Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Open top hopper railcar with biased door seal and enlarged contoured end door
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Application No.: US14816795Application Date: 2015-08-03
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Publication No.: US09862393B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Gregory P Josephson , David A Lohr
- Applicant: JAC OPERATIONS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: JAC OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: JAC OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: BLK Law Group
- Agent Blynn L. Shideler; Krisanne Shideler
- Main IPC: B61D7/00
- IPC: B61D7/00 ; B61D7/02 ; B61D7/24 ; B61D7/18 ; B61D7/22 ; B61D7/28 ; B61D17/08

Abstract:
A railroad open top hopper car comprises a pair of spaced trucks a railcar body, the body comprising a pair of side structures railcar, wherein each including (i) a top chord extending the side structure length, (ii) a plurality of upper side stakes extending from the top chord, (iii) an intermediate side chord extending the side structure length and below the top chord and coupled to the upper side stakes, (iv) a plurality of lower side stakes extending from the intermediate side chord, and (v) a side sill extending the length and below the intermediate side chord and coupled to the lower side stakes. The body forms discharge chutes forming pockets for the body with a plurality of intermediate doors and end doors, wherein the end doors are larger than the intermediate doors. Each door may include a biased door seal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150336591A1 OPEN TOP HOPPER RAILCAR WITH BIASED DOOR SEAL AND ENLARGED CONTOURED END DOOR Public/Granted day:2015-11-26
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