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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8065964 | Rail road hopper car ridge fittings A hopper car discharge section may be wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. Outflow is controlled by movable closure members. The hopper car has a plurality of hoppers of which two hoppers share a common ridge assembly. The ridge assembly forms a common mating a... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8047140 | Rail road hopper car structure A hopper car discharge section may be wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. Outflow is controlled by movable closure members. The hopper car has a plurality of hoppers of which two hoppers share a common ridge assembly. The ridge assembly forms a common mating a... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7921783 | Hopper car with lading dislodgement fittings and method of operation A hopper car discharge section may be wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. Outflow is controlled by closure members, at least one of which is movable. The closure members come together to a closed condition or position for retaining lading. When apart, in an op... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7823514 | Hopper car side construction and method A hopper car has arcuate side sheets that are bent over the forming members of the structure to give a generally outwardly bulging shape. The upper margin of the side sheet is kinked inwardly of the radius of curvature of the larger portion of the side sheet more ge... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7536957 | Flow through rail road freight car A flow through railroad freight car may include a body having a containment structure. The body may be mounted upon railcar trucks for rolling motion along railroad car tracks. The containment structure may include one or more hoppers, each of which may have inflow ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7367272 | Door position indicating mechanism for a railcar A door position indicating mechanism for use with a railroad car. The mechanism includes a shaft which extends across the longitudinal direction of the car. An offset section of the shaft has a roller which contacts a lever which is shifted by an air cylinder when o... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7261353 | Dividers for reduction of aerodynamic drag of vehicles with open cavities A drag-reduction concept for vehicles with open cavities includes dividing a cavity into smaller adjacent cavities through installation of one or more vertical dividers. The dividers may extend the full depth of the cavity or only partial depth. In either applicatio... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252039 | Ballast discharge car A ballast discharge car having at least one non-pivoting transverse conveyor disposed beneath a hopper for distributing the ballast between the rails, near the outside of the rails, and well beyond the outside of the rails in a stockpiling application. The speed, di... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7192238 | Method for loading a freight train In a method of loading several like coupled storage cars with bulk material, a first storage car is first filled with the bulk material by reducing the conveying speed mode of a bottom conveyor band in the first storage car to a bulk material storing speed mode whil... | 03/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7171907 | Drive system for a railway hopper car discharge gate A drive system for a railway hopper car discharge gate includes a door panel operated by a rack and pinion drive. The pinion teeth present a substantially cylindrical profile in a plane orthogonal to the axis of pinion rotation. The cylindrical tooth profile substan... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7152347 | Method and apparatus for applying railway ballast A method and apparatus for spreading ballast along railways makes use of an inertial measurement system to determine where to apply ballast from a hopper car. A variety of techniques can be used to determine the location and speed of the ballast spreading train, inc... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7146914 | Identity preserved container An identity preserved container for storage, transportation, and segregation of a flowable cargo is provided. The container comprises a frame supporting an enclosure with a top, bottom, side walls, front wall, and a back wall. A liner is provided and secured to an i... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7124693 | Railway car outlet gate assembly An outlet gate assembly has upper and lower gate assemblies with independent drive mechanisms to open and close the gates. The drive mechanisms may be rack and pinion drives. The racks for the lower gate do not enter the gate cavity. The outlet gate assembly can be ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6990908 | Transportation subassembly for materials destabilized in presence of destabilizing contaminants A transportation subassembly is provided for transporting a material that is destabilized in the presence of a destabilizing contaminant. The subassembly has a structural body having a cavity constructed and arranged to receive the material to be stored, a breather ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6932433 | Hopper closure assembly and method of using same A closure mechanism for a hopper bottom trailer which utilizes potential and kinetic energy of granular material in the hopper. The hopper closure assembly may have an angled member upon a gate that translates kinetic energy for moving granular material into longitu... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6865992 | Increased capacity railway car A railway car includes a first end, a second end, and a first side disposed longitudinally between the first end and the second end. The first side includes a concave portion in a generally horizontal plane of the railway car. The concave portion provides a railway ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6863086 | Unloading assembly An unloading system includes a transport for flowable product and an unloading assembly for enabling the flowable product to be removed from the transport without requiring personnel to crawl under the transport in order to connect or disconnect the transport and th... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6758147 | Ballast discharge system A cargo discharge railcar for comprising a generally rectangular base structure, a plurality of walls coupled to the base structure defining an enclosure for carrying cargo, a hopper portion coupled to the base structure, a discharge gate coupled to the hopper porti... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6745701 | Angled cargo discharge gate A basket gate mechanism, including two opposed gate segments supported at its ends by pairs of different length arms interconnected by a mechanism to coordinate the movement of the segments which are opened and closed by a double acting hydraulic cylinder simplifyin... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6637346 | Railroad hopper car gate assembly and method of operating same A railroad hopper car gate assembly is disclosed. The gate assembly includes a frame configured for attachment to a hopper body of a railroad hopper car in material receiving relation relative to an outlet on the railroad car and defines at least one disc... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6588345 | System for improving the flowability of hygroscopic materials from a hopper An apparatus and a method for improving the flowability of hygroscopic materials from a hopper wherein a desiccant containment device containing a desiccant material is located within a hopper that is used for transporting or storing granular or powdered ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6502518 | Converted multiple hopper rail car and method for making same A dual hopper rail car is converted from a three-hopper rail car. The converted rail car includes a pair of hoppers with each hopper including a discharge opening for discharging contents of the hopper. A center sill, pair of top chords, a pair of side si... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6431084 | Railroad hopper car gate assembly and method of operating same A railroad hopper car gate assembly is disclosed. The gate assembly includes a frame configured for attachment to a hopper body of a railroad hopper car in material receiving relation relative to an outlet on the railroad car and defines at least one disc... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6412421 | Gate assembly for a railroad hopper car A gate assembly for a railroad hopper car is disclosed. The gate assembly includes a frame defining a discharge opening, a slidable door mounted on the frame for movement between a closed position, wherein the door closes the discharge opening, and an ope... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6393997 | Aerator pad assembly for railway hopper cars An aerator pad assembly having an aeration pad with a number of cutouts forming a shaped perimeter, is provided. The aeration pad may include a number of supports providing which provide air flow paths between the aeration pad and an associated aeration p... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6363863 | Gate assembly for a railroad hopper car A discharge gate assembly for a railroad hopper car is disclosed. The gate assembly includes a frame defining a discharge opening and a gate or first element slidably carried on the frame for controlling the discharge of material from the hopper car throu... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6357361 | Assembly for closing a pneumatic discharge outlet An assembly for selectively closing a pneumatic discharge outlet is disclosed. Such assembly includes a closure cap which, in a closed position, fits about and partially along to cover a free end of the discharge outlet and which is movable to an open pos... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6286436 | Mobile cement laying machine A mobile cement laying machine for delivering concrete via tracks to areas which are difficult to access by truck. The mobile cement laying machine includes a carriage with a front end and a back end. A hopper is mounted to an upper side of the carriage t... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6257150 | Rapid discharge railcar door A rapid discharge railcar door consisted of a plastic main body reinforced by an aluminum frame, and which provides sufficient strength against load-bearing forces and withstands changes in temperature. The main body of the door is made from a polymer in ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6237505 | Large capacity car body for pressure discharge railway hopper cars A large capacity car body for a pressure discharge railway hopper car has a plurality of end slope plates assemblies, each having a slope sheet, and a plurality of intermediate slope sheet units, each of inverted "V" shape. The intermediate slope sheet un... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6213028 | Increased capacity railway car A railway car includes a first end, a second end, and a first side disposed longitudinally between the first end and the second end. The first side includes a concave portion in a generally horizontal plane of the railway car. The concave portion provides... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6073562 | Railway car outlet gate assembly with compact inertial latch An outlet gate assembly for a hopper type railway car includes a frame adapted to be mounted on an outlet opening in the rail car and a gate in the frame. A conventional rack and pinion opening and closing drive moves the gate between open and closed posi... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073561 | Box car for transporting bulk material A box car for transporting bulk material comprises a frame supported on undercarriages running on a track, a box supported on the frame for storing the bulk material, a bottom conveyor band arranged in the box, the bottom conveyor band being reversibly dr... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6044771 | End structure assembly for hopper car A transition section for a railway hopper car carries structural loads from an endmost hopper of the hopper car into the hopper car end structure, whence the loads are transferred to and from other cars via the coupler, and into the rail car truck. The si... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6012397 | Railway car outlet gate assembly with inertial latch An outlet gate assembly for a hopper type railway car includes a frame adapted to be mounted on an outlet opening in the rail car and a gate in the frame. A conventional rack and pinion opening and closing drive moves the gate between open and closed posi... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5983804 | Conveyor device running on rails A rail-travelling conveyor device to be advanced supported by two mutually parallel rails, comprising: a carrier frame, a load compartment substantially firmly connected with the carrier frame, said load compartment being arranged at least partly below th... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5937763 | Machine and method of distributing ballast A machine for distributing ballast on a ballast bed supporting a track comprises a machine frame supported on the track by undercarriages, the undercarriages having wheels making point contacts with the track and the contact points defining a reference pl... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5829358 | Dual durometer gasket for a railroad hopper car A gasket assembly for sealing between a gate assembly and the bottom opening of a railroad hopper car wherein the gate assembly has a peripheral flange, and a hopper car flange surrounds the bottom opening of the railroad hopper car. The gasket includes a... | 11/03/1998 |
