Freight accommodation on freight carrier – Including turntable for load – e.g. – for semitrailer
Patent
1987-09-30
1988-10-11
Reeves, Robert B.
Freight accommodation on freight carrier
Including turntable for load, e.g., for semitrailer
104 45, 104 47, 104 37, 105455, B61J 100
Patent
active
047767359
ABSTRACT:
A railroad flat car having a rotatable loading floor for transferring loads between it and a platform. A sleeve is provided in the rotatable loading floor which slidably receives a beam coupled to the chassis. The beam is extended into the sleeve to secure the loading floor in its stowed position during travel. The beam abuts against a steel plate in the sleeve to provide a solid buffer against horizontal motion of the rotatable loading floor along its longitudinal axis, the beam and sleeve also stiffen the rail car to minimize sagging under heavy loads. The end of the loading floor has a pinion gear which meshes with a toothed rack on the chassis. A motor turns the pinion gear to swing the rotatable loading floor into position.
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Walda Benne F.
Walda Fedde
Walda Nanne M.
Reeves Robert B.
Stormer Russell D.
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