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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7255376 | Pressure sensing dead bolt An apparatus, system and method including a latching device for displaceably retaining a panel relative to a frame. The latching device includes at least a bolt which is carried on the latching device and is operatively associated with the panel to prevent disengage... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7063226 | Fuel tank with lid A fuel tank with an opening, on which a lid is mounted in a removable manner by means of thread or bayonet, is intended to provide a sustained and sealed closure under all conditions. For this purpose, two sealing rings are arranged between the sealing surfaces, the... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6827025 | Hatch cover for a railroad hopper car A hatch cover adapted to be positioned over and close a hatch opening on a railroad hopper car. The hatch cover includes a rigid panel sized to cover the hopper car hatch opening. The panel for the hatch cover includes an inner skin, an outer skin, and a core materi... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6532877 | Railroad car roof panel and skylight assembly A railroad car roof panel and skylight assembly. The assembly includes a rectangular metal roof panel. A pair of corrugations are formed in the roof panel with the corrugations extending longitudinally of the roof panel and spaced apart from one another t... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6439132 | Steel coil railroad car with a cover having a gasket A gasket for a steel coil railroad car wherein the gasket is contained within a U-shaped channel in the coil cover. The gasket includes a base which has a mediate section which joins opposite flanges and a bulbous portion which defines a volume. The bulbo... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6286438 | Baffle plate assembly A baffle plate assembly for reducing the amount of corrosive liquid contained within a railroad car from contacting a pressure relief valve connected to the railroad car. The baffle plate assembly includes a baffle body having one end connected to an uppe... | 09/11/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6050199 | Hatch cover sealing device A sealing device for a hatch cover closing a hatch on a railcar, wherein the hatch cover includes a pocket for receiving a gasket, and the pocket includes projections mating with recesses on the gasket or projections on the gasket mating with recesses in ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5794539 | Moisture barrier filter seal for hopper rail car hatches A moisture barrier seal for use on a hopper car hatch opening that does not need to be removed before vacuum unloading of the hopper car due to the use of a grained plastic such as vertically drawn or cast polyethylene which will rupture as soon as the se... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5682823 | Removable insulated cover and method for transporting hot oversized steel ingots A removable cover for encasing freight having an oversized portion of freight positioned on a bed of a freight car is shown including an interior insulated space for encasing the freight, openings through which the oversized portion of freight extends, an... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5678827 | Tank car manway gasket A gasket for railroad car manways or hatches is mounted on the top of a loading nozzle. The gasket is a ring having an inverted J-shaped cross section. It is held in position by a long down leg and a short leg. The legs are joined by a bail. The junction ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5644990 | Railroad car hatch cover A railroad car hatch cover assembly includes a ring which defines a car body opening. There is a peripheral seal attached to the ring. A hatch cover is hinged to the ring and closes upon the ring and seal to close the car body opening. There is a lock ass... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5628254 | Moisture barrier, filter seal for hopper rail car hatches A moisture barrier seal for use on a hopper car hatch opening that does not need to be removed before vacuum unloading of the hopper car due to the use of a grained plastic such as vertically drawn or cast polyethylene which will rupture as soon as the se... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5622117 | Hatch cover having a removable gasket A hatch cover for railroad car hatch openings has a body member with inner and outer depending circular flanges. The flanges are located so as to span the loading nozzle or coaming of the hatch. The flanges and body portion define a three-sided pocket bet... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5517925 | Railroad car hatch cover system A hatch cover system for a railroad car employs a longitudinally extending series of end-to-end main hatch covers wherein each adjacent pair of covers has proximate, concave ends defining a circular port that permits access to the interior of the car when... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5488911 | Compactable self-ejecting refuse car A structurally reinforced railroad car is provided which interfaces with the output of a typical refuse compactor and is capable of being thus forcibly filled with compacted refuse which efficiently fills and conforms to the interior, making maximum volum... | 02/06/1996 |
| 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 |
| 4821648 | Hopper car cover A cover for closing the opening of a railroad hopper car which is adapted to be hingedly coupled to the car is the subject of the invention. The cover is constructed so as to provide a degree of flexibility which increases the ability of the cover to with... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4796538 | Hold down bar for rail car hatch covers A hold down bar for securing adjacent hatch covers of a hopper car and for further sealing the gap that exists between those covers includes a latch arm formed from spring steel in the configuration of an inverted U so as to have a generally straight midp... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4601245 | Holddown bar for a hatch cover of a railroad car A holddown bar for a hatch cover of a railroad car or the like and a railroad car utilizing such a holddown bar are provided, the holddown bar having opposed sides and opposed ends one of which is adapted to be pivotally mounted to the car and the other o... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4594949 | Holddown bar for a hatch cover of a railroad car A holddown bar for a hatch cover of a railroad car, the holddown bar having opposed ends one of which is adapted to be pivotally mounted to the car and the other of which is adapted to be releasably latched to the car while a medial portion thereof interm... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4543888 | Convertible hopper car A convertible railway hopper car has parallel longitudinal beams defining the sides of a hatchway for filling the car with granular material from a spout, and hinged on the upper margins of the car sidewalls are cargo cover members which may occupy elevat... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4543889 | Hatch cover seal assembly A cover for hopper car hatch openings as provided by railroad car and freight handling equipment. Each hatch opening is provided with a peripherial seal located out of and beneath the hatch opening and a pressure releasing latch for securing the cover aga... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4452150 | Hopper car hatch cover A trough hatch cover system employing one or more cover units pivotally mounted on a hopper car by hinge straps. The one or more cover units are formed with a corrugated panel having an end extrusion mounted at each end. The end extrusion strengthens the ... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4378742 | Hold down bar for hopper car hatch covers An insert for a hold down bar which serves to hold down adjacent hatch covers of a railroad hopper car. The hold down bar includes an inverted channel, and the insert includes a rigid bar which carries a resilient gasket. The bar can be bolted in the chan... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4307670 | Latch for hatch covers for railway hopper cars A latch mechanism mounted on the roof of a hopper car is arranged to hold a pivoted hatch cover in closed position over a trough in the roof of the car and has outer and inner spaced flanges upstanding with respect to the roof with a keeper therebetween h... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4245565 | Cambered hatch cover seal arrangement A trough hatch cover for a covered railway hopper car including an easily replaceable longitudinally convergently tapered elastomeric seal reactive therewith to form a weather-tight seal about the periphery of the hatch when secured by clamps at opposite ... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4239008 | Lightweight railway car hatch cover A set of hinged covers adapted to sealably close the rectangular hatch on the roof of a railway hopper car having a coaming running along the hatch perimeter. Each cover has a vaulted formation to shed water, the long edges of the cover being rolled to de... | 12/16/1980 |
| 3951447 | Trailer top with lifting and mounting means A rigid cover mountable to the top of a trailer vehicle with means provided for the lifting of the cover from the vehicle and means provided for securing the cover to the vehicle. The cover includes a plurality of interconnected rigid panels which rest at... | 04/20/1976 |