B - Operations – Transporting – 61 – D
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
61
D
105/138
B61D 7/18 (2006.01) B61D 7/26 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1159310
ACTUATING AND LOCKING MEANS FOR THE HOPPER DOORS OF A RAILROAD HOPPER CAR ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A door actuating and locking means for pairs of hopper doors of a railroad hopper car of the type having a plurality of hopper doors arranged in opposed pairs and extending transversely of the hopper car center sill. The hopper doors of each pair are swingable between a downwardly depending open position and a closed position wherein their bottom edges meet in abutting relationship. Each door actuating and locking means for each opposed pair of hopper doors comprises a shaft assembly extending transversely of the hopper car between its respective opposed pair of hopper doors and through the hopper car center sill and the inner and outer hopper sheets for those hopper doors. That portion of the shaft assembly located within the center sill has an L-shaped lever structure non-rotatively mounted thereon and the lever structure is connected by links to the hopper doors of its respective pair. Either end of the shaft assembly can be engaged externally of the hopper car by means to rotate the shaft assembly and its lever structure between a door closed position and an over-center, door-closed and locked position.
378922
Ortner Freight Car Company
Smart & Biggar
LandOfFree
Actuating and locking means for the hopper doors of a... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Actuating and locking means for the hopper doors of a..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Actuating and locking means for the hopper doors of a... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFCA-PAI-O-31113