| Title of Invention | A DEVICE FOR FIXING A CONTACT WIRE OF AN OVERHEAD LINE CATENARY |
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| 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. |
| Full Text | PCT/EP2005/057037 - 1 - 2004P21389WOIN 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 PCT/EP2005/057037 - 2 - 2004P21389WOIN 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. PCT/EP2005/057037 - 2a - 2004P21389WOIN 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 PCT/EP2005/057037 -3 - 2004P21389WOIN 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. PCT/EP2005/057037 - 4 - 2004P21389WOIN 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. PCT/EP2005/057037 - 5 - 2004P21389WOIN 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. PCT/EP2005/057037 - 6 - 2004P21389WOIN 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) , PCT/EP2005/057037 - 6a - 2004P21389WOIN 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 PCT/EP2005/057037 - 7 - 2004P21389WOIN 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 PCT/EP2005/057037 - 7a - 2004P21389WOIN 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 PCT/EP2005/057037 - 11- 2004P21389WOIN 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. |
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| Patent Number | 255229 | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||
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| PCT International Classification Number | B60M 1/28 | |||||||||||||||
| PCT International Application Number | PCT/EP05/057037 | |||||||||||||||
| PCT International Filing date | 2005-12-21 | |||||||||||||||
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