Schnabel-type car

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1975-12-01

1977-08-16

Spar, Robert J.

Railway rolling stock

Special car bodies

Freight

105367, 105463, 105469, B61D 312, B61D 314, B61D 316, B61D 4500

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040418790

ABSTRACT:
A shipping and handling fixture for a large rigid load such as a steam generator or other vessel in which the fixture is incorporated with the load to provide a carrier having wheeled sections at opposite ends thereof that comprises a vehicle commonly known as a Schnabel-type railway or over-the-road car. The handling fixture includes a longitudinal support skid that underlies the vessel and is held in tension between wheeled sections of the car while the vessel itself becomes a stuctural part of the carrier that transmits compressive forces between oppposite ends of the car.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3532061 (1970-10-01), Bohm
patent: 3744434 (1973-07-01), Patrick
patent: 3837295 (1974-09-01), Fedele

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