APPARATUS FOR UNLOADING OF CEMENT FROM CARS Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC B65G67/24 B65G65/30 B61D47/00 

FIELD: receptacle equipment for hopper cars.

SUBSTANCE: apparatus has hopper mounted under railway and equipped with grid, and chute 1 mounted on cart 2 within rectangular aperture provided therein, for movement along railway. Chute consists of two half chutes pivotally connected with cart. Each of half chutes consists of traverse and two side walls pivotally connected with one another for rotation through 90 deg. Side walls are connected through cardan pivot joints 5 to levers 6 which are pivotally connected to rocker arm and located between inner thrust restricting rotation to 90 deg and outer thrust permitting rotation to the extent enabling location of wall in horizontal position at opened position of chute. Rocker arms are connected to pneumatic cylinders 10. Shutters 11 are fixed to cart for moving along guiding corners in conjunction with cart. Chute is furnished with cover for closing of opening formed after moving of chute to open position.

EFFECT: simplified maintenance, reduced losses of bulk material and reduced out-of-service time of cars.

2 dwg