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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Thomas H. Dalrymple, Duncanville, TX (US);
Wade J. Woodall, Garland, TX (US);
Inventors:
Thomas H. Dalrymple, Duncanville, TX (US);
Wade J. Woodall, Garland, TX (US);
Assignee:
Trinity Industries, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D 5/00 (2006.01); B61D 39/00 (2006.01); A01M 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A railway tank car is provided having a manway formed in a body of the tank car. The tank car includes a manway cover plate coupled to the body of the tank car and disposed over at least a portion of the manway. A protective housing assembly is coupled to the body of the tank car and disposed around the manway cover plate. A plurality of structural supports are arranged around an outer perimeter of the protective housing assembly and are coupled to the protective housing assembly and to the body of the tank car.