发明授权
- 专利标题: Material transport and distribution consist with controlled gated hopper cars and conveyor systems
- 专利标题(中): 材料运输和配送包括受控的门控斗车和输送机系统
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申请号: US14933550申请日: 2015-11-05
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公开(公告)号: US09346473B1公开(公告)日: 2016-05-24
- 发明人: Stanley M. Herzog , Jacob D. Herzog , Ivan E. Bounds
- 申请人: Herzog Railroad Services, Inc.
- 申请人地址: US MO St. Joseph
- 专利权人: HERZOG RAILROAD SERVICES, INC.
- 当前专利权人: HERZOG RAILROAD SERVICES, INC.
- 当前专利权人地址: US MO St. Joseph
- 代理机构: Erickson Kernell Derusseau & Kleypas, LLC
- 主分类号: B61D7/00
- IPC分类号: B61D7/00 ; B61D7/30 ; B61D7/02 ; B61D7/20 ; B65G67/24
摘要:
A material transport and distribution consist including an offloading car, a generator car, and hopper cars. The offloading car includes a rotatable conveyor that can offload materials forward of and to the sides of the car. The generator car powers a plurality of hopper car conveyors. The hopper cars include a longitudinal conveyor that overlaps with conveyors of forward- and aft-located cars to enable transport of materials between cars and while the cars are negotiating a turn in the tracks. The hopper car hoppers are divided into chutes with respective guillotine-style gates. Each gate includes a resilient panel that flexes to enable closure of the gate without binding on materials exiting therefrom. A control system is provided to manage the gates and conveyors during offloading based on sensed characteristics of the operation thereof. An interlock system is also provided to initiate a cascading shutdown routine when a fault is detected.