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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
May. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Jac Operations, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
William Thompson, Loretto, PA (US);
Glenn J. Fowler, Larrolltown, PA (US);
Michael H. Kress, Armagh, PA (US);
Assignee:
JAC OPERATIONS, INC., Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D 3/16 (2006.01); B61D 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D 3/16 (2013.01); B61D 45/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transverse trough coil car includes a plurality of transverse troughs, a pair of trucks, a center sill supported on the trucks, a pair of side walls extending the length of the car coupled to the center sill, and a plurality of trough forming assemblies with each trough forming assembly including at least one floating floor sheet. Each one floating floor sheet is structured to allow for thermal expansion in a first direction along a longitudinal axis of the car body and in a second direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the car body.