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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8056485 | Rail car door closer A rail car door closer is shown for hopper type rail cars used to carry bulk commodities or materials. Cylinders provide horizontal motion to rotate an axle on which cam closers are attached thereto. The cam closers operate between a relaxed position (down position)... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7997210 | Rail car door closer system with wing closers An improved rail car door closer system is provided wherein the movement of a number of appropriately positioned closer wing plates into contact with a number of open rail car hopper doors, is accomplished with hydraulic cylinders and motors. The system incorporates... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7559283 | Rail car door closer A track mounted system for closing rail car doors that enables the simultaneous closing of multiple car doors. After hopper car contents such as aggregate or coal are unloaded, the doors are closed in pairs by semi-automated door closing arms that are positioned on ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7381023 | Conveyer system for rail-car unloading apparatus and method A method and apparatus for providing a conveyer system configured to move material dumped from a rail-car positioned over fixed rails of a railroad track. The conveyer system includes a frame structure, at least one first conveyer belt system and at least one second... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7305923 | Universal boxcar with exterior metal surfaces A universal boxcar is provided with exterior metal surfaces and load carrying capabilities of a conventional uninsulated boxcar and thermal transfer ratings of an insulated boxcar. The boxcar may be formed with interior dimensions corresponding generally with interi... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7261044 | Boxcar with load restraint system A boxcar and load restraint system are provided with improved load carrying capabilities and performance characteristics of uninsulated boxcars and insulated boxcars. An insulated boxcar with the load restraint system may have increased load carrying capacity, incre... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252309 | Containerised handling of bulk materials and apparatus therefor A freight container (10) has a base (20) or a portion thereof that can be opened to discharge its contents. This container (10) has a top which can be opened in similar manner as the base. Another container having at least one compartment, each ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7210413 | Universal boxcar A universal boxcar is provided with load carrying capabilities of a conventional uninsulated boxcar and temperature ratings of an insulated boxcar. The insulated boxcar may be formed with interior dimensions corresponding generally with interior dimensions of an uni... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7178464 | Rail car door closer A track mounted system for closing rail car doors that enables the simultaneous closing of multiple car doors. After hopper car contents such as aggregate or coal are unloaded, the doors are closed in pairs by semi-automated door closing arms that are positioned on ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178465 | Trackside railcar door opener and closer An automated and semi-automated trackside railcar door opener and closer for use with railcar doors located on or near the bottom of the railcar including a tool carriage, a controller and a support substantially parallel to a railroad track. A railcar door opener i... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7080598 | Railway hopper car with longitudinal discharge openings A railcar with longitudinal discharge openings is disclosed. In one embodiment, the railcar includes an underframe, a pair of sidewall assemblies and a hopper formed between the sidewall assemblies. The underframe has a center sill and a pair of side sills. The cent... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7063022 | Trackside railcar door opener and closer An automated and semi-automated trackside railcar door opener and closer for use with railcar doors located on or near the bottom of the railcar including a tool carriage, a controller and a support substantially parallel to a railroad track. A railcar door opener i... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7051661 | Railcar with discharge control system A railcar with discharge control system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a railway car includes an underframe and at least one hopper for transporting lading. The railway car further including the underframe including a center sill which defines in part a longitudin... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6907360 | Closure measuring system A closure measuring system for measuring operable specifications of a door panel of an automotive vehicle. The closure measuring system includes a data sensing device adapted to be removably attached to the door panel on the vehicle for sensing and measuring a plura... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6886473 | Rail car door closer A rail car door closer is provided and includes a movable base having a rotatable member rotationally disposed thereon. The movable base is coupled to a drive system configured to translate the movable base along a rail or a track disposed adjacent a railroad track ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6883758 | Reed relay for remote magnetic operation of model trains An apparatus for performing a function on a model train car on a track includes an electrically operated mechanism mounted on the car for performing a function on the car. A reed switch is operatively connected to the mechanism for activating the mechanism. The reed... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6227123 | Railroad car pick-up shoe A wayside electrical pick-up shoe for operating the discharge, or the like, of a railcar includes a spring biased electrical contact pivotally attached to a base plate with a mechanism for electrically insulating the base plate from the electrical contact... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6092471 | Curved rail cover actuator An actuator automatically opens and closes the covers of a railroad hopper car as the car enters a loading/unloading station. The opening actuator includes a support frame disposed along a railroad track at the station that extends upwardly above the rail... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5967349 | Spring tab shim support in rotary shank coupler A coupler is provided for a railroad rotary dump car. The coupler comprises a coupler housing, a coupler head, a buff loading shim, and as most preferred, a plurality of spring tabs, and spring tab fasteners. The coupler housing defines a coupler cavity w... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5657700 | Railroad hopper car with ballast distributing blades and remote control system A ballast distributing railroad car has a number of ballast hoppers, each with a selectively operable hopper discharge control member which is operable to selectively drop material from the respective hopper either inside of or outside of the rails of a r... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5470186 | System for discharge of bulk materials from vehicles A system for operating hopper doors 14, 16 in a bulk transport vehicle comprises linkages 34, 36, 38, 40 forming an over-center locking arrangement and separate opening and closing trip levers 24, 50 attached to an operating shaft 30. The trip levers 24, ... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5448954 | Discharge hopper A discharge hopper rail car (10) comprises a hopper body (14) mounted on a chassis (12) which is itself supported on flanged wheels (20). The body (14) includes a discharge opening in a lower part thereof and a door structure (16) pivotally mounted on the... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5423268 | Railroad hopper car with ballast distributing blade and hopper door and blade control apparatus and method A ballast distributing railroad car has a number of ballast hoppers, each with a selectively operable hopper door. The railroad car also has a pair of ballast distributing blades pivotally attached beneath it, one at either end of the car, with the blades... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5419262 | Railroad hopper car door closer A closer for hopper car doors including a supporting frame structure associated with the rails on which a series of hopper cars are rollingly supported together with power actuated devices that will pivot the hopper car doors from a generally vertical, do... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5359942 | Remote control positioning system for controlling hopper doors A positioning system for remote operation of hopper doors of a railway car is provided including a radio frequency controller and a hydraulic drive system. The positioning system for each hopper car is supplied with pneumatic power from the locomotive. Pn... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5311822 | Ballast hopper door control apparatus and method with independently and selectively actuated motors in response to uniquely coded signals A ballast hopper car door control apparatus and method for controlling a pivoting hopper discharge control member on a railroad ballast car or the like, includes a drive shaft extending through the discharge control member at the pivot point. A transmissi... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5178073 | Open top tipping rail vehicle with side projection progressively engaging formations at dump site for rotating body 360 degrees and dumping load This invention relates to a tipping rail vehicle including a wheeled frame and an open topped container body. It includes a connector pivotally connecting the body to the frame for rotation of the body at least partially about the pivot axis of the connec... | 01/12/1993 |
| 4888855 | Gondola for the transport of animals to be slaughtered, preferably hogs, in an anaesthesia system A goldola for the transport of animals to be slaughtered, preferably hogs, in an anaesthesia system, said gondola (9) comprising two end gables including an outer end gable (10) and an inner end gable (11). The inner end gable (11) is permanently fastened... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4740130 | Hopper A bottom discharge hopper the body of which is elevated at a tip by ramps so that doors on the underside of the body, which are secured thereto by links and which are pivotally fixed to upstanding structure on the chassis, open outwardly and downwardly to... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4693661 | Connecting elevator A connecting elevator for serving, handling or working units which operate on mine benches of different level, comprises a supporting structure carrying a hoisting equipment and being supported, at least at its upper end for travelling on a bench, with th... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4550665 | Bottom discharge hopper structures A hopper car in which the body has vertical end walls and side walls each comprising a sloping lower portion and a vertical upper portion. The two sloping lower portions converge downwardly and their horizontal lower edges define a discharge opening. One ... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4492509 | Object-conveying box, and object-sorting machine equipped with such boxes A box formed by a set of walls closed by a pivoting bottom which is openable so that the object which it carries falls vertically in the ejection zone to be collected in a receptacle. The walls are extended below the bottom so that the pivoting operation ... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4480954 | Bottom dump arrangement A bottom dump arrangement attached to a body which provides a goods-holding space, the body resting on an undercarriage and including at least one pair of adjacent doors having remote edges, the doors being pivotally attached at their remote edges for swi... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4453871 | Goods wagon unloading mechanism An unloading mechanism for a goods wagon having a container with a cylindrical bottom and rotatably carried at its ends in bearings on bogies comprises an arcuate guide affixed to the container and extending on the underside around the cylindrical bottom ... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4358238 | Collection, storage and disposal system for refuse, trash or any other applicable materials A train of tandem arranged, wheeled, refuse receptacles, pulled by a prime mover along a path, are successively moved over a dump chute to drop their contents when their discharge doors are successively tripped, the contents falling downwardly through the... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4353312 | Bottom discharge hopper rail car A bottom discharge hopper rail car has a hopper body mounted on a chassis which is itself supported on flanged wheels. The body has a pair of downwardly converging, laterally spaced side walls with longitudinally extending lower edges which border a disch... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4351243 | Pivoted railway hopper car door latch A hopper car structure having a hopper body with a discharge opening at the bottom. A pivotally hung door having an arcuate base plate normally closes said opening and an arm is pivotally mounted on the door. A roller is carried by the arm on its free end... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4339222 | Door locking mechanism for hopper car doors A door locking mechanism for a hopper door includes a latch arrangement which is incorporated into a door closure mechanism activated by a side-of-track camming mechanism. The arrangement includes an actuating device responsive to car wheel engagement and... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4337707 | Railway hopper car bogie A rail vehicle is disclosed which includes a bottom discharge hopper supported on an elongated, rectangular base frame. A bogie frame is provided beneath the base frame at each end thereof, the bogie frames carrying the vehicle wheels. Each bogie frame co... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4329106 | Hopper car discharge gate operating mechanism A hopper car discharge gate operating mechanism providing a toggle or over center linkage mechanism with one link having a roller extending outwardly of the hopper vehicle and engageable with a trackside operating cam for opening and closing the hopper ga... | 05/11/1982 |
