Rail car with rotatable floor for quick loading and unloading of

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1987-10-15

1988-10-25

Reeves, Robert B.

Freight accommodation on freight carrier

Including turntable for load, e.g., for semitrailer

105455, 414387, 414401, 104 45, B61D 318, B61D 4700

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047800330

ABSTRACT:
A railroad freight car having a rotatable loading floor for transferring loads between it and a station platform. The railroad station has two platforms on opposite sides of the rail car. An edge of each platform is provided at each longitudinal end with a sloping beam which angles upwardly from the end of the platform towards its center. The lowest part of the beam, which is at the free end of the platform, is below a set of wheels carried on the chassis of the rail car. The center portion of the platform is at a height above that of these rollers. The rollers are arranged to extend laterally of the rail car and to overlie the beams. As the rail car pulls into the station, the rollers will engage the upwardly sloping part of the beams to thereby raise the chassis in relation to its wheels by virtue of extending the suspension as the car continues in its direction of movement. The chassis is, thus, brought into a suitable level to enable the loading floor to freely rotate to overlie the station platform and, thereby, enable the loading and/or unloading operations to take place.

REFERENCES:
patent: 28969 (1860-07-01), Cooley
patent: 1545890 (1925-07-01), Fowler
patent: 3916799 (1975-11-01), Smith
patent: 4425064 (1984-01-01), Walda et al.

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