Partition sheet to side sheet connection for covered hopper cars

Details Partition sheet to side sheet connection for covered hopper cars Partition sheet to side sheet connection for covered hopper cars

1980-02-04

1981-11-24

Bertsch, Richard A.

Railway rolling stock

Car framing and structure

Freight

105409, B61D 700, B61D 1700

Patent

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043017428

ABSTRACT:
A covered railway hopper car includes a plurality of vertical partition sheets connected to the side walls of the car to form a plurality of hoppers. The connection of the vertical edges of the partition sheets to the inner surfaces of the side walls includes vertical posts of a cross-sectional configuration reducing stress concentration of the partition to prevent fracture.

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patent: 3572252 (1971-03-01), Coover et al.
patent: 3789773 (1974-02-01), McNally et al.
patent: 4246849 (1981-01-01), Gramse

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