Patent ID: 6672223
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: B61B

Abstract:
A vehicle running on a railed track having straight lines and curved lines, the railed track including a first rail disposed on a ground for defining a running direction of the vehicle, and a second rail disposed above and along the first rail so as to oppose the first rail, curved lines of the second rail being displaced at a center side relative to curved lines of the first rail, the vehicle comprising:a vehicle body; a plurality of running wheels being rotatably supported by the first rail, said running wheels being provided below said vehicle body linearly in the running direction of the vehicle, said plurality of running wheels having a concave portion on an outer periphery of said plurality of running wheels, said concave portion being concave relative to said outer periphery, said concave portion being circular and being configured to maintain continuous contact with a circular head portion of the rail as an axis of rotation of said plurality of running wheels tilts relative to the rail; and a plurality of guide members being configured to control a running posture of the vehicle by engaging with the second rail, said plurality of guide members being provided above said vehicle body linearly along the second rail, said plurality of guide members being movable in a left-right direction perpendicular to the running direction of the vehicle with regard to said vehicle body.