Protective Housing Attachment for Railcar
AssigneeTrinity Tank Car, Inc.
InventorAubra D. McKisic
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Abstract
According to particular embodiments, a railway tank car comprises a tank for transporting a commodity, a nozzle for accessing the tank coupled to the tank, a fittings plate coupled to the nozzle and providing an attachment surface for one or more fittings, and a protective housing coupled to nozzle to protect the one or more fittings. The nozzle comprises a nozzle body and an extended nozzle flange. The extended nozzle flange comprises: an inner portion comprising attachment points for the fittings plate; and an outer portion comprising attachment points for the protective housing.
Claims20
A railway tank car comprising:
- a tank for transporting a commodity, a nozzle for accessing the tank coupled to the tank, a fittings plate coupled to the nozzle and providing an attachment surface for one or more fittings, and a protective housing coupled to nozzle to protect the one or more fittings;
- wherein:
- the nozzle comprises a nozzle body and an extended nozzle flange;
- and
- the extended nozzle flange comprises:
- an inner portion comprising attachment points for the fittings plate;
- and
- an outer portion comprising attachment points for the protective housing.
A nozzle for a railway tank car, the nozzle comprising:
- a nozzle body and an extended nozzle flange;
- wherein the extended nozzle flange comprises:
- an inner portion comprising attachment points for a fittings plate;
- and
- an outer portion comprising attachment points for a protective housing.
A railway tank car comprising:
- a tank for transporting a commodity;
- a nozzle for accessing the tank coupled to the tank, the nozzle comprising a nozzle body and a nozzle flange;
- a fittings plate coupled to the nozzle flange and providing an attachment surface for one or more fittings;
- a nozzle reinforcement, wherein a first end of the nozzle reinforcement is coupled to the tank, a middle portion of the nozzle reinforcement is coupled to the nozzle flange, and a second end of the nozzle reinforcement extends upwards past the nozzle flange;
- and
- a protective housing coupled to nozzle reinforcement proximate the second end of the nozzle reinforcement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.