Patent ID: 8757066

Claim:
A device for pivoting one or more front flaps of a track-guided vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, the device comprising; at least one carrier element connected to the one or more front flaps and to a vehicle undercarriage of a track guided vehicle, the at least one carrier element can be pivoted in the horizontal plane relative to the vehicle undercarriage, for moving the one or more front flaps from a closed position into an opened position and vice versa; and an activation element connected to the at least one carrier element and to the vehicle undercarriage for pivoting the at least one carrier element relative to the vehicle undercarriage; wherein the at least one carrier element includes a shift mechanism which is designed to move the one or more front flaps in the closed condition in the longitudinal direction of the at least one carrier element, and wherein the at least one carrier element is arranged on a guide which is connected to the vehicle undercarriage, and which can be pivoted in the horizontal plane so the at least one carrier element is guided in its horizontal pivoting motion and a portion of the weight force of the one or more front flaps connected to the at least one carrier element is diverted directly to the vehicle undercarriage.