The invention relates a sandbox for rail vehicles, of a type comprising a sand container, on the bottom of which there is a hollow body which presents one or several openings through which sand flows out towards an ejector assembly beneath by passing through an outler hole controlled by an axially sliding vertical shutter located inside said hollow body and means handling and controlling said shutter which cause its translation between a lower position in which said output hole is closed and an upper, maximum opening position, whereby said shutter features a cylindrical shape and its lower end functionally cooperates with a ring shaped, sealing coaxial seat, corresponding to said outlet hole of said container.
SANDBOX FOR RAIL VEHICLES
2017-05-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B61C Lokomotiven , LOCOMOTIVES |