Patent classifications
B61D7/30
Rail Car Key Adaptor Tool
A rail car key adaptor tool made of a shank piece with width less than 1 inches is connected to another durable material piece in which one material piece is longer than the other at 90 degree on the long side. Top plate with two arms is connected to the shank piece at the edge at 90 degree. A durable triangle piece connecting the two arms next to the shank piece; and a round handle connected at both of arms of the top plate.
Rail Car Key Adaptor Tool
A rail car key adaptor tool made of a shank piece with width less than 1 inches is connected to another durable material piece in which one material piece is longer than the other at 90 degree on the long side. Top plate with two arms is connected to the shank piece at the edge at 90 degree. A durable triangle piece connecting the two arms next to the shank piece; and a round handle connected at both of arms of the top plate.
Improved Automatic Hatch System for Trough Loaded Hopper Railcars
An automated hatch system for hopper railcars having a unitary hatch; guide assemblies connecting one longitudinal side of the top of the railcar to the hatch, each guide assembly has a lower mount mounted on the lateral edge of the top of the railcar; an upper mount mounted to a lateral edge of the hatch and having rollers on its outer edges for rollable engagement with a guide, the guide extending between the lower mount and the upper mount; a drive tube slidingly engaged through the lower mount; and means for moving the drive tube longitudinally between a closed position and an open position.
Improved Automatic Hatch System for Trough Loaded Hopper Railcars
An automated hatch system for hopper railcars having a unitary hatch; guide assemblies connecting one longitudinal side of the top of the railcar to the hatch, each guide assembly has a lower mount mounted on the lateral edge of the top of the railcar; an upper mount mounted to a lateral edge of the hatch and having rollers on its outer edges for rollable engagement with a guide, the guide extending between the lower mount and the upper mount; a drive tube slidingly engaged through the lower mount; and means for moving the drive tube longitudinally between a closed position and an open position.