DE202012001552U1 - Machine for clearing snow - Google Patents

Abstract

A machine for clearing snow, characterized in that a vehicle is equipped with at least two clearing directions and at least one of these clearing devices is a brush.

Description

The invention relates to a "machine for clearing snow".

Various types of snow removal machines are known from the prior art. These machines employ various methods to remove snow from surfaces, such as roads. One can divide these procedures in two variants. These are on the one hand mechanical and on the other physicochemical process.

With the mechanical methods, a further division can be made. The division is made by the type of movement of the clearing means. In snow plows or snow plows, the clearing means is guided in a linear movement over the ground. The snow is pushed off the surface. It remains in this process snow residues back.

In snow blowers and snow brushes, a linear motion is superimposed by a rotary motion. The snow is captured by the clearing agent and removed from the surface by the rotation of the clearing means. In snow blowers, a snow residue remains on the surface, much like a dozer blade. Brushes, on the other hand, can only remove small amounts of snow.

In physicochemical processes, the freezing point of the water is displaced by additives. Depending on the additive, the freezing point shifts differently in the negative temperature range. These processes are harmful to the environment and can lead to damage, for example, to road surfaces or buildings. In practice, one of the mechanical processes is combined with a physico-chemical process.

Based on this prior art, the invention is so far the object of specifying a snow removal machine that frees the surface of, for example, roads, roads of snow almost without snow residues, thus significantly improving the Räumqualität and the use of physico-chemical To reduce de-icing materials, thus reducing environmental impact and costs.

This object is achieved in that a treatment of the surface is carried out on a vehicle at least two places, wherein at least at one point the snow is removed with a brush.

Further advantageous embodiments are characterized in the subclaims.

The snow removing machine according to the invention will now be described with reference to preferred embodiments with the aid of the accompanying drawings.

It shows:

1 a perspective view of the machine for clearing snow.

The 1 shows a perspective view of the machine for clearing snow. The machine consists in this particularly advantageous embodiment of a vehicle ( 1 ) and several attachments. 1 shows a machine for clearing snow with the three implements, snow blade ( 2 ), Brush ( 3 ) and box spreaders ( 4 ). When driving over the snow-covered ground, the blade ( 2 ) the snow pushed away. For this purpose, the rubbing strip ( 5 ) on the floor. Due to bumps and other bumps, a plow blade can not remove all the snow. There are snow-covered spots left behind. Instead of the plow blade ( 2 ) is also a snow plow, a snow blower or other suitable attachment imaginable.

In the current state of the art, the remaining snow is melted by the application of road salt or a similar physical-chemical deicing agent.

The machine according to the invention uses a brush in a next operation ( 3 ). The brush ( 3 ) rotates in a particularly advantageous arrangement against the direction of travel. Through this brush ( 3 ), the snow remains brushed off the floor. Through the the plow blade ( 2 ) Subordinate brush ( 3 ) it is possible to deliberately leave a defined lower layer of snow. This makes it possible to reduce the wear of the scouring list ( 5 ) and to prevent damage to the surface of the soil. It is also conceivable in one embodiment, the rotating round brush ( 3 ) by a brush with a different geometry.

At the rear of the vehicle ( 1 ), any deicing agent is preferably a boxy spreader ( 4 ) appropriate. Contrary to the current procedure, it is by using the brush ( 3 ) no longer necessary to melt snow residues by the use of physicochemical scattering agents.

The final spreader ( 5 ) this advantageous embodiment of the machine for snow clearing serves to maintain the grip of the snow-free surface. By applying physicochemical scattering agents, later freezing can be prevented. For this purpose, significantly lower amounts of the gritter are necessary. The amount can be reduced on average by 80%. This leads to a significant reduction in environmental impact and costs. In variants of the method of the machine for clearing snow, a blunt spreading agent, such as, for example, grit or sand, can be applied instead of the physicochemical scattering agent. But it is also conceivable that a liquid thawing agent, such as brine, is applied.

Especially for removing large amounts of snow, it is conceivable to use a snowthrower instead of the plow blade. In a further embodiment of the machine according to the invention for clearing snow, it is also conceivable to use an additional plow blade between the snow blower and the brush. This would make it possible to set the snowthrower at a greater distance to the ground. This reduced the risk of objects caught and ejected by the miller.

To the vehicle ( 1 ) to better adapt to the different arrangements, is conceivable the longitudinal beams ( 6 ) of the vehicle ( 1 ) adjustable in length.

Claims (7)

A machine for clearing snow, characterized in that a vehicle is equipped with at least two clearing directions and at least one of these clearing devices is a brush. A snow clearing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the vehicle has means for making the length of the vehicle changeable to make room for other attachments. A machine for clearing snow according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that an additional attachment for discharging deicing is used. A machine for clearing snow according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the clearing means are a plow blade, a brush and a box spreader. A machine for clearing snow according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that an additional attachment for discharging blunt spreading means is used. A machine for clearing snow according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that an additional attachment for removing snow is used in front of the brush. A snow clearing machine according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the first snow removing attachment is a snow blower.

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