Snow clearing and melting apparatus
Abstract
Abstract A SELF-PROPELLED SNOW CLEARING APPARATUS EMBODYING LOADING AND MELTING MECHANISMS, THE LATTER INCLUDING A HOPPER INTO WHICH THE LOADER DISCHARGES AND WHEREIN MELTING IS CAUSED BY A LARGE BODY OF HOT WATER HEATED BY A BATTERY OF HORIZONTAL BOILER TUBES IMMERSED THEREIN THAT EXTEND LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH THE HOPPER AND CONVEY THE PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION FROM A FURL FIRED HEATER IN FRONT OF THE HOPPER TO AN UPRIGHT MANIFOLD AT THE REAR OF THE HOPPER, FROM WHICH LATTER A BLAST OF HOT AIR IS CONVEYED TO THE TOP OF THE HOPPER AND DIRECTED ONTO THE SNOW BEING DISCHARGED INTO THE HOPPER BY THE LOADER. ADDITIONAL HEAT GENERATED IN THE APPARATUS MAY BE APPLIED AS HOT GASEOUS BLASTS ON THE ROADWAY TRAVERSED BY THE APPARATUS TO THE REAR OF THE LOADING MECHANISM.
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- 👤 Albert Z Morin
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