Protective housing assembly for a tank car manway

Details Protective housing assembly for a tank car manway Protective housing assembly for a tank car manway

2006-02-17

2010-12-14

Morano, S. Joseph (Department: 3617)

Railway rolling stock

Special car bodies

Freight

C105S377070, C137S347000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07849801

ABSTRACT:
A railway tank car is provided having a manway formed in a body of the tank car. The tank car includes a manway cover plate coupled to the body of the tank car and disposed over at least a portion of the manway. A protective housing assembly is coupled to the body of the tank car and disposed around the manway cover plate. A plurality of structural supports are arranged around an outer perimeter of the protective housing assembly and are coupled to the protective housing assembly and to the body of the tank car.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Office; Office Actionfor Application No. 2,537,008; 2 pages, Mar. 24, 2010.

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