| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5181474 |
Wood chip railway car constructed by converting a standard box car and method of conversion |
January 26, 1993 |
| A gondola rail car for hauling wood chips and the like having a pair of side walls, an end wall, a floor, an open end and an open top. A door assembly is pivotally mounted for swinging movement adjacent the open end. A ledge is provided to enhance access by an unloading vehicle. The car |
| 5060579 |
Sliding hopper outlet gate with plastic upper surface for smooth sliding and for sealing the out |
October 29, 1991 |
| A hopper with a bottom discharge slot and valving comprising plates slidably supported beneath the slot and movable between closed and open positions, said plates having a plastic flexible covering to facilitate movement in shear against the load of the particulate material bearing t |
| 4948185 |
Hatch cover assembly |
August 14, 1990 |
| The invention is of a hatch assembly that includes a hatch cover adapted to seal a hatch opening defined by a raised combing of a deck. A locking arm having a hinge end and a lacth end extends across and beyond the hatch, and has a hatch clip adjacent each end to floatingly connect the l |
| 4941695 |
Hatch cover assembly |
July 17, 1990 |
| A hatch assembly that includes a hatch cover adapted to seal a hatch opening defined by a raised combing of a deck. A locking arm having a hinge end and a latch and extends across and beyond the hatch, and has a hatch clip adjacent each end to floatingly connected the locking arm to |
| 4696237 |
Multiple hopper rail car with offset vertical weld from conversion |
September 29, 1987 |
| A covered, dual hopper car made by converting a rail car having three or more covered hoppers suitable for carrying a large volume of a relatively low density commodity, to a car having a fewer number of hoppers suitable for carrying a smaller volume of a higher density commodity. This i |
| 4696088 |
Method of converting a hopper type of rail car to accept a wider output gate |
September 29, 1987 |
| Method of converting a hopper type of rail car to accept a wider outlet gate permits existing cars which are in over-supply to be made useful. The method requires that the opposed pairs of side slope sheets of the original car, and the opposed pairs of center and end slope sheets which |
| 4695207 |
Pneumatic gate operator and outlet cap |
September 22, 1987 |
| A hopper discharge structure is provided with slope sheets defining a throat over a pneumatic outlet tube. The throat is closed by two sliding valve plates. The valve plates are moved by crank arrangements which provide an operator with varying mechanical advantage in operating the v |
| 4690070 |
Hatch cover structure |
September 1, 1987 |
| A plastic hatch cover is secured over a hatch opening by a hold-down bar extending across the hatch opening above the hatch cover. The hold-down bar has one end pivotally connected with a hinge bracket on the upper deck and another end engageable with a latch structure for sealing the ha |
| 4655365 |
Hatch cover lock |
April 7, 1987 |
| A railway hopper car has a hatch opening defined by its upper deck surface. A hatch cover is adapted to close the hatch opening. A hinge arrangement is connected with the upper deck surface and a locking arm extends from the hinge arrangement and across the hatch cover, being connected t |
| 4622902 |
Hatch cover and locking structure |
November 18, 1986 |
| The hatch of a cargo vessel, such as the hopper of a covered hopper car, is sealed by a hatch cover having a locking arrangement which prevents the hatch cover from being blown open by pressure within the hopper upon unlocking the lock. An over center locking arm has two locking detents |
| 4589346 |
Axle stop arrangement for single axle wheel truck for a skeleton type railway car |
May 20, 1986 |
| The wheel and axle assembly of a single axle wheel truck for a railway car is prevented from exceeding acceptable lateral and longitudinal movement with respect to fixed body portions of the railway car by an axle stop arrangement positioned laterally outboard of the wheel truck springs. |
| 4570807 |
Railway car underframe |
February 18, 1986 |
| A railway car underframe comprises a center sill having bell mouth draft housings at opposite ends thereof. The housings accommodate the use of drawbars or shank type couplers. With the use of a shank type coupler a draft housing extension is secured to the bell mouth housings. The h |
| 4555033 |
Slackless non-cushioned drawbar arrangement for railway car underframe |
November 26, 1985 |
| A railway car underframe center sill includes a drawbar structure which includes a rigid housing structure adapted to fit into the cushion pocket of the sill supporting the cushion. The rigid housing is readily removable if desired and includes a rigid end plate having a truncated openin |
| 4359003 |
Railway car center filler |
November 16, 1982 |
| A modular center filler for railway vehicles comprising an inverted U-shaped core member fitted between front and rear cover plates and securely attached to a bottom cover plate to which a center plate is attached. Downwardly extending legs of the core are aligned with corresponding |
| 4353314 |
Box car corner post arrangement |
October 12, 1982 |
| The subject invention relates to the corner construction of a railway car, wherein the end wall, vertical reinforcing plate, side wall corner post and side plate are arranged with associated parts in a manner permitting an assembly without rotation of the car during manufacture. |
| 4280596 |
Air brake arrangement for center sill-less hopper cars |
July 28, 1981 |
| A center sill-less hopper car is provided with a body-mounted brake arrangement using a conventional brake beam and brake system. The arrangement includes the mounting of the individual components in a manner which accommodates the operation of the discharge gates of the hopper in di |
| 4262601 |
Cam actuated railway hopper car lock mechanism |
April 21, 1981 |
| An arrangement for operating longitudinally disposed discharge door for a railway hopper vehicle includes adjacent pairs of interconnected hopper doors. The doors of each pair are connected by linkages to provide simultaneous, cooperative opening and closing movement. The inner door of |
| 4259036 |
Hopper car door locking arrangement |
March 31, 1981 |
| A hopper car door locking and unlocking arrangement includes a crank arm which is initially moved to a bail engaging position laterally outwardly of the car and then is further operated by the bail of a side of track door opening device. The crank arm moves a longitudinal actuating means |
| 4232989 |
Cam actuated railway hopper car door operating mechanism |
November 11, 1980 |
| A door operating mechanism for a bottom dump railway hopper car including a plurality of longitudinally mounted, divergently opening discharge doors held in the closed position by a plurality of longitudinally spaced claw-like latches. Each pair of transversely opposite latches includes |
| 4194450 |
Railway hopper car door operating mechanism |
March 25, 1980 |
| A door operating mechanism for a bottom dump hopper car including a plurality of transversely mounted bottom discharge gates arranged in oppositely opening pairs and operatively connected by compression struts to pendulously mounted vertical levers. The levers are movable divergently |
| 4183179 |
Sliding door and door guide arrangement for a railway passenger car compartment |
January 15, 1980 |
| A sliding door and door guide arrangement for the door opening of a railway passenger compartment including a spring biased door guide mechanism for retarding abrupt movement of the door due to car impacts during rail operations and including a threshold plate having a guide channel |
| 4181336 |
Hopper car cam lock door operating mechanism |
January 1, 1980 |
| A door lock mechanism for hopper cars includes a longitudinally extending operating rod actuated by a linkage means tripped by a track side cam. The rod in turn actuates cam locks by means of bell cranks which cause the locks to rotate and release transverse tension rods connected to doo |
| 4120412 |
Trackside door closing arrangement for railway hopper cars |
October 17, 1978 |
| A trackside door closing arrangement for closing the swinging doors of a railway hopper car includes a pair of pneumatic tires and wheels mounted on a pivot arm. The tires are interconnected for rotation in concert and during engagement with the doors, swing them inwardly to a closed |
| 4079676 |
Freight car body reinforcement |
March 21, 1978 |
| A high volume railway gondola car particularly suited for high speed rail operations including a pair of rigid elongated tension and compression braces at each end of the car which couple the corner caps of the car walls to the minimum vertical flexure portions of the car floor located |
| 3982641 |
Hopper car door actuating mechanism |
September 28, 1976 |
| A door actuating mechanism for hopper cars includes a pivoted lever moved in response to a cam situated along the track on which a railway car travels. In order to provide for proper door opening under all conditions, a secondary cam is also provided which is engaged by a cam follower wh |
| 3978997 |
Door tripping device for railway hopper car |
September 7, 1976 |
| A railway hopper car is provided with bottom discharge doors which include an opening and closing mechanism for each of the doors. The mechanism comprises a bell crank lever and linkage arrangement which in the closed position assumes an over-center lock position. The doors are initially |
| 3964399 |
Railway gondola car |
June 22, 1976 |
| A railway gondola car includes a depressed floor section with underframe cross members placed below the centersill, with the cross members extending completely across the width of the car. The opposite ends of the gondola car are provided with elevated floors and the car includes a s |
| 3951077 |
Railway hopper car door and latch actuating means |
April 20, 1976 |
| A railway hopper car having bottom dump discharge openings include a bell crank arm which is pivoted by a camming arrangement positioned adjacent to track to an opened position whereby a load is discharged. An auxiliary latch is provided which in the normal operating condition of the tra |
| 3949681 |
Motor actuated railway hopper car door mechanism |
April 13, 1976 |
| A fluid motor actuating mechanism for railway hopper car doors includes a linkage arrangement which interconnects the doors to provide for opening and closing operation in concert. The doors are supported adjacent a discharge opening and are arranged to swing outwardly to maximum degree |
