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Metering device for sand spreading devices, especially for rail vehicles

US6938935B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 3, 2004
Grant dateSep 6, 2005
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Expiry dateMar 3, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB61C15/10
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Metering or dosing device for sand spreading apparatuses with a metering piston for sealing off and releasing the throughflow opening for the material to be spread, in which the metering piston and the opposite housing wall of the passage hole have profiles overlapping each other so that a labyrinth-like outflow of the spread material results.

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