Railway rolling stock – Special car bodies – Dumping
Patent
1987-06-03
1988-08-30
Reeves, Robert B.
Railway rolling stock
Special car bodies
Dumping
105253, 105290, 1053112, 105313, 298 30, B61D 726
Patent
active
047668202
ABSTRACT:
A railroad hopper car having bottom discharge doors, an elongated beam assembly along the bottom of the car, door operating levers to open and close the doors connected to the beam assembly and doors, and lost motion connections in the beam assembly which permit displacement of beam sections to open and close pairs of doors in a sequential but substantially simultaneous and automatic order, and a pneumatic drive to move the beam in opposite directions to open and close the doors.
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Hallam Keith J.
Ritter John A.
Reeves Robert B.
Thrall Car Manufacturing Company
Williams Jr. Frank H.
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