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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:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
William E Kurtz, Johnstown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Johnstown America Corporation, Johnstown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1054061 ; 105404 ;
Abstract
A rotary dump gondola rail car having side walls reinforced by vertical side posts. The side posts include a pair of vertical raised ribs projecting from the exterior face of the side walls for reducing wear between the side posts and a car dumper mechanism.