Anti-pilferage lock for box car doors

Details Anti-pilferage lock for box car doors Anti-pilferage lock for box car doors

1975-05-27

1976-09-21

Moore, Richard E.

Closure fasteners

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292DIG32, E05C 104

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039815242

ABSTRACT:
A railway box car side includes a door opening having a sliding door arrangement with a conventional hasp locking device provided at the lower portions of the door so as to be readily accessible to a person standing at track level. The door arrangement, which may be of a single or double door type, includes an anti-pilferage lock which is positioned near the upper ends of the doors so as to be relatively inaccessible except when the box car has arrived at a loading platform. The anti-pilferage lock includes a keeper positioned on one of the doors in a two door arrangement or the said keeper is positioned on the door post of the car opening in a single door arrangement. The keeper includes an outwardly projecting hook-shaped wall arrangement having a vertical recess. A latch support is positioned on one of the doors and includes a vertical guideway in which a latch device provided with an arm and slide member is slidingly positioned. The arm includes a hook-shaped end portion with a tongue slidingly engageable with a vertically extending recess provided in the keeper. The latch arm is movable from a lowered position vertically into locking position with respect to the keeper and is secured in said position by means of a conventional padlock or cable connected to locking tabs respectively provided on the latch member and keeper.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2297977 (1942-10-01), Osner
patent: 3848908 (1974-11-01), Rich

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