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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2017
Applicant:
Plasser & Theurer Export Von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft M.b.h., Vienna, AT;
Inventor:
Manfred Brunninger, Altenberg, AT;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 27/06 (2006.01); E01B 27/04 (2006.01); E01B 27/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 27/04 (2013.01); E01B 27/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A machine having a ballast take-up device for taking up ballast located underneath a track. The take up device has an endless clearing chain guided in a chain channel. In a connecting joint from a transverse channel to a transport channel. There is also a ballast deflector blade pivotable about a pivot axis. Arranged on the ballast deflector blade is a ballast conveyor, designed for ballast transport in the direction towards a pivot axis by means of a conveyor drive. With this, it is possible to expand the operating range of the ballast take-up device, as needed.