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US 4,063,657 AGranted
Vibrator bracket assembly for hoppers and railway cars
AssigneeACF Industries, Incorporated
InventorPaul E. Hicks, Jr.
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Abstract
A method of loading a railway hopper car is disclosed including densifying the lading during loading of the car by vibrating the hopper car with a vibrator mounted in a vibrator bracket assembly which applies the vibrational loads to the car essentially entirely in shear.
Claims10
A method of loading a railway hopper car comprising:
- attaching a vibrator bracket assembly to the car, said assembly comprising:
- at least two spaced support members adapted to extend parallel to and integrally engage a structural portion of a hopper having a hopper planar surface, said spaced support members each having a longitudinal axis, a vibrator mounting bracket extending between said support members and having first and second planar surfaces, said planar surfaces being parallel to the longitudinal axis of said spaced support members;
- attaching a vibrator to said first and second planar surfaces;
- loading the lading into the car and operating said vibrator to apply vibrational forces to the hopper through the assembly whereby vibrational forces applied to the vibrator mounting bracket are transmitted through said spaced support members and are applied to said car essentially entirely as shear loads.
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