Bockstange

English translation: throw rod

22:31 Jun 1, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping
German term or phrase: Bockstange
This is contained in a list of parts pertaining to components of control and monitoring systems for railroad switches.
Ilka Nahmmacher
Germany
Local time: 01:27
English translation:throw rod
Explanation:
https://www.woxikon.de/woerterbuch/de-en/bockstange

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Note added at 24 mins (2020-06-01 22:56:17 GMT)
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"Bockstange {f}Femininum (die) (bei einer Weiche) [Eisenbahn], aussprache, throw rod"

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Note added at 39 mins (2020-06-01 23:11:16 GMT)
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Here also as "throw lever":
"The throw bar extends to the lever on the near side of the track, which is used to throw the switch. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch
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Chris Pr
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:27
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4throw rod
Chris Pr
4switch stand linkage
Johannes Gleim


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throw rod


Explanation:
https://www.woxikon.de/woerterbuch/de-en/bockstange

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Note added at 24 mins (2020-06-01 22:56:17 GMT)
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"Bockstange {f}Femininum (die) (bei einer Weiche) [Eisenbahn], aussprache, throw rod"

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Note added at 39 mins (2020-06-01 23:11:16 GMT)
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Here also as "throw lever":
"The throw bar extends to the lever on the near side of the track, which is used to throw the switch. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch

Chris Pr
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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neutral  Johannes Gleim: I miss the translation of "Bock".
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1 day 12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
switch stand linkage


Explanation:
9424 tringle f d’écartement des lames d’aiguille – Zungenverbindungsstange f, Weichenstellstange f, Weichenzugstange f – point stretcher; stretcher rod
(UIC, Lexique général des termes forroviares)

Ortsgestellte Weichen sind häufig mechanisch ortsgestellte Weichen, auch „Handweichen“ genannt und in Deutschland mit MOW abgekürzt, bei denen die Umstellung durch die Muskelkraft des Bedieners auf den Umstellhebel wirkt und über die Bockstange auf die Zungenverbindungsstange, die Zungenvorrichtung und ggf. den Weichenverschluss übertragen wird. Das Gewicht oder eine Verriegelung des Umstellhebels hält die Weiche in der jeweiligen Endlage fest.
In der Schweiz gibt es bei Handweichen, die im intensiven Rangierbetrieb genutzt werden, eine abweichende Bauart: An Stelle des üblichen Handgewichtes gibt es einen Bock, auf dem ein in mechanischen Stellwerken verwendeter Gestängeweichenhebel steht. Er ist über Winkelhebel mit der Schieberstange verbunden.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weiche_(Bahn)#Ortsgestellt

A points lever, ground throw, or switchstand is a lever and accompanying linkages that are used to align the points of a switch manually.
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An example of a mechanism used at a switch. The two points are linked together with a throw bar. The throw bar extends to the lever on the near side of the track, which is used to throw the switch.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch#Classification

The most common type of switch stand has a cast-metal base with a lever and mechanism to manually move a set of switch points. The photograph at right and figs. 20-1, 20-2, 20-3, and 20-4 show a few of the many variations used. Harp-type stands, commonly used with stub-point turnouts, had a different mode of operation than the types mentioned above
https://books.google.de/books?id=s9tJpzwTRzoC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA...

Our invention consists in the peculiar construction of a railway switch-stand capable of use either at or on a one, two, or three throw switch by changing the position of a hinged are or quadrant to which the switching-lever is fulcrumed, which are maybe'raised to a vertical plane when in use, or lie horizontal upon the ground, out of the way of passing trains or persons, the switch-shifting mechanism being specially adapted and intended for confined and narrow spaces when the ordinary switchstand could not be used, but capable of use in any situation where a switch may be needed, all as hereinafter more specifically set forth.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US253861A/en

Movement of the points may be initiated manually, mechanically, or electrically by means of a throw bar on both the real railroads as well as on their modeled counterparts.
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And, of course, there is the necessary linkage that connect the throw bar and its movable points to a switch stand (hand-operated), or to mechanical or electrically controlled mechanisms some distance away so the turnout can actually be positioned for one route or the other.
https://books.google.de/books?id=6hNjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT100&lpg=P...

You should have put your Bullfrog linkage to the center of the throw bar and your switch stand linkage to the end of the throw bar, accomplished with a solid brass rod, with both ends bent in a L shape.
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/226680.aspx

It is preferred to lock the star wheel 164 against reverse turning and to assure that the star wheel 164 has driven through a precise increment necessary to move the switch stand linkage to its horizontal position.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US3418462A/en

Johannes Gleim
Local time: 01:27
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 171
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