Branching device and center guide-type track-based transportation system

摘要

A main line movable rail is disposed between a near-side main line rail and a forward-side main line rail which are disposed as a center guide rail so as to sandwich a branching section. The main line movable rail is supported so as to swing at the center of a first end at a position at which the first end is continuous to the forward-side main line rail. A locking action mechanism allows a second end of the main line movable rail to be engaged with an engagement member, thereby locking the second end so as not to undergo displacement at a guide position at which the second end of the main line movable rail is continuous to the near-side main line rail.

主权项

1. A branching device for guiding a track-based vehicle traveling between fixed rails in a track-based transportation system, the transportation system being equipped with a traveling lane and the fixed rails disposed so as to sandwich a branching section at a center of the traveling lane in a traveling lane width direction, the branching device comprising:
a movable rail having a first end positioned at a position continuous to one of the fixed rails, which is supported so as to swing around the first end, and which is switchable between a guide position at which a second end of the movable rail opposite to the first end is continuous to another of the fixed rails and a retracted position at which the second end has a different position from the another of the fixed rails in the traveling lane width direction; a pivotable engagement member configured to be engaged with the movable rail at the guide position, and the pivotable engagement member capable of changing a position thereof between a locked state in which the movable rail sits in an upper recess formed on the pivotable engagement member at the guide position and an unlocked state in which the engagement member is released from the movable rail; and a switching section configured to move the moveable rail between the guide position and the retracted position, and to have the engagement member engage with the moveable rail while moving the movable rail toward the guide position.