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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4599948 | Railway hopper gate locking assembly In accordance with the present invention a locking member is integrally connected to a transversely extending operating shaft. A handle is preferably provided on at least one end of the operating shaft. A locking lug and a tripping element are integrally ... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4498400 | Hopper slope sheet support and connecting means Large metal plates (120) located on each side of a railway hopper car are used to connect the hopper slope sheets (102, 104) to the car body sides (16) and longitudinally extending side sills (112). The large plates are generally "U" shaped and include le... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4497258 | Transverse bulkhead connection to filament wound vehicle body sides Bulkhead supports (18) are integrally connected to opposite side portions of a filament wound hopper car body (16). The bulkhead supports include longitudinally spaced extensions (20, 22) extending inwardly from the car body sides. The transverse bulkhead... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4489814 | Hand brake arrangement In accordance with the present invention, a hand brake assembly (300) is mounted adjacent one end of a first car or articulated unit (303). A force dividing assembly (306) is provided on the first car, which divides the applied hand brake into a first (31... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4479567 | Vertical railway car air brake system For application to railway cars having limited available transverse space for the brake system, a system of vertically extending brake levers and longitudinally extending brake rods is used to apply the air brake force to wheels located at opposite ends o... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4477055 | Valve seat for ball valves A ball valve structure (10) having a valve seat assembly (46) positioned in annular seat pockets located in a flow passage (14) on opposed sides of a ball valve member (18). Each valve seat assembly is mounted for limited longitudinal movement toward and ... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4474203 | Valve with pressure energized back seat sealing means A valve having a back-sealing capability provided by a pressure energizable sealing assembly which becomes operative independently of valve stem movement and valve element position for sealing between the valve casing (10, 22) and the valve stem (21) in t... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4468039 | Packing ring cartridge with adjusting screws A pressure energizable packing assembly (47) for sealing the stem and valve body of a high pressure valve. The assembly comprises one or more sets (60, 61) of packing rings (62) which are adapted to be compressed between a pair of retainer rings (64, 65) ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4466356 | Full diameter head shield construction for railway tank car A tank car head shield is generally arcuate and is located outboard of the tank. The shield extends upwardly from the center sill to the top portion of the tank and outwardly to protect the entire tank head. A head shield anchor extends generally horizont... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4466558 | Aerator control arrangement A control arrangement is provided to control discharges of compressed gas to vessels containing difficult to unload material comprising one or more control valves connected in operative relation to discharge valves operative to discharge compressed gas fr... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4463827 | Adjustable handhold In accordance with the present invention a handhold (10) is provided including a base handhold member (12) including a first fastening flange portion (16) and a longitudinally extending rod portion (14). The length of the longitudinal portion is sufficien... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4463723 | Apparatus for controllably opening a carburetor choke valve Apparatus (1) for controllably opening the choke valve (V) of a carburetor (C). An actuator (3) is supplied signal elements of an electrical command signal. The actuator is responsive to the command signal elements to move a choke shaft (S) and open the c... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4456220 | Nozzle assembly for top operating rod In accordance with the present invention, an operating rod attached to a bottom outlet valve passes through a nozzle assembly connected to the tank top. The nozzle assembly includes a hollow cylindrical housing for the operating rod and means to seal the ... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4455110 | High volume railway hopper car In a railway hopper car the void space previously provided between the slope sheets of adjacent hoppers is eliminated except for a small area in the longitudinal center of the car. Transversely spaced hopper slope sheets extend downwardly to an outlet mou... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4453192 | Protective device for three phase inductances In accordance with the present invention a three phase voltage sensor senses the presence of all three phases of the voltage to be applied to a three phase inductance. If all three phases are present, a gate member such as a triac or quadrac remains in th... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4447039 | Bottom operable tank car valve having external rotation stop To provide a railway tank car mounting flange which does not extend more than one (1) inch below the tank bottom, fixed stops to prevent rotation of the valve closure during movement between open and closed positions, and fixed stops which determine the a... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4441431 | Railway hatch cover and strap safety tab latching assembly A pivoting hatch cover and strap assembly has an overcenter latch assembly which is pivotably mounted upon the car roof at a location opposite the common hatch cover and strap pivot axis. This latch assembly includes a bifurcated overcenter locking handle... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4440380 | Wedgeball valve At least one ball valve segment is located within a partial valve cage mounted within a tank. The cage is integral with a valve housing removably mounted within a tank mounting flange. The housing includes an inclined sealing surface which the ball valve ... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4440379 | Bottom operator for top operated bottom installed tank car valve assembly In accordance with the present invention, an unloading assembly for a top operated lading valve is disclosed. The unloading assembly includes means for connecting an unloading outlet chamber to the existing depending valve outlet chamber of the lading val... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4436279 | Stem connection for gate valve A reciprocating gate valve having an adjustable low stress stem connection structure (70) for connecting an operating stem (42) to a gate member (24). The connection structure includes a stem extension (78) formed on the bottom end of the operating stem (... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4431162 | Low profile cone valve assembly In accordance with the present invention, a container outlet valve assembly (10) is provided including a generally cone-shaped housing (12) extending upwardly into the container, and including radially spaced openings (14) in the housing for lading to flo... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4428585 | Permeable membrane seal assembly A permeable membrane seal (10) includes a body portion (12) made of elastomeric material. The body portion includes an elongated slot (18) to receive a permeable membrane (20). The membrane is held in place with stitches of thread (22) sewn at about 90° ... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4422532 | Hand brake mechanism including force dividing assembly A railroad car (12) has a set (B1) of brakes acting on wheels (W1) at one end of the car and a set (B2) of brakes acting on wheels (W2) at the opposite end of the car. A mechanism (38) for applying a brake force produced by operation of a hand brake (HB) ... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4422473 | Tank ball valve having depending sleeve and handle attached to the sleeve In a tank ball valve assembly the ball valve includes a hollow depending sleeve which extends below the tank bottom. A handle is attached to the sleeve to rotate the ball valve between open and closed positions. An outlet chamber surrounds the sleeve and ... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4408771 | High pressure sealing connection with metal seal A high pressure sealing connection for sealing between connected coaxially aligned members (22, 10). The connection comprises a metallic sealing ring (40) having annular end surfaces (52, 53) adjacent each end and tapering outwardly therefrom. The ring at... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4407514 | Wellhead casing packing support A packing support assembly (10) which is sleeved about a well casing ("C"), or the like, and secured thereto without the need for piercing the casing wall or welding thereto. The support assembly (10) comprises a support ring (12) which is sleeved about t... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4407617 | Combination manual and automatic unlocking mechanism for trailer hitch head In accordance with the present invention a lock block link 34 has a first end 36 connected to a trailer hitch bumper block 22 and a second end 40 which engages a lock block 46 which holds the hitch jaws 16 in closed position. The lock block link 34 is sup... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4407516 | Pressure energized sealing connection with annular seal ring A pressure energizable sealing connection for establishing a bore seal between first and second coaxially aligned and connected members (22, 10) having opposed internal recesses forming seat pockets at their adjoining ends. The invention comprises a seali... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4406303 | Gate valve with position indicator The invention relates to a gate valve (10) having both visual and electrical position indicating means for signalling when the valve is in the fully open and fully closed conditions. A position indicator housing (50) on the valve body (11) receives and ac... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4405168 | Clamping assembly for lifting heavy objects having a bulbous engagement portion The clamping assembly includes a pair of clamping arms extending outwardly from a clamp base portion. Each arm includes a cutaway portion to receive the bulbous engagement portion of the article to be lifted and a front gripping portion to engage and grip... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4401292 | Valve seat structure A seat assembly for an expanding gate valve comprising an outer loose fitting main ring (31) with a resilient face seal (41) for sealing against an expanding gate assembly which is mounted in a valve chamber (11) and an inner auxiliary ring (44) fitting l... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4398557 | Combination vacuum relief valve and pressure relief valve A combination vacuum relief valve and pressure relief valve assembly includes a top cover plate which is movable vertically to vent a predetermined pressure in the tank above atmospheric. The top cover plate is resiliently mounted with springs which resil... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4397444 | Tank car bottom outlet valve having combination ring and valve seat In accordance with the present invention a tank car bottom outlet mounting flange is provided with a stepped valve seat slot to receive a contained valve seat member. The valve seat is provided with an upper internal valve seat portion to receive a valve ... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4397594 | Collapsible trailer hitch bumper block assembly A tractor operated hitch is provided including a vertical strut and a diagonal strut, each connected to the hitch head and which provide the sole support for the hitch head. A bumper block assembly is pivotably mounted about the hitch head which depends f... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4397591 | Pneumatic outlet control valve In accordance with the present invention, in a pneumatic outlet a discharge tube is attached to sloped outlet walls having lips at their lower inner edges. A rotatable control valve is located within the discharge tube. The control valve is provided with ... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4393889 | Fire-safe valve structure A fire-safe valve structure for a valve of the type having a valve body with a flow passage (18, 20) therethrough and a valve chamber which houses a valve element (70) for opening and closing the flow passage, the valve chamber becoming sealed off from th... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4394195 | Cooling of center plate to avoid softening In accordance with the invention, an insulating box (32) is applied to the depending portion (28) of the center plate (24) of a railway freight car. This box is provided with external insulation (27) and a cooling medium such as air or water is passed thr... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4394002 | Mounting flange for wafersphere bottom outlet valve In accordance with the present invention a tank bottom (12) is provided with a lading opening (14) therein. A mounting flange (16) is mounted within this opening. This mounting flange includes a tapered portion (18, 18') extending longitudinally on either... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4392575 | Swivel assembly for end cock In accordance with the present invention, a swivel fitting is used to connect the glad hand to the rigid portion of the brake system on the car. The swivel fitting includes a freely rotatable swivel extension which extends through an opening in a support ... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4384726 | Expandable lubricating packing assembly for wellheads A packing assembly (10) for sealing the annulus between concentric tubular members (12, 14). The assembly (10) includes upper and lower sealing ring assemblies (31, 32) on each side of a lantern ring (33), and upper and lower retainer rings (36, 35) locat... | 05/24/1983 |
