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US 6,598,325 B2Granted
Machine and method for clearing ballast
AssigneeFranz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorsJosef Theurer, Herbert Wörgötter
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AssigneeFranz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorsJosef Theurer, Herbert Wörgötter
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A mobile machine for clearing ballast from a ballast bed section wherefrom a tie has been removed comprises a machine frame extending in a longitudinal direction, undercarriages supporting the machine frame for mobility on a track supported on the ballast bed, and a ballast clearing device vertically adjustably mounted on the machine frame for clearing ballast from the ballast bed section. The ballast clearing device comprises an inner ballast clearing element arranged on the gage side of at least one rail and pivotal by a pivoting drive in a plane extending transversely to the longitudinal direction about an axis extending in the longitudinal direction, and an outer ballast clearing element vertically adjustable by a vertical adjustment drive independent of the inner ballast clearing element and arranged on the field side of the rail.
A mobile machine for clearing ballast from a ballast bed section wherefrom a tie has been removed, which comprises
A method for clearing ballast from a ballast bed section wherefrom a tie has been removed, the ballast bed supporting a track comprising two rails having a field side and a gage side, which comprises clearing ballast from the ballast bed section by
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