Abstract A magnetic-suspension or levitation vehicle comprises a track having a plurality of substantially continuous rails cooperating with respective systems upon the vehicle, e.g. a reaction rail cooperating with a linear induction motor, a contact rail cooperating with shoes for delivering current to or electrically connecting the vehicle to a central station, an armature rail for a magnetic suspension and/or guide arrangement etc.; at least two and preferably all of the rails are mounted upon common supports which, in turn, are anchored to the track structure at spaced locations along the vehicle path. Thus the relative position of the rails can be established in a factory and the prefabricated rail assembly erected at the track site as a unit.
A device for adjustably mounting a rail-carrying element having a lug member upon a support, especially in the track of a suspension vehicle, said device comprising a nut member anchored in said support, a pair of threadedly interconnected spacer sleeves interposed between said support and said lug member, and a bolt traversing said lug member and said pair of spacer sleeves engaging said nut member, while having a head member adapted to clamp said lug member against said pair of spacer sleeves and said sleeves against said support, one of said sleeves being formed with a generally spheroidal surface and a disk with a complementary spheroidal surface is interposed between said one of said sleeves and an adjoining member for enabling angular positioning of said lug member with two degrees of freedom relative to said support.
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Independent Claim
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A device for adjustably mounting a rail-carrying element having a lug member upon a support, especially in the track of a suspension vehicle, said device comprising a nut member anchored in said support, a pair of threadedly interconnected spacer sleeves interposed between said support and said lug member, and a bolt traversing said lug member and said pair of spacer sleeves engaging said nut member, while having a head member adapted to clamp said lug member against said pair of spacer sleeves and said sleeves against said support, one of said sleeves being formed with a generally spheroidal surface and a disk with a complementary spheroidal surface is interposed between said one of said sleeves and an adjoining member for enabling angular positioning of said lug member with two degrees of freedom relative to said support.