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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 1977
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1975
Doug Hurst, Montreal West, CA;
Erling Mowatt-Larssen, Warren, OH (US);
General American Transportation Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A railway train includes a plurality of interconnected tank cars, each car comprising a tank provided with two lading conduits in the top thereof extending thereinto for communication with the interior thereof and each having an outer end extending above the tank and toward the adjacent end thereof and terminating inboard of the adjacent tank car end, the lading conduits of adjacent cars being interconnected by flexible connecting conduits; one lading conduit extends diagonally downwardly and terminates near the bottom of the tank for filling and/or eduction unloading thereof with the other lading conduit terminating near the top of the tank for venting and filling of an adjacent tank and for automatically determining the outage of the tank. An inlet and outlet assembly may be mounted in the bottom of the tank providing a sump in registry with the bottom terminal portion of the eduction conduit.