BRITISH PATENT NO 987397. IMPROVEMENTS IN SNOW PLOUGHS

THE DESIGN IS DISCUSSED OF A V-BLADE PLOUGH ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON A PROPULSION VEHICLE AND PRIMARELY SUITABLE FOR SNOW OVER 1 FT DEEP. BOW ANGLE AND FOOT ANGLE ARE SPECIFIED AND A MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS IS MADE OF PLOUGH PERFORMANCE. RESULTS ARE GIVEN OF FULL SCALE TESTS. SUITABLE COATINGS MENTIONED, TO REDUCE FRICTION, ARE P.T.F.E. AND EPOXY AND ALKYL RESINS. BLADE MATERIALS CAN BE METAL, PLASTIC RUBBER, BONDED GLASSFIBRE OR ANY COMBINATION OF THESE, /RRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 987397, PP1-6, 2TAB
• Corporate Authors:

  Patent Office, England

  25 Southampton Buildings
  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • Price, W I
• Publication Date: 1965-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Blades (Machinery); Coatings; Design; Epoxy resins; Experiments; Improvements; Materials; Mathematical analysis; Patents; Performance; Snowplows; Specimens
• Old TRIS Terms: Alkyl resin; Full scale specimens; Full-scale; V-blade plow
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Materials; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219241
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 12 1994 12:00AM