Railway rolling stock – Special car bodies – Freight
Patent
1975-03-06
1976-12-14
Spar, Robert J.
Railway rolling stock
Special car bodies
Freight
105378, 105410, 105438, 105461, B60J 510, B61D 1706, B61D 1900, B61D 2300
Patent
active
039968600
ABSTRACT:
An enclosure for a vehicle end opening formed between two side walls includes two bi-fold door assemblies each comprising inner and outer panels pivotally connected to one another and with the free edge of the outer panels in turn connected to a fixed pivot point adjacent the side of the end opening wherein, each inner panel may be folded outwardly 180.degree. about its pivoted connecting means and the thus folded assembly subsequently pivoted about its fixed pivot point 270.degree. into parallel relationship with the vehicle side wall. The pivotal connecting means joining each pair of inner and outer panels includes catch means serving to secure the assembly in both the closed position enclosing the vehicle end opening as well as in the stored position parallel with the vehicle side wall.
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Burt Charles M.
Ravani Chandrakant D.
Rostafinski Jaroslaw J.
Schluchter Ronald G.
Beltran Howard
Groff, Jr. Emory L.
Portec Inc.
Spar Robert J.
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