RAIL TRACK BALLAST COMPACTOR Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: rail transport; levelling and compacting of upper layer of crushed stone ballast before placing road coating plates at construction and repair of tramway tracks. SUBSTANCE: device has frame with uprights and rolls for resting on rails, beam installed on uprights for moving in vertical plane and arranged across the machine. Vibration units are secured on beam through shock absorbers. Vibration units include housing and vibrating plate secured on housing base. bracket with hole on free end is mounted on each upright. Rods secured in vibration unit housings pass through corresponding holes in brackets. Rollers with flanges for gripping the rails are mounted on uprights. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities. 2 cl, 2 dwg