Railway gondola cars
AssigneeBethlehem Steel Corporation
InventorsRichard H. Jones, Gus D. Holabeck, Robert H. Dorian
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Abstract
A railway gondola car suitable for rotary unloading. The floor of the car comprises a pair of concave troughs which extend between the center sill and the sides of the car having their axes parallel to the axis of the center sill along that portion of the car between the trucks. The car has an increased lading capacity and lower center of gravity than conventional gondola cars.
Claims9
A railway car for carrying bulk materials having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls supported by spaced trucks, the improvement comprising a floor structure having
- (a) a center sill extending longitudinally over said trucks,
- (b) a pair of concave floor panels between said trucks, each panel forming a longitudinal curvilinear trough having closed ends, the longitudinal axis of each of said troughs extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of said center sill.
A floor for a railway car comprising a center sill and a pair of longitudinal curvilinear troughs having closed ends secured to opposite sides of said center sill with the longitudinal axes of said troughs extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of said center sill.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.