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AssigneeNational Steel Car Limited
InventorsOliver Veit, Mark MacCauley, Kenneth Wayne Black
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An existing railroad freight car, such as an 89 ft flat car is reconfigured to have a longitudinal lading retainer that mounts removably to a railroad freight car deck structure. The lading retainer has an abutment wall that extends across the deck and obstructs motion of lading in the length-wise direction. It has an anchorage that mounts releasably to the railroad freight car deck structure. There is a longitudinal retainer at either end of the deck. One or both of them may be longitudinally adjustable to permit snug positioning relative to an aluminum ingot or billet. There are removable lateral lading retainers that mounting to the deck to obstruct side-to-side motion of the lading. It has a riser; first and second adjustable anchors that engage stake pockets of the deck and immobilize the risers; and first and second adjustable dogs that mount to the risers and bracket the lading.
A lading retainer that mounts removably to a railroad freight car deck structure, wherein said lading retainer comprises a lading reaction interface that, as installed, extends cross-wise relative to said deck structure and obstructs motion in the length-wise direction of the railroad freight car deck, and an anchorage that mounts releasably to the railroad freight car deck structure.
An ingot retainer comprising an anchorage that mounts removably to a railroad freight car deck structure.
An ingot retainer that mounts removably to a railroad freight car deck structure, the ingot retainer comprising a combination of a first ingot retainer wherein said first ingot retainer has a first ingot reaction interface that, as installed, extends length-wise relative to said railroad freight car deck structure and obstructs motion in the cross-wise direction of the railroad freight car deck, and at least a first anchorage that mounts releasably to the railroad freight car deck structure and a second ingot retainer wherein said second ingot retainer has a second ingot reaction interface that is spaced from and opposed to said first ingot reaction interface, and at least one of said first and second ingot reaction interfaces is adjustable in the cross-wise direction to vary spacing between said first and second ingot reaction interfaces;
An ingot retainer that mounts removably to a railroad freight car deck structure, the ingot retainer comprising a combination of first and second ingot retainers both comprising a first ingot reaction interface that, as installed, extends length-wise relative to said railroad freight car deck structure and obstructs motion in the cross-wise direction of the railroad freight car deck, and at least a first anchorage that mounts releasably to the railroad freight car deck structure;
An ingot retainer that mounts removably to a railroad freight car deck structure, the ingot retainer comprising a combination of a first ingot retainer comprising a first ingot reaction interface that, as installed, extends length-wise relative to said railroad freight car deck structure and obstructs motion in the cross-wise direction of the railroad freight car deck, and at least a first anchorage that mounts releasably to the railroad freight car deck structure and a second ingot retainer comprising a second ingot reaction interface that, as installed, extends length-wise relative to said railroad freight car deck structure and obstructs motion in the cross-wise direction of the railroad freight car deck, and at least a second anchorage that mounts releasably to the railroad freight car deck structure;
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