MACHINE FOR REMOVAL OF SNOW-ICE FORMATIONS FROM ROAD SURFACE AND REPROCESSING THE SAME Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC E01H5/10 

FIELD: road engineering.

SUBSTANCE: machine has internal combustion engine mounted on basic transport chassis, charging hopper, and picking up device. Drain branch pipe is provided in hopper bottom for discharge of thaw water, said drain branch pipe being equipped with two branches. Hopper has double walls, and space therebetween is communicating with exhaust collector of internal combustion engine. Outer surfaces of hopper walls are covered with energy-saving coat and their inner surfaces are fitted with longitudinal ribs formed from heat conductive material, said longitudinal ribs making continuation of ribs provided on inner side of hopper bottom and directed toward drain branch pipe. Shower collector is located within hopper and adapted for feeding of heated liquid onto snow-and-ice mass. Machine is further provided with device for feeding of heated liquid into shower collector in cavitational mode. Latter device is connected to internal combustion engine radiator. Before being fed into hopper, snow-and-ice mass is delivered to grinder.

EFFECT: increased handling capacity of machine, reduced time and decreased power consumption for reprocessing of snow-and-ice mass, increased service life and enhanced reliability in operation.

9 cl, 5 dwg