Railway rolling stock – Special car bodies – Dumping
Patent
1978-05-04
1980-06-17
Beltran, Howard
Railway rolling stock
Special car bodies
Dumping
105282P, 105305, 222506, B61D 702, B61D 720, B61D 726
Patent
active
042078229
ABSTRACT:
In accordance with the present invention a railway hopper car unloading arrangement is provided, including at least one hopper having hopper slope sheets extending downwardly and inwardly. A standard outlet frame is attached to the inner ends of the hopper slope sheets. A removable adapter is attached to the outlet frame. The adapter includes an adapter mounting flange and a divider extending longitudinally of the car, which divides the adapter into a pair of transversely spaced adapter outlets or chutes. The adapter further includes adapter side walls and end walls, the lower ends of which define transversely spaced adapter chutes. A generally horizontally extending gate is movable between open and closed positions relative to each adapter chute. In addition, the adapter includes boot attachment means located below each adapter outlet for attachment of an unloading boot for each adapter outlet. The adapter is removable from the frame and a standard outlet may be attached to the frame with a single large discharge opening. The adapter boot attachment means may take the form of depending legs having outwardly extending attachment flanges attached to the depending legs.
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Baker Thomas B.
Zimmerle James R.
ACF Industries Incorporated
Beltran Howard
Cummings Henry W.
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