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(11) | EP 2 388 173 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | A railway wagon with a rotatable loading floor |
| (57) A railway wagon comprising a body (10) having end portions (11, 12) mounted on bogies
(14) and a middle portion (13) recessed with respect to the end portions (11, 12)
along recess walls (15, 16), a loading floor (21) horizontally rotatable above the
body middle portion (13) between a transport configuration in which the longitudinal
axis (Lf) of the loading floor (21) overlaps the longitudinal axis (Lb) of the body
(10) and the shorter edges (22, 23) of the loading floor (21) are directed towards
the recess walls (15, 16), and a loading configuration in which the longitudinal axis
(Lf) of the loading floor (21) is inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis (Lb)
of the body (10) and the shorter edges (22, 23) of the loading floor (21) are directed
towards the platform surface (51), wherein the shorter edges (22, 23) of the loading
floor (21) comprise holders (24, 25) configured to support the loading floor (21)
on the body (10) above the middle portion (13) in the transport configuration and
to slide on guides (17, 18) formed along the recess walls (15, 16) of the body (10)
during rotation between the transport configuration and the loading configuration,
rollers (19) configured to support the loading floor (21) and to slide on a platform
surface (51) during rotation between the transport configuration and the loading configuration.
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