Snow blowing device of railway locomotive
By installing snow blowing devices on railway locomotives and utilizing the main air system and blowers to achieve automated snow removal, the problems of high labor costs and low efficiency in cleaning up snow on the tracks have been solved, resulting in efficient and low-cost cleaning.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202422995121.6
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-12-05
- Publication Date
- 2025-11-07
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-12-05
AI Technical Summary
When snow accumulates on the tracks of existing railway locomotives, special personnel are required to clear it, resulting in high labor costs and low cleaning efficiency.
A snow blowing device is installed on the locomotive. Using the main air system and the blower, the railway track is cleaned by blowing air through the nozzles. Combined with the control of the air path by the electric control valve and the air duct, the cleaning is automated.
It reduces labor costs and improves cleaning efficiency, making it particularly suitable for cleaning snowy weather in winter and for cleaning railway switches. It has a simple structure and is easy to operate.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to road operation cleaning tool technical field, concretely relates to a railway locomotive snow blowing device. BACKGROUND
[0002] The railway locomotive's car head downside can be provided with the obstacle remover for removing the obstacle on the track in the locomotive running process, but due to the need of locomotive running performance, the installed obstacle remover needs to keep the distance of 80mm between the top surface of the steel rail, that is to say, the sundries etc. in this distance are eliminated by the obstacle remover, and therefore, when the snowfall weather causes the snow on the track, the special person needs to be arranged to clean up, which obviously will lead to the increase of the labor cost, and cannot guarantee the cleaning efficiency, based on this, it is necessary to design a snow blowing device arranged on the railway locomotive. SUMMARY
[0003] The utility model solves the technical problem that: provide a kind of railway locomotive snow blowing device, to solve the current snow that appears on track needs to arrange special person to clean up, and then lead to the problem of high labor cost, low cleaning efficiency.
[0004] To solve the above problems, the utility model provides the following technical scheme:
[0005] A kind of railway locomotive snow blowing device;It includes the locomotive for running on railway track;Obstacle remover is arranged on the locomotive;Several blowers are installed on the locomotive head obstacle remover;The nozzle on the blower is opposite railway track arrangement;Air outlet adapter is arranged on the total wind system;Air pipe is arranged between air outlet adapter and blower and connects the two;Electric control valve is arranged in the middle of air pipe for controlling its on-off;Electric control valve is powered by the power supply built in the locomotive.
[0006] Preferably, the locomotive head obstacle remover is a flat plate structure with a forwardly protruding middle part;The number of blowers is two, respectively arranged at the positions opposite to the railway track on the left and right sides of the locomotive head obstacle remover.
[0007] Further, a tee pipe is installed at the rear side of the air pipe, and the air pipe is divided into two branch pipes through the tee pipe;The two branch pipes are respectively connected to the two blowers;The tee pipe is installed on the locomotive head obstacle remover.
[0008] Preferably, the blower includes an air chamber;The air chamber is a hollow box structure;A connecting plate is arranged on the periphery of the air chamber;A plurality of positioning holes are formed in the connecting plate, and the blower is installed on the upper side end face of the locomotive head obstacle remover through the positioning holes;One end of the air chamber extends from the rear side of the locomotive head obstacle remover;The nozzle is arranged on the extended end of the air chamber.
[0009] Further, the nozzles on the single blower are provided with three; the nozzles are symmetrically arranged on the air warehouse; the nozzles are obliquely arranged to the lower front side of the locomotive.
[0010] Preferably, the locomotive is further provided with a switch for controlling the power supply of the electric control valve.
[0011] The utility model has the advantages of:
[0012] The utility model discloses a snow blowing device for railway locomotive, which comprises a locomotive 1 running on a railway track, a total air system 2 and a head rail guard 3 arranged on the locomotive 1, a plurality of blowers 4 installed on the head rail guard 3, nozzles 41 of the blowers 4 facing the railway track, an air outlet adapter 5 arranged on the total air system 2, an air pipe 6 connecting the air outlet adapter 5 and the blowers 4, an electric control valve 7 arranged in the middle of the air pipe 6 for controlling the on-off of the air pipe 6, and a power supply built in the locomotive 1 for supplying power to the electric control valve 7. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0013] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the installation position on the locomotive in the embodiment;
[0014] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the system in the embodiment;
[0015] Figure 3 is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the installation of the head rail guard and the blower in the embodiment;
[0016] Figure 4 is Figure 3 a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the device in another view;
[0017] Marked: 1, locomotive, 2, total air system, 3, head rail guard, 4, blower, 5, air outlet adapter, 6, air pipe, 7, electric control valve, 8, three-way pipe, 41, nozzle, 42, air warehouse, 43, connecting plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0018] The utility model will be further introduced in combination with the drawings and specific embodiments:
[0019] Embodiment:
[0020] Referring to Figure 1 , the utility model provides a railway locomotive snow blowing device, it includes the locomotive 1 for running on railway track, be provided with total air system 2 and head rail guard 3 on the locomotive 1, install several blowers 4 on head rail guard 3, the nozzle 41 on blower 4 is opposite railway track arrangement, be provided with air outlet adapter 5 on total air system 2, be provided with air pipe 6 between air outlet adapter 5 and blower 4 and link two, be provided with the electric control valve 7 for controlling its on-off in the middle part of air pipe 6, electric control valve 7 is by built-in power supply in locomotive 1 and is supplied with power.
[0021] The head fender 3 is a flat plate structure with a middle part protruding forward; the number of the blowers 4 is two, which are respectively arranged at the positions opposite to the railway track on the left and right sides of the head fender 3.
[0022] A three-way pipe 8 is installed at the rear side of the air pipe 6, and the air pipe 6 is divided into two branch pipes through the three-way pipe 8; the two branch pipes are respectively connected to the two blowers 4; the three-way pipe 8 is installed on the head fender 3.
[0023] The blower 4 comprises an air chamber 42; the air chamber 42 is a hollow box structure; a connecting plate 43 is arranged on the peripheral side of the air chamber 42; a plurality of positioning holes are opened on the connecting plate 43, and the blower 4 is installed on the upper side end surface of the head fender 3 through the positioning holes; one end of the air chamber 42 extends from the rear side of the head fender 3; the nozzle 41 is arranged on the extending end of the air chamber 42.
[0024] The nozzles 41 on a single blower 4 are three; the nozzles 41 are symmetrically arranged on the air chamber 42; the nozzles 41 are obliquely arranged towards the lower front side of the locomotive 1.
[0025] A switch for controlling the power on-off of the electric control valve 7 is further arranged on the locomotive 1.
[0026] In the modification of the locomotive in the embodiment, one railway 110v type electric control valve, one special air outlet adapter of the total air system, 25 meters of 15mm high pressure air pipe, one special power switch of the locomotive, 5 meters of power line, one three-way valve, 0.5 meters of iron pipe, and six blower nozzles are used. When the modification and installation are specifically performed, the following steps can be referred to:
[0027] 1. First, fix the two blowers on the front fender of the locomotive, and note that they must be above the steel rail;
[0028] 2. Connect the high pressure air pipe with the blower, and connect the other end of the high pressure air pipe with the three-way valve, connect the three-way valve with the electric control valve, and connect the electric control valve with the special adapter of the total air system, and the air path connection is completed;
[0029] 3. Connect the negative end of the electric control valve with the negative end of the power supply of the locomotive by the power line, connect the positive end of the electric control valve with the switch by the power line, connect the other end of the switch with the positive end of the power supply of the locomotive, and the control system connection is completed.
[0030] When the snow blowing operation is performed, the driver only needs to open the power control switch to make the electric control valve powered on and open the air path; the total air system blows out high pressure air to the railway line through the connected air pipe, the electric control valve, the three-way valve and the blower in sequence, so as to clean the dust or snow on the line; after the blowing of the railway line is completed, the power switch is closed to complete the operation.
Claims
1. A snow blowing device for a railway locomotive, comprising a locomotive (1) for travelling on a railway track; a main air system (2) and a nose deflector (3) are provided on the locomotive (1); characterized in that: A plurality of blowers (4) are installed on the head fender (3); the nozzles (41) on the blowers (4) are arranged opposite the railway track; an air outlet adapter (5) is arranged on the total air system (2); an air pipe (6) is arranged between the air outlet adapter (5) and the blower (4) to connect the two; an electric control valve (7) is arranged in the middle of the air pipe (6) to control the on-off of the air pipe (6); the electric control valve (7) is powered by the power source built in the locomotive (1).
2. A snow blowing device for a railway locomotive as defined in claim 1, wherein: The head fender (3) is a flat plate structure with a forwardly protruding middle part; the number of the blowers (4) is two, which are arranged on the left and right sides of the head fender (3) opposite the railway track.
3. A snow blowing device for a railway locomotive as defined in claim 2 wherein: A three-way pipe (8) is installed on the rear side of the air pipe (6), and the air pipe (6) is divided into two branch pipes through the three-way pipe (8); the two branch pipes are respectively connected to the two blowers (4); the three-way pipe (8) is installed on the head fender (3).
4. A snow blowing device for a railway locomotive as defined in claim 1 wherein: The blower (4) comprises a gas chamber (42); the gas chamber (42) is a hollow box structure; a connecting plate (43) is arranged on the peripheral side of the gas chamber (42); a plurality of positioning holes are formed on the connecting plate (43), and the blower (4) is installed on the upper end face of the head fender (3) through the positioning holes; one end of the gas chamber (42) extends from the rear side of the head fender (3); the nozzle (41) is arranged on the extended end of the gas chamber (42).
5. A snow blowing device for a railway locomotive as defined in claim 4 wherein: The nozzle (41) on a single blower (4) is provided with three; the nozzles (41) are symmetrically arranged on the gas chamber (42); the nozzles (41) are inclined to the lower front side of the locomotive (1).
6. A snow blowing device for a railway locomotive as defined in claim 1 wherein: A switch for controlling the on-off of the power supply of the electric control valve (7) is further arranged on the locomotive (1).