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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7389732 | Mechanism for selectively operating hopper doors of a railroad car A mechanism for selectively operating hopper doors of a railroad car. A fulcrum coupled to the operating cylinder includes channels within which levers can be selectively activated to open specific doors of the car, thus allowing the contents of the railcar to be se... | 06/24/2008 |
| 6899038 | Railroad hopper car discharge gate assembly A discharge gate assembly adapted to be secured in material receiving relation relative to a standard opening toward a bottom of a railroad hopper car. The gate assembly of the present invention satisfies AAR requirements and specifications and includes a rigid fram... | 05/31/2005 |
| 5829359 | Railway hopper car discharge gate assembly A discharge gate assembly for a railway hopper car that satisfies the new AAR requirements and specifications and includes a frame defining a generally rectangular discharge opening with a gate slidably mounted on the frame for endwise horizontal movement... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5584251 | Railway car outlet gate assembly with automatic lock 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 plate in the frame. An integrated rack and pinion drive moves the plate between open and closed positions on the frame.... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5448955 | Gravity outlet latching mechanism A gravity outlet (10) for discharging lading from a railway car (C). An outlet assembly attached to a discharge opening in the railcar includes an upper end attached to the opening and sidewalls (12a, 12b) and endwalls (14a, 14b) whose bottom portion defi... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5353713 | Apparatus for controlling operation of a railcar discharge gate assembly having a lost motion mechanism for unlocking the gate prior to movement An apparatus for controlling operation of a railcar discharge gate assembly including a frame defining a discharge opening with a gate slidably arranged on the frame for movement along a predetermined path of travel between open and closed positions. The ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 4843974 | Hopper car with automatic discharge door mechanism A railroad hopper car having bottom discharge doors, an elongated beam assembly along the bottom of the car, door operating levers to open and close the doors connected to the beam assembly and doors, and lost motion timing connections in the beam assembl... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4829908 | Hopper car automatic discharge door mechanism with operating lever adjustable support A railroad hopper car comprising an elongated car body having a plurality of laterally pivoted bottom discharge doors; a door opening and closing elongated beam assembly positioned longitudinal of and along the bottom portion of the car; a plurality of sp... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4766820 | Hopper car with automatic discharge door mechanism A railroad hopper car having bottom discharge doors, an elongated beam assembly along the bottom of the car, door operating levers to open and close the doors connected to the beam assembly and doors, and lost motion connections in the beam assembly which... | 08/30/1988 |
