Positioning area for a route for vertically inserting current collector contacts in the current rails of the route

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PATENT NO 9994431
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14895415

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The invention relates to a positioning zone (EB) for a travel path (1), wherein the travel path (1) has at least one guide rail (2, 3) and the guide rail (2, 3) is used to guide a current collector trolley (11), provided with current collector contacts (12), of a current collector system (10) arranged on a vehicle which can move along the travel path (1), and the travel path (1) has at least one travel path conductor bar (5), wherein the current collector trolley (11) can be moved horizontally and vertically to the travel path (1) in the positioning zone (EB) by a positioning device of the current collector system (10), characterized in that at least one further conductor bar (5′) is arranged in the region of the positioning zone (EB) or at least one travel path conductor bar (5) extends and/or is extended into the positioning zone (EB) beyond at least one guide rail (2, 3) of the travel path (1).

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PAUL VAHLE GMBH & CO KGWESTICKER STRASSE 52 KAMEN 59174

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Muller, Thomas Kamen, DE 174 1663
Raabe, Michael Werne, DE 4 34
Woyczechowski, Steffen Dortmund, DE 2 13

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