Method and apparatus for keeping railway switches free from snow

Details Method and apparatus for keeping railway switches free from snow Method and apparatus for keeping railway switches free from snow

1984-11-13

1987-06-23

Reeves, Robert B.

Railway switches and signals

Switches

Snow protected

15301, 104279, E01B 724

Patent

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046747184

ABSTRACT:
In a method of preventing snow from bedding into railway switches, air is blown into the area between the stock rail and the movable rail in a switch, and substantially horizontally in a direction obliquely outwards towards the open end between the stock rail and the movable rail. An apparatus for carrying out this includes a blower assembly (8) between the rails in a railway switch, the assembly being supplied by a fan unit (20) and adapted to provide a substantially horizontal air discharge directed obliquely outwards towards the open end between the stock rail and the movable rail in their separated positions.

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"How to Free Switches of Snow" by R. E. Dave-Sep., 1961, Railway Signaling & Communications, pp. 15-16.

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