DEVICE FOR PREVENTING ACCIDENT OF TRAIN RESULTING IN INJURY OR DEATH

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a train accident preventing device capable of coping with a train accident caused by a suicide who throws oneself at the front of a railroad vehicle.;SOLUTION: A shock absorber 10 with a front bag 10 and a bottom bag 12 is stored in the position of the end of a train along its advancing direction, with each bag folded. An inflator which generates inflating gas is connected to the shock absorber via a connecting pipe placed in the bags, and a lift mechanism for lowering the shock absorber near the ground is attached.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2001,JPO