Global Patent Index - EP 1985516 B1

EP 1985516 B1 20120620 - Transporting rails over a railway

Title (en)

Transporting rails over a railway

Title (de)

Schienentransport per Schiene

Title (fr)

Transport de rails par voie ferrée

Publication

EP 1985516 B1 20120620 (EN)

Application

EP 08007809 A 20080423

Priority

NL 1033732 A 20070423

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1985516A2] The invention relates to a train of mutually coupled wagons to a length of 80 metres at a minimum wherein a bundle of rails with a length of 80 metres at a minimum is supported by the wagons such that the bundle bears and wherein the bundle supporting wagons are of the type to transport removable containers. The the bundle supporting wagons are provided with quick coupling means to mount the removable containers and supporting blocks and centre fixation are mounted to said quick coupling means. It also relates to a method wherein containers and a bundle of rails are transported in an alternating manner by a number of mutually coupled train wagons which are equipped with quick couplings for releasable mounting of the containers, with which quick couplings during transport of the bundle the supporting blocks and centre fixation are mounted to the wagons to retain the bundle to the wagons.

IPC 8 full level

B61D 3/16 (2006.01); B61D 3/20 (2006.01); B61D 45/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B61D 3/16 (2013.01); B61D 3/20 (2013.01); B61D 45/003 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1985516 A2 20081029; EP 1985516 A3 20090729; EP 1985516 B1 20120620

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 08007809 A 20080423