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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7195296 | Portable remote hydraulic activator An apparatus that remotely actuates a hydraulic motor of a hydraulic device including a mounting device supported by the hydraulic device; a hydraulic pump located on the mounting device for supplying pressurized fluid to the hydraulic motor; a driving device locate... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7093544 | Control device for a railroad car Pivotally mounted doors forming the floor of a railroad car are prevented from opening inadvertently through not allowing air pressure to be applied to a door opening piston until the air pressure exceeds a predetermined amount. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7055440 | Remotely operated manhole cover for a tanker A remotely operated manhole cover for a tanker or trailer is provided. The manhole cover includes a hollow neck which is welded in place in the shell of the tanker or trailer. The neck defines an opening which allows access to the interior of the tanker or trailer f... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6526339 | GPS controlled multiple source material application A GPS controlled multiple source material application or ballast spreading system includes tracking the position of a plurality of ballast hopper cars using GPS derived coordinates and controlling the opening of multiple ballast doors to spread ballast on... | 02/25/2003 |
| 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 |
| 5579593 | Railroad ballast spreading (plow) system A railroad ballast spreading system is provided for rail cars used to spread ballast about the rails. A plowshare is mounted beneath the rail car and is supported by a bracket arm connected to the rail car. A curved linkage is also connected to between th... | 12/03/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5347933 | Railway ballast cleaning machine with integrated hopper car The disclosed shoulder ballast cleaning machine with integrated hopper car is particularly designed to provide for the temporary conveyance and storage of clean ballast. The shoulder ballast cleaning machine digs up the stone ballast of the railroad bed, ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5284097 | Ballast distribution, regulation and reclaiming railroad maintenance device A railroad maintenance device distributes, regulates and reclaims ballast along a railway road bed. The device includes one or more hopper cars for transporting and depositing ballast, a regulating car including a track regulator, a shoulder regulator, an... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5237934 | End cap gate sampling device The present invention is a control device that allows an operator to partially open a gate valve found at the bottom of a railway freight car hopper in order to obtain a sample of a flowable particulate or granular product contained within the hopper but ... | 08/24/1993 |
| 4809617 | Box car A mobile apparatus arranged to store and transport bulk material comprises a box car having a frame and a box for storing and transporting the bulk material. A conveyor band arrangement for conveying the bulk material stored in the box in a conveying dire... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4033403 | Synchronizing velocity and position control The relative positions between a pair of moving objects and the velocity of one of such objects is controlled so as to synchronize the movements of the objects. Synchronization is achieved through the use of a novel sensor mechanism and a control circuit ... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4013017 | Remote railway container locking system A system for issuing instructional signals to individual cars of a train for causing actuation of a device such as a container locking device of the individual car. A plurality of instructional signal lines and a plurality of feedback lines extend through... | 03/22/1977 |
| 3981539 | Wagon door control system and dual cam therefor Apparatus for controlling the operation of dump doors of a wagon or the like, permitting the operator to set a control lever selectively in a closed or open position, with the apparatus effecting the desired selective movement of the doors and returning t... | 09/21/1976 |
