MACHINE FOR CONTINUOUSLY COLLECTING AND STORING DETACHED RAIL FASTENING ELEMENTS

摘要

A machine for continuously collecting and storing detached rail fastening elements lying on a railroad track, comprises a machine frame supported on undercarriages for mobility along the track, a device for continuously collecting the rail fastening elements from the track, the device being vertically adjustably mounted on the machine frame, an inclined conveyor arrangement mounted on the machine frame and having a lower end adjacent the collecting device and arranged to receive the collected rail fastening elements therefrom, and a higher discharge end, and a container mounted on the machine frame below the higher discharge end and arranged to receive the discharged rail fastening elements, the container having two side walls extending in the direction of the longitudinal extension of the machine frame and a bottom constituted by a conveyor band driven by an adjustable-speed drive.