Improvements connected with monorail systems

摘要

852,996. Track apparatus for stopping trains. ROAD MACHINES (DRAYTON) Ltd. April 17, 1959 [April 19, 1958], No. 12480/58. Class 105. Track apparatus for operating the brake mechanism of a monorail vehicle of the type described in Specification 724,560 comprising, mounted on the plate c attached to the monorail a, aSP1/SP, a2, a pivoted arm b which is held by the action of a spring bSP3/SP in contact with the fixed abutment e. The dependent shoe d of the vehicle's brake mechanism is raised to actuate the brakes when the vehicle moves over the apparatus in one direction (left to right) but when moving in the opposite direction the pivoted arm is deflected by the shoe without raising the latter and applying the brakes. Specifications 845,737 and 845,738 also are referred to.