US3706145A - Machine for the ballasting of railroad tracks - Google Patents

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US3706145A
US3706145A US71898A US3706145DA US3706145A US 3706145 A US3706145 A US 3706145A US 71898 A US71898 A US 71898A US 3706145D A US3706145D A US 3706145DA US 3706145 A US3706145 A US 3706145A
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Herbert Bucksch
Helmut Koch
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B27/00—Placing, renewing, working, cleaning, or taking-up the ballast, with or without concurrent work on the track; Devices therefor; Packing sleepers
    • E01B27/02—Placing the ballast; Making ballastway; Redistributing ballasting material; Machines or devices therefor; Levelling means
    • E01B27/023—Spreading, levelling or redistributing ballast already placed
    • E01B27/026—Spreading, levelling or redistributing ballast already placed by means of driven tools, e.g. rotating brooms or digging devices
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B27/00—Placing, renewing, working, cleaning, or taking-up the ballast, with or without concurrent work on the track; Devices therefor; Packing sleepers
    • E01B27/02—Placing the ballast; Making ballastway; Redistributing ballasting material; Machines or devices therefor; Levelling means
    • E01B27/023—Spreading, levelling or redistributing ballast already placed
    • E01B27/025—Spreading, levelling or redistributing ballast already placed by means of non-driven tools

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  • ABSTRACT I A machine for maintaining railroad tracks through the conveying ofballast from the roadbed on either side towardv and into the track.
  • the machine is adapted to ride on the track, and includes a pair of ballast brushes mounted on supporting arms which project outwardly on opposite sides of the track.
  • the support arms are pivotally mounted on the machine for movement about vertical and horizontal axes and are telescopically extensible to obtain the desired arm reach with respect to the roadbed.
  • the brushes are mounted on frames which tilt adjustably relative to the support arm and are driven by variable speed hydraulic motors.
  • the invention relates .to a machine for the ballasting of railway tracks which is adapted to run on the track and comprises ballast conveying elements,so-called ballast brushes, which are arranged on driven rotating shafts, the ballast brushes being so' arranged on the machine supporting them that they travel over the ballast situated outside the track on theflanks of the ballast bed.
  • ballast is either put directly into the track from transport wagons or ballast is taken from the ballast bed flanks or shoulders.
  • Machines which by means of plough-like devices convey ballast from the flanks and shoulders of the ballast bed into the track grid. These machines have the disadvantage that considerable masses of ballast must first accumulate in front of the ploughshares or baffle plates before a flow of ballast begins from the ballast flanks towards the center of the track. The accumulated ballast presents a relatively considerable resistance to the onward movement of the machine, and the machine has to apply considerable driving force in order to overcome this resistance.
  • Machines for the ballasting of tracks comprise bucket mechanisms orconveying chains by means of which the ballast is taken from the ballast bed flanks andfirst of all conveyed by means of containers into the track grid.
  • ballast brushes are used for conveying the ballast. But with these machines the ballast is also displaced within the track and conveyancev of ballast from the flank or shoulder of the ballast bed is not possible, so that these machines can be used only if the ballast has previously been introduced into the actual track grid with a transport wagon. This procedure has disadvantages which are obviated already by the known machines previously described.
  • the invention has its object to provide a machine with which the conveying of ballast from the region of the ballast bed shoulder or flank towards the track grid is possible without incurring the disadvantages of the hitherto known machines.
  • ballast brushes are so positioned and their direction of conveyance is so chosen that they convey the ballast 7 from the ballast bed flanks towards and into the track.
  • ballast brush is mounted on a supporting arm which is mounted to be pivotable on the machine about vertical and horizontal axes.
  • the ballast brush is mounted on the supporting arm in a supporting frame which is adapted to be tilted relatively to the supporting arm transversely to the longitudinal axis thereof.
  • ballast brush In front of the ballast brush there can be arranged one or more adjustable guide plates with which the ballast can be conducted into specific zones of the track grid or. in front of the butt ends of the sleepers. In the region of the discharge sides of the ballast brushes the rails can be protected by tunnel-like cover plates so that the immediate region of the rails with their fastenings remains free of ballast.
  • the ballast brushes are driven by hydraulic motors, the rotational speed of which is variable. By varying the tilting angleof the brushes relative to the track, and by adjusting the rotational speed of the hydraulic motors, it is possible to regulate the distance over which and the direction in which the ballast is thrown. Accordingly, it is possible in conjunction with the adjustably constructed guide plates to make the ballast brushes 'con-. vey the ballast into any desired region within the track grid.
  • the supporting arm on which the ballast brush is secured is preferably telescopically extensible, hydraulic cylinders being provided in order to achieve the necessary tilting, rotating and extending movements of the supporting arm-and supporting frame.
  • ballast brushes are provided at both sides of r the track grid, i.e., the machine comprises corresponding supporting arms, supporting frames and ballast brushes at both sides.
  • FIG. I 1 shows a, partly perspective view of the machine according to the invention and
  • FIG. 2 shows a simplified plan view on to the arrangeme'nt according to the invention.
  • l is the general reference numeral used to designate the machine which is adapted to run by means of appropriate running wheels 2 on the rails 3 and 4.
  • 5 designates the sleepers supporting the rails, the rails 3 and 4 together with the sleepers constituting the so-called track grid.
  • two pivotable bearings 8 and 9 which are arranged pivotably on the machine frame, the pivoting movement of these bearings being effected by means of the preferably hydraulically operated cylinders 10 and 11 shown in FIG. 2.
  • the supporting arms 6 and 7 are secured by means of horizontal pivot pins 12 and 13 in the pivot bearings 8 and 9, the pivoting movement about these pivot pins 12 and. 13 being adapted to be carried out by hydraulically operated cylinders 14 and 15.
  • the two illustrated supporting arms 6 and 7 are telescopically extensible, i.e., in the illustrated example of embodiment they consist of the supporting arm parts 6a and 6b, 7a and 7b respectively.
  • the extending movel060ll 01 I3 ment of these two parts is achieved by means of the hydraulically operated cylinders 16 and 17.
  • supporting frames 18 and 1 9 are mounted to be pivotable about the pivot pins 20, the pivoting movement being also brought about by hydraulic cylinders 21 and 22.
  • the supporting frames 18 and 19 support the actual ballast brushes 23 and 24 which can be driven by variable speed hydraulicmotors 25 which are only diagram matically illustrated. Y I
  • Th'eactual ballast conveying elements which are arranged at the ballast brushes'can be formed in a manner known per se of resilient lengths of flexible piping or the like.”
  • ballast in conjunction with the guide plates, can be kept away from the center of the track, for example, and in conjunction with the cover plates 28 and 29 away from the rails, so that it is possible-by the interplay of the aforesaid means to convey the ballast from any desired position to any desired part of the track grid, and at the same time the desired angular formation can-be produced for the ballast bed flank.
  • novel machine not onlyto effect conveyance of ballast but at the same time'the so-called bed cross-section can be profiled to the desired shape.
  • a machine for ballasting railroad tracks comprisa. a wheeled frame adapted for movement on a railroad track;
  • first and second bearing means mounted on the wheeled frame for rotation about a vertical axis
  • a telescopically extensible support arm mounted on each of the bearing means for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis, the support arms being'disposed to project outwardly and independently on opposite sides of the track;
  • ballast brushing means pivotally carried by each support arm at its outerend for tilting movement about 'a horizontal axis, each ballast brushing'means constructed and arranged 'to rotatably engage and convey ballast inwardly toward the track; i e. first actuator means for each bearing means for rotating thebearing-means about said vertical axis;
  • third actuator means for each support arm for extending and retracting the support arm h.
  • fourth actuator means for each ballast brushing means for variably tilting the brushing means about said second named horizontal axis; i. and variable speed motor means for each ballast brushing means for rotating the brushing means to.
  • the first actuator means comprises a hydraulic actuator operatively connected between the bearing means and'th'e wheeled frame.
  • the fourth actuator means comprises a-hydraulic actuator operatively connected between the support arm and the ballast brushing means.
  • each ballast brushing means comprises:

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US4713898A (en) * 1985-12-16 1987-12-22 Loram Maintenance Of Way, Inc. Railroad mounted trench digger
US4850123A (en) * 1988-08-29 1989-07-25 Kershaw Manufacturing Co., Inc. Ballast removal apparatus
US5199195A (en) * 1989-10-10 1993-04-06 Scordilis Frank P Articulated toothed excavating apparatus
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US5284097A (en) * 1990-10-31 1994-02-08 Loram Maintenance Of Way, Inc. Ballast distribution, regulation and reclaiming railroad maintenance device
US5435081A (en) * 1992-05-25 1995-07-25 Franz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft Ballast plow
US5459951A (en) * 1993-10-04 1995-10-24 Knox Kershaw, Inc. Ballast shoulder cleaner
US5864970A (en) * 1996-01-22 1999-02-02 Maddock; David C. Earth excavating apparatus
US6811836B1 (en) 1998-11-20 2004-11-02 Jayson A. Johnson Display tree with bubble trunk
US20030110665A1 (en) * 2001-12-14 2003-06-19 Mathison Dennis R. Snow removal apparatus
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DE102009007222B4 (de) * 2009-02-03 2015-02-12 Ralf Zürcher Gleisfahrzeug zum Ausheben eines zu einem Gleis parallelen Grabens bei Bahnstrecken
WO2011057689A1 (de) * 2009-11-11 2011-05-19 Franz Plasser Bahnbaumschinen-Industriegesellschaft Mbh Maschine zur bearbeitung eines gleises
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