Railway car hatch cover
AssigneeAmsted Rail Company, Inc.
InventorKEVIN SKIBINSKI
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Abstract
A railway car hatch cover includes an exterior shell cover, a gasket, and a mounting ring. The exterior shell cover has an outer-side and an under-side. The gasket is a vented gasket or a non-vented gasket, and the gasket is mounted to the mounting ring. The mounting ring is secured to the under-side of the exterior shell cover. The mounting ring is removable, and the gasket is replaceable with a second gasket. The second gasket can be vented or non-vented. The mounting ring is reinstallable on the under-side of the exterior shell cover. The replaceable gasket allows a single hatch cover to function as a vented hatch cover or a non-vented hatch cover depending on the type of gasket installed.
Claims15
A railway car hatch cover comprising:
- an exterior shell cover;
- a gasket;
- a mounting ring;
- wherein said exterior shell cover has an outer-side and an under-side, and said gasket is a vented gasket or a non-vented gasket;
- Wherein said gasket is mounted to said mounting ring, said mounting ring secured to said under-side of said exterior shell cover;
- wherein said mounting ring is removable, said gasket is replaceable with a second gasket, said second gasket being vented or non-vented, and said mounting ring is reinstallable on said under-side of said exterior shell cover.
A railway car hatch cover comprising:
- an exterior shell cover having an outer-side and an under-side;
- a gasket being vented or non-vented;
- a mounting ring with said gasket mounted to said mounting ring;
- wherein said mounting ring containing said gasket is secured to said under-side of said exterior shell cover;
- wherein said mounting ring is removable, said gasket is replaceable with a new gasket, said new gasket being vented or non-vented, and said mounting ring containing said new gasket reinstallable to said under-side of said exterior shell cover.
A railway car hatch cover comprising:
- an exterior shell cover with an outer-side and an under-side;
- a mounting ring removably attached to said under-side of said exterior shell cover, said mounting ring containing a replaceable gasket, said gasket being a vented gasket or a non-vented gasket;
- wherein said mounting ring containing said gasket is secured to said under-side of said exterior shell cover;
- wherein said mounting ring is removable, said gasket is replaceable with a new gasket, said new gasket being vented or non-vented, and said mounting ring containing said new gasket reinstallable to said under-side of said exterior shell cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.