Latch for hatch covers for railway hopper cars

Details Latch for hatch covers for railway hopper cars Latch for hatch covers for railway hopper cars

1980-02-19

1981-12-29

Bertsch, Richard A.

Railway rolling stock

Special car bodies

Freight

2922565, B61D 3900

Patent

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043076700

ABSTRACT:
A latch mechanism mounted on the roof of a hopper car is arranged to hold a pivoted hatch cover in closed position over a trough in the roof of the car and has outer and inner spaced flanges upstanding with respect to the roof with a keeper therebetween having a laterally and downwardly extending configuration at the top for latching engagement with an element of the cover and mounted for translatory and pivotal movement under the control of a lever which is pivotally mounted between the outer flange and keeper and provided with a lock to hold the handle of the lever in its hatch cover closing position.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4000703 (1977-01-01), Halliar
patent: 4021067 (1977-05-01), Nadherny
patent: 4046082 (1977-09-01), Tedesco et al.

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