FIELD: pipe laying and repairing.
SUBSTANCE: invention can be used mainly for removing ground over pipeline to be demounted or repaired. Proposed ground remover has wedge body with blade towed by tractor, device for moving wedge body, lip with pusher and ripper. Wedge body is provided with flexible member connecting inclined wall of wedge body and tractor with ripper. Vertical position of wedge body is provided by bracket with head connected to tractor. Blade of wedge body is provided with post and slider installed for free movement along longitudinal axis of post which is located in slot of head and is limited for vertical displacement relative to head by strips. Lip of ground remover in contact with pipeline is made for turning in vertical plane relative to axis of pusher made in form of cylindrical rod with flat. Pusher and lip are limited for cross displacement by plates of wedge body of ground remover.
EFFECT: simplified design, increased capacity of ground remover.
6 dwg
