INSTALLATION FOR CLEANING AND DEFROSTING RAILWAYS BY MEANS OF SALT AND GASES AS A RESULT OF BURNING FUEL USED BY DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES MEANT TO CLEAR THE SNOW

摘要

The invention relates to an installation for cleaning and defrosting railways by means of the salt and the gases as a result of burning fuel used by Diesel locomotives meant to clear the snow. According to the invention, the installation applies the process for removing the snow and the ice from the railways (9), by means of the hot flux of exhaust gases resulting after burning the fuel used for operating the Diesel engines endowing some locomotives (11), and comprises a closing cover (2), situated above a chimney (1) for exhausting gases as a result of burning the fuel, and, simultaneously it actuates a hinged valve (12) for releasing the high granulation salt, placed in a basin (5) meant for storing salt, the salt quantity needed for the intervention being introduced through the upper side of the basin (5) tightly closed with the closing cover (2), when actuating the hinged valve (12) for releasing the salt there being also actuated a helical worm (6), which displaces the salt from both lateral directions towards the middle of the basin (5) for storing salt, in said place there existing a hole for releasing the salt by means of a rectangular profile (8), thermally insulated, due to the flux of gases burnt under pressure, with a very high constant temperature, which is displaced through some thermally insulated pipes (3), a free space (10) situated between a support (4) of the basin (5) meant for storing the salt is heated, thus there being a dry environment, and the salt with high granulation is kept dry along the entire displacement of the locomotive (11), thus preventing the salt deposition onto the walls of the basin (5), as well as onto the rectangular profile (8) for releasing the salt onto the surface of the railways (9), thus preventing their re-frosting for a time period, on each intervention locomotive (9) there existing an installation on each side thereof, placed on the front side, along the displacement direction, behind a protection shield (13).