GUIDE WHEEL ASSEMBLY

• Main Authors: SCHWALM, JEFFREY J, KRAUSE, RALF, COOPER, WILLIAM K, STRUBELT, HOLGER, KUMMETER, STEFAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 17.12.2002
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; BEARINGS; BLASTING; CASTORS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES ORARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; RAILWAYS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; SHAFTS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE WHEELS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAILVEHICLES

A guide wheel assembly (14), which can be preassembled as a single unit, is configured to be connectable to a guide frame (12) of a rail guided vehicle (10). The guide wheel assembly (14) generally includes a fixed component (18 ) connectable to the guide frame (12) and a rotating component (20) rotatably supported on the fixed component (18) by a bearing assembly (22). The elemen ts of the fixed component (18), the rotating component (20) and the bearing assembly (22) are assembled on a shaft (24) of the fixed component (18) from a top or first end thereof. The shaft (24) includes a support member (40) secured at a second end of the shaft (24) and configured to prevent the rotating component (20) from detaching from the fixed component (18) in the event of bearing failure.