Railway rolling stock – Special car bodies – Freight
Patent
1987-08-06
1991-08-13
Bertsch, Richard A.
Railway rolling stock
Special car bodies
Freight
105422, B61D 1710
Patent
active
050386875
ABSTRACT:
A multipurpose railroad freight car suitable for carrying either bulk freight or granular freight. The floor of the freight car comprises a pair of opposed, reversible conveyors. Also disclosed is a transverse wiper bar to guide the granular freight along the floor of the freight car to a central discharge chute.
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Brochure--"Keith Walking Floor"--Nov., 1984.
Brown James T.
St. Laurent Donat L.
Bertsch Richard A.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Iverson John I.
Szczecina Jr. Eugene L.
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