Machine with ballast receiving device
AssigneePlasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorManfred Brunninger
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Abstract
A machine having a ballast take-up device for taking up ballast located underneath a track. The take up device has an endless clearing chain guided in a chain channel. In a connecting joint from a transverse channel to a transport channel. There is also a ballast deflector blade pivotable about a pivot axis. Arranged on the ballast deflector blade is a ballast conveyor, designed for ballast transport in the direction towards a pivot axis by means of a conveyor drive. With this, it is possible to expand the operating range of the ballast take-up device, as needed.
Claims8
A machine comprising:
- a ballast take-up device for taking up ballast located underneath a track;
- an endless clearing chain;
- a chain channel wherein said endless clearing chain is guided in said chain channel, wherein the chain channel comprises:
- i) a transverse channel located underneath the track,
- ii) an empty channel
- iii) a transport channel provided for ballast transport,
- iv) a connecting joint;
- a ballast conveyor;
- a conveyor drive;
- and
- a ballast deflector blade pivotable about a pivot axis which is fastened in said connecting joint from the transverse channel to the transport channel, wherein said ballast conveyor, is designed for ballast transport in a direction towards the pivot axis by means of a conveyor drive, is arranged on the ballast deflector blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.