Sweeping device for working on a track system
AssigneePlasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorGuenther Buchberger
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Abstract
A sweeping device works on a track formed of rails and sleepers. The sweeping device has a brush shaft formed from a plurality of shaft portions configured as hollow shafts, and resilient sweeping elements protruding radially from the brush shaft. The sweeping device can be attached via at least one adjustable vertical drive to a vehicle that can travel on rails. It is provided that at least one axis of rotation of a shaft portion is adjustable via a control shaft with control elements acting externally on the shaft portion.
Claims10
A sweeping device for working on a track formed of rails and sleepers, the sweeping device comprising:
- a brush shaft having a plurality of shaft portions each configured as a hollow shaft;
- resilient sweeping elements protruding radially from said brush shaft;
- at least one adjustable vertical drive for attaching the sweeping device to a vehicle that can travel on the rails;
- a frame supporting said brush shaft, said at least one adjustable vertical drive is connected to said frame;
- a control shaft having control elements, at least one shaft portion of said shaft portions being adjustable about one axis of rotation via said control shaft by said control elements acting externally on said shaft portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.