Sealing door for a rail car

Details Sealing door for a rail car Sealing door for a rail car

B - Operations, Transporting

61

D

B61D 19/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2343438

A sliding door arrangement for use on a box car, the box car having a main body and an opening on one side of the body. The sliding door arrangement comprises a rail system on the body at the opening, the rail system has a top rail and a bottom rail horizontally orientated and located at a top side and a bottom side respectively of the opening, a housing defining the door which is arranged to close upon the opening, a rail assembly coupled to the housing and connected to the rail system at a top side and a bottom side of the housing respectively such that the housing is slidably moved in a generally horizontal direction on the rail system for opening and closing the opening, a rigid frame within the housing for providing structure to the housing and a securing mechanism which is arranged to pull the door inward towards the opening for engagement thereon. The securing mechanism has at least one shaft generally vertical in orientation located within the housing on the frame and a cam within the housing on each end of the shaft having an end which is coupled to the rail assembly such that rotation of the shaft forces the door inward on the opening.

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