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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2016
Jac Operations, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Dave Single, Portage, PA (US);
JAC OPERATIONS, INC., Chicago, unknown;
Abstract
A gondola railcar cleanout door is configured to be coupled to a side plate of a railcar adjacent a railcar floor wherein the side plate and floor each have an opening therein. The cleanout door includes a frame mountable to the railcar side plate structure, adjacent the side plate structure opening; and a door assembly coupled to the frame and moveable between an open position in which the openings in the floor and the side plate may be used to clean out the interior of the railcar, and a closed position substantially closing the openings in the side plate and the floor, wherein the door assembly includes a door side wall member configured to substantially close the opening in the side plate in the closed position and a door floor member configured to substantially close the opening in the floor in the closed position.