Patent ID: 6523480
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: B61B,Y02T

Abstract:
Transport system of the dual-type comprising dual-mode vehicles (1) and a monorail (2) having a substantially vertical surface (12), in that said dual-mode vehicles can run both on an ordinary roadway (10) and as rail vehicles on the monorail (2), said monorail being substantially triangular in cross-sectional profile (7) with one apex of the triangle facing upwards, and said vehicles (1) each having a downwards-facing, in the longitudinal direction, through-going indentation (6) with a cross-sectional profile corresponding substantially to the cross-sectional profile (7) of the monorail, in that each vehicle has drive-wheels (8) for running on a roadway (10) and drive- and supported wheels for running on the monorail (2), characterized in that: the vehicle has at least two drive-wheels (13a, 13b) for running on the monorail, the axes of rotation (20a, 20b) of said drive-wheels (13a, 13b) being placed vertically, and such that at least one drive-wheel (13a, 13b) for running on the monorail is placed on each side of the vertical surface (12) of the monorail (2) and in that each vehicle has a set of support wheels (14) for running on the monorail, said support wheels (14) being placed with their axes of rotation substantially horizontal or at an acute angle in relation to the horizontal.