METHOD OF LOADING AND UNLOADING OF FREIGHT CAR AND CAR USED AT THIS METHOD Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: railway transport; trains made up of similar freight cars. SUBSTANCE: each freight car of train has bottom belt conveyor, reclaim belt conveyor connected with bottom conveyor and installed rising over car end, and belt conveyor for waste ballast moving for transportation in longitudinal direction of car and arranged at a distance from bottom belt conveyor. Waste ballast transported by belt conveyor is thrown directly behind rear end of freight car under loading onto reclaim belt conveyor of following freight car. Waste ballast from reclaim belt conveyor passes further to bottom belt conveyor of freight car under loading. Turnable drive is made for setting into motion waste ballast conveyor in direction of transportation and in reverse direction. EFFECT: improved efficiency of loading freight cars and their emptying. 5 cl, 4 dwg