Ballast cleaning machine

Details Ballast cleaning machine Ballast cleaning machine

1983-04-22

1985-09-03

Stouffer, Richard T.

Unearthing plants or buried objects

Railroad ballast removal and assorting or separating

172 40, E01B 2700

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045386862

ABSTRACT:
In a self-propelled ballast cleaning machine which comprises a ballast excavating chain having an output, a hydraulic drive for moving the ballast excavating chain, a ballast screening and storing device arranged to receive the excavated ballast from the output for separating the excavated ballast into waste and cleaned ballast and for storing the cleaned ballast, and a hydraulic vibrating drive for imparting vibrations to the ballast screening and storing device, a control arrangement operates the hydraulic drives, the control arrangement including a control element having an input and an output, the input of the control element being connected to the chain moving drive and the output of the control element being connected to the vibrating drive for changing the frequency of the vibrations imparted to the ballast screening and storing device analogously to a respective setting of the control element for storing the ballast in the device.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3638339 (1972-02-01), Vik
patent: 4245703 (1981-01-01), Theurer et al.
patent: 4267777 (1981-05-01), Theurer et al.

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