JP3158082B2 - Ballast sorter - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ballast arranging machine used for railway track maintenance work.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, as one of railway maintenance work, an operation of organizing and consolidating ballast has been performed. In the ballast rearrangement work, the ballast is rearranged with a rearranging device called a ballast sweeper in order to rearrange the rough roadbed with ballast scattered on the sleepers, and then the ballast on the rails is removed by manual work using a broom etc. At the same time, a watermark was dug down from the sleeper by a predetermined size. In addition, this watermark was formed in order to prevent the ballast from scattering due to the wind pressure of the train running at high speed. In the consolidation work, the ballast is consolidated by a manual operation using a pressing rod (tack stick) having a plate or a plate compactor having a vibrator on the plate.

[0003]

However, the work efficiency is poor because the ballast rearranging work and the consolidation work are performed by human work, and many workers (10 persons) are required to complete the work within a short time at night. ~ 15 people).

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a ballast arranging machine in which ballast arranging work and ground consolidation work for a railway bed are mechanized and automated to eliminate human labor and improve work efficiency.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a ballast sorter according to the present invention runs on a rail.
A scraping rotary brush that digs down the ballast in the rail inner area on the rail and collects it on the rail side, and an inset rotary brush that scrapes the ballast collected on the rail side by the scraping rotary brush toward the center of the rail inner area When is obtained by providing a consolidation for pressurizing means rail inner region, the.

[0006] Further , the pressurizing means includes: a track traveling device that travels inside the rail area; a vibrator that vibrates the track traveling device; and elevating means that raises and lowers the track traveling device. Things.

The pressing means has three rollers, a frame for rotatably holding the three rollers, and a running reversing body for running and reversing the inner area of the rail. A vibrating machine for vibrating, and elevating means for elevating the traveling reversing body .

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings showing embodiments.

FIGS. 1 to 4 show an embodiment of a ballast sorter according to the present invention (FIG. 3 shows the first half of the ballast sorter, and FIG. 4 shows the latter half). ,
The vehicle has a carriage 2 that runs on a pair of rails 1 and 1. The carriage 2 has an operation section 4 (driver's seat) at the front and a frame 3 for mounting equipment, and moves forward in the direction of arrow A (traveling direction).

In addition, the ballast arranging machine of the present invention (from the operation unit 4 side) includes the scraping rotary brushes 7, 7, the scraping rotary brushes 8, 8, the scraping rotary brushes 9, 9 and the inward rotating brush. Brushes 10, 10, ballast removing rotary brushes 11, 11, sweeper device 12, and compaction roller for consolidating rail outside areas 5, 5
The truck 2 is provided with 13, 13 and a pressurizing means 14 in the rail inner area 6, and each rotating brush and the like can be moved up and down by elevating means 16.

The arrangement of the rotating brushes will be briefly described. The rotating brushes 7, 7 are arranged in the vicinity of both ends of the sleeper 15, and the shafts 7a, 7a swing during the operation to make the rotating brushes. It will be in the shape of a letter. In addition, the scraping rotary brushes 8, 8,
1 is located in the vicinity.

A pair of scraping rotary brushes 9, 9 are disposed in the rail inner area 6 so as to be mutually back and forth and shifted to the left and right, and a pair of inset rotary brushes 10, rear behind the pair.
10 is similarly arranged. In addition, a pair (two sets of left and right) ballast removing rotary brushes 11
1, which will be described later in detail.
The sweeper device 12 has left and right rotating brushes 19a and 19c and an intermediate rotating brush 19b.
c is disposed in the outer rail areas 5 and 5, respectively, and the intermediate rotating brush 19b is disposed in the inner rail area 6.

All of the rotary brushes such as the above-mentioned scraping rotary brush 7 and the like have a plurality of rod-like elastic members 18 projecting radially from a shaft portion, and are connected to the respective lifting / lowering means 16. It is rotatably held by a frame member or the like, and is configured to be rotationally driven by a motor.

Next, a description will be given of an operation of forming a watermark while organizing ballast by the ballast organizing machine of the present invention. Here, the middle watermark refers to a state in which the ballast 17 in the rail inner area 6 is dug down by a predetermined dimension from the upper surface of the sleeper 15, and is used to prevent the ballast from being scattered by wind pressure when the train runs. Will be

As shown in FIG. 1, at the start of the work, the respective lifting brushes 16 are driven to lower and rotate the respective rotating brushes, and the carriage 2 moves forward slowly. Then, the ballast is sequentially processed from the leading scraper rotating brushes 7,7.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
Ballasts 17 near both ends of the rails are collected on the rails 1 and 1 side. And the scraping rotary brushes 8, 8 behind it,
The ballasts 17 collected on the rails 1 and 1 are bounced off by the rotating rod-like elastic bodies 18 and are scraped into the rail inner area 6. At this time, there is no problem because the rod-like elastic body 18 can get over the rail 1 even if it hits the rail 1. In addition, preferably, the ramp plate 49 shown by a virtual line in FIG.
Is attached to this ballast sorter so that ballast 17 can be smoothly swept.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 3, 6, and 7, the ballasts 17 in the rail inner area 6 are dug down by the rotating scraping rotary brushes 9, 9 and collected on the rails 1, 1 side. Preferably, a ramp board indicated by a virtual line in FIG.
50 is attached to this ballast sorter. The ballasts 17... Collected on the rails 1 and 1 by the inboard rotating brushes 10 and 10 are scraped toward the left and right centers of the rail inner area 6. In other words, once dig deep and fill it again to an appropriate height. After that, the ballasts 17 on the sleeper 15 are removed by the sweeper device 12 (described in FIG. 4).

By the above operation, the rail inner area 6
Ballast surface 23 (roadbed) is somewhat flat.
───The left and right middle parts are slightly raised 少 し
A flatter and ballasted ballast surface can be formed by the pressing means 14 described later.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, the pressurizing means 14
A tall-type pressure roller 20 that rolls in the inner region 6 of the rail, and a vibrator that is provided in the roller 20 and vibrates the pressure roller 20
Elevating means having a pair of left and right swing arms 22a, 22a for rotatably holding and vertically moving the pressure roller 20
22 and.

The swing arms 22a, 22 of the lifting means 22
a is swung downward to lower the pressure roller 20 and
By driving the vibrators 21, 21, the pressure roller 20
Are vibrated, and the rolling roller 2 is pulled by the oscillating arms 22a and 22a as the trolley 2 travels and rolls, thereby solidifying the ballasts 17. At this time, since the pressure roller 20 can get over the sleeper 15, the soil compaction work can be continuously performed.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 9, a flat ballast surface 23 (center watermark) dug down uniformly by a predetermined size M (about 50 mm) from the upper surface 15a of the right and left intermediate portions of the sleeper 15 can be obtained. In addition, since the outer peripheral surface of the pressure roller 20 is formed of a resin layer, the roller 15 can get over without damaging the sleeper 15. Further, the vibrating machines 21 and 21 are
It is held so as not to rotate with it.

Further, while the ballast arranging operation of the rail inner area 6 is being performed, as shown in FIGS. 4, 10 and 11, the left and right ballast removal moving along the pair of rails 1, 1 is performed. Ballast 17 on rail section by rotating brushes 11, 11
… Has been removed.

More specifically, the ballast removing rotary brush 11 is composed of four brushes arranged on the left and right sides of the rail 1, in a direction perpendicular to the rail 1 and outside the rail 5 and the inside of the rail 1. 6, the shaft portions 24a, 25
and fourth and fourth rotating brushes 24, 25 having first and second rotating brushes 24, 25 having shaft portions 26a, 27a disposed parallel to the rail 1 and in the outer rail area 5 and the inner rail area 6, respectively. Brushes 26 and 27.

As shown in FIG. 10A, before the ballast removing operation, the shaft portions 24a, 25 of the first and second rotating brushes 24, 25 are formed.
a is in a horizontal state, whereby the bar-like elastic members 18 at the upper and lower positions are in a vertical state. That is, when the ballast removing rotary brush 11 is lowered by the lifting / lowering means 16 described with reference to FIG. 1, the bar-like elastic members 18 at the lower position can be lowered to both sides without hitting the rail 1.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 10 (b), each of the shaft portions 24a, 25a is inclined in a C-shape so that the tip of the lower bar-like elastic body 18 is positioned at the corner 28 of the rail 1. And the first and second rotary brushes 24 and 25 are rotated to sweep out (forward) the ballasts 17 on the corners 28 of the rail 1 and the connecting fittings 29.

At the same time, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 11, the third and fourth rotating brushes 26 and 27 are rotated to rotate the rail 1.
The ballast 17 riding on the head part 30 of the
... is sweeping the rail 1 left and right.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 12, the rail outer regions 5 and 5 near both end edges of the sleeper 15 are subjected to ground consolidation work by the pressure rollers 13 and 13. This roller 13
Has a roller body 34 and a vibrator 32 provided inside the roller body 34, and is rotatably provided at the tip of a swing arm 31 mounted on the carriage 2 so as to be vertically swingable. The tip of the lifting / lowering means 16 (for example, a telescopic cylinder) is a swing arm 31
The lifting arm 16 swings the swing arm 31 downward to lower the rolling roller 13 on the ballast surface 23.

Then, the roller body 34 rolls while generating vibrations by the vibrator 32, and the ballasts 17 are solidified flat. The vibrator 32 is mounted on a mounting frame 33 having three rollers 35 and is held so as not to rotate with the roller body 34.

Next, FIG. 13 shows another embodiment of the ballast sorter of the present invention. The track traveling device 36, the vibrator 21 provided inside the track traveling device 36, and the elevating means 22 for raising and lowering the track traveling device 36 are provided. 37 is the lifting means 22
And a connecting member for connecting the endless track traveling device 36 with the endless track traveling device 36.

When the track traveling device 36 travels in the rail inner area 6 while generating vibrations by the vibrator 21, the rollers 38 of the track traveling device 36 move up and down to move the sleeper 15 up and down. When the belt 39 gets over, the belt 39 surely contacts the ballast surface 23 and pressurizes it to consolidate the ground. The connecting rod 40
The truck and the connecting member 37 are connected by the
However, the endless track traveling device 36 may be driven by itself.

Next, FIG. 14 shows another embodiment, in which a pressurizing means 14 has three rollers 41... And a frame body which rotatably holds these three rollers 41. 42, a traveling reversing body 43 for traveling and reversing along the rail inner area 6, a vibrator 21 attached to a frame 42 of the traveling reversing body 43, and elevating means 22 for elevating the traveling reversing body 43. It is a thing. The elevating means 22 has a swing arm 44 that swings up and down, and the frame 42 is pivotally attached to the tip of the swing arm 44 so as to be rotatable.

The reversing body 43 vibrated by the vibrator 21 travels while solidifying the ballast surface 23 on the ballast surface 23 by the rotation of the two rollers 41, 41 positioned below the reversing body 43.
As shown in FIG. 15 (a), when the roller 41 (41a) hits the sleeper 15, the running reversing body 43 reverses by 120 ° and straddles the sleeper 15. Then, as shown in FIG. 2B, the traveling reversing body 43 is pulled by the swing arm 44 in the traveling direction (in the direction of arrow A), so that the roller 41 (41a) hitting the sleeper 15 has passed over the sleeper 15. Good.

[0033]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the work of forming the watermark can be mechanized (automated) while organizing the roadbed (ballast 17...) In the rail inner area 6, so that the number of workers in the track maintenance work can be reduced. Reduction and improvement of work efficiency can be achieved.

According to the second or third aspect , since the ballasts 17 in the rail inner area 6 can be continuously pressed, the working time can be shortened .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a simplified side view showing an embodiment of a ballast sorter according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an arrangement of each rotating brush and the like.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the arrangement of each rotating brush in the first half.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the arrangement of each rotating brush and the like in the rear half.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of a scraping rotary brush.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of a scraping rotary brush.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of an inwardly rotating brush.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the pressurizing means.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing an inner region of the rail in a watermark state;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of the ballast removing rotary brush.

FIG. 11 is an operation explanatory view of a ballast removing rotary brush.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of a pressure roller.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing another embodiment of the ballast sorter of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing another embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing a reversal state of the traveling reversal body .

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 rail 2 trolley 5 rail outer area 6 rail inner area 8 rake-in rotary brush 9 rake-out rotary brush 10 inwardly-rotating brush 11 ballast removal rotary brush 13 pressure roller 14 pressure means 20 tal-type pressure roller 21 vibrator 22 Lifting means 36 Endless track traveling device 41 Roller 42 Frame 43 Travel reversing body 45 Plate

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-8-13403 (JP, A) JP-A-6-287903 (JP, A) JP-A-8-35201 (JP, A) (58) Field (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) E01B 27/02

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A scraping rotary brush (9) for digging down a ballast in a rail inner area (6) and collecting it on the rail (1) side, on a carriage (2) running on the rail (1), and the scraping rotary brush (9).
Inboard rotating brushes 10 and 10 that collect ballast collected on the rails 1 and 1 side toward the center of the rail inner area 6
When the ballast sorters, characterized in that <br/> provided with consolidation for pressurizing means 14 of the rail inner zone 6. 2. The pressure means 14 travels in the rail inner area 6.
The track traveling device 36 and the track traveling device 36
Raising and lowering the vibrator 21 and the endless track traveling device 36
The ballast sorter according to claim 1, further comprising a lifting unit . 3. The pressing means 14 comprises three rollers 41.
And a frame 42 for rotatably holding the rollers 41.
A traveling reversing body 43 for traveling and reversing the rail inner area 6 together with the
A vibrator 21 for vibrating the running reversal body 43;
The ballast sorter according to claim 1, further comprising elevating means (22) for elevating and lowering (43) .