Adjustable guide assembly for cargo container train well cars
AssigneePortec, Inc., Shipping Systems Div.
InventorRichard A. Tatina
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Abstract
An adjustable guide assembly for mounting on the upper edge of a longitudinal retaining wall defining a cargo container well of a well car adapted for accommodating containers of different widths in the well, has a base member and a rockable guide member. The guide member has a narrow-container stabilizer surface, a narrow-container loading assistance cam surface, and a wide-container loading assistance cam surface, which are selectively operative by swingably positioning the guide member relative to the base member.
Claims20
An adjustable guide assembly for mounting on the upper edge of a longitudinal retaining wall defining a cargo container well of a well car adapted for alternatively accommodating narrow containers and wide containers therein, and comprising:
- a base member having a bottom surface for attachment to said upper edge of the retaining wall;
- a rockable guide member;
- means for rockably connecting said guide member on said base member for enabling the guide member to e swung selectively into a narrow-container guiding position relative to said well and alternatively into a wide-container guiding position relative to said well;
- a narrow-container stabilizer surface on said guide member for projection into the well when the guide member is rocked into said narrow-container guiding position;
- a narrow-container loading assistance cam surface on said guide member positioned when said guide member has been rocked into the narrow-container guiding position of said guide member for receiving and guiding a narrow container into the well;
- a wide-container loading assistance cam surface on said guide member positioned when said guide member has been rocked into the wide container guiding position of said guide member for receiving and guiding a wide container into the well;
- and said narrow-container stabilizer surface being in an out-of-way position relative to the well when said guide member is rocked into said wide-container guiding position.
An adjustable guide assembly for mounting on the upper edge of a longitudinal retainer wall defining a cargo container well of a well car adapted for accommodating containers of different widths in said well, comprising:
- a base member having means for attachment to said upper edge of the retainer wall;
- a rockable guide member;
- means for rockably connecting said guide member on said base member for enabling the guide member to be rocked selectively into a narrow-container position relative to said well and a wide-container position relative to said well;
- a narrow-container loading assistance cam surface on said rockable guide member for guiding a narrow container into said well in the narrow-container guiding position of said guide member;
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- a wide-container loading assistance cam surface on said rockable guide member for guiding a wide container into said well in the wide-container position of said guide member.
An adjustable guide assembly for mounting on the upper edge of a longitudinal retainer wall defining a cargo container well of a well car adapted for accommodating containers of different widths in said well, comprising:
- a casting providing a base member having means for attachment to said upper edge of the retainer wall;
- a casting providing a guide member having thereon a narrow-container loading assistance cam surface and a wide-container loading assistance cam surface;
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- means connecting said members for rocking movement of said guide member for shifting said narrow container cam surface into position for assisting loading of a narrow-container into the well and for rocking movement of said guide member for shifting said wide-container loading assistance cam surface into position relative to said well for guiding a wide container into said well.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.