Track working machine for distributing and shaping the ballast of a railroad bed
AssigneeFranz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorJosef Theurer
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Abstract
A track working machine for distributing and shaping the ballast of a railroad bed comprises a ballast plow arrangement vertically adjustably mounted on a machine frame and including a generally V-shaped plow including a pair of plow blades and a ballast guide plate associated with each plow blade, the ballast guide plate bing adjustable in relation to the associated plow blade and a respective plow blade being associated with each track rail and bridging over the associated track rail. One drive vertically adjusts the ballast plow arrangement in relation to the frame and an additional drive mechanism vertically adjusts the ballast guide plates in relation to the plow blades.
Claims11
A track working machine for distributing and shaping the ballast of a railroad bed whereon two track rails are supported, the track rails defining a transversely extending space therebetween, which comprises
- (a) a frame,
- (b) a ballast plow arrangement vertically adjustably mounted on the frame, the plow arrangement including a generally V-shaped plow including
- (1) a pair of plow blades, a respective one of the plow blades associated with each track rail and bridging over the associated track rail, and
- (2) a ballast guide plate associated with each plow blade in the transversely extending space and adjustable in relation to the associated plow blade,
- (c) a drive for vertically adjusting the ballast plow arrangement in relation to the frame, and
- (d) additional drive means for vertically adjusting the ballast guide plates in relation to the plow blades.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.