High adaptability railway flat car
By designing a locking and loading mechanism for a highly adaptable railway flatcar, the stability and adaptability issues of traditional railway flatcars when transporting goods with irregular centers of gravity have been solved, achieving stable fixing of goods and rapid loading and unloading, thus improving loading efficiency.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- ANHUI ZHENPU TRACK MANUFACTURING CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2025-06-28
- Publication Date
- 2026-05-29
AI Technical Summary
When transporting cylindrical or irregularly shaped steel structures and other goods with irregular centers of gravity, existing railway flatcars are difficult to use for manual bundling to quickly form a stable load-bearing structure, which can easily lead to the risk of cargo shifting or tipping over. Furthermore, they cannot be used to load small-volume goods, thus limiting their applicability.
A highly adaptable railway flatcar was designed, which adopts a detachable locking mechanism and loading mechanism, including a lock head, mounting base, slider, limit groove and other structures. Through the cooperation of the detachable lock head and lock base, it can be adapted to loading components with different structures, thereby improving cargo stability and adaptability.
It enables stable fixing and rapid loading and unloading of different goods, improves the adaptability and loading efficiency of railway flatcars, and avoids the risk of cargo displacement and tipping.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of railway flatcar technology, specifically a highly adaptable railway flatcar. Background Technology
[0002] Railway flatcars are core equipment for freight transport, widely used for transporting containers, bulk commodities, large machinery and equipment, and engineering vehicles. As the modern logistics industry develops towards higher efficiency, multimodal transport, and customization, traditional railway flatcars are gradually revealing significant shortcomings in terms of cargo shape adaptability, loading and unloading efficiency, transport safety, and cross-scenario applicability.
[0003] Currently, cargo securing on flatcars primarily relies on manual binding (such as wire ropes, chains, and manual tensioners), with fixed anchor points and a limited number of them. When transporting cylindrical or irregularly shaped steel structures, where the center of gravity is irregular, manual binding is insufficient to quickly create a stable load-bearing structure, easily leading to cargo shifting or tipping risks. Furthermore, flatcars can only load large structures and cannot handle small-volume goods such as granules, blocks, or powders, thus reducing their applicability. Therefore, we propose a highly adaptable railway flatcar. Utility Model Content
[0004] The purpose of this utility model is to provide a highly adaptable railway flatcar that solves the problems mentioned in the background art.
[0005] To achieve the above objectives, this utility model provides the following technical solution:
[0006] A highly adaptable railway flatcar, including a flatcar frame;
[0007] The flatcar frame is equipped with a locking mechanism and a loading mechanism;
[0008] The locking mechanism includes a mounting base, which is movably connected to the flatcar frame. Several mounting bases are provided and are rotatably connected to each other. A lock head is connected to the mounting base and is detachably connected to the loading mechanism.
[0009] Preferably, the lock head has a hook-shaped structure, the flatcar frame has a sliding groove inside, a slider is slidably connected inside the sliding groove, the slider is fixedly connected to both sides of the mounting base, and a limiting groove is opened inside the flatcar frame, the width of the limiting groove being greater than the width of the mounting base.
[0010] Preferably, the bottom end of the mounting base is connected to a mounting bracket, which is slidably connected inside the limiting groove. The bottom end of the mounting bracket is fixedly connected to a guide rod, which passes through the flatcar frame.
[0011] Preferably, the loading mechanism includes a loading component, which is detachably connected to the top of the flatcar, and a locking seat is fixedly connected to the bottom of the loading component, the position of which corresponds to the position of the limiting groove.
[0012] Preferably, the lock seat is a cross-shaped structure or a plate-shaped structure, the mounting base structure corresponds to the lock seat structure, and the loading component is one of a container, a bulk cargo fence, or a bracket.
[0013] Preferably, the lock seat has a first lock groove and a second lock groove, the first lock groove is a horizontal structure, and the second lock groove is located on the side of the first lock groove.
[0014] Preferably, the flatcar frame is rotatably connected to both sides of the indicator frame, the inner side of the indicator frame is an arc-shaped structure, and the outer side of the indicator frame is slidably connected to a limit plate.
[0015] By employing the above technical solution, this utility model provides a highly adaptable railway flatcar with at least the following beneficial effects:
[0016] (1) By using the detachable loading components and the lock head and lock seat, this utility model can install different loading components according to different goods to load or fix the corresponding goods, thereby improving the stability of the goods during transportation and increasing the adaptability of the flatcar.
[0017] (2) The present invention can be adapted to different loading components by setting different lock seats, so as to improve the stability of the loading components during use or improve the installation and disassembly efficiency of the loading components, thereby facilitating the loading operation of different types of goods. Attached Figure Description
[0018] The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the present invention, form part of this application:
[0019] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present invention. Figure 1 ;
[0020] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present invention. Figure 2 ;
[0021] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the flatcar frame structure of this utility model;
[0022] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the present invention;
[0023] Figure 5 This is an enlarged schematic diagram of point A in this utility model;
[0024] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the lock head and lock seat structure of this utility model. Figure 1 ;
[0025] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the lock head and lock seat structure of this utility model. Figure 2 .
[0026] In the diagram: 1. Flatcar frame; 2. Locking mechanism; 21. Mounting seat; 22. Lock head; 23. Slide groove; 24. Slider; 25. Limiting groove; 26. Mounting bracket; 27. Guide rod; 3. Loading mechanism; 31. Loading assembly; 32. Lock seat; 33. Locking groove one; 34. Locking groove two; 35. Indicator bracket; 36. Limiting plate. Detailed Implementation
[0027] The technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of the present utility model.
[0028] A highly adaptable railway flatcar, such as Figures 1-7 As shown, it includes a flatcar frame 1; the flatcar frame 1 is equipped with a locking mechanism 2 and a loading mechanism 3. The locking mechanism 2 can lock and position the added structure, improve the stability of the structure during use, and at the same time improve the adaptability of the flatcar frame 1 by adding the structure, making it convenient for the flatcar frame 1 to load different types of goods.
[0029] Specifically, the locking mechanism 2 includes a mounting base 21, which is movably connected to the flatcar frame 1. Several mounting bases 21 are provided and are rotatably connected to each other. A lock head 22 is connected to the mounting base 21. The lock head 22 is made of a rigid elastic material. The structure of the mounting base 21 can support the lock head 22, thereby facilitating the locking operation through the lock head 22.
[0030] It is worth noting that the loading mechanism 3 includes a loading component 31, which is detachably connected to the top of the flatcar frame 1. The loading component 31 is one of a container, bulk cargo enclosure or bracket. The loading component 31 can be added to the flatcar so that the flatcar can load different goods, thereby realizing different functions and improving the adaptability of the flatcar. A locking seat 32 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the loading component 31. The position of the locking seat 32 corresponds to the position of the limiting groove 25. The locking seat 32 has a locking groove 1 33 and a locking groove 2 34. The locking groove 1 33 is a horizontal structure, and the locking groove 2 34 is opened on the side of the locking groove 1 33. The locking seat 32 has a cross-shaped structure or a plate-shaped structure. The structure of the mounting seat 21 corresponds to the structure of the locking seat 32. When the locking seat 32 has a cross-shaped structure, the mounting seat 21 is a combination of a cross-shaped structure and a plate-shaped structure. The mounting seats 21 are rotatably connected. The rotatably connected mounting seats 21 can cooperate with the locking groove 1 33 or the locking groove 2 34 through the locking head 22 to lock the loading component 31. The mounting seat 21 located at the bottom of the locking seat 32 cooperates with the locking groove 1 33 through the locking head 22, while the mounting seat 21 rotatably connected to the side cooperates with the locking groove 2 34 through the locking head 22, which improves the stability of the locking. The cross-shaped lock seat 32 is adapted to heavier loading components 31, such as containers (e.g.) Figure 1 and Figure 6 As shown), this improves the safety performance of the container and prevents the lock seat 32 from breaking laterally. The plate-like structure of the lock seat 32 is adapted to lighter loading components 31, such as brackets (e.g., Figure 2 and Figure 7 As shown in the figure, this facilitates the quick installation and removal of the bracket.
[0031] In addition, the lock head 22 has a hook-shaped structure, and the flat car frame 1 has a sliding groove 23 inside. The end of the sliding groove 23 is inclined downward. A slider 24 is slidably connected inside the sliding groove 23. The slider 24 is fixedly connected to both sides of the mounting base 21. The structure of the sliding groove 23 can cooperate with the slider 24 to guide the outer mounting base 21 when the lock base 32 is installed, so that the mounting base 21 automatically rotates to a vertical state.
[0032] Based on this, a limiting groove 25 is opened inside the flat car frame 1. The width of the limiting groove 25 is greater than the width of the mounting seat 21. The limiting groove 25 structure can limit the mounting seat 21. When the outer mounting seat 21 rotates through the guide of the sliding groove 23 to form a cylindrical or U-shaped structure, it limits the entire structure of the mounting seat 21, thereby improving the stability and safety performance of the mounting seat 21.
[0033] Furthermore, the bottom end of the mounting base 21 is connected to a mounting bracket 26, which is slidably connected inside the limiting groove 25. The bottom end of the mounting bracket 26 is fixedly connected to a guide rod 27, which passes through the flatcar frame 1. The structure of the mounting bracket 26 facilitates the installation and disassembly of the mounting base 21, making it suitable for simultaneous installation and replacement. At the same time, the structure of the guide rod 27 can guide the movement of the mounting base 21.
[0034] Based on this, a prompting frame 35 is rotatably connected to both sides of the flatcar frame 1. The inner side of the prompting frame 35 has an arc-shaped structure, and the outer side of the prompting frame 35 is slidably connected to a limiting plate 36. The structure of the prompting frame 35 can prompt and guide the installation of the overly wide loading component 31, avoid misalignment between the lock head 22 and the lock seat 32, and improve the installation efficiency of the loading component 31. At the same time, the structure of the limiting plate 36 can limit the prompting frame 35, keeping the prompting frame 35 in a vertical state. Since the lock seat 32 has a certain height, when the loading component 31 approaches the flatcar frame 1, the lock seat 32 may have already misaligned with the limiting groove 25. When the loading component 31 is suspended above the flatcar, the loading component 31 is far from the edge of the flatcar frame 1, affecting the alignment accuracy.
[0035] In one embodiment of this highly adaptable railway flatcar, the loading component 31 is a container. The container is suspended above the flatcar frame 1, while the indicator frame 35 rotates upward. When the indicator frame 35 rotates to the top of the flatcar frame 1, the limiting plate 36 falls to both sides of the flatcar frame 1 under the action of gravity, thereby restricting the rotation of the indicator frame 35. The indicator frame 35 guides the installation of the container, causing the locking seat 32 at the bottom of the container to move onto the mounting base 21 and be locked by the lock head 22. The mounting base 21 moves downward under the push of the locking seat 32. At this time, the sliders 24 on both sides of the mounting base 21 move into the slide groove 23 and move laterally along the slide groove 23. One end of the mounting base 21 moves vertically with the mounting frame 26, and the other end moves laterally. Therefore, the outer mounting base 21 rotates vertically and is locked by the lock head 22 and the lock groove 34.
[0036] It should be noted that, in this document, relational terms such as "first" and "second" are used only to distinguish one entity or operation from another, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Furthermore, the terms "comprising," "including," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
[0037] Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, the scope of which is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A highly adaptable railway flatcar, comprising a flatcar frame (1), characterized in that: The flatcar frame (1) is equipped with a locking mechanism (2) and a loading mechanism (3); The locking mechanism (2) includes a mounting base (21), which is movably connected to the flatcar frame (1). There are several mounting bases (21), which are rotatably connected to each other. A lock head (22) is connected to the mounting base (21), and the lock head (22) is detachably connected to the loading mechanism (3).
2. The highly adaptable railway flatcar according to claim 1, characterized in that: The lock head (22) has a hook-shaped structure. The flatcar frame (1) has a sliding groove (23) inside. A slider (24) is slidably connected inside the sliding groove (23). The slider (24) is fixedly connected to both sides of the mounting base (21). A limiting groove (25) is opened inside the flatcar frame (1). The width of the limiting groove (25) is greater than the width of the mounting base (21).
3. The highly adaptable railway flatcar according to claim 1, characterized in that: The mounting base (21) is connected to a mounting bracket (26) at its bottom end. The mounting bracket (26) is slidably connected inside the limiting groove (25). The mounting bracket (26) is fixedly connected to a guide rod (27) at its bottom end. The guide rod (27) passes through the flatcar frame (1).
4. The highly adaptable railway flatcar according to claim 1, characterized in that: The loading mechanism (3) includes a loading component (31), which is detachably connected to the top of the flatcar. A lock seat (32) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the loading component (31), and the position of the lock seat (32) corresponds to the position of the limiting groove (25).
5. A highly adaptable railway flatcar according to claim 4, characterized in that: The lock seat (32) is a cross-shaped structure or a plate-shaped structure. The structure of the mounting base (21) corresponds to the structure of the lock seat (32). The loading component (31) is one of a container, a bulk cargo fence, or a bracket.
6. A highly adaptable railway flatcar according to claim 4, characterized in that: The lock base (32) is provided with a lock groove 1 (33) and a lock groove 2 (34). The lock groove 1 (33) is a horizontal structure, and the lock groove 2 (34) is opened on the side of the lock groove 1 (33).
7. A highly adaptable railway flatcar according to claim 1, characterized in that: The flatcar frame (1) is rotatably connected to two sides of a prompting frame (35). The inner side of the prompting frame (35) is an arc-shaped structure, and the outer side of the prompting frame (35) is slidably connected to a limiting plate (36).