Coil car cover

Details Coil car cover Coil car cover

1975-06-06

1976-11-30

Sheridan, Robert G.

Railway rolling stock

Special car bodies

Freight

105367, 220 15, 220324, 292133, 296137R, B61D 3900

Patent

active

039942406

ABSTRACT:
A lightweight removable cover for railroad coil cars and the like, having a cover shell made of fiberglass reinforced plastic, with external reinforcing ribs having stacking brackets integrally formed therewith, thus permitting stacking of the covers when they are not in use on a car. A reinforcing box member around the bottom of the cover and extending outwardly from the shell cooperates with the external reinforcing ribs to protect from damage the handrails and other hardware attached to the outside of the shell. In a preferred embodiment, latches are provided for securing the cover to the car, and a centrally positioned lifting cage is connected to automatically release the latches when engaged by a lifting hook.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2329348 (1943-09-01), Honig
patent: 2977900 (1961-04-01), Farrar
patent: 3327649 (1967-06-01), Fisher et al.
patent: 3823518 (1974-07-01), Allen
patent: 3857601 (1974-12-01), Robbins

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