Side panel assembly for an auto rack car

Details Side panel assembly for an auto rack car Side panel assembly for an auto rack car

1989-06-22

1990-10-23

Olszewski, Robert R.

Railway rolling stock

Car framing and structure

Freight

105355, B61D 1708

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049643479

ABSTRACT:
A railway car side panel assembly with upright support posts forming the side walls of the car wherein painted or galvanized panels are protected from rusting by plastic inserts positioned between the corners of the panels and metal brackets on the posts to prevent vibration-abrasion of the galvanizing or paint and of the corners to rust, the plastic inserts being of flexible plastic material and formed as envelopes pocketing the corners and fitting into the complementary brackets, said envelopes each having a side wall with a retainer bottom snapped over flange edges of the panel to hold the envelope from falling off during assembly with the brackets.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2504386 (1951-08-01), Webb
patent: 3416282 (1968-12-01), Daugherty
patent: 3460860 (1969-08-01), Steven
patent: 4059056 (1977-11-01), Berryman et al.

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