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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1983
Filed:
May. 11, 1981
Wayne D Harbin, Houston, TX (US);
Marvin Stark, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth W Britt, Houston, TX (US);
Richmond Tank Car Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A lift lug for receiving and securing a lifting device to a railroad tank car for re-railing the tank car. The lift lug includes a bolster pad mounted adjacent an end of the tank car and a vertically disposed bolster web, the bolster web having a substantially horizontal extending upper edge. A substantially horizontal base plate is mounted on the extended upper edge of the bolster web with an inner edge of the horizontal base plate secured to the bolster pad. A substantially vertical lift lug plate has its upper edge secured to the bolster pad and its lower edge secured to the base plate. A pair of generally triangular lift lug webs each have their lower edges secured to the base plate, their outer edge secured to the bolster pad. The lift lug plate has an opening adjacent its lower edge.