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System to feed and discharge materials continuously in operations to rehabilitate railway road beds and the like
Assignee: ITI/CLM IMPIANTI TECNICI INDUSTRIALI SpA
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Filing: 1988-07-12
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Granted: 1990-05-08
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Expires: 2008-07-12
Abstract
Abstract System to feed and discharge materials continuously for the rehabilitationf railway road beds and the like in cooperation with operational machines (21) coupled to a plurality of waggons (10) storing such materials, in which system each storage waggon (10) comprises: hopper (11) to contain materials, with lower movable shutters (12) to open and close the hoppers (11), a lower conveyor (13) cooperating with the hoppers (11) and extending substantially along the whole length of the waggon (10) in a horizontal plane, a upper conveyor (14) extending substantially along the whole length of the waggon (10) in a horizontal plane, and an almost vertical conveyor (16) cooperating with the lower conveyor (13) in the transfer of materials.
Inventors
- 👤 Flavio Mancini
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 02:11
CPC Classifications
E; E01; E01B; E01B27/00; E01B2203/00; E01B2203/03; E01B2203/032; E01B2203/034; E01B2203/038
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
154 words
System to feed and discharge materials continuously for the rehabilitation of railway road beds and the like in cooperation with at least one operational machine, wherein the system comprises a plurality of waggons for storing materials and wherein each waggon comprises: at least one hopper adapted to contain materials and comprising lower movable shutter means for opening and closing said at least one hopper; a lower conveyance means for conveying material, said lower conveyance means cooperating with said at least one hopper and extending substantially along the whole length of the waggon in a horizontal plane; an upper conveyance means for conveying material, said upper conveyance means being disposed above said at least one hopper and extending substantially along the whole length of the waggon in a horizontal plane; and an almost vertical conveyance means for conveying material, said almost vertical conveyance means cooperating with the lower conveyance means in the tranfer of materials.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
154 words
System to feed and discharge materials continuously for the rehabilitation of railway road beds and the like in cooperation with at least one operational machine, wherein the system comprises a plurality of waggons for storing materials and wherein each waggon comprises: at least one hopper adapted to contain materials and comprising lower movable shutter means for opening and closing said at least one hopper; a lower conveyance means for conveying material, said lower conveyance means cooperating with said at least one hopper and extending substantially along the whole length of the waggon in a horizontal plane; an upper conveyance means for conveying material, said upper conveyance means being disposed above said at least one hopper and extending substantially along the whole length of the waggon in a horizontal plane; and an almost vertical conveyance means for conveying material, said almost vertical conveyance means cooperating with the lower conveyance means in the tranfer of materials.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
System as claimed in claim 1, wherein said almost vertical conveyance means of a first said waggon is adapted to cooperate with the upper conveyance means of a second said waggon longitudinally coupled thereto.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
System as claimed in claim 1, wherein said upper conveyance means of said waggon is adapted to cooperate with the upper conveyance means of at least one additional said waggon longitudinally coupled thereto.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
System as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plurality of waggons are adapted to selectively feed materials to and remove materials from the operational machine.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
System as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one hopper is provided with longitudinal partition means for separating different stored materials.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
System as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said upper conveyance means and said lower conveyance means comprises a single conveyor.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
System as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said upper conveyance means and said lower conveyance means comprises two conveyors.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
44 words
System as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said waggon comprises transfer means for transferring material, said transfer means cooperating with said almost vertical conveyance means of a first said waggon and said lower conveyance means of a second said waggon longitudinally coupled thereto.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
System as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said waggon further comprises discharge means for discharging material into said at least one hopper, said discharge means being adapted to momentarily cooperate with said upper conveyance means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
59 words
System as claimed in claim 1, wherein said upper conveyance means moves material in a first direction for the removal and storage of material from the operational machine, wherein said lower conveyance means moves material in a second direction for the feed of material towards the operational machine, and wherein said first direction and said second direction are opposite.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
System as claimed in claim 10, wherein the operational machine is a road bed rehabilitation machine.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
System as claimed in claim 11, wherein said plurality of waggon are longitudinally coupled and wherein said rehabilitation machine is longitudinally coupled to only one said waggon.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
System as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operational machine is a road bed rehabilitation machine.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
System as claimed in claim 13, wherein said plurality of waggons are longitudinally coupled and wherein said rehabilitation machine is longitudinally coupled to only one said waggon.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
28 words
System as claimed in claim 1, wherein said almost vertical conveyance means is swingable about a vertical axis at an angle to the longitudinal direction of said waggon.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
28 words
System as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said wagon further comprises partition means for longitudinally partitioning each of said upper conveyance means and said lower conveyance means.
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