Tank car manway cover assembly

Details Tank car manway cover assembly Tank car manway cover assembly

1998-09-28

2000-06-20

Morano, S. Joseph

Railway rolling stock

Special car bodies

Freight

105358, 10537701, B61D 3900

Patent

active

060764716

ABSTRACT:
A manway cover assembly to cover an opening of a tank car, defined by an upstanding manway nozzle. The manway cover assembly comprises a manway cover housing, a safety vent and a manway nozzle gasket. The safety vent includes a body mounted on the manway cover housing. The safety vent further includes a surge protector and a rupture disk. The rupture disk is designed to open at a known pressure and allow controlled venting of the pressure in the car. The manway cover housing defines a bore which contains the surge protector of the safety vent. The manway cover housing includes a tube extending downwardly and surrounding the surge protector.

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