| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D426454 |
Pipe anchor base |
June 13, 2000 |
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| D281860 |
Lading tie anchor |
December 24, 1985 |
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| 6450105 |
Lading protector for centerbeam rail cars |
September 17, 2002 |
| Lading protectors for mounting between the upper ends of adjacent columns positioned along the centerline of a centerbeam rail car. Each protector comprises a pair of parallel and upright lading engaging side plates supported on opposite sides of a horizontal elongated stiffener plate. T |
| 6402446 |
Lading tie anchor system |
June 11, 2002 |
| A lading tie anchor system for railway box cars which uses lading ties comprising straps of woven webbing with a hook on one end in place of lading ties in the form of one-time useable steel strapping. The new system makes use of the lading tie anchors already installed in many box c |
| 6315509 |
Cargo tie down system and retainer used therein |
November 13, 2001 |
| A system for tying down cargo on the deck of a transport vehicle such as a cargo of stacked steel plates on a railway flat car. Link chains are used for tying the cargo down. The system utilizes chain retainers secured to the deck or to the bottoms of C-channels recessed in the deck. The |
| 6109844 |
Cargo tie down system and retainer used therein |
August 29, 2000 |
| A system for tying down cargo on the deck of a transport vehicle such as a cargo of stacked steel plates on a railway flat car. Link chains are used for tying the cargo down. The system utilizes chain retainers secured to the deck or to the bottoms of C-channels recessed in the deck. The |
| 6039362 |
Cam-operated single acting hatch cover lock |
March 21, 2000 |
| A hatch cover locking mechanism for securing a roof member onto a hatch opening of a railway hopper car is provided. The hatch cover lock utilizes camming engagement between an operation handle and a keeper member in order to rotate the keeper member and lock or unlock the keeper member |
| 5848865 |
Lading tie-down strap protector |
December 15, 1998 |
| A shield for attachment to and removal from a lading tie-down strap for shielding the strap from learing engagement with a corner of lading or cargo. The shield is preferably molded from a plastic material such as polyurethane and is in the form of a generally rectangular shaped pad. The |
| 5785362 |
Cam-operated hatch cover lock |
July 28, 1998 |
| A hatch cover locking mechanism for securing a roof member onto a hatch opening of a railway hopper car is provided. The hatch cover lock utilizes camming engagement between an operation handle and a keeper member in order to lock or unlock the keeper member over a hinge pin associated w |
| 5743498 |
Pipe anchoring system |
April 28, 1998 |
| A system for anchoring a pipe, such as a train pipe, to the inside of an elongated right angle structural part or member, such as may be mounted on a sidewall of a rail car. The elongated right angle structural part has a plurality of spaced bolt receiving holes extending through one leg |
| 5685573 |
Glad hand anti-rotation device |
November 11, 1997 |
| An anti-rotation device to be mounted on standard glad hands for rail cars for preventing unintended uncoupling of coupled glad hands. The device comprises a band assembly and a wire form. The band assembly is generally comparable to a hose clamp. As disclosed, the band assembly includes |
| 5662295 |
Cable bight wear guard assembly |
September 2, 1997 |
| A cable wear guard for shielding a bight in a support cable from direct rubbing contact with the surface in an aperture such as the aperture in the flange on the underside of a rail car coupler or the aperture on the flange on a glad hand. The cable wear guard is particularly useful with |
| 5624089 |
Pipe anchoring system |
April 29, 1997 |
| A system for anchoring a pipe, such as a train pipe, to the inside of an elongated right angle structural part or member, such as may be mounted on a sidewall of a rail car. The elongated right angle structural part has a plurality of spaced bolt receiving holes extending through one leg |
| 5605309 |
Pipe anchoring means |
February 25, 1997 |
| In a pipe anchor system for anchoring a relatively long length of pipe or conduit to a structural support with predetermined spacing therefrom. Short pieces of a bar cut to length from a bar of commercial standard shape and size are used to attach the anchor bases of two-part pipe an |
| 5594196 |
Shock tube surface connector |
January 14, 1997 |
| A shock tube surface connector for initiating one or more shock tubes including a housing which forms an elongate cylindrical void, an ignition source extending from a position outside the housing to a position within the elongate cylinder, a static isolation cup disposed within the elon |
| 5584623 |
Corner edge protector for lading |
December 17, 1996 |
| Corner edge protectors for lading tied down by a cable running over a corner edge of the lading. The protector may be formed of rigid or lightweight, distortable, shape-resuming semi-rigid durable plastic such as polyurethane. The protector is L-shaped and relatively wide so as to pr |
| 5472158 |
Dual pipe anchor |
December 5, 1995 |
| Pipe anchors for anchoring running lengths of pipe of different diameters to structural supports, particularly, for anchoring pipes in railroad cars to cross bearers or other structural supports in the cars. Each pipe anchor comprises an anchor base and a mating pipe-clamping wedge which |
| 5395079 |
Pipe anchor |
March 7, 1995 |
| Two-part pipe anchor clamps and systems for securing lengths of pipe to rigid structural supports, particularly, for anchoring air lines and other train pipes to structural members in railway car frames. Each two-part pipe anchor clamp comprising a base clamp member with means whereby it |
| 5388943 |
Cotter pin guard and retainer |
February 14, 1995 |
| A device for guarding and retaining a cotter pin in place after insertion in a pin or bolt. The device is formed from springy sheet material, preferably in the form of a spring steel stamping. It has a washer portion with a central opening to fit over a pin or bolt and a shelf portion |
| 5370344 |
Pipe anchor |
December 6, 1994 |
| Self-locking pipe anchors for anchoring pipes to structural members and particularly for anchoring air lines and other train pipes to structural members in the underframes of railway cars. Each pipe anchor includes a pair of interlocking members for clamping a length of pipe therebetween |
| 5314218 |
Hatch cover lock and hinge |
May 24, 1994 |
| A hatch cover lock with an automatic first locking mechanism for securing a removable hatch cover of a railway hopper car to the railway hopper car and secondary manually operated locking mechanism to secure the hatch cover to the hopper car in addition to the automatic first locking |
| 5182417 |
Precision delay detonator |
January 26, 1993 |
| A delay detonator for detonating an explosive charge includes a tubular member having a closed end and an open end, a primary base charge disposed in the closed end of the tubular member and capable of detonating the explosive charge when ignited, a delay train charge disposed adjacent t |
| 5152652 |
Cotter pin spreader with safety lock feature |
October 6, 1992 |
| A device for automatically spreading and locking cotter pins as they are driven into place. The device is an improvement on the cotter pin spreading devices disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 1,751,013 dated Mar. 18, 1930 and 2,345,141 dated Mar. 28, 1944. The improved devices have locking |
| 4886404 |
Support assembly with retainer |
December 12, 1989 |
| A support assembly is provided that includes a plurality of inelastic, flexible cables that are joined together by a plurality of spaced apart securement members in order to form a wedging elongated eye. An end assembly of the support assembly passes through the elongated eye in one |
| 4842459 |
Support assembly with retainer |
June 27, 1989 |
| A support assembly is provided that includes a plurality of inelastic, flexible cables that are joined together by a plurality of spaced apart securement members in order to form a wedging elongated eye. An end assembly of the support assembly passes through the elongated eye in one |
| 4519564 |
Adjustable support assembly |
May 28, 1985 |
| An adjustable support assembly is provided for suspending or otherwise attaching one article such as a conduit to another article such as a frame. The adjustable support assembly includes a pair of inelastic, flexible cables that are secured together at spaced locations by retainers |
