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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:
Jul. 11, 1978
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas E Leonard, Evergreen, AL (US);
Walter E Buckner, Hartselle, AL (US);
Assignee:
Lucky Manufacturing Company, Huntsville, AL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
214152 ; 214 / ;
Abstract
A gondola car loader includes a wheeled chassis moveable along the top edges of adjacent gondola cars in a direction of the railroad track on which the cars are located. Wheeled spanning legs, pivotably mounted to the chassis, are adapted to span gaps between adjacent cars and support the chassis as it is moved across the gaps. A knuckle boom, for loading and unloading cargo from the cars, is rotatably mounted on the chassis.