Snow removal unit
AssigneeIng. Alfred Schmidt GmbH
InventorAlfred Schmidt
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Abstract
A snow removal unit having a housing open at its front end in which a central fan blower is mounted. Mounted to the housing forwardly of and flanking the central fan are a pair of vertically rotating clearing screws. The clearing screws are mounted so as to be swingable relatively to the housing, about a vertical axis independently of each other. Each of the screws is also provided with a rear deflector plate which is also swingable about a vertical axis together with or independently of the associated clearing screw.
Claims11
Apparatus for the removal of snow from railway right-of-way comprising a housing adapted to be attached to a rail vehicle, a blower mounted within said housing, a pair of vertically rotating clearing screws attached to said housing forwardly of and flanking said blower, and an arcuate deflector plate associated with each clearing screw and pivotally mounted on said housing to the rear of each of said clearing screws to swing about a vertical axis toward and away from the associated screw, said clearing screws being pivotally mounted to swing about a vertical axis independently of each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.