Union Tank Car Company

Peter J Douglas

Gary C Walter

Nicholas Thompson

Jonathan Schultz

Nathan Chilton

Keith Peltason

Joe Perez

A handle assembly for an outlet valve for a tank, where the outlet valve has a coupler that is actuated to open and close the outlet valve, is provided. The handle assembly includes a handle with a shaft attached to the handle. The shaft has a tip. A bracket is adapted to mount the shaft to the tank so that the shaft is pivotally mounted with respect to the tank and movable with respect to the outlet valve between an engaged position, where the tip of the shaft engages the coupler, and a disengaged position, where the tip of the shaft is disengaged from the coupler.

Disengaging handle assembly for a bottom outlet valve

A removable independent steam jacket for a bottom outlet valve of a railroad tank car able to connect to an existing bottom outlet valve, with or without an integral steam jacket, in a field environment without having to take the tank car in for repairs having a partially annular hollow base with a rectangular cross-section and a plurality of pipes connected to the base extending away from the bottom of the base. The removable steam jacket also has a plurality of mounting brackets connected to the bottom the base for installing and removing it from the bottom outlet valve.

Bottom outlet valve removable independent steam jacket

A manway assembly features a nozzle featuring a groove. A cover is attached to the nozzle and may be pivoted between open and closed positions. Retainers secure latch segments to the cover so that they may slide with respect to the cover. A latching mechanism moves the latch segments into and out of engagement with the groove of the nozzle sidewall when the cover is in the closed position. The latching mechanism may include a screw rod that is turned to move the latch segments. The nozzle may also include a nozzle rim that is provided with the manway assembly and secured to a remaining portion of the nozzle. The nozzle assembly may also include an outer cover attached to the nozzle in a hinged fashion and adapted to cover the manway cover when in the closed position to protect the latching mechanism from the environment and tampering.

Railroad tank car manway assembly

A manway assembly features a nozzle defining a central opening. The nozzle has a groove or a plurality of grooves. A hinge pivotally attaches a cover to the nozzle so that the cover may be pivoted between an open position, where the central opening is generally uncovered, and a closed position, where the central opening is generally covered by the cover. Retainers secure a plurality of latch segments to the cover so that the latch segments may slide with respect to the cover. A latching mechanism moves the latch segments into engagement with the groove of the nozzle sidewall when the cover is in the closed position. The latching mechanism also removes the latch segments from engagement with the sidewall groove when the cover is to be opened.

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Schereville, IN, United States of America

Peter J Douglas