BATCH HOPPER Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: railway transport. SUBSTANCE: batch hopper has frame supported by trucks, body connected rigidly on the frame, main mechanisms intended for opening doors of internal and external holes and suspended batcher. Each of the door opening mechanisms is made in the form of drive shafts connected with air cylinder and leverage. The hopper body is provided with guides having retainers and a cross-shaped partition, which divides the body into four equi-volume sections. Disposed in the lower part of each section are one internal and one external unloading holes. Holes of two sections positioned along the diagonal of the body are provided with control stops, which lock the doors to prevent their opening. The drive shafts are split into two parts. Free ends of the shafts are connected with additional mechanisms intended for opening the doors of the internal and external holes and mounted on the opposite side of the body (in relation to the main mechanisms). The retainers are placed along the guides and are made in the form of a row of pins. EFFECT: improved efficiency. 3 cl, 5 dwg