B - Operations – Transporting – 61 – D
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B - Operations, Transporting
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B61D 5/06 (2006.01) B61D 7/00 (2006.01) B61D 7/32 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1049327
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A railroad tank car for use in handling dry bulk commodities. The car body structure includes a pair of "V" shaped hopper sections sloping downwardly from each end of the car. The hopper sections having side walls which increase in length as they extend to- wards the center of the car. A pair of asymmetric truncated cone sections are secured adjacent to the corresponding upper edges of the hopper sections. End sections are secured adjacent the outer edges of the hopper section and the cone section. First stiffener members are secured to the outer surfaces of the hopper section. Longitudinally extending second stiffener members are secured to the first stiffener members ad- jacent the intersection between the hopper sections and the cone sections. Tie members extend transversely across the hopper sections. A plurality of longitudi- nally extending aeration conveyor trays are supported from the hopper sections defining a plenum area there- below. Air supply means are provided to direct pressurized air into the plenum area.
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