INSTALLATION FOR FORCED SNOWMELT Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC E01H5/10 

FIELD: transportation.

SUBSTANCE: device for forced snowmelt comprises a bath with a grating at the top to receive and melt the snow mass and an opening for melt water drainage, burners, gas cylinders with a pressure regulator, a gas pipeline and an igniter. Gas burners with an electric igniter are mounted at the bottom of the bath. The upper and lower bath bottom surface relative to its horizontal longitudinal symmetry axis, to the right and to the left, have a flat shape and a slope down to the right and to the left in the vertical plane towards the bath side walls. At that, slots are located between the said side walls and the bath bottom along their length and a melt chamber with a water drain hole is located under the bath bottom, below the gas burners.

EFFECT: design simplification, reduced cost of installation and operation.

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