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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166891 | Manway gasket A gasket for a railroad car manway nozzle and cover includes an inner leg portion and an outer leg portion joined by a generally planar annular body portion defining an upper annular cover sealing surface and a lower annular nozzle body sealing surface. Concentric a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7878124 | Semi-rigid railcar cover A cover for open top railcars may be alternatively locked into place over the railcar top opening, or rotated on hinges to either side of the railcar to provide access to the entire top of the railcar. The cover may be compressed against either side of the railcar t... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7264296 | Feed truck compartment lid control system A feed truck compartment lid control system. The system includes coupled feed compartment lids on an upper surface of a feed truck trailer and includes cylinders in proximity of the lids such that the cylinders require much less force and power, and thus much less a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7216919 | Vehicle-mounted covered sander apparatus A vehicle-mounted, covered container apparatus includes a container member, a telescopic collapsible cover assembly, and container-to-cover attachment means connected between the container member and the telescopic collapsible cover assembly. The container member ca... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7114909 | Trailer-tilting, load-discharge apparatus and method A trailer unloading system anchors one or more trailers to a deck, with, or without tractor attached. The sides of the trailers are free to pivot from a top, longitudinal, pivot axis once unlatched from the edge of the trailer floor. The deck tilts the trailers side... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6296135 | Vent-on-demand hatch cover A vent-on-demand hatch cover for closing a hatch opening of a compartment in a railcar, and particularly a hopper car, wherein the car is provided with a coaming that defines the opening. The cover includes a peripheral opening for taking in the outside a... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6250233 | Slidable cover assembly for gondola railroad car An extendable and retractable cover for use on gondola railroad cars, preferably provided as a kit for retrofitting existing cars, including elongated runners for attaching to the top of longitudinal walls of the gondola railroad cars, the runners includi... | 06/26/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5967358 | Tank filling and pressure relief assembly A tank filling and pressure relief assembly. A cover member has a seat for sealingly closing the tank opening. A stem is attached at one end to a piston in a cylinder (which is attached to the cover member and extends downwardly therefrom into the tank) a... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5782277 | Contamination-free freighting and storing system for containerized bulk goods and operative mechanism thereof A contamination-free freight and storing system for containerized bulk goods adapted to the freight and storage of granular or powdered goods, comprises an improved container satisfying ISO standard, an unloading tank with a top opening, a lifting device ... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5664503 | Container for linear motor driven transport system A linear motor driven transport system of an improved design is presented. The conventional roller configuration for holding the transport vehicle on the rail track has been replaced with a spring-loaded design so as to maintain the contact between the ro... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5622116 | Coil transport trailer A trailer (100) is provided that transports coils (20) in a trough formed by at least one pair of longitudinally extending spaced-apart support members (8,8') that extend upwardly away from each other towards the bed plane (BP) of trailer (100) such that ... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5355808 | Battenless railcar hatch cover assembly A battenless hatch cover assembly for railcars. The assembly includes a series of hatch covers aligned end to end to cover an opening in a railcar. Each of the hatch covers is hinged along one side to the railcar, with this one side being common among the... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5336027 | Vehicle for carrying coiled rolls A trailer assembly designed to transport rolls of rolled material, such as rolls of coiled steel. The assembly comprises a floor pan, one or more bunks, each of which comprises two opposed inclined members of a size and configuration to hold the roll off ... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5190341 | Rigid cover assembly for open top box body A rigid cover assembly for use on an open top box body is particularly adapted for trucks carrying loose goods. The cover assembly has an arched shape lid within which are located tilted piston devices for pivoting the cover assembly over the box body. Th... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5140911 | Coal dust containment A car shaker for use particularly on a rail type hopper car. At least one closure and preferably a plurality thereof is provided to preclude or minimize the amount of dust which results from a dust carrying cargo being discharged. The at least one closure... | 08/25/1992 |
| 4986707 | Railroad freight car The invention relates to a railroad freight car having hoods covering the freight room which slide over each other and lie in one plane in the closed position. The hoods are liftable, swivelable and can be put down on rollers which engage rails by means o... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4613174 | Reversible latching hinge A reversible latching hinge for the roof of a container such as a railway car which is adapted to be inverted to a discharging position. The latching hinge allows the roof to pivot away automatically from the opening of the container during inversion. The... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4585267 | Top cover panel for a container A cover arrangement for a truck box is provided by a pair of rigid cover panels which extend along the length of the truck box and meet at the center line. The cover panels are pivotally movable from the closed abutting position to an open position alongs... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4585266 | Manure spreader having shiftable cover A shiftable cover for a manure spreader is provided that is easily shiftable between a closed position wherein the spillage of liquid and semiliquid manure from the spreader is inhibited, to an open position which allows for the direct top loading of the ... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4177736 | Mechanically and weldingly secured bracket A reinforcing member for inhibiting failure caused by metal fatigue in the walls of the hatch coaming in a covered hopper car. The reinforcing member utilizes the combination of a weld and a mechanical connection to provide a reinforcement which effective... | 12/11/1979 |
