EP1010809A3 - Clearing apparatus with a plastic blade - Google Patents

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EP1010809A3
EP1010809A3 EP99113621A EP99113621A EP1010809A3 EP 1010809 A3 EP1010809 A3 EP 1010809A3 EP 99113621 A EP99113621 A EP 99113621A EP 99113621 A EP99113621 A EP 99113621A EP 1010809 A3 EP1010809 A3 EP 1010809A3
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01H—STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; DISPERSING OR PREVENTING FOG IN GENERAL CLEANING STREET OR RAILWAY FURNITURE OR TUNNEL WALLS
    • E01H5/00—Removing snow or ice from roads or like surfaces; Grading or roughening snow or ice
    • E01H5/04—Apparatus propelled by animal or engine power; Apparatus propelled by hand with driven dislodging or conveying levelling elements, conveying pneumatically for the dislodged material
    • E01H5/06—Apparatus propelled by animal or engine power; Apparatus propelled by hand with driven dislodging or conveying levelling elements, conveying pneumatically for the dislodged material dislodging essentially by non-driven elements, e.g. scraper blades, snow-plough blades, scoop blades
    • E01H5/065—Apparatus propelled by animal or engine power; Apparatus propelled by hand with driven dislodging or conveying levelling elements, conveying pneumatically for the dislodged material dislodging essentially by non-driven elements, e.g. scraper blades, snow-plough blades, scoop blades characterised by the form of the snow-plough blade, e.g. flexible, or by snow-plough blade accessories

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  • Soil Working Implements (AREA)
  • Cleaning Of Streets, Tracks, Or Beaches (AREA)
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  • Control And Other Processes For Unpacking Of Materials (AREA)
  • Shielding Devices Or Components To Electric Or Magnetic Fields (AREA)
  • Storage Of Harvested Produce (AREA)
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Abstract

Räumgerät als Anbaugerät für ein Fahrzeug zum Räumen von Schnee und ähnlichen Materialien von Straßen u.dgl. mit einem Kunststoffräumbrett 18, das an einem an dem Fahrzeug montierbaren stabilen Rahmen 14 befestigt ist. Der Rahmen 14 weist wenigstens eine sich im wesentlichen vertikal erstreckende Querstrebe 44 auf, die von dem Räumbrett 18 einen Abstand hält, um einen sich über die Höhe des Pflugs erstreckenden Zwischenraum X zwischen dem Rahmen 14 und dem Räumbrett 18 auszubilden. Zumindest ein Teilbereich des Zwischenraumes X ist wenigstens teilweise mit einem elastisch verformbaren Material 70 gefüllt, so daß das Räumbrett 18 sich federnd in den Spalt X hinein verbiegen kann, während Schnee weggeschoben wird oder das Räumbrett auf ein Hindernis trifft. Das elastisch verformbare Material verhindert einerseits, daß der Zwischenraum X sich mit Fremdmaterial wie Eispartikeln oder Eisplatten füllt, andererseits läßt er das gewünschte Verbiegen des Räumbretts 18 zu.

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Clearing device as an attachment for a vehicle for clearing snow and similar materials from roads and the like. with a plastic clearing board 18 which is fastened to a stable frame 14 which can be mounted on the vehicle. The frame 14 has at least one substantially vertically extending cross strut 44 which maintains a distance from the clearing board 18 in order to form an intermediate space X extending over the height of the plow between the frame 14 and the clearing board 18. At least a portion of the space X is at least partially filled with an elastically deformable material 70 so that the clearing board 18 can bend resiliently into the gap X while snow is pushed away or the clearing board hits an obstacle. The elastically deformable material on the one hand prevents the space X from filling up with foreign material such as ice particles or ice sheets, on the other hand it allows the clearing of the clearing board 18.
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EP99113621A 1998-12-18 1999-07-12 Clearing apparatus with a plastic blade Expired - Lifetime EP1010809B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US215812 1998-12-18
US09/215,812 US6134813A (en) 1998-12-18 1998-12-18 Plastic moldboard plow

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EP (1) EP1010809B1 (en)
JP (1) JP3236964B2 (en)
AT (1) ATE274106T1 (en)
CA (1) CA2266738C (en)
DE (1) DE59910268D1 (en)
HU (1) HUP9903301A3 (en)
NO (1) NO326716B1 (en)
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PL189866B1 (en) 2005-09-30
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