Snow removal and vacuum sweeper with slurry disposal

申请号 US3766586D 申请日 1972-03-01 公开(公告)号 US3766586A 公开(公告)日 1973-10-23
申请人 KRICKOVICH E; 发明人 KRICKOVICH E;
摘要 A fluid containing insulated reservoir or tank is mounted on a vehicle chassis having an engine thereon, a hydraulic pressure means and a control cab. A roadway cleaning apparatus, comprising a forwardly open horizontally disposed substantially cylindrical screw conveyor surrounding housing, is pivotally mounted transversely of the forward end portion of the vehicle chassis for vertical pivoting movement about a horizontal axis. A discharge tube connects the central portion of the conveyor housing to the tank. Heat transfer means supported by the chassis extends into the tank for heating contained slurry and melting snow. An agitator within the tank forms a slurry of the materials contained by the tank.
权利要求
1. A roadway cleaning apparatus in combination with a prime mover comprising a vehicle chassis having an engine control means thereon including a control cab and having a hydraulic fluid pump, the improvement comprising: conveyor means transversely connected to the forward end of said chassis, said conveyor means including a substantially cylindrical housing disposed horizontally adjacent the surface of the earth, said housing having closed ends and having a coextensive downwardly and forwardly directed opening, said housing having a rearward and upwardly directed discharge opening medially its ends, a pair of cooperating coaxially aligned screw conveyors extending between and journalled by said housing ends, and impeller blades interposed between and connected, respectively, with adjacent ends of said screw conveyors medially the ends of said housing, the length of each said impeller blade being equal with the radius of said screw conveyors, said screw conveyors being characterized by a helical edge portion generating a cylindrical plane coinciding with a circular plane generated by the outwardly diRected limit of said thrower blades as the conveyors are rotated about their axis, said helical edge portions and said impeller blades having a series of spaced-apart slots transversely formed therein adjacent their outer edge; a plurality of brush segments each having a rectangular base portion and bristles secured thereto; means extending through the slots and securing said brush segments, in base end to end abutting relation to the respective said screw conveyor and impeller blade outer edge portions; drive means for rotating said screw conveyors; belt and pulley drive means extending between and respectively connected with said prime mover and one end portion of one said screw conveyor; a rectangular fluid containing closed tank having a material receiving opening in its top wall and having inner and outer spaced-apart walls having heat and cold insulation therebetween mounted on said vehicle chassis rearwardly of and projecting above the horizontal plane defining the upper limit of said control cab; a pair of shafts transversely journalled in coaxial aligned relation by the forward end portion of said chassis; a pair of arms pivotally connected at one end portion, respectively, to the respective outwardly disposed end portion of the respective said shaft, the other end portion of said arms being pivotally connected, respectively, with opposing end portions of said housing; a pair of braces projecting forwardly of said tank in laterally spaced relation above said housing; a pair of pressure operated cylinders extending between and connected, respectively, with the forward end portion of said braces and opposing end portions of said housing for vertical pivoting movement of said housing about the horizontal axis of said shafts; a discharge tube connected, at one end, with said housing around its discharge opening and extending rearwardly and upward, at its other end, and connected with said tank top wall around the receiving opening; a heater mounted on said chassis; piping connected with said heater and extending, intermediate its ends into said tank and being helically wound, adjacent the inner periphery of said tank; and, an antifreeze liquid filling said heater and said tubing.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 and further including: an agitator within said tank, said agitator comprising a shaft extending vertically between and journalled, respectively, by the top and bottom walls of said tank, a plurality of vertically disposed blades connected with said shaft in radially spaced-apart relation, each said blade being twisted about its longitudinal axis substantially 180* , and a hydraulic motor operatively connected with said shaft for rotating the latter about its vertical axis.
3. The apparatus according to claim 2 and further including: means including drain valves and drain tubing for draining said tank.
4. The apparatus according to claim 3 and further including: a pair of earth surface engaging sweep screw conveyors respectively connected at one end to the forward limit of the respective end portion of said housing in cooperating laterally extending horizontally aligned relation; a cylindrical jacket substantially surrounding said respective sweep screw conveyor; hydraulic motor means mounted on each said cylindrical jacket and drivably connected with one end portion of the respective said sweep screw conveyor; and brace means extending between and connected with said chassis and the outermost end portion of each said cylindrical jacket for horizontally supporting the latter.
5. The apparatus according to claim 3 in which said drain valves and drain tubing means includes: a drain valve disposed within said tank; a drain tube communicating with said drain valve and projecting outwardly through one wall of said tank; and, a control rod extending into said tank and connected with said drain valve for openinG and closing said drain valve.
6. The apparatus according to claim 1 in which said housing further includes: an elongated liner wall substantially semicircular, in transverse cross section, underlying the upwardly disposed portion of said housing and being movable forwardly and downwardly for decreasing the transverse dimension of the housing downwardly and forward opening.
7. The apparatus according to claim 1 in which the bristles on the impeller mounted brush segments are curved to extend in the direction of rotation of said impeller blades a distance substantially equal to the thickness of each said impeller blade.
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