SNOW REMOVAL DEVICE AND METHOD

摘要

A snow volume-reducing and fluidisation device comprising: a first fixed reservoir (1) equipped with snow fluidising and volume-reducing means (2-6); at least one second reservoir forming a storage basin (11), the volume of said storage basin being at least 20 times preferably 100 times the volume of the first reservoir and said storage basin being at least partly filled, preferably to at least 30% of its volume, with water at ambient temperature; and said fluidisation means (2-6) comprising: snow compacting means comprising mobile dynamic compacting means; and chopping and/or mixing means (2) capable of forcing the snow downwards; and means (3) to inject water derived from the machine reservoir or from the storage basin (11) capable of injecting water above and below said chopping and/or mixing means; and ultrasound generating devices, preferably distributed at several points in the first reservoir in substantially homogeneous manner, positioned below said water injection nozzles.