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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1995
Ivan Eugene Bounds, San Diego, CA (US);
Herzog Contracting Corporation, St. Joseph, MO (US);
Abstract
A ballast distributing railroad car has a number of ballast hoppers, each with a selectively operable hopper discharge control member which is operable to selectively drop material from the respective hopper either inside of or outside of the rails of a railroad track. The railroad car also has a pair of ballast distributing blades pivotally attached beneath it, either between the hopper discharge control members or one at either end of the car, with the blades being mirror images of each other. Each blade and each hopper discharge control member can be selectively operated via an independent hydraulic actuator. A remote control radio transmitter and car mounted receiver provide for remote, individual and selective control of hopper discharge control members and blades on a car.