TOTAL IMMOBILIZATION ASSEMBLY AND AUTOCENTRAGE OF A PIVOT FOR HITCHING A SEMI-TRAILER ON A RAILWAY UNIT.

摘要

The stowage unit (1) consists of a hood (6) which locks onto the hitch pin (7) of the semitrailer, automatically centering and come to rest in the receiving space (9) a nacelle (8) with tilting self-centering movable elements (30) carried by a liftable support (19) forming part of the structure of the rail / road mixed rail transport unit (2). The stowage system provides self-centering and tri-axis immobilisation of the kingpin in an automatic and safe manner, with a visual inspection indicator. This invention is of interest to equipment manufacturers for intermodal rail / road transport.