Machine with a ballast receiviing device

Abstract

The invention relates to a machine with a ballast receiving device for receiving ballast located under a track by means of an endless excavating chain guided in a chain channel, with the chain channel being composed of a transverse channel which can be positioned under the track, an empty channel, and a transport channel provided for ballast transport. A conveyor device for transporting ballast in the direction of the transport channel is arranged along a top edge of the transverse channel. This additional device increases the movement of the ballast so that it completely enters the transport channel.

1 . A machine with a ballast receiving device for receiving ballast located under a track by means of an endless excavating chain guided in a chain channel, with the chain channel being composed of a transverse channel which can be positioned under the track, an empty channel, and a transport channel provided for ballast transport, wherein a conveyor device for transporting ballast in the direction of the transport channel is arranged along a top edge of the transverse channel. 
     
     
         2 . The machine according to  claim 1 , wherein a transport direction of the conveyor device runs parallel to a direction of rotation of the excavating chain in the transverse channel. 
     
     
         3 . The machine according to  claim 1 , wherein a ballast guide blade that can be slewed about a slewing axis is arranged at the outer edge of a bottom opening of the transport channel. 
     
     
         4 . The machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the conveyor device comprises a hydraulic motor or an electric motor as a drive unit. 
     
     
         5 . The machine according to  claim 4 , wherein a sensor for detecting piled-up ballast is arranged above the conveyor device and that the sensor is coupled with the drive unit of the conveyor device. 
     
     
         6 . The machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the conveyor device comprises a conveyor belt or a conveyor chain with revolving pushers. 
     
     
         7 . The machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the conveyor device is a screw conveyor with an axis of rotation that runs, in particular, parallel to the transverse channel. 
     
     
         8 . The machine according to  claim 7 , wherein the screw conveyor is arranged along a subsection of the transverse channel adjoining the transport channel. 
     
     
         9 . The machine according to  claim 7 , wherein the screw conveyor is arranged along the entire transverse channel. 
     
     
         10 . The machine according to  claim 9 , wherein the transverse channel comprises two transverse channel sections that are connected with a joint and that the screw conveyor comprises two conveying screws that are connected in the area of the joint by means of a coupling.