(19)
(11) EP 0 736 435 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
05.11.1997 Bulletin 1997/45

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.10.1996 Bulletin 1996/41

(21) Application number: 96830189.5

(22) Date of filing: 04.04.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6B61D 3/18, B61F 1/10
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT CH DE ES FR GB IT LI

(30) Priority: 07.04.1995 IT RM950224

(71) Applicants:
  • Gentili, Roberto
    00125 Roma (IT)
  • Giordani, Claudio
    00125 Roma (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • Gentili, Roberto
    00125 Roma (IT)
  • Giordani, Claudio
    00125 Roma (IT)

   


(54) Mobile headstock for bi-modal rail/road wagon


(57) The mobile headstock (1) for a bimodal rail and road vehicle, equipped with rail type draw (4) and buffing (3) gears and with guide slides (5), permitting it to slide on a horizontal level inside the vehicle frame (7), make it possible for the vehicle to use, in the rail position, the above-mentioned draw and buffing gears. It is also possible to retract them inside the underframe (7), in the road position. In order to be locked, in the relative road and rail positions, the mobile headstock (1) is equipped with two rear bars (6) which, through the action of two locking devices (10), make it an integral part with the frame (7) of the bimodal vehicle.







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