Device and method for the removal of ballasting material from a ballast bed

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EP 2 110 476 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	13.04.2011 Bulletin 2011/15

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	21.10.2009 Bulletin 2009/43

(21)	Application number: 09157871.6

(22)	Date of filing: 14.04.2009

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

E01B 27/04^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

14.04.2008 NL 2001478

(71)	Applicant: Koninklijke BAM Groep N.V.
	3981 AZ Bunnik (NL)

(72)	Inventors:
	de Kroon, Antoon Petrus Cornelis 5045 JS, Tilburg (NL) Broekhuizen, Cornelis 2731 AA, Benthuizen (NL)

(74)	Representative: Ketelaars, Maarten F.J.M.
	Nederlandsch Octrooibureau J.W. Frisolaan 13 2517 JS Den Haag 2517 JS Den Haag (NL)

(54)	Device and method for the removal of ballasting material from a ballast bed

(57) A device for the removal of ballasting material from a ballast bed comprises a mobile bogie, an uptake body incorporated onto the bogie with an uptake surface, as well as an excavating element provided on the bogie. The excavating element is rotationally symmetrical and has a centerline that extends parallel to and at a higher level than the uptake surface of the uptake body.

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