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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 1977
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
William R Halliar, Whiting, IN (US);
Assignee:
Pullman Incorporated, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
105377 ; 114203 ; 2922565 ; 292257 ;
Abstract
A hinged hatch cover for the longitudinal hatch opening of a railway hopper car includes a hinged hold down arm which is adapted to be moved into a lock position relative to the hatch cover, the hold down arm including a projecting end portion which is engaged by a manually movable lever slidably supported on a pedestal, the same being engageable with the hold down arm for releasably securing the hatch cover in a lock and sealing position relative to the hatch opening.