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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4646652 | Railroad car door bottom guide system A railroad car arranged to transport automobiles comprises a floor, a roof, a pair of spaced side walls, at least one door assembly and means for guiding the door assembly to a position adjacent a side wall to enable loading and unloading of the railroad ... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4623189 | Open sided trailer An open sided trailer construction in which a roof structure (4) is supported between front and rear frames (30,31) by a central fore and aft spine or web (5,21); the spine or web has lateral supports (8,26,27) extending either side of the web or spine wh... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4613182 | Side panel assembly A side sectional panel assembly for use on a trailer having side beams along the sides of the trailer bed. Each side panel section is hinged to the trailer by a hinge assembly pivotally connected to the side panel and removably connected to the side beam ... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4587907 | Railroad tie transport car This invention relates to a railroad car for use in transporting railroad ties. A flat bed is provided with siderails which extend upwardly along each side of the bed. Each of the siderails comprises vertically extending posts and horizontally extending r... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4526417 | Body, particularly for truck, having a back foldable sidewall A body structure, intended more particularly for trucks, comprising a lateral wall consisting of a lower part and an upper part adapted to swing up either above or below the roof, the upper part being entrained by the lower part, by means of an entraining... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4489975 | Support apparatus for a raised side panel of a truck or trailer The invention relates to a support arrangement for a truck or trailer having a stationary side wall (2) and a maneuverable side member or wing (3). In order to avoid excessive stress on the side member (3) there is provided according to the invention a su... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4437410 | Pivotal slidable vehicle end enclosure An enclosure for the end opening of a vehicle having one or more interior elevated decks includes a pair of door assemblies each comprising a plurality of pivotally joined panels. The door assemblies are suspended in a vertical manner by means of hanger a... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4348963 | Retractable bulkheads for railroad flat cars Retractable bulkheads for railroad flat cars which are normally in a vertical position spaced from one another on a railroad flat car for providing end to end supports for items stored on the flat cars is disclosed. The bulkheads are retractable to a fold... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4346929 | Truck with loading platform and body A flat roof truck is shown in which the side-wall of the truck is divided into at least two lengthwise elements that are hinged together. One of the elements also is hinged to the edge of a moveable roof element. Appropriate ropes and pulleys also are pro... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4344366 | Railway car door driver A railway house car is provided with a sliding door and door driver. The door driver includes a lock having a door mounted hasp and upper and lower bracket portions mounted on a fixed door post for common engagement with a locking pin. The lower bracket p... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4341413 | Vehicle body A vehicle body comprises a pair of swingable doors giving access to a load carrying interior of the body. To facilitate opening and closing of the doors a coupling mechanism links the doors for simultaneous counterbalanced movement.... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4324189 | Car end foldable doors locking device A locking mechanism disposed on one of the panels of foldable doors utilized in railway cars for transporting vehicles for automatically connecting the panels together when in a collapsed position.... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4318349 | Railway car end doors An auto railway car having a plurality of decks is provided with a pair of folding door structures for closing the loading end of the car. The doors are hinged on spherical bearing structures and include locking mechanisms for locking the doors in open or... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4317415 | Railway car end doors An auto railway car having a plurality of decks is provided with a pair of folding door structures for closing the loading end of the car. The doors are hinged on spherical bearing structures and include locking mechanisms for locking the doors in open or... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4317255 | Replacement wheel assembly for freight car door and method of installing A replacement wheel assembly for railroad freight car doors of the type which utilize a lever and cam arrangement in connectIon with wheels or rollers mounted on the ends of a bar that can be raised and lowered by manipulation of the lever. The replacemen... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4309054 | Wall stakes for vehicle sidewall paneling Disclosed are wall stake structures adaptable for removably implanting into flat bed trailer and truck vehicles provided with a plurality of depending pockets; laterally extending sidewall paneling is supported by the upright wall stakes. Each wall stake ... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4302044 | Transport truck with multiple access cargo carrying body An over the road truck having a hard top truck body which permits full length opening of the top for loading and unloading of cargo by overhead cranes, as well as substantially unobstructed access from the rear and either side thereof for loading by lift ... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4287833 | Auto carrier railway car A railway car for carrying autos includes a loading end having lower folding and an upper swinging door which is actuated from the lower platform of the car. The upper and lower doors are opened and closed independently to provide a complete closure for l... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4271649 | Structural panel A structural panel such as a door for a railway freight car has a lightweight core formed by two sheets of low density material e.g. balsa wood. Each sheet has bonded to one side a series of layers of glass fibre, and the sheets are bonded together in con... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4263853 | Rail car end door positioning keeper assembly A railway car having an end opening includes a swingable folding door assembly provided with a keeper mechanism carried by the door assembly and the adjacent side wall of the railway car. As the panels of the door assembly are folded from a flat, closed p... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4260046 | Power wheel for folding doors A rail car having an interior cavity and an end opening for loading and unloading lading is provided with a pair of door assemblies, each of which includes a plurality of panels, each pivotally movable with respect to the other for closing at least a port... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4240357 | Folding rail car doors A rail car having an interior cavity defined partially by vertical rail car side walls and a roof structure with an inwardly and upwardly directed portion to improve car clearance is disclosed. Access to the cavity for loading and unloading lading is thro... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4220098 | Railway car door crank actuating mechanism A rail house car with at least one opening along each of its sides. The car includes a door for closing each of the openings by movement of the doors longitudinally along the car sides and laterally into and out of the openings. Bottom and top rotating cr... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4215515 | Plug door actuating mechanism An operating rod assembly for use with a sliding plug door of a railway freight car. The operating rod extends vertically and it is connected with a manually actuated mechanism. Both the upper and lower ends of the operating rod are connected with adapter... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4180000 | Freight car door post A door post for a grain door of a freight car. The post comprises hollow two-piece metal sections forming the door edge. The sections are contoured to hold a nailing strip made either of wood or metal slotted construction. The nailing strip serves as a ba... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4178857 | Rail house car door wear skids A rail house car with side openings and doors for closing the openings by movement of the doors longitudinally along the car sides and laterally into and out of the openings. Cranks moveably support and retain the doors on longitudinal tracks below the do... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4164189 | Door assemblies for closing rail car end opening A multi-deck rail car having an interior cavity and an end opening for loading and unloading lading is provided with a pair of door assemblies, each of which includes a plurality of panels. Each door assembly is pivotally movable for closing at least a po... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4160509 | Freight car door opener A removable attachment for a powered industrial truck, such as a fork lift, used to open and close freight car doors and the like.... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4149644 | Fork lift truck attachment An attachment for a fork lift truck that facilitates opening and closing of railway freight car doors. The attachment includes a base plate which pivotally supports a push arm at each side thereof that is connected to means for providing a controlled shoc... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4144820 | Rail car closure A door designed for use in conjunction with a gate that covers the end of an enclosed rail car whose sides are sloped at the top, to cover the portion of the car end which lies between the top of the gate and the roof of the car. The top door is supported... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4112540 | Elevating and shifting railway car sliding door mechanism A mechanism for moving a sliding door of a railway car is capable of moving the sliding door between a first position in which the sliding door is supported on the body of the railway car and closes an opening in the railway car body and a second position... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4084516 | Foldable slidable vehicle end enclosure An enclosure for a vehicle end opening disposed between two side walls includes a pair of bi-fold door assemblies, each comprising inner and outer panels hingedly connected to one another with the outer edges of the innermost panel in turn hingedly connec... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4077330 | Sliding panel for an end door of a rail car An end closure for a rail car which comprises a pair of sliding doors mounted for movement between open and closed positions. One of the doors has a recess to clear a brake lever when the door is open. A panel is provided to close the recess when the door... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4064810 | Railway car door actuating apparatus A railway car door includes an operating mechanism having a pair of pipes and cranks rotatably secured to the door. By their rotation, the door is movable into and out of a door opening. The car is equipped to have internally-projecting lading restraining... | 12/27/1977 |
| 3999489 | Sliding wall arrangement for covered railroad freight cars The sliding wall includes a central wall section and two end wall sections, with the sections being co-planar in the closed state and movable, transversely of the car, out of the closing plane and into a shifting plane in which they are displaceable longi... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3996860 | Vehicle end enclosure An enclosure for a vehicle end opening formed between two side walls includes two bi-fold door assemblies each comprising inner and outer panels pivotally connected to one another and with the free edge of the outer panels in turn connected to a fixed piv... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3995563 | End door for rail cars An end closure for a rail car which comprises a pair of sliding doors. Locking mechanisms provided for securing the doors in closed position extending across the end of the rail car as well as in open and in intermediate positions. Each door moves from cl... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3938446 | Door assemblies for closing rail car end openings A rail car having an interior cavity and an end opening for loading and unloading lading. A pair of door assemblies, each of which includes a plurality of panels, each pivotally movable with respect to the other for closing at least a portion of the end o... | 02/17/1976 |
