Door locking and actuating mechanism for hopper car

Details Door locking and actuating mechanism for hopper car Door locking and actuating mechanism for hopper car

1978-12-26

1980-12-02

Bertsch, Richard A.

Railway rolling stock

Special car bodies

Dumping

105247, 105280, 105286, B61D 300, B61D 700, B61D 900

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042364582

ABSTRACT:
A locking and actuating mechanism for a pair of horizontally movable hopper doors includes an arm and actuating linkage which engages a track side cam for moving the doors between open and closed positions. One of the doors includes a keeper which is engageable by a latch mechanism in the other door. The latch mechanism includes a linkage arrangement which is connected to the actuating link and arm by means of a lost motion connection.

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patent: 905569 (1908-12-01), Orenstein
patent: 941405 (1909-11-01), Carr
patent: 1909341 (1933-05-01), Galanot
patent: 3361478 (1968-01-01), Ross, Jr. et al.
patent: 3403636 (1968-10-01), Andrews
patent: 3886846 (1975-05-01), Chang et al.

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