US3624318A
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Current supply arrangements for mobile load devices
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1968-12-16
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Granted: 1971-11-30
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Expires: 1988-12-16
Abstract
Abstract A current supply arrangement for a mobile load device consists of an elongate, flexible, stringlike member of hollow-sectioned profile forming a collection line duct accommodating a flexible conductor of corresponding length and forming a single current supply pole, and a current pickup device comprising a slide carried by the collector line duct and guided in a slot therein, the slide being connected with the load device for traction thereby. A plurality of these single current supply poles are strung in side-by-side parallel relation along a required route to form a multipole current supply unit.
Inventors
- 👤 Karl Rekers
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 04:48
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R41/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
147 words
A current-supply arrangement for a mobile load device, comprising a member of hollow-sectioned profile forming a collector line duct carrying an electrical conductor and a current pickup device movable therein which is connected with the load device through a traction and connecting element extending outside said member through a slot formed in the bottom face of its hollow-sectioned profile, wherein the collector line duct is in the form of a flexible string and accommodates a flexible conductor of corresponding length, forming a single currentsupply pole, the conductor being in the form of a wire arranged in serpentine fashion transversely of the plane of the slot and between the sidewalls of the collector line duct, the peaks of its convolutions being located in internal grooves in said duct, and the current pickup device comprising a slide carried in the collector line duct and arranged to be guided thereby.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
147 words
A current-supply arrangement for a mobile load device, comprising a member of hollow-sectioned profile forming a collector line duct carrying an electrical conductor and a current pickup device movable therein which is connected with the load device through a traction and connecting element extending outside said member through a slot formed in the bottom face of its hollow-sectioned profile, wherein the collector line duct is in the form of a flexible string and accommodates a flexible conductor of corresponding length, forming a single currentsupply pole, the conductor being in the form of a wire arranged in serpentine fashion transversely of the plane of the slot and between the sidewalls of the collector line duct, the peaks of its convolutions being located in internal grooves in said duct, and the current pickup device comprising a slide carried in the collector line duct and arranged to be guided thereby.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conductor is in the form of a round-sectioned wire.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the collector line duct has mounting flanges extending over its full length and formed substantially as extensions of its sidewalls so as to project upwards and downwards.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wall sections forming the underside of the collector line duct are provided with guide lips along the edges delimiting the slot.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the slide is guided by the internal walls of the profiled section string and has rounded front and rear ends.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 5, wherein the rounded ends in each case have the general shape of an ellipsoid.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 5, wherein, by way of a slide attached to the current pickup device, a plate with ends bent up after the manner of a sledge runner, and tapered widthwise, is provided.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
116 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the traction and connecting element is formed by a flat connector plate made of electrically conducted material, the plate simultaneously doing duty as an electrical conductor, and the plate is secured in axis-parallel fashion to the slide, that zone of the plate which is located in the neighborhood of the slot in the profiled section string being in sliding engagement with the slot walls and that zone thereof which is outside the slot carrying an insulator to which the traction elements of the load device are secured, the feeder conductor of said load device being taken through the insulator and being electrically connected to the flat connector plate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
43 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 8, wherein the slide is designed as a carrier for a wiper contact spring loaded in relation thereto, the spring being an electrically conductive component and establishing contact between the flat connector plate and the wiper contact.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 9, wherein a carbon pickup or wiper contact is secured to the slide plate by means of a spring having serpentine convolutions.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
36 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 10, wherein the carbon pickup is in the form of a component of elongated axial form having end portions sloping away from the conductor at the side facing the conductor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
66 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 8, wherein the wall sections forming the underside of the collector line duct, are provided with guide lips along the edges delimiting the slot and the insulator of the current pickup device is provided at its side facing the slot walls with profiled strips which embrace the guide lips laterally and at an interval, at either side of the slot.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
61 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 12, wherein the insulator consists of two half sections in the form of injection molded components releasably attached to one another with a vertical split line disposed in the direction of travel of the current pickup device, the two half sections accommodating between them the flat connector plate which does duty as the electrical connector.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
38 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 12, wherein the topside of the insulator, facing the underside of the collector line duct is of a sledge runner shape, having front and rear transitional regions, sloping away from the collector.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
46 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 13, wherein the insulator has a central downward projecting extension locating and fixing the end of a feeder cable to the load device the cable being arranged in a guide passage formed between said two half sections of the insulator.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
29 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the slide itself is designed directly as a wiper contact and engages directly with the conductor in the collector line duct.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
42 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the collector line duct is provided along its top side with a mounting rail in the form of two angled sections which present mutually opposite inwardly directed lips which define an undercut mounting slot.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
45 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the attachment of a conductor to a feeder line is effected via an opening in the top side of the collector line duct, above said opening there being mounted a junction box which closes the opening off.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
63 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 18, wherein the junction box consists of two half sections in the form of injection molded components releasably attached to one another with a joint plane located in the direction of travel of the current pickup device, the two half sections accommodating between them one or more feeder line cables in guide passages formed between the sections.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
90 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 17, wherein in order to bridge a junction between sections of the collector line duct, short clamping strips are provided, which are placed over the joint line and extend to either side of a collector line duct, the abutting ends of the collector line duct sectIons being connected with one another by axial connecting components fixed to their mounting rails said connecting components being provided with extension lips which bear from above upon the flanges of the clamping strips and secure same in position.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
83 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 1, modified in that for control purposes the collector line duct is provided in substitution for said electrical conductor substantially at the level at which the electrical conductor runs, with a plurality of access slots arranged at intervals in one sidewall, via which in each case an electrical contact lug connected to a control line can be inserted, said lug in association with said pickup device being arranged to close a control circuit for the load device.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
53 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 21, wherein the collector line duct doing duty as control duct is closed off at its side containing the access slots, by a profiled strip of synthetic materials which, together with the sidewall of the duct, forms a closed passage for the accommodation of the control line.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
68 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 22, wherein the collector line duct has mounting flanges extending over its full length and formed substantially as extensions of its sidewalls so as to project upwards and downwards and the cover strip engages in interlocking fashion behind the mounting lips of the collector line duct through the medium of locking lips which extend along the seating edges of the cover strip.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
33 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 22, wherein the cover strip has an internal rib extending along it, which engages behind the contact lug or lugs and secures them in their access slots.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
36 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 1, comprising a plurality of said single-pole collector line ducts, complete with their particular related current pickup devices combined in side-by-side relation to form a parallel, multipole current supply unit.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
94 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 25, wherein the collector line duct has mounting flanges extending over its full length and formed substantially as extensions of its sidewalls so as to project upwards and downwards, and in order to connect together two collector line ducts at a time, clamping strips of synthetic material and having a substantially double-T-shaped cross section are provided, lips of which, projecting inwards at right angles from the flanges, in each case engage behind the four mounting lips of two neighboring collector line ducts in order to lock them together.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
91 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 25, wherein an outside one of the collector line ducts is modified for control purposes in that it is provided, in substitution for its electrical conductor substantially at the level at which the electrical conductor runs, with a plurality of access slots arranged at intervals in its outside wall, via which in each case an electrical contact lug connected to a control line can be inserted, said lug in association with said pickup device being arranged to close a control circuit for the load device.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
53 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 27, wherein the collector line duct doing duty as control duct is closed off at its side containing the access slots, by a profiled strip of synthetic material which, together with the sidewall of the duct, forms a closed passage for the accommodation of the control line.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
68 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 28, wherein the collector line duct has mounting flanges extending over its full length and formed substantially as extensions of its sidewalls so as to project upwards and downwards and the cover strip engages in interlocking fashion behind the mounting lips of the collector line duct through the medium of locking lips which extend along the seating edges of the cover strip.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
33 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 28, wherein the cover strip has an internal rib extending along it, which engages behind the contact lug or lugs and secures them in their access slots.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1974-11-29 | 1975-05-31 | 1975-11-30 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1978-11-29 | 1979-05-31 | 1979-11-30 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1982-11-29 | 1983-05-31 | 1983-11-30 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |