BALLAST CLEANER Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: railway transport. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to ballast cleaners designed for cleaning railway tracks and switches. Proposed ballast cleaner contains frame, chain conveyor with endless chain installed in chutes connected by under beam, and chain control devices. Machine is furnished also with turnable levers with hinge- mounted upper supports of chutes and arranged on chain drive frame, and crushed stone ballast discharge hopper with sliding side walls. Each wall is secured on axle of corresponding turnable lever and is made sectional. Upper section is connected to turnable lever so that with lever being turned, sectional turn forming fan-like side wall of hopper. Under beam is made for extension or it can be made of fragments of chain support connected with lever mechanism. Invention is aimed at improving reliability of ballast cleaner in operation and provision of higher degree of mechanization to operation of under beam in one plane with chutes, and extension of upper supports of chutes. EFFECT: improved reliability in operation. 2 cl, 9 dwg