Convertible road and rail wheel assembly

B - Operations – Transporting – 60 – B

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B60B 19/02 (2006.01)

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CA 2485325

A self-propelled four-wheel vehicle (1) for travel on land and/or on rails includes four hubs (9) for mounting of wheels including tires (6) for travel on land, four rail wheels (7) for travel on a railway, and four coupling assemblies, for detachably connecting the rail wheels to, outwardly of, and spaced from, the hubs. A kit for converting the vehicle for travel on rails includes, for each hub (9) of the vehicle, a rail wheel adapter (25, 44) including a flange (26, 45) for fastening to a rail wheel (7) and an axle portion (24, 46) extending transverse to the flange, a vehicle wheel adapter (10, 40) including a flange (15, 41) for fastening to a hub of the land vehicle and an axle portion (21, 42) extending transverse to the flange, and a coupler (12, 13) for coupling the rail wheel adapter to the vehicle wheel adapter.

L'invention concerne un véhicule automoteur à quatre roues (1), capable de se déplacer sur route et/ou sur rails, comprenant quatre moyeux (9) destinés au montage de roues à pneus (6) pour le déplacement sur route, et de quatre roues ferroviaires (7) pour le déplacement sur rails, et quatre ensembles de couplage assurant le montage amovible des roues ferroviaires sur les moyeux, à l'extérieur de ceux-ci, et à distance desdits moyeux. Un kit de conversion du véhicule pour le déplacement sur rails comprend, pour chaque moyeu (9) du véhicule, un adaptateur (25, 44) de roue ferroviaire, comprenant une bride (26, 45) pour la fixation d'une roue ferroviaire (7) et d'une portion d'axe (24, 46) s'étendant transversalement à la bride, un adaptateur de roue de véhicule (10, 40), comprenant une bride (15, 41) pour la fixation à un moyeu du véhicule routier, et une portion d'axe (21, 42) s'étendant transversalement à la bride, et un coupleur (12, 13) destiné au couplage de l'adaptateur de la roue ferroviaire à l'adaptateur de la roue du véhicule.

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