device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that at
least one third pair of rollers following the second is
present, for which Kn is between 14 and 17.
4. The device as claimed in either one of claims 2 and 3,
characterized in that a gripping means is arranged on the basic
body, the grippers of which gripping means are positioned
opposite one another so as to engage on both sides into two
longitudinal grooves of the contact wire.
5. The device as claimed in either one of claims 1 and 4,
characterized in that the grippers have guide rollers which
engage with an exact fit into the longitudinal grooves.
6. The device as claimed in one of claims 1 to 5,
characterized in that the diameters of the rollers are selected
as a function of the diameter and/or of the strength of the
contact wire.
7. The device as claimed in one of claims 1 to 6,
characterized in that the pressure forces of the rollers on the
contact wire are selected as a function of the diameter and/or
of the strength of the contact wire.
8. The device as claimed in one of claims 1 to 7,
characterized in that two or more pairs of rollers are arranged
in each case one behind the other, and in that the spacings
between rollers arranged one behind the other are selected as a

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function of the diameter and/or of the strength of the contact
wire.
9. The device as claimed in one of claims 1 to 8,
characterized in that at least one additional pair of rollers

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is arranged with parallel-disposed axes on opposite sides of
the intended position of the contact wire, in order to receive
the contact wire between the running surfaces of the two
rollers, in that at least one of its rollers is displaceable
toward the intended position of the contact wire by a further
adjusting means and is fixable, and in that the axes of the
additional pair of rollers, on the one hand, and of the at
least one pair of rollers, on the other hand, are perpendicular
to one another.

The invention relates to a device for fixing a contact wire of an overhead line catenary. At least one pair of rolls consisting of a first roll and a second roll is provided on a base body, said first and second rolls being arranged on opposing sides of the determined position of the contact wire with parallel axes in order to receive the contact wire between the running surfaces of the two rolls. The at least one second roll can be displaced in the direction of the determined position of the contact wire by means of a displacement device, and fixed. According to the invention, a gripping device is arranged on the base body, the grippers thereof being arranged opposite each other in order to grip the contact wire on both sides in two longitudinal channels. The dependence of the application force of the rolls and of the resistance of the contact wire corresponds to the formula Kn = (Sn . f): (L . B . A) where Kn represents between 29 and 33 for a first pair of rolls, between 21 and 25 for a second pair of rolls, and between 14 and 17 for a third pair of rolls.

Documents:

02174-kolnp-2007-abstract.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-claims.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-correspondence others 1.1.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-correspondence others 1.2.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-correspondence others 1.3.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-correspondence others 1.4.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-correspondence others.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-description complete.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-form 1.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-form 18.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-form 2.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-form 3.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-form 5.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-gpa 1.1.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-gpa.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-international exm report.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-international publication.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-international search report.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-pct request form.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-priority document 1.1.pdf

02174-kolnp-2007-priority document.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-(28-06-2012)-CORRESPONDENCE.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-(28-07-2011)-FORM 13.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-ABSTRACT 1.1.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-ABSTRACT 1.2.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-AMANDED CLAIMS 1.1.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-AMANDED PAGES OF SPECIFICATION.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-CANCELLED PAGES.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-CLAIMS.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-CORRESPONDENCE 1.1.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-CORRESPONDENCE 1.2.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-CORRESPONDENCE 1.3.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-DESCRIPTION (COMPLETE).pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-DRAWINGS.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-FORM 1-1.2.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-FORM 1.1.1.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-FORM 13-1.1.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-FORM 13.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-FORM 2-1.2.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-FORM 2.1.1.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-FORM 3-1.2.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-FORM 3.1.1.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-FORM 5-1.1.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-PETITION UNDER RULE 137.pdf

2174-KOLNP-2007-REPLY TO EXAMINATION REPORT.pdf


Patent Number 255229
Indian Patent Application Number 2174/KOLNP/2007
PG Journal Number 06/2013
Publication Date 08-Feb-2013
Grant Date 05-Feb-2013
Date of Filing 14-Jun-2007
Name of Patentee NKT CABLES GMBH
Applicant Address DUESSELDORFER STR. 400, 51061 KOLN, GERMANY
Inventors:
# Inventor's Name Inventor's Address
1 ROLAND EDEL NELKENSTRAßE 6, 91589 AURACH
2 BERNHARD JOHN STEINSR. 55 53859 NIEDERKASSEL
3 AXEL SCHMIEDER UNTERE NORDSTR. 11 04288 LEIPZIG
4 ROLF-DIETER GANSHORN DRAISSTR. 62 68169 MANNHEIM
PCT International Classification Number B60M 1/28
PCT International Application Number PCT/EP05/057037
PCT International Filing date 2005-12-21
PCT Conventions:
# PCT Application Number Date of Convention Priority Country
1 102004062974.9 2004-12-22 Germany