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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. 16, 1979
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert A Spychalski, Michigan City, IN (US);
Assignee:
Pullman Incorporated, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D / ; B61D / ; B61D / ; B61D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
105248 ; 1053 / ; 1053 / ;
Abstract
A railway hopper car having doors movable downwardly and outwardly to a dump position is provided with an improved locking arrangement that includes a cam lever actuated by means of a push-pull link extending outwardly under the side of the hopper. The link is pivotally connected to a camming lever having a hinged latch element connected thereto. The latch element and camming lever are locked in a relatively angular position. The link arrangement upon actuation moves the cam lever and link to a substantially linear configuration thereby disengaging the latching element from the keeper member provided on the door structure.