Continuous sediment removal apparatus and method
AssigneeTrecan Combustion Limited
InventorsJoseph Neil SHUBERT, David Gerald REGAN, Randy Scott JOLLIMORE
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Abstract
A snow melting vehicle includes a receptacle for receiving a snow load to be melted inside the receptacle into meltwater and a debris collecting system for moving the debris fallen to the bottom of the receptacle into a collecting chamber disposed adjacent the receptacle. A debris lifting system is also provided for raising the debris from the collecting chamber to a position above the meltwater filling the collecting chamber, whereby the meltwater is substantially drained before the debris is gravity discharged outside the snow melting vehicle.
Claims20
A sediment removal apparatus for a snow melting vehicle having a receptacle for receiving a snow load to be transformed inside the receptacle into meltwater, the apparatus comprising:
- a debris collecting system for displacing debris fallen to a bottom of the receptacle into a collecting chamber disposed adjacent the receptacle;
- and
- a debris lifting system for raising the debris from the collecting chamber to a position above for gravity discharging the debris outside the collecting chamber.
A sediment removal method for removing debris from a receptacle of a snow melting vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- displacing debris fallen to the bottom of the receptacle into a collecting chamber disposed adjacent the receptacle;
- and
- lifting the debris from the collecting chamber to a position above for gravity discharging the debris outside the collecting chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.