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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas H Engle, Cape Vincent, NY (US);
Assignee:
Knorr Brake Holding Corporation, Westminster, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P / ; B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180 192 ; 180168 ; 180332 ; 180333 ; 188 43 ; 2804251 ; 410 67 ; 414333 ;
Abstract
Method for loading and unloading semitrailers on a train of flat cars by coupling the semitrailers to power driven stanchions respectively, providing the power driven stanchions with automatic control in the form of proximity sensors for governing movement of the semitrailers in accordance with proximity of adjoining semitrailers and automatically steering the stanchions along a guide path to load and unload the train.