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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:
Sep. 25, 1979
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert F Needham, St. Charles, MO (US);
Robert W Randolph, St. Charles, MO (US);
Assignee:
ACF Industries, Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D / ; B61D / ; B61F / ; B61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
105248 ; 1054 / ; 105418 ; 105420 ; 105421 ; 213 57 ;
Abstract
In accordance with the present structure, in a railway hopper car a corrugated bolster web extends vertically between a bolster cover plate and the end hopper slope sheet. The vertically extending corrugations act as reinforcements in the web which web has at least some of the corrugations positioned over the side bearings and center plate.