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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1989
Jean-Claude Dumas, Soisy Sous Montmorency, FR;
Maurice Thoraval, Argenteuil, FR;
Gerard Genuit, Bezons, FR;
Societe Anonyme dite : ALSTHOM, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A device for ventilating fluid radiators (5) and/or starting and braking rheostats (15) in a locomotive which is powered electrically, by means of an internal combustion engine, or by a combination thereof, said radiators and/or rheostats being disposed in a layer close to the locomotive roof (4). The device includes at least one tangential fan (8,9) having a horizontal axis which extends longitudinally relative to the locomotive and blowing air towards said radiators and/or said rheostats. The device further includes air intake openings (6,7) located in the side faces (2,3) of the locomotive.