TURNOUT FOR SEAT-STRADDLING TYPE MONORAIL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive turnout for a seat-straddling type monorail having improved restraint force to overturn force.;SOLUTION: A turnout comprises: branch girders 3a-3d connected in series; carriages 5a-5d for supporting the respective branch girders 3a-3d and moving together with the branch girders 3a-3d; driving devices 6a and 6b for moving on the branch girders 3a-3d; and a carriage stopper 11 respectively arranged in an end point position in the moving direction of the carriages 5a-5d and abutting on the moved carriages 5a-5d. The driving devices 6a and 6b comprise: an arm 8 for turning in a horizontal plane; and a roller 9 provided in an end part of the arm 8 and engaging with a groove part 10 provided on an undersurface of the branch girders 3a-3d. The branch girders 3a-3d move by turning of the arm 8, and the respective carriages 5a-5d abut on the carriage stopper 11 in a substantially orthogonal position between the longitudinal direction of the arm 8 and the longitudinal direction of the branch girders 3a-3d, and stop the movement of the branch girders 3a-3d, and complete conversion.;SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1;COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT