US 12,104,328 B2
Turnout apparatus for overhead monorail
Ziming Kou, Shanxi (CN); Guijun Gao, Shanxi (CN); Jing Zhang, Shanxi (CN); Fuli Sun, Shanxi (CN); and Jiabao Xue, Shanxi (CN)
Assigned to TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Shanxi (CN)
Appl. No. 17/279,103
Filed by TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Shanxi (CN)
PCT Filed Apr. 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/081328
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/172949, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910139054 (CN), filed on Feb. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0388562 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. E01B 25/26 (2006.01); B61B 13/04 (2006.01); B61L 5/04 (2006.01); E01B 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC E01B 25/26 (2013.01) [B61B 13/04 (2013.01); B61L 5/04 (2013.01); E01B 5/14 (2013.01); E01B 2202/044 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A turnout apparatus for an overhead monorail, the turnout apparatus comprising a frame, an input fixed rail configured to dock an input rail, output fixed rails each configured to dock an output rail, and movable rails disposed between the input fixed rail and the output fixed rails; the input fixed rail is disposed at one end of the frame, the output fixed rails comprise a first output fixed rail and a second output fixed rail, and the first output fixed rail and the second output fixed rail are disposed at the other end of the frame;
the movable rails comprise a first movable rail configured for simultaneously docking the input fixed rail and the first output fixed rail, and a second movable rail configured for simultaneously docking the input fixed rail and the second output fixed rail; the first movable rail and the second movable rail are fixed together and are both rotatable about a horizontal line as an axis, and directions toward which upper rail surfaces of the first movable rail and the second movable rail face differ by 180 degrees in a circumferential direction,
wherein the turnout apparatus further comprises a triangular bracket, the triangular bracket comprises an input end corresponding to the input rail and an output end corresponding to the output rails, the input end and the output end are each provided with a shaft head, the triangular bracket is rotatably mounted on the frame through the shaft heads, and the frame is provided with supporting bearings engaged with the shaft heads; and the first movable rail and the second movable rail are respectively fixed above and below the triangular bracket, and when the triangular bracket rotates, the first movable rail and the second movable rail both rotate about the horizontal line as the axis,
wherein the a rotation angle of the triangular bracket, and the limiting block is located within a rotation radius range of the triangular bracket; and when the first movable rail simultaneously docks the input fixed rail and the first output fixed rail, an upper surface of the triangular bracket rests against the limiting block, and when the second movable rail simultaneously docks the input fixed rail and the second output fixed rail, a lower surface of the triangular bracket rests against the limiting block.