Item # H-954, Short Collector Electrified Monorail Trolley On American Crane & Hoist Corp.

United States Monorail current collectors are hard copper alloy of the shoe type. The contactor shoe is set in bakelite insulators attached to the top of steel yoke type bracket.

A double coil spring engaging the bracket maintains the proper contact between the shoe and the conductor bar.

Collectors of the sliding shoe type have a large contact area and are fully shrouded in the bakelite housing. This method of collection, the same as used in high speed railway electrification, assures polished conductors and collectors at all times and there by reduces arcing.

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Specifications

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N/A United States Monorail

Additional Information

N/A Collectors may be mounted on all standard United States Monorail trolleys except light duty trolleys. Each yoke will accommodate two collectors. Each collector is mounted at the top of the trolley yoke to assure accurate relation to the conductor bar when trolley passes around curves.