Abstract: A sliding door apparatus for a railway platform, has a plurality of sliding doors provided along an edge of a railway platform, the plurality of sliding doors being, in a closed position, arranged continuously along a line; a sliding door shifting apparatus for shifting those of the sliding doors to be opened and closed into shifted positions parallel to the closed position of the plurality of sliding doors; opening/closing apparatus for opening and closing the sliding doors disposed at the shifted positions, the opening/closing apparatus being capable of moving the sliding doors in varying directions and amounts; and a logic apparatus for analyzing information regarding the positions and widths of entrances of a railway vehicle stopped at the platform, selecting the sliding doors to be shifted, and controlling the shifting and opening/closing of the sliding doors such that the sliding doors are opened and closed in conformity with the entrances of the railway vehicle.

Abstract: A folding door apparatus for a railway platform has a plurality of continuously provided folding doors each composed of two elements, a mid-portion between the two elements serving as an inflection point, the plurality of folding doors being movable between closed positions in which the folding doors are disposed in a line along a railway platform and inflected positions in which openings in the folding door apparatus are formed; a door opening and closing driving apparatus including a pair of opening and closing acting bodies for moving the folding doors in a direction and amount necessary to form the openings in the folding door apparatus; and a logic unit for analyzing information regarding the positions and widths of entrances of a railway vehicle stopped at the platform, and controlling the direction and amount of movement of the folding doors such that the openings in the folding door apparatus correspond to the entrances of the railway vehicle.

Abstract: Linear motor supporting apparatus are mounted upon the front and rear portions of each bogie of a vehicle so as to maintain the predetermined distance defined between an on-board coil and a ground stator, the on-board coil and the ground stator together constituting the linear-induction motor. The linear motor supporting apparatus incorporates a servo device which regulates the vertical position of the on-board coil in accordance with the contour of the ground stator so as to maintain the on-board-coil-to-ground-stator distance at the predetermined value. The servo device consists of a valve body, a valve box, and a servo device body. The valve body is secured to a sensor member, which runs upon and is maintained in contact with the ground stator. The valve box is secured to the on-board coil. The servo device body is mounted through means of a spring to the bogie. The ground stator may have some laying errors and there may be variations in its height.

Abstract: A railway system including a track and a train adapted to run on the track. A power feed line comprising a series of feed sections is provided to extend along the track. A plurality of stations are provided along the track and the station has a power supply unit adapted to be selectively connected with one of the feed sections to supply a controlled three-phase AC power to the feed section to thereby operate the train on that feed section in a desired mode. The train has a pair of collecting shoes which are connected with the tracting motor in parallel with each other and arranged with a space in a longitudinal direction of the train. In the station, there is an insulated junction between the two adjacent feed sections which is located so that it is between the two collecting shoes on the train which is stopped in the station at a predetermined position.

Abstract: A switching structure for a guideway track including one or more running ways adapted for supporting running wheels of a guideway vehicle and one or more guide rails adapted for guiding guide wheels of the vehicle. The switching structure includes a first and second substantially vertically movable guide rails, a crank mechanism for alternately raising and lowering the first and second movable guide rails for switching running path of the vehicle and a driving device for driving the crank mechanism. The crank mechanism has a first and second crankarms having a phase difference smaller than 180.degree.

Abstract: A guided vehicle having a body with rubber-tired steerable running wheels mounted on axles. A suspension system for the axles includes transversely extending upper and lower link arms which are parallel with each other and have equal arm lengths. Each of the links or link arms has one end connected with the wheel axle through a joint mechanism for a steering movement and a rotative movement about a longitudinal axis and its other end connected at two longitudinally spaced portions with the vehicle body for rotative movement about a second longitudinal axis. Air springs are disposed between one of the links and the vehicle body for normally maintaining the links substantially horizontally to thereby maintain the associated wheel always vertical.

Abstract: A guided vehicle including at each end portion of the body a pair of steerable running wheels adapted to run on track surfaces and a pair of guide wheels adapted to run along guide rails provided at the opposite sides of the track surfaces. A steering linkage is provided for connecting the running and guide wheels so that the former is steered in response to a transverse movement of the latter. A friction type restraining device is provided in the linkage so that the steering movement is not produced by a small amount of surface roughness in the guide rail.

Abstract: Three phase power feeding device for a track guided vehicle including three power feeding lines provided along one side of the track, the center one of the feed lines being located closer to the track than the other two of the lines. The vehicle is provided with a collector device comprised of three collector shoes adapted to be engaged respectively with the power feed lines. The collector shoes are associated with insulative shoes which are longer than the collector shoes so that the insulative shoes are maintained in contact with the respective ones of the power feed lines even when the collector shoes are detached from the feed lines due to rolling movement of the vehicle.

Abstract: A guide-way vehicle adapted for running on guide way means having running surface means and guide rail means on the running surface means, wherein the vehicle comprises three axle assemblies provided at front and rear end portions and an intermediate portion of a car body, each axle assembly having wheels with rubber tires attached to the opposite ends thereof. The axle assemblies at the front and rear portions of the car body are adapted to swivel in a horizontal plane relative to the car body and respectively have guide wheels adapted for running along the guide rail means whereby the axle assemblies are steered along the guide rail means.

Abstract: Switching mechanism for tracks of a guideway vehicle system including a pair of movable guide rail segments which are mounted on a pair of transversely extending crankshafts so that the guide rail segments can be alternately moved into an operative position. The crankshafts are connected by a linkage so that they rotate simultaneously.