Loading/unloading apparatus for railroad cars

Details Loading/unloading apparatus for railroad cars Loading/unloading apparatus for railroad cars

1996-02-20

1997-05-13

Werner, Frank E.

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Wheeled, load-transporting type vehicles forming a train,...

414394, 414718, 414724, B65G 6724

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056286066

ABSTRACT:
An improved railroad car loader/unloader apparatus includes a backhoe-type machine adapted to operate atop an open top railroad car. The apparatus includes front and rear support feet and a center support beam to which are pivotally attached a pair of center support feet, one to either end of the center support beam with each of the feet contacting an upper surface of the sidewalls of the railroad car. Each center support foot is pivotable through a horizontal plane between extended support position and a retracted, stored position. In one alternative version, double action hydraulic piston and cylinder units are provided to selectively extend and retract the center support feet.

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Statement of Herzog Contracting Corp.'s "History of the Center Beam Support Development in Railroad Car Loader/Unloader" with attached drawings and photographs as exhibits thereto.

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