Mobile apparatus for distributing and shaping ballast of a railroad bed
AssigneeFranz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorJosef Theurer
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Abstract
A mobile ballast plow comprises a plow arrangement vertically adjustably mounted on a frame and including a V-shaped central plow consisting of two plow blades rigidly interconnected at an apex of the central plow, a side plow associated with each one of the track rails, each of the side plows having a single ballast guide blade adjustably between the track rails and having an effective operating length extending to the apex of the central plow, and a tunnel-shaped element extending over and covering each track rail.
Claims7
A mobile apparatus for distributing and shaping ballast of a railroad bed whereon there are supported two track rails, comprising
- (a) a frame and
- (b) a ballast plow arrangement vertically adjustably mounted on the frame, the plow arrangement including
- (1) a V-shaped central plow consisting of two plow blades rigidly interconnected at an apex of the central plow,
- (2) a side plow associated with each one of the track rails, each one of the side plows having a single ballast guide blade adjustable between the track rails and having an effective operating length extending to the apex of the central plow, and
- (3) a tunnel-shaped element extending over and covering each one of the track rails.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.