Railway rolling stock – Special car bodies – Dumping
Patent
1981-10-09
1984-11-27
Beltran, Howard
Railway rolling stock
Special car bodies
Dumping
105358, 105377, 105409, B61D 500, B61D 700, B61D 1708
Patent
active
044845286
ABSTRACT:
A covered railway hopper car includes side walls comprising upper arcuate side sheet and lower flat inclined side sheet portions. The upper edge of the flat side sheet is bent to form a longeron which extends intermediate the height of the side wall and which is attached adjacent the lower edge of the arcuate side wall. A side sill extends longitudinally on the exterior of the flat side sheet to form, together with the longeron, reinforcement for the side walls. The car also includes an end structure comprising a vertical plate extending upwardly into support of the end slope walls of the car at a location intermediate the length of the end slope walls and a vertical support of the interior of the wall above the plate to distribute forces directly from the center plate of the car to the roof at a location spaced from the vertical end walls of the car.
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Anderson Arthur I.
Harvatin Louis J.
Beltran Howard
North American Car Corporation
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