Acf Industries, Incorporated

Richard J Mandrell

Thomas B Baker

A railway car (10) for transporting containers of various lengths and widths, which are shiftable longitudinally, laterally, or both, within the car is provided. To restrain the various size containers a plurality of openings (52, 52', 54, 54', 56, 56', 58, 58', 60, 60', 62, 62') are formed in the floor (50) of the car. The location of the openings is determined by the lengths and widths of the various containers to be carried by the car. A plurality of restraining pins (64, 66, 68, 70) automatically extend up into the floor (50) of the car through the openings in register with the pins. The containers include corner units (80) at each bottom corner thereof with corner openings therein in which a restraining pin is received. The container is loaded onto the car, and the pins are located in container openings corresponding to the corners of a particular length the width of container to be transported, and pins located beneath the respective openings in the corner unit extend upwardly and are received in their respective openings and any pin not in register with an opening, but covered by the corner unit or the container, is automatically depressed by the bottom of the corner unit.

Apparatus for restraining containers in a railway car

In accordance with the present invention, a swivel fitting is used to connect the glad hand to the rigid portion of the brake system on the car. The swivel fitting includes a freely rotatable swivel extension which extends through an opening in a support structure. A rigid curved pipe section is connected to the swivel extension with a 45.degree. elbow. The rigid pipe section and 45.degree. elbow may swivel about a horizontal axis. The curved pipe extends upwardly and inboard of the car where it joins brake piping extending inboard of the car. A conventional end cock is attached to the swivel fitting with appropriate fasteners. A 45.degree. elbow is used to removably connect the glad hand of the train line to the end cock.

Swivel assembly for end cock

In a container pedestal (10) a supplemental lock (42) is movable to a weighted position tending to maintain the spring (34) biased pedestal latch (22) from pivoting into a position to allow entry or exit of containers (C) from the pedestal.

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St. Charles, MO, United States of America

Richard J Mandrell