Salco Products, Inc.

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Itel Rail Corporation

Salco Product Inc.

Francis R Schultz

Roy W Miller

Wayne A Rhodes

James W Johnson

Exterior surface of a double vented hatch cover

A vented hatch cover for an enclosed vessel having a cover body sized to overlie and cover a hatch opening defined by an upstanding coaming. A pair of air passages are defined by the cover body and a pair of hoods connected thereto. The hoods define air inlet opening and a plenum which communicates with air outlet openings in the interior of the cover body. The air passages permit air flow in sufficient volume to vent the vessel and to empty the vessel by high speed vacuum unloading. A filter is removably retained on the hoods in the air inlet openings. A filter screen on the interior of the cover prevents contamination of the air passages from the inside. A latching arm provides downward pressure on the hatch when in a sealing position and the capability of pivoting the hatch cover together with the latching arm when it is moved. The cover is floatingly engaged in the arm.

Vented hatch cover

A hopper with a bottom discharge slot and valving comprising plates slidably supported beneath the slot and movable between closed and open positions, said plates having a plastic flexible covering to facilitate movement in shear against the load of the particulate material bearing thereagainst.

Sliding hopper outlet gate with plastic upper surface for smooth sliding

An improved outlet gate pan gasket is located between the outlet gate and outlet flange of a hopper car. The gasket includes a central web which fits around the perimeter of the outlet aperture. An inner margin is attached to the inner periphery of the web and an outer margin is attached to the outer periphery. The inner margin has upper and lower horizontal surfaces joined by an edge surface which is perpendicular to the horizontal surfaces prior to compression of the gasket between the gate and outlet flanges. The inner margin has a solid cross-section. The uncompressed thickness of the inner margin is greater than that of either the web or outer margin.

Outlet gate pan gasket for hopper cars

This invention concerns an inlet opening protector for use during maintenance operations on railroad hopper cars. The protector shields the coaming of a hopper car hatch and closes off the hatch opening. The protector includes a throat liner and a short liner. The throat liner has a frusto-conical skirt portion which defines interior and exterior edges. A radical flange is attached to the internal edge of the skirt. A plate member is attached to the external edge and covers the space defined by that edge. The surfaces of the skirt are tapered and sized to fit partially through the coaming. The short liner has a radial collar and an annular ferrule which fit around the skirt. The ferrule frictionally engages the coaming and the skirt to hold the throat liner in place in the inlet opening.

Hopper car inlet opening protector

A vented hatch cover for an enclosed vessel having a shell member sized to overlie and cover a hatch opening defined by an upstanding coaming. It includes a peripheral seal to seal against coaming. The shell member has at least one air passage extending through it. A wall is integrally formed on the shell member and defines a plenum in communication with the air passage. The wall extends outward beyond the peripheral seal and there defines an air intake opening for admitting air to the plenum. An air filter is housed in the plenum.

A bag holder and scoop device for hand operation in picking up animal refuse from the ground and disposing of same, having a yoke and yoke connection which support a bag in an open condition. The bag is of the type that has a pocket and a flap at its open end, with the pocket being secured to the yoke connection by enveloping same and the flap being secured to the yoke by impaling on prongs extending from the sides of the yoke.

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Woodridge, IL, United States of America

Francis R Schultz