Transport container, vehicle, traction group, method for loading a transport container, and method for transporting bulk material

Abstract

A transport container, in particular as a component part of a rail vehicle, having a transportation space for receiving goods to be transported, which on its upper side includes at least one opening, wherein the transport container includes a grate which at least in part covers the opening.

Claims

1. A transport container, the transport container comprising: a bulk material car body having a longitudinally extending transportation space for receiving goods to be transported, which on its upper side includes at least one opening, wherein the transport container includes a grate which at least in part covers the at least one opening, and the grate includes a plurality of transverse stays which extend substantially transversely to the direction of longitudinal extent, wherein the spacing D of the transverse stays between one another is 0.8D/H1.2, where H is the height of the transverse stays.

2. The transport container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said transport container includes side walls which laterally delimit the transportation space and between which the grate is disposed.

3. The transport container as claimed in claim 2, wherein the grate is connected in a mechanically fixed manner to at least one side wall.

4. The transport container as claimed in claim 2, wherein the grate bears on at least two side walls and/or is connected in a form-fitting manner to two side walls.

5. The transport container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the grate includes only the transverse stays.

6. The transport container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the grate includes transverse stays which extend substantially transversely to the direction of longitudinal extent, and includes longitudinal stays which extend substantially in the direction of longitudinal extent.

7. The transport container as claimed in claim 1, wherein D0.75 m.

8. The transport container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said transport container comprises an emptying unit, by way of which unloading of the goods to be transported is implementable through an opening other than the opening provided with the grate.

9. A vehicle comprising a transport container as claimed in claim 1.

10. The vehicle as claimed in claim 9, wherein said vehicle is a bulk material car.

11. The transport container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transport container is a component part of a rail vehicle.

12. A method for loading a transport container, comprising: providing a transport container having a bulk material car body having a longitudinally extending transportation space for receiving goods to be transported, which on its upper side includes at least one opening, wherein the transport container includes a grate which at least in part covers the opening, and the grate includes transverse stays which extend substantially transversely to the direction of longitudinal extent, with grate openings there between, wherein the spacing D of the transverse stays between one another has the following ratio to the height H of the stays: 0.8D/H1.2; and pouring bulk material, into the transportation space via the grate openings.

13. A method for transporting bulk material, comprising: providing a transport container having a bulk material car body having a longitudinally extending transportation space for receiving goods to be transported, which on its upper side includes at least one opening, wherein the transport container includes a grate which at least in part covers the opening, and the grate includes transverse stays which extend substantially transversely to the direction of longitudinal extent, with grate openings there between, wherein the spacing D of the transverse stays between one another has the following ratio to the height H of the stays: 0.8D/H1.2; providing an emptying unit, by way of which unloading of the goods to be transported is implementable through an opening other than the opening provided with the grate; pouring bulk material, into the transportation space via the grate openings; and unloading of the bulk material through the emptying unit.

Description

(1) The invention is explained in more detail in the following by means of the exemplary embodiments illustrated in the appended drawings.

(2) In the drawings:

(3) FIG. 1 shows a bulk material car in a side view,

(4) FIG. 2 shows a first variant of a grate, in a perspective view, and

(5) FIG. 3 shows a second variant of a grate, in a perspective view.

(6) For explaining the invention, reference is made to a bulk material car 1 which is illustrated in FIG. 1 and which comprises a transport container according to the invention. The present invention here is not limited to a bulk material car of this type, but it also relates to a separate transport container which is to be received on or in a vehicle, such as in a rail car, for example.

(7) In the illustrated bulk material car 1 which comprises a transport container according to the invention, the direction of longitudinal extent corresponds to the intended direction of travel 100.

(8) In FIG. 1, a bulk material car 1, which includes a transportation space 10 for receiving bulk material and which, in turn, is delimited by side walls 13, is illustrated. On its upper side 11, the bulk material car includes an opening 12. The transportation space 10 can be loaded with bulk material via this opening 12. Unloading takes place via emptying units 15 which is disposed in the lower region of the bulk material car 1. Alternatively, the bulk material car 1 includes a tilting device, by way of which the entire transportation space 10 can be laterally tilted.

(9) According to the invention, the bulk material car, on its upper side 11, includes at least one grate 20 which is indicated in FIG. 1 by the dashed lines and has a multiplicity of transverse stays 21. These transverse stays 21 are disposed at specific spacings D from one another.

(10) For subdividing the transportation space 10, the bulk material car 1 moreover includes an intermediate wall which structurally supports the grate 20 and/or configures a transverse stay 21.

(11) Two different grate alternatives according to the invention are illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3. The grate shown in FIG. 2 includes only transverse stays 21 which are disposed at specific spacings D from one another. It is evident that the transverse stays 21 extend in the direction of transverse extent 200 and thus substantially perpendicularly to the direction of travel and/or the direction of longitudinal extent 100. The ends of the transverse stays 21 are to be mechanically connected to the side walls 13 of the bulk material car 1.

(12) In FIG. 3, a grate variant in which the grate 20 includes both transverse stays 21 and also longitudinal stays 22 is illustrated. It can be seen that the transverse stays 21 and longitudinal stays 22, on their upper side, preferably have the same height level, that is to say that they terminate so as to be flush with one another. However, the longitudinal stays 22 need not have the same height H as the transverse stays 21 for reasons of strength and aerodynamics, but the longitudinal stays may be equipped with a smaller height dimension, in particular in the case of terminating so as to be flush with the transverse stays. The thickness T of the transverse stays 21 and, optionally, also of the longitudinal stays 22 should correspond at least to the spacing D between the stays.

(13) The grate according to the invention should preferably extend across the entire opening 12 of the car. In an alternative embodiment, the grate 20 may also cover the opening 12 only in part, wherein the grate, in the direction of travel 100, should preferably be disposed in the forward region of the bulk material car 1.

(14) Moreover, the spacings D between the stays need not always be identical, wherein, in the direction of travel 100, in particular in the rear region of the vehicle, the stays may have larger spacings than in the forward region of the vehicle.

(15) On account of the arrangement according to the invention of a grate 20, air turbulences on the delimiting side walls, in the direction of travel 100, are prevented or at least substantially reduced, such that the drag of the vehicle is reduced and, consequently, less energy has to be deployed to move the vehicle. Furthermore, the vehicle is stiffened by the grate 20, such that said vehicle has a higher bearing strength. On account thereof, a higher payload can be received and/or the vehicle itself may be implemented with a lower material investment and, consequently, with less weight, such that lower forces are required for accelerating the vehicle.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

(16) Bulk material car 1 Transportation space 10 Upper side 11 Opening 12 Side wall 13 Intermediate wall 14 Grate 20 Transverse stay 21 Longitudinal stay 22 Spacing D Height H Thickness T Direction of travel, Direction of longitudinal extent 100 Direction of transverse extent 200