Railway car with obstacle deflector

摘要

The invention provides a small-sized, light weight and low cost obstacle deflector for removing obstacles on a railway track. An obstacle deflector 30 is composed, from the front side in the running direction of the car body, of an obstacle deflection member 31 and a connecting mechanism 40, wherein the connecting mechanism 40 is composed of two connecting units disposed parallel to one another, each composed of a distribution member 33, a support member 47, an energy absorber 35 and a rod 37. The obstacle deflection member 31 is disposed along the width direction of the car body and connected rotatably via a first pin 32. The center portion in the width direction of the obstacle deflection member 31 is connected via a pin 34 to the distribution member 33, and further via support members 47 to energy absorbers 35 for absorbing impact load. The energy absorbers 35 are connected via rods 37 and second pins 38 to the lower surface 3b of an underframe. Regardless of where in the width direction the obstacles collide against the obstacle deflection member 31, the impact load is transmitted uniformly via the distribution member 33 to the energy absorbers 35 and 35.