EP2705195B1 - Verfahren und vorrichtung zur entfernung von schnee - Google Patents

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EP2705195B1
EP2705195B1 EP12797298.2A EP12797298A EP2705195B1 EP 2705195 B1 EP2705195 B1 EP 2705195B1 EP 12797298 A EP12797298 A EP 12797298A EP 2705195 B1 EP2705195 B1 EP 2705195B1
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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
    • E01H8/00—Removing undesirable matter from the permanent way of railways; Removing undesirable matter from tramway rails
    • E01H8/10—Removing undesirable matter from rails, flange grooves, or the like railway parts, e.g. removing ice from contact rails, removing mud from flange grooves
    • 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
    • E01H8/00—Removing undesirable matter from the permanent way of railways; Removing undesirable matter from tramway rails
    • E01H8/02—Methods or apparatus for removing ice or snow from railway tracks, e.g. using snow-ploughs ; Devices for dislodging snow or ice which are carried or propelled by tramway vehicles ; Moving or removing ballast
    • E01H8/06—Methods or apparatus for removing ice or snow from railway tracks, e.g. using snow-ploughs ; Devices for dislodging snow or ice which are carried or propelled by tramway vehicles ; Moving or removing ballast essentially by driven tools clearing instruments, e.g. rotary cutting tools or brushes
    • 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
    • E01H5/10—Removing snow or ice from roads or like surfaces; Grading or roughening snow or ice by application of heat for melting snow or ice, whether cleared or not, combined or not with clearing or removing mud or water, e.g. burners for melting in situ, heated clearing instruments; Cleaning snow by blowing or suction only
    • 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
    • E01H8/00—Removing undesirable matter from the permanent way of railways; Removing undesirable matter from tramway rails
    • E01H8/02—Methods or apparatus for removing ice or snow from railway tracks, e.g. using snow-ploughs ; Devices for dislodging snow or ice which are carried or propelled by tramway vehicles ; Moving or removing ballast
    • E01H8/08—Methods or apparatus for removing ice or snow from railway tracks, e.g. using snow-ploughs ; Devices for dislodging snow or ice which are carried or propelled by tramway vehicles ; Moving or removing ballast by application of heat, e.g. by means of heated clearing instruments, melting in situ; Clearing devices which melt the dislodged snow; Clearing exclusively by means of rays or streams or gas or stream, or by suction

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  • the present invention refers to a method for the removal of snow from tracks or track areas for track-bound vehicles in accordance with claim 1.
  • the invention also concerns a device.
  • US 1284873 A discloses a track cleaning machine adapted for removing snow from railway tracks and reducing the snow to water so that the same may be delivered to one side of the track way.
  • the machine should be able to clear the trackway quickly and economically of snow.
  • the machine uses a scoop having a sideways extending front end.
  • the sides 9 of the scoop body (in the form of a inverted plow) are turned inwardly at their upper ends providing overhead walls 17 defining the top of the snow passage and providing a housed-in delivery end.
  • the snow will be guided by the front edge 6 and the surfaces 9 and 17 onto the carrier 15 which is continuously revolved as a kind of a wide conveyor belt.
  • CH 329289 A discloses a mobile motor driven road sweeper providing slanted brushes in front of the front wheels. Said two brushes are used for removing snow from the area in front of the front wheels in order to avoid creating a pressed snowy or icy track on the floor. Such track of frozen and densely compressed snow is dangerous for jet planes namely on the runway of an airport and should be avoided.
  • US 5695574 A discloses a device for removing debris on upper surfaces of the ties of a railroad track adjacent to the rails.
  • Each pair of the cleaning assemblies includes two motorized rotatable brushes adapted to be positioned on both sides of a respective rail.
  • Each brush is also adapted to be vertically displaced with respect to the rails.
  • a goal of the present invention is to make available a method and a device that are extremely advantageous for the removal of snow from snowy areas.
  • the goal of the invention is met in that the method and the device have the characteristics indicated in the claims.
  • the invention makes possible a time-effective collection and removal of snow where the removal of collected snow takes place under volume reduction.
  • the invention has both technical and economic advantages.
  • the snow removal device 1 shown in figure 1 comprises a snow collection device 10, a snow melting device 50, and a liquid container 70.
  • the components included in the device 1 are normally arranged as in a train set.
  • the snow melting device 50 is carried by a first railway carriage 51 and the liquid container 70 is carried by another railway carriage 71.
  • Railway wheels 80 are shown in the figures.
  • Coupling devices (not shown) are arranged between the carriages.
  • a driving device in the form, for example, of a locomotive 100 is coupled to the back end of the device 1 for, among other things, taking care of driving forward along a railway track whose rails are designated with 151 and 152.
  • a driver's cab 200 is arranged in the front end of the first carriage 51, as a result of which an operator has a good view of the snow collection device 10 during forward travel in the working direction A of the device 1.
  • the snow collection device 10 is built up around a frame 11 that is coupled to the front end of the first railway carriage 51.
  • Railway wheels 12 are provided for further supporting of the frame 11.
  • the snow collection device 10 comprises a snow collection aggregate 20 with a rotating brush 21 (arrow B) and at least one feeder screw 22 that feeds the snow from two directions and via a possible fan (not shown) to a transport conduit 30.
  • a snow thrower The rotating brush 21 extends like the feeder screw/the feeder screws substantially over the entire width of the snow collection aggregate 20, that brings it about that the desired snow clearance of a railway track can be achieved in this way.
  • two side brushes 41, 42 are arranged at the front edge of the frame 11, as is apparent from the figures.
  • the side brushes 41, 42 are in a working position where they form a V-formation and are driven in a rotational direction that sweeps the snow in on the track and inside the working width of the snow collection aggregate 20.
  • the conduit 30 empties into the snow melting device 50, that is set up to melt the snow that comes into the snow melting device 50 via the snow collection device 10 and via the conduit 30.
  • the detailed construction of the device 50 can be varied in many different ways but often a pouring on of warm water, water vapour, etc. is used. Alternatively, some other type of heat supply is used in order to convert the snow to melted water.
  • Melted water formed in the snow melting device 50 is transferred to the liquid container 70 via a line that is not shown.
  • the accumulated capacity of the liquid container 70 is especially valuable since the method in accordance with the invention can accumulate orders of magnitude of a 5-10 times greater volume of snow than its own volume. This brings about great advantages of transport and increased effectiveness as concerns the clearance of snow.
  • a saving of energy and a reduced risk of freezing can be obtained by heat-insulating the snow melting arrangement 50 and the liquid container 70.
  • the operator present in the driver's compartment also remotely manoeuvres the locomotive 100 responsible for the transport movement of the device.
  • Figure 5 exemplifies a carriage-borne transport of the snow removal arrangement 1 to a new site of use, whereby the snow collection arrangement 10 is transported on a coupled carriage 300.
  • the snow removal device 1 There is also the possibility here of arranging the snow removal device 1 so that it can be lifted relative to the carriage 51 so that the transport can take place without the carriage 300.
  • side brushes 41, 42 can be provided with such a reach and ability to be raised that they can be used, for example, to sweep platforms.
  • the side brushes 41, 42 can be raised up and lowered down individually relative to the frame 11 with the aid of arranged controls and, for example, hydraulic cylinders.
  • the side brushes 41, 42 can be pivoted in and out individually relative to the frame 11 with the aid of arranged swivel bearings and, for example, hydraulic cylinders.
  • the side brushes 41, 42 can be driven in rotation individually by hydraulic motors.
  • the side brushes 41, 42 can be individually manoeuvred and driven, they can be given different adjustments and jobs between themselves, which is obviously advantageous. For example, one side brush can be working while the other side brush is in a parked position, and so forth.

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  1. Verfahren zum Entfernen von Schnee von Gleisen oder von Gleisbereichen für schienengebundene Fahrzeuge, wobei der Schnee von einer Schneesammelvorrichtung (10) zu einer Schneeschmelzvorrichtung (50) transportiert wird, wo der Schnee zu Wasser geschmolzen wird, woraufhin das geschmolzene Wasser zu einem Flüssigkeitsbehälter (70) transportiert wird, von dem das geschmolzene Wasser, wenn erforderlich, abgegriffen wird, wobei zusätzlich zu einer rotierenden Bürste (21) eines Schneesammelaggregats (20) am Stirnende des Fahrzeugs Seitenbürsten (41, 42) an der Vorderkante des Aggregats (20) verwendet werden, die die Schneeräumbreite der Schneesammelvorrichtung (10) vergrößern, indem sie Schnee, der sich auf den Außenseiten der Gleise befindet, in den Arbeitsbereich der Schneesammelvorrichtung (10) bewegen, und dass die Seitenbürsten (41, 42) angehoben und in eine Parkposition geschwenkt werden können.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Seitenbürsten (41, 42) individuell manövriert werden können.
  3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schneesammelvorrichtung (10), die Schneeschmelzvorrichtung (50) und der Flüssigkeitsbehälter (70) auf einem Zugverband (51, 71, 100) angeordnet sind.
  4. Vorrichtung (1) zum Entfernen von Schnee von Gleisen oder Gleisbereichen für schienengebundene Fahrzeuge, wobei die Vorrichtung (1) eine Schneesammelvorrichtung (10) umfasst, die am Stirnende des Fahrzeugs ein Schneesammelaggregat (20) umfasst, wobei die Vorrichtung (1) ferner eine Schneeschmelzvorrichtung (50) umfasst, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Aggregat zusätzlich zu einer rotierenden Bürste (21) zwei rotierende Seitenbürsten (41, 42), die die Schneeräumbreite der Schneesammelvorrichtung (10) vergrößern, indem sie Schnee, der sich auf den Außenseiten der Schienen befindet, in den Arbeitsbereich der Schneesammelvorrichtung (10) bewegen, und die angehoben und in eine Parkposition geschwenkt werden können, umfasst.
  5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Seitenbürsten (41, 42) zum individuellen Manövrieren ausgelegt sind.
  6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 4 oder 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schneesammelvorrichtung (10) ausgelegt ist, mit der Schneeschmelzvorrichtung (50) zu kommunizieren, die ihrerseits ausgelegt ist, mit einem Flüssigkeitsbehälter (70) zu kommunizieren.
  7. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 4-6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Vorrichtung (1) in einen Zugverband (51, 71, 100) integriert ist.
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